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Open Book Publishers - Summer Newsletter - August 2022

Welcome to our Summer Newsletter! We have information on our open Call for Proposals, new publications, latest reviews, interviews, features, blogs and more!

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Maggot Medicine

Read now: a new blog by Dr Frank Stadler, editor of 'A Complete Guide to Maggot Therapy: Clinical Practice, Therapeutic Principles, Production, Distribution, and Ethics'.

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The Merger Mystery

Read Now: a new blog by Geoff and J. Gay Meeks, authors of 'The Merger Mystery: Why Spend Ever More on Mergers When So Many Fail?'.

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The Makings and Remakings of The Juggler of Notre Dame, A Medieval Miracle of the Virgin and Its Modernization: An Anthology

Hear ye, hear ye! This is not to announce that a court is in session but that a story book is nearly ready to be opened. Reading the Juggler of Notre Dame: Medieval Miracles and Modern Remakings, by Jan M. Ziolkowski, is forthcoming.

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A Paean to the Much-maligned Cover Song

Read now a new blog by P.D. Magnus, author of 'A Philosophy of Cover Songs' where he discusses this Open Access title.

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Some Meanings Embedded in a Book Cover

Read now John Black's blog on his latest book 'A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present'.

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Replanteando la acción social por la música: la búsqueda de la convivencia y la ciudadanía en la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín

Ya disponible: un nuevo blog escrito por Geoffrey Baker en el que presenta su nuevo libro 'Replanteando la acción social por la música: la búsqueda de la convivencia y la ciudadanía en la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín'.

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On Burns Night

Read now author M. J. Grant's thoughts on 'Auld Lang Syne', Robert Burns, and Burns Night.

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Points of Contact: The Shared Intellectual History of Vocalisation in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew

Read now Nick Posegay's introduction to his latest book 'Points of Contact: The Shared Intellectual History of Vocalisation in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew'.

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HOROS: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone

Read Thea Potter's blog post on her latest book 'Horos: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone'.

Life writing, family stories and ‘history from below’

December 2025 Newsletter

Small Apocalypses

A Portrait of Samuel Hartlib

Maggot Medicine

The Merger Mystery

The Makings and Remakings of The Juggler of Notre Dame, A Medieval Miracle of the Virgin and Its Modernization: An Anthology

A Paean to the Much-maligned Cover Song

Some Meanings Embedded in a Book Cover

Replanteando la acción social por la música: la búsqueda de la convivencia y la ciudadanía en la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín

On Burns Night

Points of Contact: The Shared Intellectual History of Vocalisation in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew

HOROS: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone