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In The Unfinished Quest, leading international relations and South Asia scholar T.V. Paul charts India's cumbersome path toward higher regional and global status, covering both the successes and...

The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into...

James McPherson evokes the meaning and significance of the Civil WarAuthor: James M. McPhersonPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Sep 01, 2017Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage:...

First published by Oxford University Press 1941 in two volumes; first issued as a World's Classics paperback 1982.Author: Anthony TrollopePublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Sep 01,...

David Harvey is one of most famous Marxist intellectuals in the past half century, as well as one of the world's most cited social scientists. Beginning in the early 1970s with his trenchant and...

David Acheson transports us into the world of geometry, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. He describes its history, from ancient Greece to the present day, and its emphasis on proofs. With...

100 years after Proust's death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 pages, it can be intimidating to some. This short volume invites first-time...

This book explores the origins and development of one of the most significant doctrines of Reformation theology. The innovative ways in which the Zurich reformer Huldrych Zwingli and his successor...

Author: John MiltonPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Dec 01, 2008Number of Pages: 1008 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0199539189ISBN-13: 9780199539185

Dr. Seuss's infectious rhymes, fanciful creatures, and roundabout plots not only changed the way children read but imagined the world. And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, Green Eggs and...

Presents the author's ideas about the problem of living a fulfilling life in a meaningless world.Author: Friedrich NietzschePublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: January 15, 2009Number...

Author: Pamela C. Ronald, Raoul W. AdamchakPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Apr 10, 2018Number of Pages: 376 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0199342083ISBN-13:...

This is the first rigorous history of the long-running Houthi rebellion and its impact on Yemen, now the victim of multi-national interventions as outside powers seek to determine the course of its...

Truth: A GuideAuthor: Simon BlackburnPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 2007Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0195315804ISBN-13:...

I am going to sink it. "You are not!" "I am," he coldly replied. "Do not take it on yourself to judge me, monsieur." French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster,...

Two Studies in Roman NomenclatureAuthor: D. R. Shackleton BaileyPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: May 01, 1976Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

A profound cultural shift is taking place in western societies: religion is in decline and secular worldviews are on the rise. At the same time, religion is taking more overtly political shapes and...

Author: Serhy Yekelchyk, Professor of History and Germanic and Slavic Studies Serhy YekelchykPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 2020Number of Pages: 208 pagesLanguage:...

The old woman opened the door, and the next moment I was in the presence of Uncle Silas.' In Victorian Derbyshire, 17 year old orphan and heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at the claustrophobic...

Understanding Body Dysmorphic DisorderAuthor: Katharine A. PhillipsPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Feb 20, 2009Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Twelve percent of the world's population is affected by migraines, tallying up to more than 35 million people in the US alone. The World Health Organization lists it among the top ten most disabling...

A brief, and sharply posed, exchange between Dipesh Chakrabarty and Ranajit Das Gupta on working class consciousness in Bengal, this book posits that this consciousness is not a mechanical outcome of...

From Finland to Kenya to Stockton, California, more and more governments and private philanthropic organizations are putting the idea of a Universal Basic Income to the test. But can the reality live...

Presents episodes throughout American history where individuals were hated because of their race or nationalityAuthor: Jim CarnesPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: April 08,...

I ran to the side of the ship. Help, help! Murder! I screamed, and my uncle slowly turned to look at me. I did not see any more. Already strong hands were pulling me away. Then something hit my head;...

The true story of Allied nursing in the First World War, offering a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the Allied cause...

Venice, one of the world's most storied cities, has a long and remarkable history, told here in its full scope from its founding in the early Middle Ages to the present day. A place whose fortunes...

Victor Turner altered the way ritual is viewed, by emphasizing its role as an agent of social change rather than an agent for conserving the status quo. This book reconsiders and clarifies Turner's...

Author: Jacqui True, Professor of Politics and International Relations Jacqui TruePublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Nov 24, 2020Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Narrative does not simply tell a story; it discovers and creates story as well. Mark Ledbetter argues that an important dimension of narrative is its ability to reveal the virtuous life. He examines...