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    Jun 1
    🌈This #PrideMonth, celebrate love, identity, and storytelling with our curated LGBTQ+ reading list. Discover voices that inspire and empower here: oxford.ly/4fo2Vjz
    Reading with Pride graphic featuring six LGBTQ+ books. Oxford University Press.
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    Feb 18, 2017
    How is #universalhealthcare implemented in different countries? bit.ly/2l9dkT4 by @ChelseaClinton and @devisridhar
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    Financing universal healthcare coverage [excerpt]
    Across countries with UHC, no two versions are alike in their financing, in what they cover, or in how they are structured. Some countries with UHC rely on a public system of coverage while others...
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    Apr 1, 2018
    "The Sheffield Street Tree scandal – and it is a political scandal – is by some way the most interesting, revealing, and worrying political saga I have studied in over twenty years" oxford.ly/2uznlRG #politics
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    Nov 5, 2015
    A history of Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot oxford.ly/1x3JkKr #BonfireNight #GuyFawkes
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    May 4, 2020
    "A masterfully researched meditation on reparations based on the remarkable story of a 19th century woman who survived kidnapping and re-enslavement to sue her captor." Congrats to @wcaleb, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for History! @PulitzerPrizes bit.ly/3fkL3Va
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    Dec 18, 2016
    One Thousand and One Nights is one of the most influential works of literature
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    A thousand and one translations
    What do Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, James Joyce, Salman Rushdie, and Hanan Al-Shaykh have in common?
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    Sep 6, 2019
    Today is #ReadABookDay! Looking for some inspiration for a work of classic literature to enjoy today? Pause the video for a recommendation from our @OWC_Oxford collection. bit.ly/2zApkEQ
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    Apr 1, 2015
    A gentle reminder from Thomas Mann that there is no April. Joke's on you.
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    Mar 28, 2017
    Are there rich countries that fail and poor countries that succeed in managing health? bit.ly/2nFvZZS @ChelseaClinton @devisridhar
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    Apr 27, 2018
    An interesting article on why we forget most of the books we read #Fridayreads
    Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read
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    Aug 16, 2021
    "Democracy has to do a better job of taking care of the people who are suffering." — @RadioFreeTom Take a look at what gave some inspiration while writing his new book, "Our Own Worst Enemy." Available Aug 19 in the US. bit.ly/3yTSNGS
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    Jan 31, 2020
    As coronavirus continues to spread in China and around the world, Oxford University Press is opening access to pertinent and related online content from across publishing divisions. Additional resources will be added as they become available. bit.ly/36MfSwy
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    Oct 1, 2016
    The "first philosopher of the Arabs," al-Kindī, is our Philosopher of the Month. bit.ly/2dG7F33 via @OUPPhilosophy
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    Philosopher of the month: al-Kindī
    Known as the “first philosopher of the Arabs,” al-Kindī was one of the most important mathematicians, physicians, astronomers and philosophers of his time. He composed hundreds of treatises, using...
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    May 23, 2021
    We asked @RadioFreeTom for his list of books to better understand and defend democracy. Take a look at what he included and pre-order his new book, 'Our Own Worst Enemy' via @Bookshop_Org. bit.ly/3ubjVhp