William Shakespeare: playwright, poet, management guru: several critics suggest that Shakespeare's plays could be taught not just in English Literature classes but also in Business Management lectures and leadership seminars. Shakespeare provides thought-provoking insights into issues related to power, authority, leadership, management of risk, of crisis, of emotion: ubiquitous issues in the contemporary business and management scene.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WRITTEN over four centuries ago, Shakespeare's plays continue to have a universal appeal for their absorbing stories (of kings, queens and dukes; of battles, rivalries and political turmoil of the time, of love, honour and betrayal), and also for the sensitive, rich, and eloquent use...

Scopus to Expand Arts & Humanities Coverage.
AMSTERDAM, November 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, will be nearly doubling its Arts & Humanities (A&H) titles. Access to the new journals will be available to Scopus users in April 2009. Currently the...

The Harlem Renaissance.
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE (2008; $49), by Kevin Hillstrom. Omnigraphics. This is an excellent historical account of an important part of African-American history. The book is organized in three sections: 1) a narrative overview (Black America after slavery; beginnings of the Harlem Renaissance; literature, music and art; the...

October Films and Nobel Media Announce First Commission of Nobel Documentary.
STOCKHOLM, November 26 /PRNewswire/ -- October Films has received its first commission from Nobel Media AB, the company responsible for producing the official Nobel TV programmes. October Films is to produce a 1 x 30 minute documentary portraying the 2008 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio (title...

Saint Barnabas Medical Center Pioneers New Program Bringing Humanities and Humanism to Medicine.
LIVINGSTON, N.J., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- What do poetry, art, literature, film and history have to do with medical practice? "Everything," according to Richard S. Panush, M.D., Chair of Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, who has pioneered an innovative program bringing humanities to the bedside for residents in...

Matthew in Fractious Phrases.
Logic and Scientific History at the Semantic Level in World Literature GRONINGEN, the Netherlands, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Of the four (canonical) gospels, the Gospel according to Matthew was held in the highest regard in those days. That is why this gospel is the central point in...

Matthew in Fractious Phrases.
GRONINGEN, the Netherlands, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- - Logic and Scientific History at the Semantic Level in World Literature Of the four (canonical) gospels, the Gospel according to Matthew was held in the highest regard in those days. That is why this gospel is the central point...

While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers.
While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers. By William G. Howell and Jon C. Pevehouse. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. 333 pp. Scholars agree that congressional checks on presidents' war power have eroded in the modern era to the point that decisions for war...