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H I S TO RY A range of essential history and literature books, marking the centenary commemorations. For full details of all OUP’s centenary publishing and promotion, go to www.oup.com/history/ww1
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ERSKINE CHILDERS The Riddle of the Sands
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TO ARMS
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
HEW STRACHAN The First World War: To Arms (Reissue)
‘One of the most impressive books of modern history in a generation.’ Max Hastings, London Evening Standard
April 2014, pb, 978-0-19926191-8, £25
CHRISTOPHER BELL Churchill and Sea Power May 2014, see page 18
MICHAEL AND ELEANOR BROCK Margot Asquith’s Great War Diary May 2014, see page 8
GORDON MARTEL July 1914: The Month that Changed the World June 2014, see page 7
JON STALLWORTHY The New Oxford Book of War Poetry June 2014, see page 24
Rebellion Britain’s First Stuart Kings, 1567-1642 TIM HARRIS Architects of their own destruction? Tim Harris’s ground-breaking works on the Stuart monarchs after the English Civil War – Restoration and Revolution – have rewritten the history of the period. His new book is equally original, bringing new insights to the period that sowed the seeds of discontent. James VI and I and his son Charles I were both reforming monarchs who endeavoured to bolster the authority of the crown in Scotland, Ireland, and England. James’s initiatives proved controversial – the Ulster plantation, church rule in Scotland, financial and foreign policy in England – yet he survived to the end. It was Charles, continuing his father’s policies, who ran into grave difficulties, eventually provoking all three of his kingdoms to rise in rebellion. Was LEAD TITLE
Charles simply not up to the job? Or had James left him an impossible legacy? Rebellion is both strong narrative history and enthralling biography. It is the story of high politics and low; affairs of state and the lives of ordinary citizens; constitutional and religious conflict; propaganda and public opinion. It presents the last period in British history in which the monarch had the power to shape the fate of the nation. Advance praise:
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‘Tim Harris brings a wonderful freshness, directness, and authority to this account of the reigns of two contentious monarchs. Combining depth and breadth of reading, he offers much to the specialist and to someone new to the period.’ John Morrill PR: Anna Silva
About the Author TIM HARRIS is Munro-Goodwin-Wilkinson Professor in European History at Brown University. He is the author of numerous essays, articles, and books on British history in the early modern period, including Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms 1660-1685 and Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720.
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H I S TO RY Taken at the Flood
July 1914
The Roman Conquest of Greece
The month that changed the world
ROBIN WATERFIELD
GORDON MARTEL
How Ancient Greece fell to the Roman colossus
Recreated moment by moment – the days that led to the Great War
‘There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.’ These
On 28 June 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Balkans. Five
words from Brutus in Julius Caesar deftly describe the swift, brutal, and determined
fateful weeks later Europe was at war. How did a minor Balkan problem become a cataclysm?
conquest by the Romans of the Greeks in a little over six decades.
Gordon Martel answers that question in a history book that reads like a thriller, recreating the drama of the crisis as it was experienced by those who were caught up in it.
Rome’s defeat of the civilization from which it had learned so much is a tale of brutality. But
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apart from the thrilling military action, the story is also central to that of Rome itself and
Devoting a chapter to each of the final ten days – the infamous ‘July Crisis’ – Martel sweeps
the empire it created. Robin Waterfield’s engrossing new book raises a number of intriguing
away traditional concepts of ‘guilt’, ‘responsibility’, and ‘the inevitability of war’, turning
questions: To what extent was the Roman conquest a planned and deliberate policy? What
instead to the contemporary diplomatic, military, and political records to show how the
was it about Roman culture that gave it such a will for conquest? And what was the effect
catastrophe really unfurled. His gripping, step-by-step account of these crucial days makes
on Roman intellectual and artistic culture, on their very identity, of their entanglement with
clear just how little the conflict was in fact premeditated, preordained, or even predictable.
an older Greek civilization, which the Romans themselves recognized as supreme?
What emerges is the story of a terrible, unnecessary tragedy – one that can be understood
At the start of this account, the Mediterranean is home to six superpowers. Six decades
only by retracing the steps taken by those who went down the road to war. Martel shows how
later, there is only one. The story of this astounding transition is pivotal to the history of
the hopes and fears of those at the heart of the unfolding crisis – Kaiser Wilhelm II, the
Rome, her empire, and the whole subsequent development of Europe.
Emperor Franz Joseph, Tsar Nicholas II, Sir Edward Grey, and Raymond Poincaré – intersected as events unfolded, and how each new decision produced a response that complicated or
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escalated matters to the point where they became almost impossible to contain.
See also Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Selected Speeches by Demosthenes, page 51.
Advance praise: ‘In an avalanche of books on the First World War’s origins, Gordon
Published for the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 2014
Martel’s will stand out for its authoritative judgements… and detailed but compelling narrative based overwhelmingly on first-hand and contemporary evidence.’ David Stevenson, author of 1914-1918: the History of the First World War PR: Anna Silva
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ROBIN WATERFIELD has translated numerous Greek classics, including works by Plato, Aristotle, Herodotus, Xenophon, Polybius, and Plutarch. He lives in the far south of Greece on a small olive farm.
GORDON MARTEL is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia, and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Victoria. His numerous publications include studies of the origins of the first and second world wars, modern imperialism, and the nature of diplomacy.
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H I S TO RY Margot Asquith’s Great War Diary, 1914-1916 The View from Downing Street
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
Selected and edited by MICHAEL BROCK and ELEANOR BROCK
Edited by HEW STRACHAN
The politics of war, observed from the inside
A new edition of a classic history to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of war in 1914
NEW EDITION
Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led
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June 2014 Hardback 520 pp, 6 black and white halftones, 234x156 mm, TA 978-0-19-822977-3 £30.00 Available as an Ebook
Britain into war in August 1914. Asquith’s early war leadership drew praise from all
By 1918, millions lay dead, three major empires were shattered, and a fourth, Russia, was
quarters, but in December 1916 he was forced from office in a palace coup, and replaced by
in the throes of a revolution that helped define the rest of the twentieth century. The First
David Lloyd George, whose career he had done so much to promote. Margot had both the
World War was a momentous event, and it still shapes the world in which we live.
literary gifts and the vantage point to create, in her diary of these years, a compelling
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War brings together in one volume many of
record of her husband’s fall from grace.
the most distinguished historians of the conflict in an account that matches the scale of the
An intellectual socialite with the airs, if not the lineage, of an artistocrat, Margot was both a
events. From its causes to its consequences, from the Western Front to the Eastern, from
spectator and participant in the events she describes, and in public affairs could be an ally or
politicians to generals, from strategy to tactics, they chart the course of the war and assess
an embarrassment – sometimes both. Her diary vividly evokes the wartime milieu as
its profound political and human consequences. Chapters on economic mobilization, the
experienced in 10 Downing Street, and describes the great political battles that lay behind the
impact on women, the role of propaganda, and the rise of socialism establish the wider
warfare on the Western Front, in which Asquith would himself lose his eldest son. The writing
context.
teems with character sketches, including Lloyd George (‘a natural adventurer who may make or
First published in 2000, the book has become a highly prized guide to the many
mar himself any day’), Churchill (‘Winston’s vanity is septic’), and Kitchener (‘a man brutal by
dimensions of the Great War. Every part of this new edition has been revised and updated
nature and by pose’).
in the light of the latest scholarship: there are completely new chapters on the strategy of
Never previously published, this candid, witty, and worldly diary gives us a unique insider’s
the Central Powers, the role of women in the war, mutinies and military morale, and the
view of the centre of power. Explanatory footnotes and an introduction by Michael and
post-war conflicts in the years immediately after 1918; and over 40 new illustrations have
Eleanor Brock provide the context and background information we need to appreciate it to
been added.
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the full. PR: Anna Silva PR: Anna Silva Reissue
About the Editors MICHAEL BROCK is a modern historian, educationalist, and Oxford college head. He was Vice-President of Wolfson College; Director of the School of Education at Exeter University; Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford; and Warden of St George’s House, Windsor Castle. He is the author of The Great Reform Act, and co-editor, with Mark Curthoys, of the two nineteenthcentury volumes in the History of the University of Oxford. With his wife, ELEANOR BROCK, a former schoolteacher, he edited the acclaimed OUP edition of H. H. Asquith: Letters to Venetia Stanley.
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The First World War: To Arms HEW STRACHAN
About the Editor HEW STRACHAN is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford, and directed the Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War. He is a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner, a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum, and serves on the British, Scottish, and French national committees advising on the centenary of the First World War.
April 2014, Paperback, 248 pp, 234x156 mm, TA 978-0-19926191-8 £25.00 Available as an Ebook
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H I S TO RY The Gestapo
Neptune
Power and Terror in the Third Reich
The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings
CARSTEN DAMS and MICHAEL STOLLE
CRAIG L. SYMONDS
Hitler’s secret state police force was the most feared instrument of political terror in the
Giving the naval arm its rightful place in the history of the Normandy landings
CRAIG L. SYMONDS
THE ALLIED INVASION OF EUROPE AND THE D-DAY LANDINGS
Third Reich, brutally hunting down and destroying anyone it regarded as an enemy of the D-Day could not have taken place without Operation Neptune. 160,000 Allied troops landed Nazi regime: Socialists, Communists, Jews, homosexuals, and anyone else deemed to be along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy, an ‘anti-social element’. Its prisons soon became infamous – many of those who suffering devastating losses in an invasion that would eventually lead to the liberation of disappeared into them were never seen again. Western Europe. Histories of D-Day have typically overlooked the incredible naval operation But is this an accurate view of the Gestapo? Was it really an all-pervasive, all-powerful, all-
that played a crucial role, yet it involved over five thousand ships and nearly half-a-million
knowing instrument of terror? How much did it depend upon the cooperation and help of
personnel. Indeed, Operation Neptune was the largest seaborne assault in human history,
ordinary Germans? And did its networks extend further into the everyday life of German
without which the battles at Normandy never could have taken place.
society than most Germans after 1945 ever wanted to admit? Neptune brilliantly traces the central thread of this Olympian event from the first tentative LEAD TITLE
May 2014 Hardback 256 pp, 216x135 mm, TA 978-0-19-966921-9 £18.99 Available as an Ebook See also Fascism: A Very Short Introduction, page 55, and Burning the Reichstag, page 14.
Answering all these questions and more, this succinct and highly accessible work by
conversations by British and American officers in Washington in the winter of 1941. With
German historians uses the very latest research to tell the true story behind this secretive
characteristically vivid narration, Craig L. Symonds uncovers the various components of the
and fearsome institution. Tracing the history of the organization from its origins in the
operation, and follows key personalities such as Roosevelt, Churchill, and Eisenhower
Weimar Republic, through the crimes of the Nazi period, to the fate of former officers after
involved in this exceptional campaign.
World War II, Carsten Dams and Michael Stolle investigate how the Gestapo really worked – This superb book is a study of how the sometimes disputatious Anglo-American allies and question many of the myths that have long surrounded it. managed to overcome differing views, Russian demands, German U-boats, logistical Advance praise: ‘An excellent short introduction to one of the most
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bottlenecks, and a thousand other obstacles, to bring the allied armies to Normandy. Published for the 70th anniversary of D-Day
complex issues in the history of the Third Reich.’ PR: Anna Silva
Richard Overy PR: Anna Silva
About the Authors CARSTEN DAMS is Professor of Police Sciences at the School of Public Management of North-Rhine Westphalia.
About the Author CRAIG L. SYMONDS is Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of many books on American naval history, including Lincoln and His Admirals, co-winner of the Lincoln Prize.
MICHAEL STOLLE is an Executive Director of the multidisciplinary ‘House of Competence’ at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
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H I S TO RY The Story of Pain
Visions of Science
From Prayer to Painkillers
Books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age
JOANNA BOURKE
JAMES A. SECORD, University of Cambridge
Instrument of perfection, or an evil to be eliminated?
Revolutionary ideas and the birth of popular science
Experiencing pain is something we all share. Scraped knees, toothaches, migraines, giving
In the first half of the nineteenth century, new scientific disciplines and revolutionary scientific
birth, cancer, heart attacks, and heartaches – pain permeates our entire lives. We might say
concepts – evolution, and the vastness of geological time –began to take shape. At the same time
that ‘it was ever so’ – but, in truth, it wasn’t: our understanding of pain has undergone a
there was political unrest in continental Europe, and debates in Britain regarding education, the
massive transformation during the last three centuries.
lives of working class people, and the new industrial, machine-dominated world. Jim Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, captures the changing times by looking at the
This book is the first to look at the history of pain in the English-speaking world over the last 300 years. For much of this period, pain was seen as serving a specific (and positive) function – it was a message from God or Nature that would perfect the spirit and must be submitted to. In the twenty-first century pain is viewed as an unremitting evil – something to be ‘fought’ LEAD TITLE
Geology, Mary Somerville’s Connexion of the Physical Sciences, and Thomas Carlyle’s satirical work, Sartor Resartus. How did genteel ladies, working men, and the intelligentsia respond to them, and how were the books published and disseminated, admired, attacked, and satirized?
and ‘conquered’. Joanna Bourke, author of many outstanding works on the history of medicine, provides an enthralling analysis of pain’s many transformations over time.
June 2014 Hardback 336 pp, 31 black and white halftones, 234x153 mm, TA 978-0-19-968942-2 £20.00 Available as an Ebook
impact of twelve influential ‘popular science’ books, including Charles Lyell’s Principles of
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How have those in pain interpreted their suffering – and how have these interpretations changed? How have people learnt to conduct themselves when suffering? How do friends and family react? Is professional detachment the right response for doctors? The Story of
Ancient Syria
Pain explores these questions, showing us how we might respond to our own suffering –
A Three Thousand Year History
and, just as importantly, to the suffering of those around us.
TREVOR BRYCE, University of Queensland Battleground background – the road to modern Syria
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Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world. This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year story of what came before: the peoples, cities, cultures, and kingdoms that arose, flourished, declined, and disappeared in the lands that now constitute Syria. Across the centuries we encounter a vast array of characters and civilizations: from the
About the Author JOANNA BOURKE is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of a number of important works on the history of medicine, a frequent contributor to TV and radio shows, and a regular newspaper correspondent.
Hittite and Assyrian Great Kings to the biblically notorious Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great to some of Rome’s most distinguished and most infamous emperors. The conclusion looks forward to the Muslim conquest in the 7th century AD, in many ways the opening chapter in the equally complex and often troubled history of modern Syria.
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H I S TO RY Worlds of Arthur
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Death from the Skies
Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
How the British and Germans Survived Bombing in World War II
GUY HALSALL, University of York
DIETMAR SÜSS, Friedrich Schiller University
‘Cuts through all the fantasy Arthuriana ... shows us that behind that image is a reality which is no less fascinating.’
The first major comparison of British and German response to mass bombing
Michael Wood The debate over the rights and the wrongs of the mass bombing of British and German cities during
‘Brilliant ... Those who desire a surprisingly witty, intellectually rigorous and historically
World War II remains a highly emotive subject even today. The ‘Blitz’ killed tens of thousands and laid
captivating journey deep into the crucible of medieval Britain will enjoy this book immensely.’
waste to large areas of many British cities. But the British and American response was incomparably
Dan Jones, Sunday Times
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In recent times there has been a continuous stream of books claiming to unlock the secret of the ‘once and future king’. As this challenging new look at the Arthur legend makes clear, all
civilians in both Britain and Nazi Germany, showing how two very different societies coped with the
books claiming to ‘reveal the truth’ can safely be ignored. What Guy Halsall uncovers in his
onslaught and kept up morale amidst the devastation and psychological trauma visited on them.
enthralling investigation is both radically different – and also a good deal more intriguing.
Advance praise: ‘A remarkable book by an outstanding German scholar.’ Richard J. Overy
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more devastating – with apocalyptic consequences for German cities such as Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin. In this ground-breaking new book, Dietmar Süss focuses on the effects of the bombing on
Burning the Reichstag
Fight or Flight
An Investigation into the Third Reich’s Enduring Mystery
Britain, France, and their Roads from Empire
BENJAMIN CARTER HETT
MARTIN THOMAS, University of Exeter
One of the last secrets of the Nazi era uncovered
Winds of change and storms of destruction
On 27 February 1933, the German Reichstag went up in flames. Five thousand people were
Although shattered by World War II, Britain and France still controlled the world’s two largest colonial
immediately arrested, a catastrophe that marked the true beginning of the Third Reich. The
empires, stretching over four continents. And they appeared determined to keep them: the roll-call of
origin of the fire is one of the last mysteries of the Nazi period. Benjamin Hett challenges
those who promised to defend their colonial possessions at all costs is a long one. Yet, within twenty
orthodoxy by reopening the case of Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch Communist
years both empires had almost completely disappeared. Hundreds of millions of people were caught
stonemason, who, since the 1950s, has been largely blamed for setting it. Making use of
up in the biggest reconfiguration of the international system ever seen. Peaceable ‘transfers of power’
many new sources and archives, Hett sets the Reichstag fire in a wider context, providing
were eclipsed by territorial partition and mass violence whose bitter aftermath still lingers. How
vivid portraits of key figures, including Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels. This
differently did France and Britain manage the process? And what influence did the changes in the
enthralling book reveals how and why the event is still one of the most controversial and
world at large have – the rise of mass communications, consumerism, and economic globalization?
contested events of the twentieth century.
Advance praise: ‘A masterpiece.’
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H I S TO RY Goodbye to All That? The Story of Europe Since 1945 DAN STONE, University of London How fascism refused to die The post-War years were in many ways golden ones for western Europe as it continued to be
A New History of the Humanities
The Normans and Empire
Revolutions from Grub Street
The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present
DAVID BATES, University of East Anglia
A History of Magazine Publishing in Britain
A new approach to the history of the Norman period
HOWARD COX, University of Worcester, and SIMON MOWATT, AUT Business School
RENS BOD, University of Amsterdam
sustained by the broad anti-fascist consensus. However, as Dan Stone shows in his valuable new
The first overarching history of the humanities
In his acclaimed 2010 Ford Lecture in
postwar consensus went hand in hand with particular ways of remembering World War II. By
Many histories of science have been
Oxford, David Bates proposed that
looking at how ‘memory’ is intimately tied to issues of power and social change, the book
written, but surprisingly there is no
historians of the Norman period can learn
provides a historical background to contemporary ills afflicting Europe, and helps readers to
comparable history of the humanities –
from the methods of social scientists and
Spanning over 300 years, Revolutions from
until now. Rens Bod has created the first
historians of other periods in making use
Grub Street is the first comprehensive
overarching history of the humanities
of such tools as life-stories and
business history of magazine-making in
from Antiquity to the present. He brings
biographies. He uses these new
Britain. From the Glorious Revolution of 1688
to our attention figures such as Panini,
approaches to create this enthralling, new
that saw the beginnings of publishing in the
Valla, Bopp, and countless others who
interpretative history of the Normans.
Grub Street area of London (later to become
history of the continent, this fundamental consensus began to break down in the wake of the oil shocks of the 1970s, and accelerated rapidly after the end of the Cold War. He argues that the
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understand why current crises and the politics emerging from them take the shape they do. Advance praise: ‘Bold and discerning.’ Geoff Eley PR: Anna Silva
The People’s Republic of Amnesia
PUBLISHED FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
The Legacy of Tiananmen Square
British History, given at the University of
Fleet Street) to today’s multi-million pound
are often overlooked, and gives them PR: Lorna Richerby
their rightful place next to scientific
industry which has embraced the world-wide
titans like Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.
web, this is a highly readable narrative
LOUISA LIM, former BBC correspondent in Beijing A view of the Tiananmen Square tragedy from inside China
The first comprehensive business history of Britain’s consumer magazine publishing industry
account of the people, technology and industrial organization behind one of
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Britain’s most successful creative industries. Twenty-five years after the People’s Army crushed unarmed protestors in Tiananmen Square on 4 June, 1989, the defining event of China’s modern history remains a taboo subject in the
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for detail, she presents the event from the perspective of the survivors, student leaders, and others involved, choosing to focus on eight individuals, including a soldier, a diplomat, and a student. Drawing on new sources made available in recent years, including Wikileaks cables, Lim discusses the quarter-century campaign on the part of Chinese officials to control memory of the event, and considers the legacy of Tiananmen in China today.
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See also By all Means Necessary, page 41.
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BIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS
NEW IN PAPERBACK Churchill and Sea Power
The Pursuit NEW IN PAPERBACK of the Nazi Mind
Six Moments of Crisis
CHRISTOPHER M. BELL, Dalhousie University
Hitler, Hess, and the Analysts
Inside British Foreign Policy
DANIEL PICK, University of London
GILL BENNETT
‘Fascinating ... an exceptionally rich and
‘Gill Bennett… takes us into Number 10
thought-provoking book.’
and the Cabinet room and we are
‘Far-ranging, elegantly written and insightful.’ Matthew Seligmann, Journal of Strategic Studies
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One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper Edited by RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES and ADAM SISMAN One of the most gifted historians and finest letter-writers of the twentieth century The literary fame of Hugh Trevor-Roper, which in his lifetime arose from his historical writings,
Richard Overy, Literary Review
literally transported – we can see and
has been widened by the publication of letters and journals that have come to light since his death in 2003. The one hundred letters brought together for this book, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth, illustrate the range of his extraordinary life.
hear the people, feel the tension, and ‘a cogent and important study based on a
‘This is a terrific book ... soberly and clearly
We meet him as historian, controversialist, public intellectual, connoisseur of poetry, traveller,
hear the arguments.’ written ... profoundly illuminating.’
great deal of research.’
Peter Hennessy N. A. M. Rodger,
The Journal of Military History As First Lord of the Admiralty from 1911 to 1915, and again from 1939, Churchill had a defining impact on Britain’s naval power in two world wars. And his achievements as naval strategist, Bell
Eli Zaretsky, Jewish Quarterly Daniel Pick brings both the skills of the historian and the trained psychoanalyst to the story of how psychoanalysis was used in the war against Nazi Germany in the crucial quest to understand the Nazi mind.
hard-headed analysis to pastoral evocation. In subject-matter they take us from his inside Former Whitehall historian Gill Bennett
knowledge and close observation of affairs of state – his friendship with the spy Kim Philby,
unravels the story of six crucial British
the Suez affair, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, or the regime of Mrs Thatcher – to the private
foreign policy challenges, from the Korean
pleasures of reading and thinking and to his fondness for the natural world. We also
War to the Falklands conflict, offering an
encounter, especially in letters to members of his family, an emotional intensity which will
inside account of episodes that shaped
surprise those who knew only the cool and confident exterior he presented to the world.
Britain’s position in the world for decades to come – and in some cases still arouse
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argues, have been undervalued.
controversy to this day. See also Fascism: A Very Short Introduction, page 55, The Gestapo, page 10, and Burning the Reichstag, page 14.
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countryman. In mood the letters range from comic exuberance to melancholy reflection, from
His correspondence depicts a life of rich diversity, a mind of intellectual sparkle and eager curiosity, a character who relished the absurdities and vanities of his contemporaries, and a never-failing mastery of precise, delicate, and subtle prose. He is rightly considered to be one of the finest letter-writers of the twentieth century.
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Sir David Cannadine
About the Editors RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES has edited two previous collections of Trevor-Roper’s writings, Letters from Oxford and Wartime Journals. ADAM SISMAN is the author of the authorized biography of Hugh Trevor-Roper. He is currently at work on a life of John le Carré.
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BIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS
BIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS
Piero della Francesca
The Newton Papers
Artist and Man
The Strange Tale of the Documents of History’s Greatest Scientist
JAMES R. BANKER
SARAH DRY
The first full biography of one of the greatest Renaissance artists
Told for the first time – the story of Newton’s controversial legacy
Largely neglected for the four centuries after his death in 1492, the Italian artist Piero della
When Isaac Newton died in 1727, he left a mass of disorganized papers – more than 8 million
Francesca is now seen to embody the fullest expression of the Renaissance perspective
words – that revealed him as heretical, alchemically obsessed, and possibly even unbalanced.
painter, with an artistic importance comparable with that of Leonardo da Vinci and
As a result, the private papers of the world’s greatest scientist remained hidden to all but a
Michelangelo.
select few. Sarah Dry has uncovered the extraordinary 300-year story of the disappearance, dispersal and eventual rediscovery of the papers and of the eclectic group of collectors,
But who was he, and how did he become the person and artist that he was? Until now, these scholars, and scientists who tracked them down, from the economist John Maynard Keynes to questions have remained largely unanswered. James R. Banker puts that situation right, Abraham Yahuda, a key figure in the founding of Israel. Her enthralling book reveals Newton integrating the story of Piero’s artistic and mathematical achievements with the full chronicle as a man altogether stranger and more complicated than the genius of legend. of his life for the first time. Fortified by the discovery of over one hundred previously unknown LEAD TITLE
documents, most of which he unearthed himself, he presents us with Piero’s friends, family,
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and collaborators, within the context of the various cities and courts in which he lived. We February 2014 Hardback 304 pp, 10 colour plates, 30 black and white halftones, 246x171 mm, TA 978-0-19-960931-4 £25.00 Available as an Ebook
gain fascinating insights into the artist’s life and development – from early masterpieces such as the Baptism of Christ through to later, Flemish-influenced works such as the Nativity. Banker addresses persistent myths about the year of Piero’s birth, and big questions about
Jane Austen’s Letters
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Edited by DEIRDRE LE FAYE
ERIC FREDERICK JENSEN
‘Jane at her most direct ... a generous and comprehensive book.’
The life and work of the master of impressionist music
the dates of some of his major works. He also presents a persuasive new interpretation of the much-debated Flagellation of Christ.
Max Davidson, Daily Telegraph Advance praise: ‘A superb study of Piero’s life, times and achievements.’ Donald Weinstein, author of Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet PR: Anna Silva
About the Author JAMES R. BANKER is Professor of History, Emeritus, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. He is also the author of The Culture of San Sepolcro During the Youth of Piero Della Francesca, described by Burlington Magazine as ‘masterly’.
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Debussy
Nearly one hundred years after Claude
Jane Austen’s letters afford a unique insight
Debussy’s death, his music has lost none of
into the daily life of the novelist: intimate and
its appeal. In this authoritative biography,
gossipy, observant and informative, they bring
part of the acclaimed Master Musicians
alive her family and friends, her surroundings,
series, Jensen brings together the most
and contemporary events with a freshness
recent biographical research, including a
unparalleled in biography. This fourth edition
revised catalogue of Debussy’s
incorporates the findings of new scholarship
compositions and the first complete edition of his
to enrich our understanding of her.
correspondence. The book is equally accessible for the reader
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of biography, and to music students and musicians. March 2014, Hardback, 368 pp, 15 halftones, 31 music examples, 234x156 mm, AC, 978-0-19-973005-6, £25.00, PR: Dan Parker
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L I T E R AT U R E
L I T E R AT U R E The Compleat Angler
Selected Fables
IZAAK WALTON and CHARLES COTTON
An Anthology
Edited by MARJORIE SWANN
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
‘I envy no body but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do.’
Translated by CHRISTOPHER BETTS
The Compleat Angler is the most famous book ever published in the literature of sport. It is
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NEW TRANSLATION
Illustrated by GUSTAVE DORÉ
also a work whose unique celebration of the English countryside has won it many admirers.
‘Deceivers, you’re the target for my pen:
Izaak Walton issued the final version of his beloved book in 1676, accompanied by Charles
if you play tricks, you can expect the same.’
Cotton’s pioneering exploration of fly-fishing. It is both a manual of instruction and a vision
La Fontaine’s verse fables turned traditional folktales derived from Aesop and a range of
of society in harmony with nature. It guides the novice fisherman on every aspect of
Oriental sources into some of the greatest, and best-loved, poetic work in French. His
fishing: how to catch and cook a variety of fish, on how to select and prepare the best bait
versions of stories such as ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ and ‘The Wolf and the Lamb’ are witty
and make artificial flies, and on the habits of freshwater fish. It also promotes angling as a
and sophisticated, satirizing human nature in miniature dramas in which the outcome is
communal activity in which the bonds of friendship are forged through shared experience
always unpredictable. The fables have long been popular with all ages, though their ironic
of the natural world.
take on contemporary society in French aristocratic circles is best appreciated by adults.
Walton lived through turbulent times, and found in nature the best salve for national
Christopher Betts’s translations are notable for their sensitivity and sophistication, and his
tragedy and personal sorrow. His writing embraces literature, poetry, anecdote, and a
impressive new translation of La Fontaine matches the original in inventiveness and
commitment to conservation. It also encodes his passionate royalist Anglican sympathies
subtlety. This edition includes half of the fables first published in twelve books between
in the aftermath of the Civil War.
1668 and 1693, across the full range of subjects and themes. The fables are illustrated with
This new edition, illustrated with contemporary line drawings, is the first to highlight the
a selection of Gustave Doré’s majestic engravings, and an introduction offers insights into
book’s importance as an influential and provocative meditation on humanity’s relationship
La Fontaine’s life and literary artistry.
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About the Editor
About the Editor
MARJORIE SWANN grew up fishing for perch and pike on St Joseph Island, Ontario. With degrees from Queen’s University and Oxford, she is now Associate Professor of English at Southern Methodist University. She is currently writing a book about Walton’s Compleat Angler and its postseventeenth-century afterlives.
CHRISTOPHER BETTS was Senior Lecturer in the French Department at the University of Warwick. He has translated Montesquieu’s Persian Letters and Rousseau’s Social Contract, and in 2009 published an acclaimed translation of Perrault’s The Complete Fairy Tales.
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L I T E R AT U R E
L I T E R AT U R E The New Oxford Book of War Poetry
NEW EDITION
The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Edited by JON STALLWORTHY
Edited by JEREMY NOEL-TOD, University of East Anglia, and IAN HAMILTON
Reviews of the first edition
‘Indispensable.’
‘Full of good things...many old favourites and quite a few genuine surprises.’
The impressive new edition of this classic Companion, first published as The Oxford Companion to
Vernon Scannell, The Guardian ‘Quite simply the most rewardingly catholic anthology of battle verse.’ Times Educational Supplement
John Sutherland, The Sunday Times
Twentieth Century Poetry, provides over 1,500 biographical entries on poets writing in English, in Britain and around the world, from 1910 to the present day. It illuminates the influences, inspirations, and movements that have shaped the lives and works of our best-loved poets. A-Z biographies are complemented by new appendices including coverage of poetry events, poetry prizes and prize-
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There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful
winners. Many entries include details of in-depth supplementary material available online on the
feelings than war. Jon Stallworthy’s classic anthology spans centuries of human experience of
dedicated companion website. Compiled by a team of 230 experts, including Blake Morrison and
conflict, from David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan and Homer’s Iliad to the finest poems of
Andrew Motion, it is accessible and authoritative – a must-have for anyone with an interest in poetry.
the First and Second World Wars, and beyond. The roll-call of writers is huge – more than 150 – and the arc of the book charts a great shift in human awareness from man’s early
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inhumanity to man’. Here are Virgil and Chaucer, Spenser and Donne, Marvell and Dryden; Coleridge, Shelley and Browning; Hugo, Whitman, and Rilke, as well as the whole sweep of twentieth-century writers.
The Shepherd’s Calendar JOHN CLARE
Ten years on from the first edition, Jon Stallworthy has now included more poems on the
Edited by ERIC ROBINSON, DAVID POWELL, and GEOFFREY SUMMERFIELD
wars of the twentieth century. The 42 additional poems include works by David Harsent, Anthony Hecht, Miroslav Holub, John Jarmain, Stanley Kunitz, Michael Longley, Czeslaw Milosz, Andrew Motion, and Patrick Shaw-Stewart.
The only hardback gift edition of Clare’s masterpiece – illustrated by David Gentleman A century and a half after his death, John Clare is regarded as one of the greatest English Romantic poets – The Shepherd’s Calendar is his masterpiece. A classic of English poetry, it
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is also a fascinating work of social history, recording long-vanished aspects of nineteenthcentury rural life. The poem provides a calendar of the country year – ploughing in February, lambing in March, hay-making in June – punctuated by celebrations and festivals, such as
About the Editor
May Day games, sheep-shearing feasts, Harvest Home, and Christmas. Rooted in popular
JON STALLWORTHY is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College, an acclaimed poet and literary critic, and biographer of Wilfred Owen.
culture, the poem has many vivid descriptions of the flowers, birds, and beasts of the hedgerow and field. This beautiful gift edition with ribbon marker is charmingly illustrated
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with wood engravings by David Gentleman. Published to mark the 150th anniversary of John Clare’s death
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P H I LO S O P H Y A Will to Believe
Classical Philosophy
Shakespeare and Religion
A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
DAVID SCOTT KASTAN, Yale University
PETER ADAMSON
A provocative new account of the Bard’s faith
A unique history of thought
Religion was inescapable in Shakespeare’s England, but its place in his life and art is
‘In an undergraduate philosophy course, you might reasonably expect to jump from Aristotle to,
ambiguous. The plays have usually been seen either as evidence of Shakespeare’s own
perhaps, Descartes, leaping over about 2000 years of history in the process. A more enlightened
disinterested secularism or, more recently, as coded signposts to his own sectarian
approach might include looking at Thomas Aquinas, in the 13th century – still omitting the better
commitments. Based upon the inaugural series of the Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures,
part of two millennia.’ Peter Adamson
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religion actually functions in his dramas. It shows what we know and can't know about Shakespeare’s own beliefs, and demonstrates, in a series of wonderfully alert and agile readings, how the often fraught and vertiginous religious environment of Post-Reformation England gets refracted by the lens of Shakespeare’s imagination.
In his ‘History of Philosophy without any gaps’ podcasts, Peter Adamson fulfils his dream of offering the whole picture of the history of thought, and not just the famous bits. Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books to be based on these acclaimed podcasts in which Adamson will present a complete history of philosophy more thoroughly, but also more enjoyably, than ever before.
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In the first volume, short, lively, conversational chapters with vivid examples offer an accessible, humorous, and detailed look at the emergence of philosophy, from Thales to Aristotle. Along the
The Cold of May Day Monday
way, we meet a fascinating range of individuals and schools – Anaximander, Xenophanes, Parmenides, the Eleatics, The Atomists, the Hippocratic Corpus, and the Platonic Academy.
An Approach to Irish Literary History ROBERT ANTHONY WELCH
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This is a new kind of history that assumes no prior knowledge, which makes it ideal for those who wants to read philosophy for pleasure. It will bring the extraordinary history of thought to life
A new history of Irish literature by one of its major scholars
for all readers, including those coming to the subject for the first time.
Robert Anthony Welch, who died in 2013, was one of Ireland’s most important scholars – a poet, novelist, playwright, critic, and editor of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature.
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from its very earliest phases up to the present day, framing his study around themes and clusters rather than chronology, seeking to retain coherence by means of a sustained attention to the thematic strains. He concludes by discussing his contemporaries – Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, John McGahern, and John Banville. PR: Kirsty Doole
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About the Author PETER ADAMSON is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. An American by birth, he taught for ten years at the London School of Economics. He has published widely in ancient and medieval philosophy, especially on Neoplatonism and on philosophy in the Islamic world.
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P H I LO S O P H Y Philosophy at 3:AM Questions and Answers with 25 Philosophers RICHARD MARSHALL
P H I LO S O P H Y Philosophy Bites Back
NEW IN PAPERBACK
DAVID EDMUNDS, Oxford University, and NIGEL WARBURTON, Open University
T. M. SCANLON, Harvard University
Beyond Art DOMINIC MCIVER LOPES, University of British Columbia A radical and original treatment of art and aesthetics
One of the world’s leading philosophers brings new insights to reason
This book offers a bold new approach to
Is what we have reason to do a matter of
the philosophy of art. General theories of
fact? If so, what kind of truth is involved,
art don’t work, argues Dominic McIver
In this collection of lively interviews
how can we know it, and how do reasons
Lopes, because they can’t deal with
derived fom the hugely successful
motivate and explain action? In this book
problem cases. Instead he articulates
podcast Philosophy Bites, leading
based on his prestigious Locke Lectures,
and defends a ‘buck-passing theory of
philosophers of our time discuss the
Thomas Scanlon offers answers, with a
art’, namely that a work of art is nothing
ideas and works of some of the most
qualified defense of normative cognitivism
but a work in one of the arts. Written not
important thinkers in history. From the
– the view that there are normative truths
just for philosophers but for theorists of
ancient classics to ground-breaking
about reasons for action. This is a highly
art, music, or literature, Beyond Art
modern thought, and from happiness
original work by one of the world’s leading
discusses a wide range of works from
Change
and love in ancient Greece to truth and
moral philosophers.
contemporary arts and culture.
What Really Leads to Lasting Personal Transformation
volume spans over two and a half
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JEFFREY A. KOTTLER, California State University
millennia of western philosophy and
Leading modern philosophers explain their ideas Richard Marshall is a contributing editor to the fashionable online cultural magazine 3ammagazine.com. In 2011, he set himself the task of bringing philosophy to his readers who were not philosophers but who were eager to know more. His interviews with prominent
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thinkers about why they chose to enter the field and on their own ideas have become something of a legend. This book brings together his favourite 25 articles, 18 by men and 7 May 2014 Hardback 368 pp, 234x156 mm, TA 978-0-19-996953-1 £20.00 Available as an Ebook
Being Realistic about Reasons
by women. They encompass giants of the field, such as Kit Fine and Jerry Fodor, alongside many emerging younger philosophers. Serious, fun, thoughtful and thought-provoking, the interviews invite anyone with a hunger for philosophical questions to engage with the ideas. It is a wonderful showcase for philosophy as it is practiced today. PR: Dan Parker
It’s never too late to change your life Why do we suddenly change for the better after years of failed efforts? Why do some of us
forgiveness in the twentieth century, this
illuminates its most fascinating ideas. PR: Dan Parker
never escape our self-destructive behaviours even when we desperately want to? And what is it that most reliably and effectively produces growth, learning and development that persist over time? Jeffrey A. Kottler is an accomplished therapist and author who believes he has the answers to these questions. He weaves together inspiring stories and the latest January 2014 Hardback 376 pp, 19 black and white illustrations, 235x156 mm, AE 978-0-19-998138-0 £20.00 Available as an Ebook
research, taking the reader on a fascinating exploration of human behaviour while highlighting what does – and does not – lead to lasting change. Throughout the book
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Kottler recounts stories of colleagues and patients whose tales of remarkable, unexpected, and lasting transformation enthrall and move.
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SCIENCE
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SCIENCE Life Unfolding
The Improbable Primate
How the human body creates itself
How water shaped human evolution
JAMIE A. DAVIES
CLIVE FINLAYSON
The journey from egg to human
New insights into the course of human evolution
Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right
A primate that walks on two legs, is naked and has a taste for meat – humankind really is a
one? How do boys become different from girls? How did each of the ten trillion cells in my
highly remarkable species. The Improbable Primate tells the extraordinary story of how we
body know how to become the part it is?
got to be that way.
The picture now emerging of the extraordinary journey from a single fertilized egg to the
At the heart of the story is water – the critical factor that Clive Finlayson believes has shaped
complexity of a human being draws not only on embryology and genetics, but on ideas
us. He argues that our ancestors carved a niche for themselves by leaving the forest and
from physics, networks, and control theory. The central principle is that of ‘adaptive self-
forcing their way into a long-established community of carnivores in a tropical savannah, as
organization’: individual cells do not need to know where they are in the plan, they just
climate changes opened up the landscape. They took their chance at high noon, when most
respond to local cues, organizing themselves into tissues and interconnecting systems,
other predators were asleep, and so avoided competition or being eaten by the large cats and
correcting errors as they go along. From the application of a few relatively simple
hyenas. Adapting to this new lifestyle involved shedding their hair and developing an active
behaviours, orchestrated and regulated by layers of genes and their proteins in
sweating system to keep cool. Being close to fresh water was critical, and as the climate dried
combination with basic physical principles, layer upon layer of complexity arises of its
our ancestors, already bipedal, became taller and slimmer, more adept at travelling farther.
own accord.
The challenges of seeking water in a drying landscape moulded the minds and bodies of early
Life Unfolding brings the results of this area of intense current research to the lay reader,
humans, and directed their migrations and eventual settlements.
showing how our whole understanding of how we come to be has been transformed in
This ground-breaking book presents a fresh and provocative view of a seven-million-year
recent years. This is modern biology at its most exciting. The resulting insights are already
evolutionary journey. It has radical implications for the interpretation of fossils and
having a profound impact on medicine.
technologies, of the spread of early humans, and of the emergence and domination of
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About the Author
About the Author
JAMIE A. DAVIES is Professor of Experimental Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Institute of Biologists, of the Royal Society of Medicine, and of the Higher Education Academy. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Organogenesis.
CLIVE FINLAYSON is Director of the Gibraltar Museum and Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto. His previous book for OUP, The Humans Who Went Extinct, was described by the Independent as ‘revelatory’.
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SCIENCE
SCIENCE The Amoeba in the Room
One Plus One Equals One
Lives of the Microbes
Symbiosis and the evolution of complex life
NICHOLAS P. MONEY
JOHN ARCHIBALD, Dalhousie University
Invisible rulers of our planet
How molecular biology is uncovering the strange origins of complex life
Animals and plants rule the world – or do they? A cup of seawater contains 100 million cells
The latest tools of molecular biology enable us to investigate the living world in ways
which are preyed upon by billions of viruses; a pinch of soil swarms with cryptic microbes
unimaginable a few decades ago. One Plus One Equals One focuses on an area in which our
whose activities are a mystery; 50 million tons of fungal spores are released into the
understanding has been revolutionized: the mechanisms of evolution which led to the
atmosphere every year and affect the weather; and human beings are mobile ecosystems
development of complex life more than three billion years ago. All living organisms use the
that farm, and are farmed by, vast populations of bacteria and viruses involved with almost
same molecular processes to replicate their genetic material and the same basic code to
every aspect of our wellbeing. Microorganisms are the vast, unnoticed, unmentioned
'read' their genes; the similarities can be seen in their DNA. John Archibald shows how from
‘elephants in the room’ of planet earth.
the very beginning evolution has been 'plugging-and-playing' with the subcellular components of life in a process of microbial mergers and acquisitions. He tells the story of
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The more we learn about microbial biodiversity, the less important do animals and plants how we have come to this realization and its implications. become in our understanding life on earth. The flowering of microbial science is revolutionizing biology and medicine in ways unimagined even a decade or two ago, and is
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inspiring a new view of what it means to be human. Nicholas Money explores the extraordinary breadth of the microbial world and the vast swathes of biological diversity that can be detected only by using molecular methods. He argues for nothing less than a
The Fourth Revolution
revolution in our perception of the living world: the big lumbering forms we see are just
How the infosphere is reshaping human reality
froth on a vast ocean of protists, bacteria, and viruses that constitute most of life on earth.
LUCIANO FLORIDI, University of Oxford
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Online, offline, onlife Who are we, and how do we relate to each other? Luciano Floridi argues that the explosive developments in Information and Communication Technologies is changing the answer to these fundamental human questions. Life online and life offline are coalescing into ‘onlife’ – the new reality of how we work, shop, learn, communicate; how we connect with law, finance, health, and politics; even the way we conduct war. Humans, Floridi asserts, are now
About the Author
just one part of an 'infosphere'. Following those led by Copernicus, Darwin, and Freud, this
NICHOLAS P. MONEY is Professor of Botany and Western Program Director at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is the author of a number of works including Mushroom, described by Nature magazine as a ‘brilliant scientific and cultural exploration’.
metaphysical shift represents nothing less than a fourth revolution. How can we ensure that we shall reap the benefits? What are the implicit risks? Are our technologies going to enable and empower us, or constrain us?
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SCIENCE Cancer Virus
PUBLISHED TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVER OF EBV
The Origin of Ideas
The story of Epstein-Barr Virus
Blending, Creativity, and the Human Spark
DOROTHY H. CRAWFORD, INGÓLFUR JOHANNESSEN, both University of Edinburgh, and ALAN B. RICKINSON, University of Birmingham
MARK TURNER, Case Western Reserve University The first general work on a major new theory in cognitive science
How the first human cancer virus was discovered
February 2014 Hardback 224 pp, 12 black and white illustrations, 216x138 mm, TA 978-0-19-965311-9 £16.99 Available as an Ebook
It is humankind’s ability to innovate that sets our species apart from other animals. Mark
The idea of a human cancer virus was shocking enough when the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Turner is the co-founder of ‘conceptual blending’, a theory that proposes that the source of
was discovered fifty years ago, but the story proved stranger still. Almost everyone, it turns
this ability is our unique capacity to take two ideas or more and create a new one by
out, carries EBV. Only under some circumstances does it cause disease. What’s more, EBV
‘blending’, almost without effort and usually unconsciously. This important book is the first
produces seemingly unrelated ailments in different populations: a cancer of the jaw in African
to present the ground-breaking theory of ‘blending’ in detail for both a general audience
children, a cancer of post-nasal passages in the Far East, Hodgkin’s Disease and glandular
and scholars. Both controversial and provocative, it claims that it was our virtuosity in
fever in the West. Written by three leading virologists working on EBV, this book is an exciting
‘blending’ that gave us a unique idea-generating tool that took us from being just a group of
detective story, recounting how the clues emerged through luck, serendipity, and the
large mammals to world domination.
imagination and dedicated work of a cast of scientists spanning the world.
March 2014 Hardback 304 pp, 235x156 mm, AU 978-0-19-998882-2 £19.99 Available as an Ebook
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June 2014 Hardback 336 pp, 10 black and white line drawings, 10 black and white halftones, 234x156 mm, AC 978-0-19-967811-2 £18.99 Available as an Ebook Previously announced November 2013
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Superintelligence
Drugged
The Coming Machine Intelligence Revolution
The Science and Culture Behind Psychotropic Drugs
NICK BOSTROM, University of Oxford
RICHARD J. MILLER, Northwestern University
Intelligent machines – pipe dream or real threat?
The only complete guide to all classes of psychotropic drugs
If machine brains come to surpass human brains as ours surpass those of other animals, then
The vast array of chemicals that can cross the blood-brain barrier is literally mind-boggling:
they could become as powerful relative to us as we are to other animals. Such extreme levels
cannabis and cocaine, morphine and heroin, mescaline and LSD, alcohol, amphetamines,
of machine intelligence – superintelligence – would potentially be in a position to shape the
Ecstasy – and many more. In Drugged, Richard Miller takes readers on an eye-opening tour
future. What happens to humanity (whether humanity would even survive) would then depend
of psychotropic drugs, describing the various kinds, how they were discovered and
on the goals of the superintelligence. The possibility of a machine intelligence revolution is
developed, and how they have played multiple roles in virtually every culture. Entertaining
therefore an extremely important topic. Perhaps it is the most important topic...
and authoritative, the book brims with surprises: it reveals that antidepressant drugs evolved from the rocket fuel that shot V2 rockets into London during World War II; it
This groundbreaking book places superintelligence in the mainstream of both scholarly and
highlights the role of hallucinogens in the history of religion; and it asks whether Prozac can
popular consciousness and shows us how to protect humanity against its risks.
help depressed cats! This is a truly fascinating book.
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January 2014 Hardback 384 pp, 235x156 mm, AU 978-0-19-995797-2 £25.99 Available as an Ebook
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SCIENCE
SCIENCE Warriors and Worriers
The Proust Effect
The Survival of the Sexes
The Senses as Doorways to Lost Memories
JOYCE F. BENENSON, Emmanuel College, with HENRY MARKOVITS, University of Quebec Sexual stereotypes turned upside down Based on thirty years of research, Warriors and Worriers presents a new theory of sex differences that focuses on the different ways in which men and women ensure their survival. Boys and men have strategies to deter their enemies, while girls and women find assistants to aid them in coping with vulnerable children and elders; males form cooperative groups that compete against out-groups, while human females exclude other females in their quest to February 2014 Hardback 200 pp, 235x156 mm, AU 978-0-19-997223-4 £16.99 Available as an Ebook
find mates. Such differences, contends psychologist Joyce Benenson, produce different social worlds for each sex. In this enthralling exploration, Benenson turns upside down the familiar wisdom that women are more sociable than men and that men are more competitive than women. PR: Dan Parker
Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe JOHN MOFFAT, University of Toronto
CRETIEN VAN CAMPEN, Netherlands Institute for Social Research and Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
field of physics who believes that there is
How our senses can trigger memories
no Higgs Boson particle. He is also of the
What if there is no Higgs Boson... John Moffat is one of a small minority in the
opinion that extra dimensions of space do The best-known example of the power of the senses to evoke memories is in Marcel Proust’s novel Swann’s Way. Cretien van Campen throws new light on why sense memories are special and how they work in the brain. Exploring the senses in thought-provoking scientific
Nuclear Dawn F. E. Simon and the Race for Atomic Weapons in World War II KENNETH D. MCRAE, Carleton University, Ottawa The first full biography of a key figure in the creation of the atomic bomb
not exist as verifiable phenomena, supersymmetry is a nice mathematical construct, and there is no such thing as dark matter. In Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe he turns today’s theories on their heads and explores some highly intriguing alternatives.
This is the first full biography of Franz (later Sir Francis) Simon (18931956), a German-born Jewish scientist who made a major contribution to the creation of the atomic bomb. From Simon’s early years, through his move to Oxford in 1933 to escape the Nazi threat,
experiments and artistic projects, he
and his important, experimental
The Science of Cheese
offers new insights into memory – drawn from neuroscience, the arts, and
contributions to low-temperature physics,
MICHAEL H. TUNICK, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
professions such as education, elderly
it provides many new insights. The book is
The surprising science of cheesemaking
care, health care therapy and the
based on important, new source
culinary profession.
materials, such as Simon’s diary and
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There are more than 2,000 varieties of cheese but few of us understand the scientific alchemy, involving chemistry, biology, and physics, that turns milk into an astonishing variety
correspondence with his wife, that were PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
not available to previous researchers.
of delicious foods. As a researcher who creates cheeses, Michael H. Tunick is superbly PR: Hannah McGuffie
equipped to present the technical science behind creating a new cheese. His new book takes us back in time to some 8000 years ago to show us how cheese was first made. He then explores how this led to other forms of cheese: Gorgonzola (first noted in AD 879), Roquefort February 2014 Hardback 256 pp, 32 halftones, 5 line illustrations, 235x156 mm, AE 978-0-19-992230-7 £19.99
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(AD 1070), Cheddar (AD 1500), and many more. Food scientists, amateur cheesemakers, and cheese lovers will all value this unique and wonderfully interesting book. PR: Dan Parker
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SCIENCE James Clerk Maxwell Perspectives on his Life and Work Edited by RAYMOND FLOOD, Gresham College, MARK MCCARTNEY, University of Ulster, and ANDREW WHITAKER, Queen’s University Belfast The first work to fully reveal Maxwell’s multiple talents After Newton and Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell (1831 -1879) is a contender for the title of most important mathematical physicist. But, as this book shows, there was much more to Maxwell than his work on electromagnetism, both in terms of his science and his wider life. This new account gives a range of physicists,
SCIENCE 50 Visions of Mathematics
The Man in the Monkeynut Coat
Faith and Wisdom in Science
Edited by SAM PARC, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications
William Astbury and the Forgotten Road to the Double-Helix
TOM MCLEISH, University of Durham
How chemistry becomes biology
Science can be a deeply religious activity
ADDY PROSS, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
50 original articles celebrate a sparkling half century of the IMA
KERSTEN T. HALL, University of Leeds Forgotten pioneer with a pivotal role in DNA discovery
much-needed new approach to the
Isaac Newton declared that his
McLeish presents a scientist’s reading of
anniversary of the founding of the Institute of
momentous discoveries were made
the enigmatic and beautiful Book of Job
Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), it
thanks to having ‘stood on the shoulders
as his centrepiece, and uses it to make
contains 50 articles by some of the best writers
of giants’. The same might be said of DNA
the case for science as a deeply human
pioneers James Watson, Francis Crick, and
and ancient activity, embedded in some
Here is a book that is designed to showcase the beauty of mathematics without frying your brain! Published to celebrate the 50th
on maths, such as Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Singh and Ian Stewart. The topics covered are deliberately diverse, from simple numerology to the very cutting edge of mathematics research. Highly illustrated, the book also includes 50 pictorial ‘visions of mathematics’.
science, his poetry, and his Christian faith.
‘A stimulating and thought-provoking read.’ Chemistry World
The Story of Noise MIKE GOLDSMITH, National Physical Laboratory ‘A spectacularly good book..’ New Scientist ‘A treasure trove of curious facts and anecdotes ... extremely attractive and accessible, well-written and engaging.’ Peter Pesic, American Scientist As humankind creates ever more noise, the battle to manage and control it intensifies. Mike Goldsmith considers the long history of the battle between people
William T. Astbury (1898-1961) who
human desire to understand the natural
and noise, explaining the science and
pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography
world. He insists that rather than
and how did it emerge from non-life?’
physiology, and exploring how new
essential to their work. Astbury has
debating ‘science and theology’ we need
Scientists have puzzled over it ever since.
scientific approaches may affect the
largely, and quite unjustly, been forgotten,
both a ‘science of theology’ and a
Addy Pross uses insights from the new
future of sound. He also looks at how
‘theology of science’.
field of systems chemistry to show how
discord and dissonance are put to use in
chemistry can become biology, and that
music, medicine, and even the military.
revealing the story of this neglected genius
See also The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics, page 59.
Peter Atkins
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posed a profound question: ‘What is life,
justice, revealing among much else Maxwell’s wider work on many aspects of
‘A lucid, thoughtful, and accessible exploration of the very foundations of that most exquisite and extraordinary property of matter, life.’
Discord
of the oldest stories told about the
Rosalind Franklin, because it was scientist
but this book now rights that wrong by PR: Hannah McGuffie
‘science and religion’ debate. Tom
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Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrödinger
mathematicians, and historians of science and literature the chance to do him
Faith and Wisdom in Science takes a
What is Life?
who also led the field in the powerful new
Darwinian evolution is the expression of a
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deeper physical principle.
science of molecular biology.
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C U R R E N T A F FA I R S
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C U R R E N T A F FA I R S
Wrong
By All Means Necessary
Nine Economic Policy Disasters and What We Can Learn from Them
How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World
RICHARD S. GROSSMAN, Wesleyan University
ELIZABETH C. ECONOMY and MICHAEL LEVI, both Council on Foreign Relations
How ideology rather than economics causes financial crises
The first full account of China’s race to acquire raw materials
The Irish famine, the Great Depression, Japan’s lost decade of the 1990s, Lehman Brothers and
The last twenty-five years has seen China transformed from an impoverished country to one
the American subprime crisis ... What is it that sparks such vast economic calamities? Why do
with more millionaires than anywhere else in the world. In the beginning, that growth was
our economic policy makers fail to protect us from such upheavals? Writing for a wide
fuelled by internal resources, but now China has been forced to look outward to find the
audience, economist Richard Grossman shines a light on the poor thinking behind nine of the
massive quantities of resources it needs. It is now engaged in a quest around the world for
worst economic policy mistakes of the past 200 years, telling the story behind each
fuel, water, and land for farming, while the country’s military secures sea lanes and focuses
misconceived economic move, explaining why the policy was adopted, how it was
on advanced military technologies to protect its interests abroad. Clear, authoritative, and
implemented, and its short- and long-term consequences. In each case, he shows that the main
provocative, By All Means Necessary is the first comprehensive account of the likely impact
culprits were policy makers who were guided by ideology rather than economics.
of China’s pursuit of raw materials in the coming years – a crucial issue, not just for China,
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but for the whole world. PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
The Euro-Crisis and Its Aftermath
The Locust Effect
JEAN PISANI-FERRY, Université Paris-Dauphine Translated by CHRISTOPHE GOUARDO
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Understanding the economics of the Euro
The first book on the key role of violence in perpetuating poverty
‘This is not a book for economists, because the time when the pros and cons of European monetary unification were topics for controversies between economists only has long passed’ writes Jean Pisani-Ferry. As chief economic advisor to the Prime Minister of France and former director of the Brussels-based economic think tank, Bruegel, he has been at the forefront of debate about the travails of the euro area. He is excellently placed to write this book which June 2014 Hardback 224 pp, 235x156 mm, TA 978-0-19-999333-8 £20.00
aims to help non-economists decipher the euro crisis and form their opinions about potential solutions. Not only does he make sense of the crisis itself, he also scrutinizes and evaluates the chief alternative proposals for ending it.
See also The People's Republic of Amnesia, page 16.
GARY A. HAUGEN and VICTOR BOUTROS, both University of Chicago Law School
If people aren’t safe, nothing else matters. Corrupt police forces, out-of-control armies, private militias, organized criminals, and failed justice systems: all plague poor countries. Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros use real-world stories from countries ranging from Thailand to Bolivia and India to Nigeria to show how violence undercuts antipoverty efforts. Drawing upon their experience running the International Justice Mission, they show that ground-up efforts to reform legal and public justice systems can generate real, positive results. Sweeping in geographical scope and filled with unforgettable stories of individuals trapped within the mutually reinforcing cycle of poverty and violence, The Locust Effect will force us to rethink what we know about the causes of poverty and why it is so difficult to root out.
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C U R R E N T A F FA I R S
The Cultivation of Taste
Business Strategy
Is the Planet Full?
Chefs and the Organization of Fine Dining
Managing Uncertainty, Opportunity, and Enterprise
Edited by IAN GOLDIN, University of Oxford
JOHN-CHRISTOPHER SPENDER, Universität Ramon Llull
The most wide-ranging exploration available of a planet-sized problem
Why global governance is failing, and what we can do about it
CEOs are the key to better business strategy
Can our planet support the demands of
IAN GOLDIN, University of Oxford
the ten billion people anticipated to be
Germany, both countries which have no indigenous ‘haute cuisine’ but nevertheless maintain a
Drawing on a wide range of ideas from
the world’s population by the middle of
great interest in fine dining. It draws on a large number of interviews with renowned chefs,
strategy, economics, entrepreneurship and
this century? Can we harness the
‘A state-of-the-art view of contemporary issues in global cooperation.’ Dries Lesage, Times Higher Education Supplement
diners, and Michelin inspectors to bring the reader an unprecedented insight into what goes on
philosophy, John-Christopher. Spender
potential benefits brought by a healthier,
in Michelin-starred restaurants – what makes their chefs tick, intrigues their critics, and beguiles
develops an exciting new approach to
wealthier and larger population? In this
It is becoming increasingly apparent that
or annoys their customers. Lane presents restaurants as not simply businesses but as cultural
business strategy. He argues that a key
book, ten scholars, each of whom is a
the UN, IMF, and World Bank are
enterprises that shape our taste in food, ambience, and sociality.
element of both an entrepreneur’s and an
leader in their own discipline, attempt to
inadequate to the task of managing
executive's task is to engage chosen
answer these questions. By offering a
today’s emergencies like climate change,
uncertainties, develop a language to
variety of different lenses through which
pandemics, cybersecurity, and migration.
express the firm’s particular business
to view this overwhelmingly important
Former Vice President of the World Bank,
Nature in the Balance
model for dealing with them, and thus
topic, the book is able to challenge
Ian Goldin explores whether the answer is
The Economics of Biodiversity
create innovation and value. The book is
commonplace assumptions and bring
to reform the existing structures or to
an important contribution to the field of
important new insights.
consider a new approach. He highlights
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considers a road map for the future.
CHRISTEL LANE, University of Cambridge What makes a Michelin-starred restaurant? Britain was once a culinary desert, but in recent years it has experienced an explosion of interest in food, cooking, and dining out. Christel Lane’s book charts the process of this transformation through her enthralling new comparative study of Michelin-starred restaurants in Britain and
February 2014 Hardback 392 pp, 234x156 mm, AE 978-0-19-965165-8 £30.00 Available as an Ebook
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Edited by DIETER HELM, University of Oxford and CAMERON HEPBURN, London School of Economics
management studies.
Putting a price on biodiversity protection
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Divided Nations
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the challenges that we must overcome and
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Whilst there has been an enormous growth in research focus on climate change, less attention has been paid to biodiversity. In Nature in the Balance twenty-six leading scholars from the areas of economics, philosophy, and conservation biology set out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular bring together conceptual January 2014 Hardback 376 pp, 47 figures and tables, 234x156 mm, AE 978-0-19-967688-0 £30.00 Available as an Ebook
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and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, policy instruments, and institutions. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues and evidence, and suggests how this very urgent problem should be addressed. While focusing on the economics, it incorporates the underpinning science and philosophy, combining the application of a number of theoretical ideas with a series of policy cases. PR: Andrew Allen
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NICHOLAS FREUDENBERG, Hunter College School of Public Health How big business could be making us ill
Confidence, Crashes and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies ROGER E. A. FARMER, UCLA ‘In the morass of me-too books about the financial crisis, How the Economy Works stands out as a truly big idea.’
It is a scary fact that decisions made by the Bloomberg Businessweek food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a
Modern Greece
Economic Development
What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know
STATHIS KALYVAS, Yale University
MARCELO GIUGALE, World Bank
MIGUEL TINKER-SALAS
Just a few years ago, Greece appeared to be
Marcelo Giugale tackles the major
Oil-rich nation increasingly important on the world stage
a politically secure nation with a healthy
challenges of economic development,
economy. Today, the country is at the centre
illlustrating his account with real-life
of Europe’s economic maelstrom. Stathis
examples from all over the globe. He looks
Kalyvas shows how and why this has
at a host of topics including the reasons why
happened, and makes important
seemingly obvious reforms never happen,
Venezuela is among the top ten oil exporters in the world. In this concise, accessible introduction, Miguel Tinker-
One of our leading economists provides a
greater impact on today’s health than the
jargon-free exploration of the current crisis,
decisions of scientists and policymakers.
and an innovative new theory about how
Lethal But Legal examines how
individuals behave that will help us out of
corporations have impacted upon public
it. From Keynesian economics, he adopts
health over the last century. Although there
the principle that markets do not always
are some positive stories to tell,
work well, and that capitalism needs some
Freudenberg’s research reveals, in
guidance. The goal, he writes, is to correct
particular, the connection between
the excesses of a free-market economy
unhealthy products, business-dominated
without stifling entrepreneurship and
politics, and the growing burdens of
instituting central planning. This paperback
disease and health-care costs.
Venezuela
MODERN GREECE WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW
STATHIS KALYVAS
connections between the present turmoil
Salas – a native of the country who has
beneficiaries, government corruption, state violence, natural
is today.
resources, and globalization and trade.
June 2014, Paperback Original, 240 pp, 210x140 mm, TA, 978-0-19-994879-6, £10.99, PR: Chloe Foster
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Hugo Chávez – his rise to power, his
Japan
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
domestic, political and economic policies,
What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know
R. TAGGART MURPHY, University of Tsukuba
PETER W. SINGER and ALLAN FRIEDMAN, both at the Brookings Institution
written extensively about it – takes a broadly chronological approach to its history but keeps oil and its effects on the country’s politics, economy, culture, and international relations his central focus. He also provides a detailed discussion of
and his high-profile forays into international relations.
edition has a new preface bringing the book up to date.
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temporary cover
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JAPAN WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW
exchange was bigger than New York’s. Now,
Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman team up to
the country is seen as a has-been with a
provide the kind of easy-to-read, yet deeply
sluggish economy, an aging population, and
informative, resource book that has been
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NEW IN PAPERBACK How the Economy Works
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WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW
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anecdotes, the book is structured around the
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L A N G UAG E
L A N G UAG E Borrowed Words
Book Smart
A History of Loanwords in English
How to Support Successful, Motivated Readers
PHILIP DURKIN Advance praise: ‘This is an important and engaging book.’ Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
JULIE COLEMAN ‘Completely fascinating ... immensely enjoyable.’ James McConnachie, The Sunday Times
Oxford Russian Mini Dictionary
NEW EDITION
Russian vocabulary, phrases, and expressions at your fingertips This small Russian-English and English-
Bad-ass, bee’s knees, and bomb-diggity:
Russian dictionary offers the most
slang has been around for centuries,
accurate and up-to-date coverage of
plaguing and troubling those who take a
essential, everyday vocabulary with over
from other languages, ranging from Latin and Greek to Japanese and Yiddish. Philip Durkin, Principal Etymologist of the Oxford English Dictionary, whose Oxford Guide to Etymology
Reading aloud to and with young children
purist line when it comes to the English
40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000
has become the standard work in the field, shows how to discover the origins of loanwords,
is a crucial way in which parents and
language. In this highly entertaining book,
translations. An easy-to-use design and a
when and why they were adopted, and what happens to them once they have been. This
carers can foster the social and emotional
Julie Coleman traces the development of
centre section of useful words and
outstanding book will appeal to a wide general public and at the same time offers a
development of children – and it is also a
slang across the English-speaking world
expressions listed by topic make this
valuable reference for scholars and students of the history of English.
lot of fun. Written by two psychologists
and explores why and how it flourishes by
dictionary ideal for travel and quick
and educators, this book is a how-to
making use of a marvellous array of
reference. It also includes Russian
guide rich with stories, lessons, and
sources, including newly available online
grammar help such as tables of noun
activities providing multiple suggestions
records of the Old Bailey, historical
and adjective declensions, and
for simple and playful ways to build
newspapers, and the latest tweets.
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Jumpstart the careers of successful early readers
The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken
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ANNE E. CUNNINGHAM, University of California, Berkeley, and JAMIE ZIBULSKY, Fairleigh Dickinson University
The Life of Slang
The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking COLIN SWATRIDGE
specific reading skills. A highly informative but light-hearted read, it will
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encourage parents to bring the joy of
The key to exemplary essays and dynamic debates
reading into every home.
What is the best way to approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths
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This highly accessible book by an A-level chief examiner with many years’ experience lecturing at universities takes you step by step through the entire process of the art of argument. Engagingly written, its strength lies in its use of real-life examples and essay questions from a variety of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. It is sure to improve the written work of any student, scholar, or professional required to demonstrate the key skills of critical writing and thinking.
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OX F O R D W O R L D’ S C L A S S I C S Money
OX F O R D W O R L D’ S C L A S S I C S NEW TRANSLATION
ÉMILE ZOLA Translated by VALERIE MINOGUE, University of Wales ‘The irresistible power of money, a lever that can lift the world. Love and money are the only things.’
NEW EDITION Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Edited by BARRY MCCREA, University of Notre Dame
Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his
NEW TRANSLATION
Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, The Mountain Giants LUIGI PIRANDELLO Translated by ANTHONY MORTIMER, University of Fribourg
schemes and manipulates his way to power. Last encountered in The Kill (La Curée) in Zola’s
‘Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science’
Rougon-Macquart series, he is a complex figure whose story intricately intertwines the
For more than a century the Sherlock
worlds of politics, finance, and the press. The repercussions of his dealings on all levels of
Holmes stories have held a strange,
society resonate disturbingly with the financial scandals of more recent times. This is the
almost inexplicable grip on the popular
Pirandello ranks with Strindberg, Brecht,
first new translation for more than a hundred years, and the first unabridged translation in
imagination. They have been endlessly
and Beckett as a seminal figure in modern
English. The edition includes a wide-ranging introduction and useful historical notes.
interpreted, adapted, and modernized,
drama. This Oxford World’s Classic
but still it is to Arthur Conan Doyle’s
includes three of his most famous works
originals that we return. This new
including his last unfinished masterpiece
selection of a dozen of the best of them,
The Mountain Giants. It also contains his
including the book-length The Sign of the
important Preface to Six Characters, an
Four, is the only edition available with an
essential critical document for
way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he
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Three Plays
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The Conquest of Plassans
NEW TRANSLATION
ÉMILE ZOLA introduction and notes.
Translated by HELEN CONSTANTINE, introduction by PATRICK MCGUINNESS, University of Oxford
‘The man will die, the writer, the instrument of creation; but the creature never dies!’
understanding the play that made him
Selected Poems and Songs ROBERT BURNS Edited by ROBERT P. IRVINE, University of Edinburgh ‘The Poetic Genius of my Country ... bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my natal Soil, in my native tongue.’ Many of the poems and songs of Robert Burns (1759-96) are familiar to readers the world over. This new selection offers Burns’s work as it was first encountered by contemporary readers, presenting the texts in the contexts in which they were originally published. The edition also includes musical scores, some important letters, and a full glossary to explain Scots words. PR: Kirsty Doole
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and performable translations remain
‘Abbé Faujas has arrived!’
scrupulously faithful to the letter and spirit of the originals.
The arrival of Abbé Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for François Mouret in particular. Ambitious and unscrupulous, Faujas
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wife falls under the influence of the priest, is driven to ever more extreme actions. The fourth novel in Zola’s Rougon-Macquart sequence, The Conquest of Plassans returns to the fictional Provençal town from which the family sprang in The Fortune of the Rougons. In one of the most psychological of his novels, Zola links small-town politics to the greater political
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OX F O R D W O R L D’ S C L A S S I C S
OX F O R D W O R L D’ S C L A S S I C S NEW TRANSLATION The Confusions of Young Törless
Discourses, Fragments, Handbook
ROBERT MUSIL Translated by MIKE MITCHELL, introduction by RITCHIE ROBERTSON, University of Oxford
EPICTETUS Translated by ROBIN HARD, introduction by CHRISTOPHER GILL, University of Exeter
‘Between the life we live and the life we feel ... there is the invisible border, like a narrow gate’
‘About things that are within our power and those that are not.’
The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the
Epictetus’ Discourses teach that the
acknowledged as one of Plato’s finest
basis of happiness is up to us. From
works. This new edition uses the
an Austrian military academy, The
antiquity onwards, they have been the
acclaimed translation by John McDowell,
Confusions of Young Törless is a
most widely read and influential of all
and includes a valuable introduction by
profoundly disturbing exploration of a
writings of Stoic philosophy. Robin Hard’s
Lesley Brown that explains some of the
non-moral outlook on life and of
new, accurate, and accessible translation
competing interpretations of its overall
dictatorial attitudes that prefigure the
is the only modern one available of the
meaning. The notes elucidate Plato’s
outbreak of the First World War and the
complete work. It is accompanied by
arguments and draw connections within
rise of fascism. This new translation
Christopher Gill's full introduction and
the work and with other philosophical
restores the original layout approved by
comprehensive notes.
discussions.
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Based on the author’s own experiences at
NEW TRANSLATION
Theaetetus
Kidnapped
PLATO Translated by JOHN MCDOWELL, University of Pittsburgh; introduction by LESLEY BROWN, University of Oxford
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Edited by IAN DUNCAN, University of California, Berkeley
‘What exactly is knowledge?’
‘Your bed shall be the moorcock’s, and your life shall be like the hunted deer’s, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons’ Set in the aftermath of the 1745 rebellion,
philosophy of knowledge, and is
Selected Speeches
NE W TRANSLATION
DEMOSTHENES Translated by ROBIN WATERFIELD, introduction by CHRIS CAREY, University College London
‘It appeared to me that the greatest and best feelings of the human heart were paralyzed by the relative positions of slave and owner.’
Admired by many in the ancient world as
Anthony Trollope’s mother, Frances,
the greatest of the classic Athenian
travelled extensively through America,
orators, Demosthenes was intimately
and wrote one of the most influential
involved in the political events of his day.
travel books of the nineteenth century.
As well as showing a master orator at
Her witty, satirical, and entertaining
work, his speeches are a prime source for
dissection of American manners
the history of the period. This selection, in
demonstrated her abhorrence of slavery
a sparkling new translation by Robin
and fuelled abolitionist debate on both
Waterfield, includes the fullest range of
sides of the Atlantic. This new edition
Demothenes’ oratory in a single volume.
considers the work’s transatlantic success
Kidnapped transforms the Romantic historical novel into the modern thriller. Its heart-stopping scenes of cross-country pursuit have become a staple of adventure stories from John Buchan to Alfred Hitchcock and Ian Fleming. This new edition is based on the 1895 text, incorporating Stevenson’s last thoughts about the novel before his death, and includes his ‘Note to Kidnapped’, reprinted for the first time since 1922. and its political significance at a time of PR: Kirsty Doole
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FRANCES TROLLOPE Edited by ELSIE B. MICHIE, Louisiana State University
‘Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom’
Musil, and is the only edition to provide a full, contextualizing introduction.
Domestic Manners of the Americans
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V E RY S H O RT I N T R O D U C T I O N S
V E RY S H O RT I N T R O D U C T I O N S
Microeconomics
The Ice Age
Philosophy of Law
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
AVINASH DIXIT, Princeton University
JAMIE WOODWARD, University of Manchester
RAYMOND WACKS, University of Hong Kong
When non-economists think about economics the issues that concern them most are the big
Drawing on examples from seven
Raymond Wacks reveals the intriguing and
ones like unemployment, inflation, growth, competitiveness of nations – in other words,
continents, this Very Short Introduction
challenging nature of legal philosophy with
macroeconomics. However, microeconomic issues – such as individuals’ choices of where to
distils the enormous breadth of material
clarity and enthusiasm, providing an
live and work, how much to save, what to buy, firms’ decisions about location, hiring, firing,
available on the ice ages, looking
enlightening guide to the central questions
investment, advertising, and many other dimensions of business, and government policies
particularly at the development of long-
of legal theory, the nature and purpose of
are also very important. Microeconomics: A Very Short Introduction cuts this huge subject
standing controversies surrounding their
the legal system, and the practice by
down to size, and explains why things work well in the microeconomy much of the time,
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when and why they fail in little and big ways, and what to do about such failures. PR: Chloe Foster
courts, lawyers, and judges. This revised
global warming. It also tells the extraordinary story of the
edition includes new material on legal realism, changes to the
human beings, mammoths and other mega fauna for whom the
approach to the analysis of law and legal theory, and updated
ice-age landscape was home.
material on historical and anthropological jurisprudence.
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Family Law
Revolutions
Humour
Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
NOËL CARROLL, Temple University
FREDA MCMANUS, University of Oxford, and GILLIAN BUTLER
JONATHAN HERRING, University of Oxford
JACK A. GOLDSTONE, George Mason University
NEW EDITION
Humour is a universal feature of human life. It
What exactly do psychologists do and what
This clear and accessible introduction to
From 1789 in France to the collapse of the
has been discovered in every known human
scientific grounding do they have for their
family law gives the reader an insight not
Soviet Union, ‘People Power’ revolutions,
culture, and thinkers have discussed it for
approach? Gillian Butler and Freda McManus
only into what the law regarding families is,
and the Arab revolts, revolutions continue
over two thousand years. Noël Carroll
answer these questions by exploring some
but why it is that way. Using examples from
to shake the world. This Very Short
considers the nature and value of humour:
of the most important advances and
around the world, it examines how laws
Introduction is the first concise account of
from its leading theories and its relation to
developments in psychology. In the new
have had to respond to social changes in
the structural and cultural approaches to
emotion and cognition, to ethical questions of
edition of their bestselling Very Short
family life, from rapidly rising divorce rates
its morality and its significance in shaping society. January 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 15 black and white halftones, 174x111 mm, TE, 978-0-19-955222-1, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, Previously announced: December 2013, PR: Chloe Foster
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revolution studies. It illuminates the
Introduction, they explore some of the newest topics in
to surrogate mothers, and gives insight into family courts. It
revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures,
psychology and the latest discoveries in the study of the brain.
also looks at what the future family might look like and how the
and the ways in which revolutions continue to dominate world
law will respond.
events and the popular imagination.
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V E RY S H O RT I N T R O D U C T I O N S
V E RY S H O RT I N T R O D U C T I O N S
Accounting
Classical Literature
The Etruscans
The Eye
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
CHRISTOPHER NOBES, University of London
WILLIAM ALLAN, University of Oxford
CHRISTOPHER SMITH, The British School, Rome
MICHAEL F. LAND, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex
Almost everyone will have some connection
What exactly are the ‘classics’ and why do
The Etruscans have fascinated scholars for
The eye is one of the most remarkable
to accounting – in business, through self-
they continue to shape our Western
centuries with their alluring combination of
achievements of evolution, and has evolved
employment, personal banking or even
concepts of literature? Presenting a range of
extensive, rich archaeological material but no
up to 40 times in different parts of the
listening to the financial news on the
material from both Greek and Latin
written record. Placing the Etruscans as a
animal kingdom. Michael Land looks at
television or radio. This book will help
literature, William Allan illustrates the variety
real historical people in the wider world of
humankind’s most important sense,
readers to understand and use accounting
and sophistication of these works. He shows
the Mediterranean, Christopher Smith has
including the features of the human eye
information. Introducing terms like ‘debits’, ‘pre-tax income’ and ‘goodwill’, it covers all the basic concepts in accounting and considers its main areas, such as bookkeeping, financial reporting, auditing and management accounting.
what makes the ‘classics’ such masterpieces and why they influence and fascinate even today. March 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 8 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm, TE, 978-0-19-966545-7, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
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created the only short, accessible book
perception – eye movements, vision in three dimensions,
geographical and chronological context, and reveals their fate
colour vision, and visual recognition.
during the Roman empire. April 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 15 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm, TE, 978-0-19-954791-3, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
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Landscape Architecture
Teeth
Physical Chemistry
Fascism
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
PETER S. UNGAR, University of Arkansas
PETER ATKINS, University of Oxford
KEVIN PASSMORE, University of Cardiff
IAN THOMPSON, Newcastle University
NEW EDITION
Grounded in physics and mathematics and
‘Excellent ... succeeds on many levels ...
This book tells the fascinating story of the
amazing! Peter Ungar presents their story from
drawing as it does on quantum mechanics,
refreshingly free of jargon.’
development of landscape architecture
We may take them for granted but teeth are the earliest tooth-bearing fishes hundreds of
thermodynamics, and statistical
millions of years ago through amphibians to
mechanics, physical chemistry is perceived
In this new edition, Kevin Passmore brilliantly
reptiles and, ultimately, mammals, explaining
as the most daunting of the branches of
unravels the paradoxes of one of the most
what fossil teeth can tell us about extinct
chemistry. Who better to come to the
important phenomena in the modern world. He
animals and their environments. Considering
rescue of hard-pressed students and
looks at fascism from its pre-First World War
Tim Kirk, Times Literary Supplement
why teeth are important, he describes how they are made, how they
puzzled non-scientists than Peter Atkins who tackles it with his
origins, scrutinizing such issues as fascism in culture, the new interest
work, and how recent changes to the human diet are affecting our
typical clarity and hardly a formula in sight?
in transnational research, and the progress of the far right since 2002.
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from its origins in landscape gardening to tackling challenging societal and environmental issues, including environmental degradation, social justice and climate change. Including examples from around the world, Ian Thompson explains how the discipline now includes wide areas of practice, from siting wind-farms or power stations to designing play facilities.
dental health.
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and retina, the evolution of eyes, and visual
that tells readers who the Etruscans were, describes their
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V E RY S H O RT I N T R O D U C T I O N S Geopolitics A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
Dictionary of Journalism
KLAUS DODDS, Royal Holloway, University of London
DAVID BENDER, University College London
TONY HARCUP, University of Sheffield
NEW EDITION
A brand-new reference work
Using examples from historical maps to
In spite of health campaigns such as ‘five-a-
James Bond films and the rhetoric of
day’ vegetables and fruit, many people are
This is a new, accessible, and authoritative
political leaders, this engrossing study of a
puzzled by conflicting information,
quick-reference dictionary containing over
A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering
A Dictionary of Nursing
CARL SCHASCHKE, University of Strathclyde
‘As a student Nurse, this has become my
The most up-to-date reference of its kind
NEW EDITION
bible, I don’t leave for class without it.’ Amazon reviewer The seventh edition of this best-selling
complex area shows why, for a full
particularly from the media, about what
1,200 wide-ranging entries on the terms
This brand-new dictionary contains over
understanding of contemporary global
and what not to eat. David Bender comes to
that are likely to be encountered by
3,400 concise and authoritative A-to-Z
revised to take account of recent
students of journalism, media studies, TV
entries, providing definitions and
developments in nursing practice and
and radio production. Assuming little or no
explanations for chemical engineering
related fields, with a particular focus on
prior knowledge, it covers terminology
terms in areas including materials, energy
risk assessement tools and terms
relating to the practice, business, and
balances, reactions, separations,
relating to the Mental Health Act 2005,
technology of journalism, its concepts and
sustainability, safety, and ethics. It also
as well as recent NHS initiatives to
theories, organizations and institutions,
covers many pertinent terms from the
improve care standards. Written by
publications, and key events. Relevant
fields of chemistry, physics, biology, and
medical and nursing specialists and
web links are accessible on a companion
mathematics. Comprehensively cross-
offering 10,200 clear and concise entries
website that is regularly updated.
referenced and complemented by line
on the theory and practice of nursing, the
drawings, it features entry-level web links
dictionary provides comprehensive
listed and regularly updated on a
coverage of the ever-expanding
dedicated companion website.
vocabulary of the nursing professions.
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politics, it is not just smart – it is essential – to be geopolitical. The fully updated second edition takes into account recent political
the rescue with clear information on all aspects of food, including the balance between energy intake and exercise, the problems of over- and
developments in the Eurozone and more recent examples.
under-nutrition, and the safety of nutritional supplements.
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Coral Reefs
African American Religion
A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
CHARLES SHEPPARD, University of Warwick
EDDIE S. GLAUDE Jr, Princeton University
Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse
Eddie S. Glaude argues that the phrase
of ecosystems. Charles Sheppard tells the
‘African American religion’ is meaningful only
enthralling story of how and where coral
insofar as it singles out the distinctive ways
reefs are formed and the diversity of
religion has been leveraged by African
marine life they support. Today, reefs are
Americans to respond to different racial
not just suffering from over-exploitation
regimes in the United States. Slavery, Jim
but also ocean acidification due to
Crow, and current appeals to colour blindness
pollution and climate change – many are already dying. Sheppard describes how these problems are being tackled. June 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 15 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm, TE, 978-0-19-968277-5, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
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Nutrition
OX F O R D PA P E R B AC K R E F E R E N C E
serve as a backdrop for his treatment of conjure (also known as hoodoo), African-American Christianity and Islam in this
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See also Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry, page 25.
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This authoritative dictionary covers every
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contains over 2,300 entries on all aspects
thoroughly revised and updated entries it
aspects of zoology. Complemented by
of statistics, including terms used in
spans grammar, phonetics, semantics,
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INDEX
A Aarts, Bas Accounting Adamson, Peter African American Religion Allaby, Michael Allan, William Amoeba in the Room, The Ancient Syria Archibald, John Atkins, Peter
58 54 27 56 59 54 32 13 33 54
B Banker, James R. Bates, David Being Realistic about Reasons Bell, Christopher M. Bender, David Benenson, Joyce F. Bennett, Gill Betts, Christopher Beyond Art Bod, Rens Book Smart Borrowed Words Bostrom, Nick Bourke, Joanna Boutros, Victor Brock, Eleanor Brock, Michael Brown, Lesley Bryce, Trevor Burning the Reichstag Burns, Robert Business Strategy Butler, Gillian By All Means Necessary
20 17 29 18 56 36 18 23 29 17 47 46 34 12 41 8 8 50 13 14 49 43 52 41
C Cancer Virus 34 Carey, Chris 51 Carroll, Noel 52 Chalker, Sylvia 58 Change 28 Churchill and Sea Power 18 Clapham, Christopher 59 Clare, John 25 Classical Literature 54 Classical Philosophy 27 Cold of May Day Monday, The 26 Coleman, Julie 47 Compleat Angler, The 22 Conan Doyle, Arthur 49 Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics, The 58 Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics, The 59 Confusions of Young Torless, The 50 Conquest of Plassans, The 48 Constantine, Helen 48 Cook, Ian 59 Coral Reefs 56 Cotton, Charles 22 Cox, Howard 17 Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe 37 Crawford, Dorothy H. 34 Cultivation of Taste, The 42 Cunningham, Anne E. 47 Cybersecurity and Cyberwar 45
D Dams, Carsten Davenport-Hines, Richard Davies, Jamie A. Death from the Skies Debussy Demosthenes Dictionary of Chemical Engineering, A Dictionary of Finance and Banking, A Dictionary of Journalism, A Dictionary of Nursing, A Dictionary of Statistics, A Dictionary of Zoology, A Discord Discourses, Fragments, Handbook Divided Nations Dixit, Avinash Dodds, Klaus Domestic Manners of the Americans Drugged Dry, Sarah Duncan, Ian Durkin, Philip
10 19 30 15 21 51 57 58 57 57 59 59 39 50 43 52 56 51 35 21 51 46
E Economic Development Economy, Elizabeth C. Edmunds, David Eliot, Simon Epictetus Etruscans, The Euro Crisis and its Aftermath Eye, The
45 41 29 63 50 55 40 55
F Faith and Wisdom in Science Family Law Farmer, Roger E. A. Fascism 50 Visions of Mathematics Fight or Flight Finlayson, Clive First World War, The Flood, Raymond Floridi, Luciano Fourth Revolution, The Freudenberg, Nicholas Friedman, Allan
39 53 44 55 38 15 31 9 38 33 33 44 45
G Gadd, Ian Geopolitics Gestapo, The Giugale, Marcelo Gill, Christopher Glaude Jr, Eddie S. Goldin, Ian Goldsmith, Mike Goldstone, Jack A. Goodbye to All That? Gouardo, Christopher Grossman, Richard S.
63 56 10 45 50 56 43 39 53 16 40 40 H
Hall, Kersten T. Halsall, Guy Hamilton, Ian Harcup, Tony Hard, Robin Harris, Tim Haugen, Gary A. Helm, Dieter Hepburn, Cameron Herring, Jonathan Hett, Benjamin Carter History of Oxford University Press, The How the Economy Works Humour
38 14 25 57 50 5 41 42 42 53 14 63 44 52
I Ice Age, The Improbable Primate, The Irvine, Robert P. Is the Planet Full?
53 31 49 43
J James Clerk Maxwell Jane Austen’s Letters Japan Jensen, Eric Frederick Johannessen, Ingólfur July 1914
38 21 45 21 34 7 K
Kalyvas, Stathis Kidnapped Kottler, Jeffrey A.
45 51 29
L La Fontaine, Jean de Land, Michael F. Landscape Architecture Lane, Christel Le Faye, Deirdre Lethal But Legal Levi, Michael Life of Slang, The Life Unfolding Lim, Louisa Livingstone, E. A. Locust Effect, The Lopes, Dominic McIver Louis, Wm Roger
23 55 55 42 21 44 41 47 30 16 58 41 29 63
M Man in the Monkeynut Coat, The Margot Asquith’s Great War Diary Markovits, Henry Marshall, Richard Martel, Gordon Matthews, P. H. McCartney, Mark McCrea, Barry McDowell, John McGuinness, Patrick McLeish, Tom McManus, Freda McRae, Kenneth D. Michie, Elsie B. Microeconomics Miller, Richard J. Minogue, Valerie Mitchell, Mike Modern Greece Moffatt, John Money Money, Nicholas P. Mortimer, Anthony Mowatt, Simon Murphy, R. Taggart Musil, Robert
38 8 36 28 7 58 38 49 50 48 39 52 37 51 52 35 48 50 45 37 48 32 49 17 45 50
N Nature in the Balance Neptune New History of the Humanities, A New Oxford Book of War Poetry, The Newton Papers, The Nicholson, James Nobes, Christopher Noel-Tod, Jeremy Normans and Empire, The Nuclear Dawn Nutrition
42 11 17 24 21 59 54 25 17 37 56
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INDEX O One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper 19 One Plus One Equals One 33 Origin of Ideas, The 35 Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English, The 25 Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar, The 58 Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking, The 46 Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War, The 9 Oxford Russian Mini Dictionary 47 P
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Parc, Sam Passmore, Kevin People’s Republic of Amnesia, The Philosophy at 3:AM Philosophy Bites Back Philosophy of Law Physical Chemistry Pick, Daniel Piero della Francesca Pirandello, Luigi Pisani-Ferry, Jean Plato Powell, David Pross, Addy Proust Effect, The Psychology Pursuit of the Nazi Mind, The
38 55 16 28 29 53 54 18 20 49 40 50 25 39 37 52 18
R Rebellion Revolutions Revolutions from Grub Street Rickinson, Alan B. Robertson, Ritchie Robinson, Eric
5 53 17 34 50 25
S Scanlon, T. M. Schaschke, Carl Science of Cheese, The Scott Kastan, David Secord, James A. Selected Fables Selected Poems and Songs Selected Speeches Selected Stories Shepherd’s Calendar, The Sheppard, Charles Sherlock Holmes Singer, Peter W. Sisman, Adam Six Moments of Crisis Smith, Christopher Spender, John-Christopher Stallworthy, Jon Stevenson, Robert Louis Stolle, Michael Stone, Dan Story of Pain, The Strachan, Hew Summerfield, Geoffrey Superintelligence Süss, Dietmar Swann, Marjorie Swatridge, Colin Symonds, Craig L.
T 29 57 36 26 13 23 49 51 49 25 56 49 45 19 18 55 43 24 51 10 16 12 9 25 34 15 22 46 11
Taken at the Flood Teeth Theaetetus Thomas, Martin Thompson, Ian Three Plays Tinker-Salas, Miguel Trevor-Roper, Hugh Trollope, Frances Tunick, Michael H. Turner, Mark
6 54 50 15 55 49 44 19 51 36 35 U
Ungar, Peter S. Upton, Graham
54 59 V
Van Campen, Chretien Venezuela Visions of Science
37 44 13
W Wacks, Raymond Walton, Izaak Warburton, Nigel Warriors and Worriers Waterfield, Robin Weiner, Edmund Welch, Robert Anthony What Everyone Needs to Know What is Life? Whitaker, Andrew Will to Believe, A Woodward, Jamie Worlds of Arthur Wrong
53 22 29 36 6, 51 58 26 44 39 38 26 53 14 40
Z Zibulsky, Jamie Zola, Émile
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