Charles Lipson

teaches international politics at the University of Chicago. He also writes for students about academic success and honest work at the university level.

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E-mail: c-lipson@uchicago.edu

Voice: 773.702.8053

Fax:    773.702.1689

 

Charles Lipson

Professor of Political Science

University of Chicago

5828 S. University Ave.

Chicago, IL 60637

 
Politics, Culture, and Books
Book reviews | Book news | Fun with words | Dictionaries | Book buying online | Books: free download | Free audiobooks | Plagiarism & Writing page
Politics and Culture:  Print resources online
Bookforum excellent links Arts & Letters Daily Independent (UK): obits, profiles Literary Review UK
Ideas: Boston Globe History News Network New English Review | Blog UK New Scientist excellent reporting 
New Yorker Wilson Quarterly The Atlantic | Dissent How Stuff Works great Q & A
Boston Review politics & culture Books & Writers good, short bios Clive James| | Ben Wattenberg Sign and Sight German culture
Edge intellectuals, science Quill & Quire Canadian book mag.& blog Urban Legends Search Page More Intelligent Life

Politics and Culture:  online audio
This American Life with Ira Glass
     Archive of brilliant, quirky radio stories
Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg in-depth interviews
     Live 9-11pm CentralArchives; Milt's Files:Daily annotated links
Beyond the Beltway with Bruce Dumont politics Fresh Air with Terry Gross culture
Charlie Rose Show audio of recent interviews Diane Rehm ShowArchives politics, culture
Open Source with Christopher Lydon Forum with Michael Krasny in-depth interviews on KQED, San Francisco
Focus 580 serious interviews, U.Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Leonard Lopate Show  Archives in-depth conversation
Mickelson in the Morning WHO in Des Moines Big Ideas on TV Ontario serious speeches
Oneword  book serializations, drama, comedy, discussion (UK) On Point NPR daily news review, in-depth conversation
To the Best of Our Knowledge in-depth interviews NPR National Audio Feed streaming
To the Point in-depth on current issues Third Coast Festival audio features, documentaries
Sound Portraits audio documentaries America Abroad Media Ray Suarez
The Book Guys Nick Basbanes, Allan Stypeck and Mike Cuthbert Philosophy Talk streaming; interviews on major topics
List of Podcasts on Public Radio excellent links My Worldwide Audio News page
Written Voices Radio Academic podcasts at Learn Out Loud
BBC: World Service | history programs | audio interviews | Radio Four intelligent talk
Online Educational TV
Educational TV Online click on "educational" link    

Book Reviews online   most are searchable
Book News
New York Times J. Peder Zane reviews & ruminations
Washington Post Review-a-Day Powells.com
NY Review of Books The Book Room Chi.Sun-Times blog
The Complete Review Conversational Reading blog
Boston Globe Omnivoracious Amazon blog
Los Angeles Times U.K. Reviewers
New Yorker New Statesman
Christian Science Monitor TLS   excerpts only
New Republic Independent reviews, interviews
Wilson Quarterly London Rev.of Books
Atlantic Spiked: Review of Books
Washington Times Guardian
Brothers Judd | review lists Oxonian Rev. of Books
Booknotes C-Span Canadian Reviewers
History News Network CBC Book Reviews national
BookTV web page & schedule Globe and Mail national
Book Award Winners all awards Canada.com
BookTV audio on weekends Toronto Star
The Morning News book digest Gazette Montreal
Booklist Am.Library Assoc. reviews, lists  

Online Dictionaries
Encarta Am.Heritage Dictionary.com OneLook scans multiple dictionaries
HyperDictionary A Guide to Samuel Johnson    
Book Buying Online
Abebooks best site for used books BookFinder for price comparisons    

Books for Free Downloads
Project Gutenberg classic texts Alex Catalogue of eTexts Oxford Shakespeare searchable World e-Book Library searchable
Bibliomania classics, reference books Hypertext Classics (U.VA) Great Books online U. California Press online books
History E-book Project Harvard Classics searchable ClassicReader read, search great works Ebooks at Adelaide very readable on-screen
    Books online: search for e-texts Searchable page: all ebooks U.Penn
Audio Books for Free Downloads
LibriVox superb list of classics Literal Systems Project Gutenberg Audiobooks Spoken Alexandria
LoudLit Audio Lit projects Story Spieler eJunto history, philosophy
Free Classic Audiobooks      

Fun with Words
Word of the Day Merriam-Webster Word Origins David Wilton Word Detective humorous Q&A Word-a-Day  neat info on origins
Word for the Wise origins Word Wizard phrase origins Meanings & Origins of Phrases PostSecret cool art/poetry site
Pepys' Diary as daily blog Confusing Words The Word Jan Freeman, Boston Globe Am. Rhetoric great speeches online
Dialects with pronunciation samples World Wide Words hard words (UK)    

Pages on this Web site
Lipson Courses
Lipson talks
Home List of my courses
Vita
International Politics
Talks on Education & Honesty
Books by Charles Lipson
Why Honesty Matters for Your Education
           (for university students)
Talks by Charles Lipson
Courses offered
Helping Your Students Do Honest Work
          (for faculty and advisers)
PIPES Workshop
International Relations Resources
World History
Why Honesty Matters in High School
          (for high-school students)
Reading, Writing, Plagiarism 15th-18th c. World Politics
How to Write a Thesis 19th c World Politics
Succeeding as an International Student in the U.S. and Canada      (customized for students, faculty, or advisers)
Politics and Culture 20th c World Politics to 1945
Fun 20th c World Politics 1945-91
Talks on Global Issues
News Pages
Social Science Core
What's New about the New Economy?
World News Power, Identity, Resistance The World America Made
Middle East News   Political Threats to Global Prosperity
Headline News   Turning Points of the 20th Century
World News-Web Audio   Democracies in World Politics
Advice for students
  Israel's Challenges
How to Write a Thesis   China in World Politics
Getting a Recommendation   The Cold War
  Why We Fought WW2
 
© Charles Lipson, 2008