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HISTORY
BIOGRAPHY & LETTERS
LITERATURE
PHILOSOPHY
SCIENCE
CURRENT AFFAIRS
LANGUAGE
OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
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CONTENTS
HISTORYRebellionBritain’s First Stuart Kings, 1567-1642TIM 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
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:
‘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
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About the AuthorTIM 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.
January 2014Hardback
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MICHAEL HOWARDThe First World War: AVery Short Introduction978-0-19-920559-2, £7.99
ALAN KRAMERDynamic of Destruction978-0-19-954377-9, £20.00
RICHARD ROBERTSSaving the City978-0-19-964654-8, £20
THOMAS WEBERHitler’s First War978-0-19-922638-2, £10.99
LITERATUREALAIN-FOURNIERThe Lost Domain978-0-19-967868-6, £12.99
PAUL FUSSELLThe Great War and ModernMemory978-0-19-997195-4, £12.99
TIM KENDALLPoetry of the First World War978-0-19-958144-3, £14.99
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JOHN BUCHANGreenmantle978-0-19-953785-3, £8.99
ERSKINE CHILDERSThe Riddle of the Sands978-0-19-954971-9, £7.99
RUDYARD KIPLINGWar Stories and Poems978-0-19-955550-5, £10.99
FORD MADOX FORDThe Good Soldier978-0-19-958594-6, £7.99
VIRGINIA WOOLFMrs Dalloway978-0-19-953600-9, £7.99
VIRGINA WOOLFJacob’s Room978-0-19-953658-0, £7.99
HEW STRACHANThe Oxford Illustrated History ofthe First World War 2/eApril 2014, see page 9
HEW STRACHANThe First World War: To Arms (Reissue)‘One of the mostimpressive books ofmodern history in ageneration.’
Max Hastings, London Evening Standard
April 2014, pb, 978-0-19926191-8, £25
CHRISTOPHER BELLChurchill and Sea PowerMay 2014, see page 18
MICHAEL AND ELEANORBROCK Margot Asquith’s Great War DiaryMay 2014, see page 8
GORDON MARTELJuly 1914: The Month thatChanged the WorldJune 2014, see page 7
JON STALLWORTHYThe New Oxford Book of WarPoetryJune 2014, see page 24
Already available
HEW STRACHAN
TO ARMSTHE FIRST
WORLD WAR
PublishingJanuary – June 2014
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
July 1914The month that changed the worldGORDON MARTEL
Recreated moment by moment – the days that led to the Great War
On 28 June 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Balkans. Five
fateful weeks later Europe was at war. How did a minor Balkan problem become a cataclysm?
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.
Devoting a chapter to each of the final ten days – the infamous ‘July Crisis’ – Martel sweeps
away traditional concepts of ‘guilt’, ‘responsibility’, and ‘the inevitability of war’, turning
instead to the contemporary diplomatic, military, and political records to show how the
catastrophe really unfurled. His gripping, step-by-step account of these crucial days makes
clear just how little the conflict was in fact premeditated, preordained, or even predictable.
What emerges is the story of a terrible, unnecessary tragedy – one that can be understood
only by retracing the steps taken by those who went down the road to war. Martel shows how
the hopes and fears of those at the heart of the unfolding crisis – Kaiser Wilhelm II, the
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
escalated matters to the point where they became almost impossible to contain.
Advance praise: ‘In an avalanche of books on the First World War’s origins, Gordon
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
April 2014Hardback336 pp, 25 black and white halftones,234x153 mm, TA978-0-19-965646-2£20.00Available as an Ebook
See also Robin Waterfield’s newtranslation of Selected Speeches byDemosthenes, page 51.
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Taken at the FloodThe Roman Conquest of GreeceROBIN WATERFIELD
How Ancient Greece fell to the Roman colossus
‘There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.’ These
words from Brutus in Julius Caesar deftly describe the swift, brutal, and determined
conquest by the Romans of the Greeks in a little over six decades.
Rome’s defeat of the civilization from which it had learned so much is a tale of brutality. But
apart from the thrilling military action, the story is also central to that of Rome itself and
the empire it created. Robin Waterfield’s engrossing new book raises a number of intriguing
questions: To what extent was the Roman conquest a planned and deliberate policy? What
was it about Roman culture that gave it such a will for conquest? And what was the effect
on Roman intellectual and artistic culture, on their very identity, of their entanglement with
an older Greek civilization, which the Romans themselves recognized as supreme?
At the start of this account, the Mediterranean is home to six superpowers. Six decades
later, there is only one. The story of this astounding transition is pivotal to the history of
Rome, her empire, and the whole subsequent development of Europe.
PR: Anna Silva
HISTORY
About the AuthorROBIN 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.
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June 2014Hardback
416 pp, 55 black and white halftones,234x153 mm, TA
978-0-19-966538-9£25.00
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Published for the 100th anniversary ofthe assassination of the Archduke
Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 2014
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About the AuthorGORDON 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.
April 2014Hardback
416 pp, 23 colour plates, 130 blackand white illustrations, 7 maps,
246x189 mm, TA978-0-19-966338-5
£25.00Available as an Ebook
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About the EditorHEW 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.
HISTORY
June 2014Hardback 520 pp, 6 black and white halftones,234x156 mm, TA978-0-19-822977-3£30.00Available as an Ebook
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Margot Asquith’s Great War Diary, 1914-1916The View from Downing StreetSelected and edited byMICHAEL BROCK and ELEANOR BROCK
The politics of war, observed from the inside
Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led
Britain into war in August 1914. Asquith’s early war leadership drew praise from all
quarters, but in December 1916 he was forced from office in a palace coup, and replaced by
David Lloyd George, whose career he had done so much to promote. Margot had both the
literary gifts and the vantage point to create, in her diary of these years, a compelling
record of her husband’s fall from grace.
An intellectual socialite with the airs, if not the lineage, of an artistocrat, Margot was both a
spectator and participant in the events she describes, and in public affairs could be an ally or
an embarrassment – sometimes both. Her diary vividly evokes the wartime milieu as
experienced in 10 Downing Street, and describes the great political battles that lay behind the
warfare on the Western Front, in which Asquith would himself lose his eldest son. The writing
teems with character sketches, including Lloyd George (‘a natural adventurer who may make or
mar himself any day’), Churchill (‘Winston’s vanity is septic’), and Kitchener (‘a man brutal by
nature and by pose’).
Never previously published, this candid, witty, and worldly diary gives us a unique insider’s
view of the centre of power. Explanatory footnotes and an introduction by Michael and
Eleanor Brock provide the context and background information we need to appreciate it to
the full.
PR: Anna Silva
About the EditorsMICHAEL 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 nineteenth-
century 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.
HISTORYThe Oxford Illustrated History of the First World WarEdited by HEW STRACHAN
A new edition of a classic history to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreakof war in 1914
By 1918, millions lay dead, three major empires were shattered, and a fourth, Russia, was
in the throes of a revolution that helped define the rest of the twentieth century. The First
World War was a momentous event, and it still shapes the world in which we live.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War brings together in one volume many of
the most distinguished historians of the conflict in an account that matches the scale of the
events. From its causes to its consequences, from the Western Front to the Eastern, from
politicians to generals, from strategy to tactics, they chart the course of the war and assess
its profound political and human consequences. Chapters on economic mobilization, the
impact on women, the role of propaganda, and the rise of socialism establish the wider
context.
First published in 2000, the book has become a highly prized guide to the many
dimensions of the Great War. Every part of this new edition has been revised and updated
in the light of the latest scholarship: there are completely new chapters on the strategy of
the Central Powers, the role of women in the war, mutinies and military morale, and the
post-war conflicts in the years immediately after 1918; and over 40 new illustrations have
been added.
PR: Anna Silva
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NEW EDITION
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Reissue
The First World War: To Arms HEW STRACHAN
April 2014, Paperback, 248 pp, 234x156 mm, TA
978-0-19926191-8£25.00
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May 2014Hardback
432 pp, 25 black and whiteillustrations, 235x156 mm, TA
978-0-19-998611-8£20.00
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Published for the 70th anniversary of D-Day
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HISTORY
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HISTORY
T H E A L L I E D I N V A S I O N O F E U R O P E A N D T H E D- D A Y L A N D I N G S
C R A I G L . S Y M O N D S
NeptuneThe Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day LandingsCRAIG L. SYMONDS
Giving the naval arm its rightful place in the history of the Normandy landings
D-Day could not have taken place without Operation Neptune. 160,000 Allied troops landed
along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy,
suffering devastating losses in an invasion that would eventually lead to the liberation of
Western Europe. Histories of D-Day have typically overlooked the incredible naval operation
that played a crucial role, yet it involved over five thousand ships and nearly half-a-million
personnel. Indeed, Operation Neptune was the largest seaborne assault in human history,
without which the battles at Normandy never could have taken place.
Neptune brilliantly traces the central thread of this Olympian event from the first tentative
conversations by British and American officers in Washington in the winter of 1941. With
characteristically vivid narration, Craig L. Symonds uncovers the various components of the
operation, and follows key personalities such as Roosevelt, Churchill, and Eisenhower
involved in this exceptional campaign.
This superb book is a study of how the sometimes disputatious Anglo-American allies
managed to overcome differing views, Russian demands, German U-boats, logistical
bottlenecks, and a thousand other obstacles, to bring the allied armies to Normandy.
PR: Anna Silva
About the AuthorCRAIG 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.
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May 2014Hardback 256 pp, 216x135 mm, TA978-0-19-966921-9£18.99Available as an Ebook
See also Fascism: A Very ShortIntroduction, page 55, andBurning the Reichstag, page 14.
The GestapoPower and Terror in the Third ReichCARSTEN DAMS andMICHAEL STOLLE
Hitler’s secret state police force was the most feared instrument of political terror in the
Third Reich, brutally hunting down and destroying anyone it regarded as an enemy of the
Nazi regime: Socialists, Communists, Jews, homosexuals, and anyone else deemed to be
an ‘anti-social element’. Its prisons soon became infamous – many of those who
disappeared into them were never seen again.
But is this an accurate view of the Gestapo? Was it really an all-pervasive, all-powerful, all-
knowing instrument of terror? How much did it depend upon the cooperation and help of
ordinary Germans? And did its networks extend further into the everyday life of German
society than most Germans after 1945 ever wanted to admit?
Answering all these questions and more, this succinct and highly accessible work by
German historians uses the very latest research to tell the true story behind this secretive
and fearsome institution. Tracing the history of the organization from its origins in the
Weimar Republic, through the crimes of the Nazi period, to the fate of former officers after
World War II, Carsten Dams and Michael Stolle investigate how the Gestapo really worked –
and question many of the myths that have long surrounded it.
Advance praise: ‘An excellent short introduction to one of the most
complex issues in the history of the Third Reich.’
Richard Overy
PR: Anna Silva
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About the AuthorsCARSTEN DAMS is Professor of Police Sciences at the School of Public
Management of North-Rhine Westphalia.
MICHAEL STOLLE is an Executive Director of the multidisciplinary ‘House of
Competence’ at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
March 2014Hardback
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978-0-19-964667-8£25.00
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March 2014Hardback
312 pp, 8 pp colour plate section, 9 black and white illustrations,
234x156 mm, TA978-0-19-967526-5
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HISTORY
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HISTORYVisions of ScienceBooks and readers at the dawn of the Victorian ageJAMES A. SECORD, University of Cambridge
Revolutionary ideas and the birth of popular science
In the first half of the nineteenth century, new scientific disciplines and revolutionary scientific
concepts – evolution, and the vastness of geological time –began to take shape. At the same time
there was political unrest in continental Europe, and debates in Britain regarding education, the
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
impact of twelve influential ‘popular science’ books, including Charles Lyell’s Principles of
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?
PR: Dan Parker
Ancient SyriaA Three Thousand Year HistoryTREVOR BRYCE, University of Queensland
Battleground background – the road to modern Syria
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
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.
PR: Anna Silva
June 2014Hardback336 pp, 31 black and white halftones,234x153 mm, TA978-0-19-968942-2£20.00Available as an Ebook
The Story of PainFrom Prayer to PainkillersJOANNA BOURKE
Instrument of perfection, or an evil to be eliminated?
Experiencing pain is something we all share. Scraped knees, toothaches, migraines, giving
birth, cancer, heart attacks, and heartaches – pain permeates our entire lives. We might say
that ‘it was ever so’ – but, in truth, it wasn’t: our understanding of pain has undergone a
massive transformation during the last three centuries.
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’
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.
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
Pain explores these questions, showing us how we might respond to our own suffering –
and, just as importantly, to the suffering of those around us.
PR: Anna Silva
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About the AuthorJOANNA 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.
HISTORY
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Death from the SkiesHow the British and Germans Survived Bombing in World War IIDIETMAR SÜSS, Friedrich Schiller University
The first major comparison of British and German response to mass bombing
The debate over the rights and the wrongs of the mass bombing of British and German cities during
World War II remains a highly emotive subject even today. The ‘Blitz’ killed tens of thousands and laid
waste to large areas of many British cities. But the British and American response was incomparably
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
civilians in both Britain and Nazi Germany, showing how two very different societies coped with the
onslaught and kept up morale amidst the devastation and psychological trauma visited on them.
Advance praise: ‘A remarkable book by an outstanding German scholar.’
Richard J. Overy
PR: Dan Parker
Fight or FlightBritain, France, and their Roads from EmpireMARTIN THOMAS, University of Exeter
Winds of change and storms of destruction
Although shattered by World War II, Britain and France still controlled the world’s two largest colonial
empires, stretching over four continents. And they appeared determined to keep them: the roll-call of
those who promised to defend their colonial possessions at all costs is a long one. Yet, within twenty
years both empires had almost completely disappeared. Hundreds of millions of people were caught
up in the biggest reconfiguration of the international system ever seen. Peaceable ‘transfers of power’
were eclipsed by territorial partition and mass violence whose bitter aftermath still lingers. How
differently did France and Britain manage the process? And what influence did the changes in the
world at large have – the rise of mass communications, consumerism, and economic globalization?
Advance praise: ‘A masterpiece.’
Wm Roger Louis, editor of The Oxford History of the British Empire
PR: Anna Silva
March 2014Hardback
560 pp, 23 black and whitehalftones, 11 maps, 234x153 mm, TA
978-0-19-969827-1£25.00
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736 pp, 9 black and white in-texthalf-tones, 234x153 mm, TA
978-0-19-966851-9£30.00
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HISTORY
February 2014 Hardback416 pp, 16 black and white illustrations,235x156 mm, TA978-0-19-932232-9£19.99Available as an Ebook
See also Fascism: A Very Short Introduction,page 55, and The Gestapo, page 10.
Worlds of ArthurFacts and Fictions of the Dark AgesGUY HALSALL, University of York
‘Cuts through all the fantasy Arthuriana ... shows us that behind that image is a reality
which is no less fascinating.’ Michael Wood
‘Brilliant ... Those who desire a surprisingly witty, intellectually rigorous and historically
captivating journey deep into the crucible of medieval Britain will enjoy this book immensely.’
Dan Jones, Sunday Times
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
books claiming to ‘reveal the truth’ can safely be ignored. What Guy Halsall uncovers in his
enthralling investigation is both radically different – and also a good deal more intriguing.
PR: Chloe Foster
Burning the ReichstagAn Investigation into the Third Reich’s Enduring MysteryBENJAMIN CARTER HETT
One of the last secrets of the Nazi era uncovered
On 27 February 1933, the German Reichstag went up in flames. Five thousand people were
immediately arrested, a catastrophe that marked the true beginning of the Third Reich. The
origin of the fire is one of the last mysteries of the Nazi period. Benjamin Hett challenges
orthodoxy by reopening the case of Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch Communist
stonemason, who, since the 1950s, has been largely blamed for setting it. Making use of
many new sources and archives, Hett sets the Reichstag fire in a wider context, providing
vivid portraits of key figures, including Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels. This
enthralling book reveals how and why the event is still one of the most controversial and
contested events of the twentieth century.
PR: Anna Silva
May 2014Paperback384 pp, 20 black and white halftones, 15 maps, 216x135 mm, TA978-0-19-870084-5£10.99Available as an Ebook
Hardback: 978-0-19-965817-6
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May 2014Hardback240pp, 235x156 mm, TA978-0-19-934770-4£16.99Available as an Ebook
See also By all Means Necessary,page 41.
January 2014Hardback416 pp, 15 black and white halftones,3 maps, 234x156 mm, TA978-0-19-969771-7£25.00Available as an Ebook
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HISTORY
January 2014Hardback464 pp, 14 black andwhite images, 234x156 mm, AJ978-0-19-966521-1£45.00Available as an Ebook
A New History of theHumanitiesThe Search for Principlesand Patterns from Antiquityto the PresentRENS BOD, University of Amsterdam
The first overarching history of thehumanities
Many histories of science have been
written, but surprisingly there is no
comparable history of the humanities –
until now. Rens Bod has created the first
overarching history of the humanities
from Antiquity to the present. He brings
to our attention figures such as Panini,
Valla, Bopp, and countless others who
are often overlooked, and gives them
their rightful place next to scientific
titans like Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.
PR: Lorna Richerby
The Normans andEmpireDAVID BATES, University of East Anglia
A new approach to the history of theNorman period
In his acclaimed 2010 Ford Lecture in
British History, given at the University of
Oxford, David Bates proposed that
historians of the Norman period can learn
from the methods of social scientists and
historians of other periods in making use
of such tools as life-stories and
biographies. He uses these new
approaches to create this enthralling, new
interpretative history of the Normans.
PR: Lorna Richerby
Revolutions from Grub StreetA History of MagazinePublishing in BritainHOWARD COX, University ofWorcester, and SIMON MOWATT,AUT Business School
The first comprehensive businesshistory of Britain’s consumermagazine publishing industry
Spanning over 300 years, Revolutions from
Grub Street is the first comprehensive
business history of magazine-making in
Britain. From the Glorious Revolution of 1688
that saw the beginnings of publishing in the
Grub Street area of London (later to become
Fleet Street) to today’s multi-million pound
industry which has embraced the world-wide
web, this is a highly readable narrative
account of the people, technology and
industrial organization behind one of
Britain’s most successful creative industries.
PR: Kirsty Doole
January 2014Hardback272 pp, 234x156 mm, AJ978-0-19-967441-1£35.00Available as an Ebook
Goodbye to All That?The Story of Europe Since 1945DAN 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
sustained by the broad anti-fascist consensus. However, as Dan Stone shows in his valuable new
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
postwar consensus went hand in hand with particular ways of remembering World War II. By
looking at how ‘memory’ is intimately tied to issues of power and social change, the book
provides a historical background to contemporary ills afflicting Europe, and helps readers to
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 AmnesiaThe Legacy of Tiananmen SquareLOUISA LIM, former BBC correspondent in Beijing
A view of the Tiananmen Square tragedy from inside China
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
country. National Public Radio’s award-winning China correspondent, Louisa Lim provides a
window into Tiananmen Sqaure unlike anything written before. With fluid prose and an eye
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.
PR: Anna Silva
PUBLISHED FOR THE 25TH ANNI VERSAR Y
One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-RoperEdited 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,
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.
We meet him as historian, controversialist, public intellectual, connoisseur of poetry, traveller,
countryman. In mood the letters range from comic exuberance to melancholy reflection, from
hard-headed analysis to pastoral evocation. In subject-matter they take us from his inside
knowledge and close observation of affairs of state – his friendship with the spy Kim Philby,
the Suez affair, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, or the regime of Mrs Thatcher – to the private
pleasures of reading and thinking and to his fondness for the natural world. We also
encounter, especially in letters to members of his family, an emotional intensity which will
surprise those who knew only the cool and confident exterior he presented to the world.
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.
PR: Anna Silva
Advance praise:
‘This latest anthology is by turns memorable, fascinating, wicked
and malicious, and impossible to put down.’
Sir David Cannadine
January 2014Hardback
480 pp, 8 pp colour and black andwhite plates, 234x156 mm, TA
978-0-19-870311-2£25.00
Available as an Ebook
The centenary of Hugh Trevor-Roper’sbirth is 15 January 2014.
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BIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS
About the EditorsRICHARD 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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June 2014Paperback240 pp, 7 integratedhalftones, 216x135 mm, AC978-0-19-870089-0£10.99Available as an Ebook
Hardback: 978-0-19-958375-1
May 2014Paperback368 pp, 27 black and whiteplates, 216x135 mm, TA978-0-19-967851-8£10.99Available as an Ebook
Hardback: 978-0-19-954168-3
Churchilland Sea PowerCHRISTOPHER M. BELL, DalhousieUniversity
‘Far-ranging, elegantly written and
insightful.’Matthew Seligmann,
Journal of Strategic Studies
‘a cogent and important study based on a
great deal of research.’
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
argues, have been undervalued.
PR: Chloe Foster
The Pursuitof the Nazi MindHitler, Hess, and the AnalystsDANIEL PICK, University of London
‘Fascinating ... an exceptionally rich and
thought-provoking book.’
Richard Overy, Literary Review
‘This is a terrific book ... soberly and clearly
written ... profoundly illuminating.’
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.
PR: Dan Parker
See also Fascism: A Very Short Introduction,page 55, The Gestapo, page 10, and Burning theReichstag, page 14.
Six Momentsof CrisisInside British Foreign PolicyGILL BENNETT
‘Gill Bennett… takes us into Number 10
and the Cabinet room and we are
literally transported – we can see and
hear the people, feel the tension, and
hear the arguments.’
Peter Hennessy
Former Whitehall historian Gill Bennett
unravels the story of six crucial British
foreign policy challenges, from the Korean
War to the Falklands conflict, offering an
inside account of episodes that shaped
Britain’s position in the world for decades
to come – and in some cases still arouse
controversy to this day.
PR: Chloe Foster
HISTORYNE W IN PAPER BACK NEW IN PAPERBACK
May 2014Paperback448 pp, 16 pp black and white plates, 234x153 mm, TA978-0-19-967850-1£14.99Available as an Ebook
Hardback: 978-0-19-969357-3
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Jane Austen’s LettersEdited by DEIRDRE LE FAYE
‘Jane at her most direct ... a generous and comprehensive book.’
Max Davidson, Daily Telegraph
Jane Austen’s letters afford a unique insight
into the daily life of the novelist: intimate and
gossipy, observant and informative, they bring
alive her family and friends, her surroundings,
and contemporary events with a freshness
unparalleled in biography. This fourth edition
incorporates the findings of new scholarship
to enrich our understanding of her.
June 2014, Paperback, 688 pp, 216x135 mm, TA, 978-0-19-870449-2,
£16.99, Hardback, 978-0-19-957607-4, PR: Kirsty Doole
DebussyERIC FREDERICK JENSEN
The life and work of the master of impressionist music
Nearly one hundred years after Claude
Debussy’s death, his music has lost none of
its appeal. In this authoritative biography,
part of the acclaimed Master Musicians
series, Jensen brings together the most
recent biographical research, including a
revised catalogue of Debussy’s
compositions and the first complete edition of his
correspondence. The book is equally accessible for the reader
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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BIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS
June 2014Hardback
352 pp, 20 black and white illustrations,235x156 mm,TA
978-0-19-995104-8£25.00
The Newton Papers The Strange Tale of the Documents of History’s Greatest ScientistSARAH DRY
Told for the first time – the story of Newton’s controversial legacy
When Isaac Newton died in 1727, he left a mass of disorganized papers – more than 8 million
words – that revealed him as heretical, alchemically obsessed, and possibly even unbalanced.
As a result, the private papers of the world’s greatest scientist remained hidden to all but a
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,
scholars, and scientists who tracked them down, from the economist John Maynard Keynes to
Abraham Yahuda, a key figure in the founding of Israel. Her enthralling book reveals Newton
as a man altogether stranger and more complicated than the genius of legend.
PR: Anna Silva
NEW IN PAPERBACK
February 2014Hardback304 pp, 10 colour plates, 30 blackand white halftones, 246x171 mm, TA978-0-19-960931-4£25.00Available as an Ebook
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Piero della FrancescaArtist and ManJAMES R. BANKER
The first full biography of one of the greatest Renaissance artists
Largely neglected for the four centuries after his death in 1492, the Italian artist Piero della
Francesca is now seen to embody the fullest expression of the Renaissance perspective
painter, with an artistic importance comparable with that of Leonardo da Vinci and
Michelangelo.
But who was he, and how did he become the person and artist that he was? Until now, these
questions have remained largely unanswered. James R. Banker puts that situation right,
integrating the story of Piero’s artistic and mathematical achievements with the full chronicle
of his life for the first time. Fortified by the discovery of over one hundred previously unknown
documents, most of which he unearthed himself, he presents us with Piero’s friends, family,
and collaborators, within the context of the various cities and courts in which he lived. We
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
the dates of some of his major works. He also presents a persuasive new interpretation of the
much-debated Flagellation of Christ.
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
BIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS
LEADTITLE
About the AuthorJAMES 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’.
March 2013Hardback
272 pp, 23 engravings, 216x138 mm, TA978-0-19-965072-9
£14.99Available as an Ebook
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L ITERATURESelected FablesAn AnthologyJEAN DE LA FONTAINE
Translated by CHRISTOPHER BETTS
Illustrated by GUSTAVE DORÉ
‘Deceivers, you’re the target for my pen:
if you play tricks, you can expect the same.’
La Fontaine’s verse fables turned traditional folktales derived from Aesop and a range of
Oriental sources into some of the greatest, and best-loved, poetic work in French. His
versions of stories such as ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ and ‘The Wolf and the Lamb’ are witty
and sophisticated, satirizing human nature in miniature dramas in which the outcome is
always unpredictable. The fables have long been popular with all ages, though their ironic
take on contemporary society in French aristocratic circles is best appreciated by adults.
Christopher Betts’s translations are notable for their sensitivity and sophistication, and his
impressive new translation of La Fontaine matches the original in inventiveness and
subtlety. This edition includes half of the fables first published in twelve books between
1668 and 1693, across the full range of subjects and themes. The fables are illustrated with
a selection of Gustave Doré’s majestic engravings, and an introduction offers insights into
La Fontaine’s life and literary artistry.
PR: Kirsty Doole
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About the EditorCHRISTOPHER 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.
NEW TRANSLATION
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The Compleat AnglerIZAAK WALTON and CHARLES COTTON
Edited by MARJORIE SWANN
‘I envy no body but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do.’
The Compleat Angler is the most famous book ever published in the literature of sport. It is
also a work whose unique celebration of the English countryside has won it many admirers.
Izaak Walton issued the final version of his beloved book in 1676, accompanied by Charles
Cotton’s pioneering exploration of fly-fishing. It is both a manual of instruction and a vision
of society in harmony with nature. It guides the novice fisherman on every aspect of
fishing: how to catch and cook a variety of fish, on how to select and prepare the best bait
and make artificial flies, and on the habits of freshwater fish. It also promotes angling as a
communal activity in which the bonds of friendship are forged through shared experience
of the natural world.
Walton lived through turbulent times, and found in nature the best salve for national
tragedy and personal sorrow. His writing embraces literature, poetry, anecdote, and a
commitment to conservation. It also encodes his passionate royalist Anglican sympathies
in the aftermath of the Civil War.
This new edition, illustrated with contemporary line drawings, is the first to highlight the
book’s importance as an influential and provocative meditation on humanity’s relationship
to the environment.
PR: Kirsty Doole
February 2014Hardback 336 pp, 10 black and white illustrations,4 maps, 196x129 mm, TA978-0-19-965074-3£14.99Available as an Ebook
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About the EditorMARJORIE 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 post-
seventeenth-century afterlives.
April 2014Hardback
176 pp, 13 wood engravings,196x129 mm, TA
978-0-19-967222-6£12.99
Published to mark the 150thanniversary of John Clare’s death
The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in EnglishEdited by JEREMY NOEL-TOD, University of East Anglia, and IAN HAMILTON
‘Indispensable.’ John Sutherland, The Sunday Times
The impressive new edition of this classic Companion, first published as The Oxford Companion to
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-
winners. Many entries include details of in-depth supplementary material available online on the
dedicated companion website. Compiled by a team of 230 experts, including Blake Morrison and
Andrew Motion, it is accessible and authoritative – a must-have for anyone with an interest in poetry.
PR: Kirsty Doole
The Shepherd’s CalendarJOHN CLARE
Edited by ERIC ROBINSON, DAVID POWELL, and GEOFFREY SUMMERFIELD
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
is also a fascinating work of social history, recording long-vanished aspects of nineteenth-
century 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
May Day games, sheep-shearing feasts, Harvest Home, and Christmas. Rooted in popular
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
with wood engravings by David Gentleman.
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February 2014Paperback
736 pp, 196x129 mm, TC978-0-19-870485-0
£12.99Available as an Ebook
Hardback: 978-0-19-964025-6
L ITERATURENE W IN PAPERBACKThe New Oxford Book
of War Poetry Edited by JON STALLWORTHY
Reviews of the first edition
‘Full of good things...many old favourites and quite a few genuine surprises.’
Vernon Scannell, The Guardian
‘Quite simply the most rewardingly catholic anthology of battle verse.’
Times Educational Supplement
There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful
feelings than war. Jon Stallworthy’s classic anthology spans centuries of human experience of
conflict, from David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan and Homer’s Iliad to the finest poems of
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
celebratory ‘war-songs’ to the twentieth century’s darker poetic responses to ‘man’s
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.
Ten years on from the first edition, Jon Stallworthy has now included more poems on the
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.
PR: Kirsty Doole
June 2014Hardback390 pp, 196x129 mm, TA978-0-19-870447-8£16.99
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About the EditorJON 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.
NE W EDI TI ON
June 2014 Hardback
400 pp, 234x156 mm, TA978-0-19-967453-4
£20.00 Available as an Ebook
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PHILOSOPHYClassical PhilosophyA History of Philosophy Without Any GapsPETER ADAMSON
A unique history of thought
‘In an undergraduate philosophy course, you might reasonably expect to jump from Aristotle to,
perhaps, Descartes, leaping over about 2000 years of history in the process. A more enlightened
approach might include looking at Thomas Aquinas, in the 13th century – still omitting the better
part of two millennia.’ Peter Adamson
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.
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
way, we meet a fascinating range of individuals and schools – Anaximander, Xenophanes,
Parmenides, the Eleatics, The Atomists, the Hippocratic Corpus, and the Platonic Academy.
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
for all readers, including those coming to the subject for the first time.
PR: Dan Parker
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About the AuthorPETER 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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April 2014Hardback316 pp, 216x138 mm, AE978-0-19-968684-1£19.99Available as an Ebook
January 2014Hardback192 pp, 196x129 mm, AE978-0-19-957289-2£25.00Available as an Ebook
L ITERATUREA Will to BelieveShakespeare and ReligionDAVID SCOTT KASTAN, Yale University
A provocative new account of the Bard’s faith
Religion was inescapable in Shakespeare’s England, but its place in his life and art is
ambiguous. The plays have usually been seen either as evidence of Shakespeare’s own
disinterested secularism or, more recently, as coded signposts to his own sectarian
commitments. Based upon the inaugural series of the Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures,
A Will to Believe offers a thoughtful, surprising, and often moving consideration of how
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.
PR: Kirsty Doole
The Cold of May Day MondayAn Approach to Irish Literary HistoryROBERT ANTHONY WELCH
A new history of Irish literature by one of its major scholars
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.
The Cold of May Day Monday is his long-awaited account of one of the most interesting
literary histories in the world, that of his homeland. He reveals the story of Irish literature
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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May 2014Paperback304 pages, 196x129 mm, TA978-0-19-870596-3£7.99Available as an Ebook
Hardback: 978-0-19-969300-9
January 2014Hardback240 pp, 216x138 mm, AJ978-0-19-959155-8£25.00Available as an Ebook
January 2014Hardback160 pp, 216x135 mm, AJ978-0-19-967848-8£18.99Available as an Ebook
PhilosophyBites BackDAVID EDMUNDS, Oxford University,and NIGEL WARBURTON, OpenUniversity
27 leading philosophers on the most important thinkers in Westernthought
In this collection of lively interviews
derived fom the hugely successful
podcast Philosophy Bites, leading
philosophers of our time discuss the
ideas and works of some of the most
important thinkers in history. From the
ancient classics to ground-breaking
modern thought, and from happiness
and love in ancient Greece to truth and
forgiveness in the twentieth century, this
volume spans over two and a half
millennia of western philosophy and
illuminates its most fascinating ideas.
PR: Dan Parker
Being Realistic aboutReasonsT. M. SCANLON, Harvard University
One of the world’s leadingphilosophers brings new insights to reason
Is what we have reason to do a matter of
fact? If so, what kind of truth is involved,
how can we know it, and how do reasons
motivate and explain action? In this book
based on his prestigious Locke Lectures,
Thomas Scanlon offers answers, with a
qualified defense of normative cognitivism
– the view that there are normative truths
about reasons for action. This is a highly
original work by one of the world’s leading
moral philosophers.
PR: Hannah McGuffie
Beyond ArtDOMINIC MCIVER LOPES, Universityof British Columbia
A radical and original treatment ofart and aesthetics
This book offers a bold new approach to
the philosophy of art. General theories of
art don’t work, argues Dominic McIver
Lopes, because they can’t deal with
problem cases. Instead he articulates
and defends a ‘buck-passing theory of
art’, namely that a work of art is nothing
but a work in one of the arts. Written not
just for philosophers but for theorists of
art, music, or literature, Beyond Art
discusses a wide range of works from
contemporary arts and culture.
PR: Andrew Allen
PHILOSOPHYNE W IN PAPER BACK
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May 2014Hardback368 pp, 234x156 mm, TA978-0-19-996953-1£20.00Available as an Ebook
PHILOSOPHYPhilosophy at 3:AMQuestions and Answers with 25 PhilosophersRICHARD MARSHALL
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
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
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
ChangeWhat Really Leads to Lasting Personal TransformationJEFFREY A. KOTTLER, California State University
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
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
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
Kottler recounts stories of colleagues and patients whose tales of remarkable, unexpected,
and lasting transformation enthrall and move.
PR: Dan Parker
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SCIENCEThe Improbable PrimateHow water shaped human evolutionCLIVE FINLAYSON
New insights into the course of human evolution
A primate that walks on two legs, is naked and has a taste for meat – humankind really is a
highly remarkable species. The Improbable Primate tells the extraordinary story of how we
got to be that way.
At the heart of the story is water – the critical factor that Clive Finlayson believes has shaped
us. He argues that our ancestors carved a niche for themselves by leaving the forest and
forcing their way into a long-established community of carnivores in a tropical savannah, as
climate changes opened up the landscape. They took their chance at high noon, when most
other predators were asleep, and so avoided competition or being eaten by the large cats and
hyenas. Adapting to this new lifestyle involved shedding their hair and developing an active
sweating system to keep cool. Being close to fresh water was critical, and as the climate dried
our ancestors, already bipedal, became taller and slimmer, more adept at travelling farther.
The challenges of seeking water in a drying landscape moulded the minds and bodies of early
humans, and directed their migrations and eventual settlements.
This ground-breaking book presents a fresh and provocative view of a seven-million-year
evolutionary journey. It has radical implications for the interpretation of fossils and
technologies, of the spread of early humans, and of the emergence and domination of
homo sapiens.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
About the AuthorCLIVE 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’.
March 2014Hardback
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978-0-19-965879-4£16.99
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SCIENCELife UnfoldingHow the human body creates itselfJAMIE A. DAVIES
The journey from egg to human
Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right
one? How do boys become different from girls? How did each of the ten trillion cells in my
body know how to become the part it is?
The picture now emerging of the extraordinary journey from a single fertilized egg to the
complexity of a human being draws not only on embryology and genetics, but on ideas
from physics, networks, and control theory. The central principle is that of ‘adaptive self-
organization’: individual cells do not need to know where they are in the plan, they just
respond to local cues, organizing themselves into tissues and interconnecting systems,
correcting errors as they go along. From the application of a few relatively simple
behaviours, orchestrated and regulated by layers of genes and their proteins in
combination with basic physical principles, layer upon layer of complexity arises of its
own accord.
Life Unfolding brings the results of this area of intense current research to the lay reader,
showing how our whole understanding of how we come to be has been transformed in
recent years. This is modern biology at its most exciting. The resulting insights are already
having a profound impact on medicine.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
About the AuthorJAMIE 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.
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978-0-19-960672-6£16.99
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One Plus One Equals OneSymbiosis and the evolution of complex life JOHN ARCHIBALD, Dalhousie University
How molecular biology is uncovering the strange origins of complex life
The latest tools of molecular biology enable us to investigate the living world in ways
unimaginable a few decades ago. One Plus One Equals One focuses on an area in which our
understanding has been revolutionized: the mechanisms of evolution which led to the
development of complex life more than three billion years ago. All living organisms use the
same molecular processes to replicate their genetic material and the same basic code to
'read' their genes; the similarities can be seen in their DNA. John Archibald shows how from
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
how we have come to this realization and its implications.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
The Fourth Revolution How the infosphere is reshaping human realityLUCIANO FLORIDI, University of Oxford
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
just one part of an 'infosphere'. Following those led by Copernicus, Darwin, and Freud, this
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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June 2014Hardback
288 pp, 216x138 mm, TA978-0-19-966059-9
£16.99Available as an Ebook
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The Amoeba in the RoomLives of the MicrobesNICHOLAS P. MONEY
Invisible rulers of our planet
Animals and plants rule the world – or do they? A cup of seawater contains 100 million cells
which are preyed upon by billions of viruses; a pinch of soil swarms with cryptic microbes
whose activities are a mystery; 50 million tons of fungal spores are released into the
atmosphere every year and affect the weather; and human beings are mobile ecosystems
that farm, and are farmed by, vast populations of bacteria and viruses involved with almost
every aspect of our wellbeing. Microorganisms are the vast, unnoticed, unmentioned
‘elephants in the room’ of planet earth.
The more we learn about microbial biodiversity, the less important do animals and plants
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
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
revolution in our perception of the living world: the big lumbering forms we see are just
froth on a vast ocean of protists, bacteria, and viruses that constitute most of life on earth.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
About the AuthorNICHOLAS 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’.
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April 2014Hardback 224 pp, 216x138 mm, TA978-0-19-966593-8£16.99Available as an Ebook
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The Origin of IdeasBlending, Creativity, and the Human SparkMARK TURNER, Case Western Reserve University
The first general work on a major new theory in cognitive science
It is humankind’s ability to innovate that sets our species apart from other animals. Mark
Turner is the co-founder of ‘conceptual blending’, a theory that proposes that the source of
this ability is our unique capacity to take two ideas or more and create a new one by
‘blending’, almost without effort and usually unconsciously. This important book is the first
to present the ground-breaking theory of ‘blending’ in detail for both a general audience
and scholars. Both controversial and provocative, it claims that it was our virtuosity in
‘blending’ that gave us a unique idea-generating tool that took us from being just a group of
large mammals to world domination.
PR: Lauren Small
DruggedThe Science and Culture Behind Psychotropic DrugsRICHARD J. MILLER, Northwestern University
The only complete guide to all classes of psychotropic drugs
The vast array of chemicals that can cross the blood-brain barrier is literally mind-boggling:
cannabis and cocaine, morphine and heroin, mescaline and LSD, alcohol, amphetamines,
Ecstasy – and many more. In Drugged, Richard Miller takes readers on an eye-opening tour
of psychotropic drugs, describing the various kinds, how they were discovered and
developed, and how they have played multiple roles in virtually every culture. Entertaining
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
highlights the role of hallucinogens in the history of religion; and it asks whether Prozac can
help depressed cats! This is a truly fascinating book.
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March 2014 Hardback
304 pp, 235x156 mm, AU978-0-19-998882-2
£19.99Available as an Ebook
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Previously announced November 2013
February 2014Hardback224 pp, 12 black and whiteillustrations, 216x138 mm, TA978-0-19-965311-9£16.99Available as an Ebook
Cancer VirusThe story of Epstein-Barr VirusDOROTHY H. CRAWFORD, INGÓLFUR JOHANNESSEN, both University ofEdinburgh, and ALAN B. RICKINSON, University of Birmingham
How the first human cancer virus was discovered
The idea of a human cancer virus was shocking enough when the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
was discovered fifty years ago, but the story proved stranger still. Almost everyone, it turns
out, carries EBV. Only under some circumstances does it cause disease. What’s more, EBV
produces seemingly unrelated ailments in different populations: a cancer of the jaw in African
children, a cancer of post-nasal passages in the Far East, Hodgkin’s Disease and glandular
fever in the West. Written by three leading virologists working on EBV, this book is an exciting
detective story, recounting how the clues emerged through luck, serendipity, and the
imagination and dedicated work of a cast of scientists spanning the world.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
SuperintelligenceThe Coming Machine Intelligence RevolutionNICK BOSTROM, University of Oxford
Intelligent machines – pipe dream or real threat?
If machine brains come to surpass human brains as ours surpass those of other animals, then
they could become as powerful relative to us as we are to other animals. Such extreme levels
of machine intelligence – superintelligence – would potentially be in a position to shape the
future. What happens to humanity (whether humanity would even survive) would then depend
on the goals of the superintelligence. The possibility of a machine intelligence revolution is
therefore an extremely important topic. Perhaps it is the most important topic...
This groundbreaking book places superintelligence in the mainstream of both scholarly and
popular consciousness and shows us how to protect humanity against its risks.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
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March 2014Hardback376 pp, 30 black andwhite illustrations,240x168 mm, AJ978-0-19-968718-3£35.00Available as an Ebook
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January 2014Hardback192 pp, 234x156 mm, AJ978-0-19-968587-5£19.99Available as an Ebook
The Proust Effect The Senses as Doorways toLost Memories CRETIEN VAN CAMPEN, NetherlandsInstitute for Social Research andWindesheim University of AppliedSciences
How our senses can trigger memories
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
experiments and artistic projects, he
offers new insights into memory – drawn
from neuroscience, the arts, and
professions such as education, elderly
care, health care therapy and the
culinary profession.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
Cracking the ParticleCode of the UniverseJOHN MOFFAT, University of Toronto
What if there is no Higgs Boson...
John Moffat is one of a small minority in the
field of physics who believes that there is
no Higgs Boson particle. He is also of the
opinion that extra dimensions of space do
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.
PR: Hannah McGuffie
Nuclear DawnF. E. Simon and the Race forAtomic Weapons in WorldWar IIKENNETH D. MCRAE, CarletonUniversity, Ottawa
The first full biography of a keyfigure in the creation of the atomic bomb
This is the first full biography of
Franz (later Sir Francis) Simon (1893-
1956), 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,
and his important, experimental
contributions to low-temperature physics,
it provides many new insights. The book is
based on important, new source
materials, such as Simon’s diary and
correspondence with his wife, that were
not available to previous researchers.
PR: Hannah McGuffie
February 2014 Hardback224 pp, 15 black andwhite line artwork, 15 black and whitehalftones, 235x156 mm, AE978-0-19-991552-1£19.99
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Warriors and WorriersThe Survival of the SexesJOYCE 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
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
The Science of CheeseMICHAEL H. TUNICK, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
The surprising science of cheesemaking
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
of delicious foods. As a researcher who creates cheeses, Michael H. Tunick is superbly
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
(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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May 2014Hardback296 pp, 13 black andwhite illustrations,216x138 mm, 13 black and whiteillustrations, AE978-0-19-870261-0£18.99Available as an Ebook
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Faith and Wisdom in ScienceTOM MCLEISH, University of Durham
Science can be a deeply religious activity
Faith and Wisdom in Science takes a
much-needed new approach to the
‘science and religion’ debate. Tom
McLeish presents a scientist’s reading of
the enigmatic and beautiful Book of Job
as his centrepiece, and uses it to make
the case for science as a deeply human
and ancient activity, embedded in some
of the oldest stories told about the
human desire to understand the natural
world. He insists that rather than
debating ‘science and theology’ we need
both a ‘science of theology’ and a
‘theology of science’.
PR: Dan Parker
What is Life?How chemistry becomesbiologyADDY PROSS, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev
‘A lucid, thoughtful, and accessible
exploration of the very foundations of
that most exquisite and extraordinary
property of matter, life.’
Peter Atkins
‘A stimulating and thought-provoking
read.’
Chemistry World
Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrödinger
posed a profound question: ‘What is life,
and how did it emerge from non-life?’
Scientists have puzzled over it ever since.
Addy Pross uses insights from the new
field of systems chemistry to show how
chemistry can become biology, and that
Darwinian evolution is the expression of a
deeper physical principle.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
DiscordThe Story of NoiseMIKE GOLDSMITH, National PhysicalLaboratory
‘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
and noise, explaining the science and
physiology, and exploring how new
scientific approaches may affect the
future of sound. He also looks at how
discord and dissonance are put to use in
music, medicine, and even the military.
PR: Chloe Foster
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June 2014Hardback320 pp, 35 black andwhite illustrations,234x156 mm, AJ978-0-19-870459-1£25.00Available as an Ebook
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January 2014Hardback368 pp, 10 colourillustrations, 77 black andwhite illustrations,246x189 mm, AE978-0-19-966437-5£39.99Available as an Ebook
James Clerk MaxwellPerspectives on his Life and WorkEdited by RAYMOND FLOOD, Gresham College, MARK MCCARTNEY,University of Ulster, and ANDREW WHITAKER, Queen’sUniversity Belfast
The first work to fully revealMaxwell’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,
mathematicians, and historians of science
and literature the chance to do him
justice, revealing among much else
Maxwell’s wider work on many aspects of
science, his poetry, and his Christian faith.
PR: Hannah McGuffie
50 Visions ofMathematicsEdited by SAM PARC, Institute ofMathematics and Its Applications
50 original articles celebrate asparkling half century of the IMA
Here is a book that is designed to showcase
the beauty of mathematics without frying your
brain! Published to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the founding of the Institute of
Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), it
contains 50 articles by some of the best writers
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’.
PR: Hannah McGuffie
See also The Concise Oxford Dictionary of
Mathematics, page 59.
The Man in theMonkeynut CoatWilliam Astbury and theForgotten Road to theDouble-HelixKERSTEN T. HALL, University of Leeds
Forgotten pioneer with a pivotal rolein DNA discovery
Isaac Newton declared that his
momentous discoveries were made
thanks to having ‘stood on the shoulders
of giants’. The same might be said of DNA
pioneers James Watson, Francis Crick, and
Rosalind Franklin, because it was scientist
William T. Astbury (1898-1961) who
pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography
essential to their work. Astbury has
largely, and quite unjustly, been forgotten,
but this book now rights that wrong by
revealing the story of this neglected genius
who also led the field in the powerful new
science of molecular biology.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
March 2014Hardback
384 pp, 26 black and white illustrations235x156 mm, TA
978-0-19-993787-5£18.99
By All Means NecessaryHow China’s Resource Quest is Changing the WorldELIZABETH C. ECONOMY and MICHAEL LEVI, both Council on Foreign Relations
The first full account of China’s race to acquire raw materials
The last twenty-five years has seen China transformed from an impoverished country to one
with more millionaires than anywhere else in the world. In the beginning, that growth was
fuelled by internal resources, but now China has been forced to look outward to find the
massive quantities of resources it needs. It is now engaged in a quest around the world for
fuel, water, and land for farming, while the country’s military secures sea lanes and focuses
on advanced military technologies to protect its interests abroad. Clear, authoritative, and
provocative, By All Means Necessary is the first comprehensive account of the likely impact
of China’s pursuit of raw materials in the coming years – a crucial issue, not just for China,
but for the whole world.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
The Locust EffectWhy the End of Poverty Requires the End of ViolenceGARY A. HAUGEN and VICTOR BOUTROS, both University of Chicago Law School
The first book on the key role of violence in perpetuating poverty
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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272 pp, 235x156 mm, TA978-0-19-992178-2
£18.99
See also The People's Republic ofAmnesia, page 16.
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WrongNine Economic Policy Disasters and What We Can Learn from ThemRICHARD S. GROSSMAN, Wesleyan University
How ideology rather than economics causes financial crises
The Irish famine, the Great Depression, Japan’s lost decade of the 1990s, Lehman Brothers and
the American subprime crisis ... What is it that sparks such vast economic calamities? Why do
our economic policy makers fail to protect us from such upheavals? Writing for a wide
audience, economist Richard Grossman shines a light on the poor thinking behind nine of the
worst economic policy mistakes of the past 200 years, telling the story behind each
misconceived economic move, explaining why the policy was adopted, how it was
implemented, and its short- and long-term consequences. In each case, he shows that the main
culprits were policy makers who were guided by ideology rather than economics.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
The Euro-Crisis and Its AftermathJEAN PISANI-FERRY, Université Paris-Dauphine Translated by CHRISTOPHE GOUARDO
Understanding the economics of the Euro
‘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
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.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
June 2014Hardback224 pp, 235x156 mm, TA978-0-19-999333-8£20.00
January 2014 Hardback296 pp, 210x140 mm, TA978-0-19-932219-0£18.99
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January 2014Hardback340 pp, 234x156 mm, AE978-0-19-968654-4£25.00Available as an Ebook
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June 2014Hardback224 pp, 234x156 mm, AJ978-0-19-967777-1£30.00Available as an Ebook
Business StrategyManaging Uncertainty,Opportunity, and EnterpriseJOHN-CHRISTOPHER SPENDER,Universität Ramon Llull
CEOs are the key to better
business strategy
Drawing on a wide range of ideas from
strategy, economics, entrepreneurship and
philosophy, John-Christopher. Spender
develops an exciting new approach to
business strategy. He argues that a key
element of both an entrepreneur’s and an
executive's task is to engage chosen
uncertainties, develop a language to
express the firm’s particular business
model for dealing with them, and thus
create innovation and value. The book is
an important contribution to the field of
management studies.
PR: Andrew Allen
Is the Planet Full?Edited by IAN GOLDIN, University ofOxford
The most wide-ranging exploration
available of a planet-sized problem
Can our planet support the demands of
the ten billion people anticipated to be
the world’s population by the middle of
this century? Can we harness the
potential benefits brought by a healthier,
wealthier and larger population? In this
book, ten scholars, each of whom is a
leader in their own discipline, attempt to
answer these questions. By offering a
variety of different lenses through which
to view this overwhelmingly important
topic, the book is able to challenge
commonplace assumptions and bring
important new insights.
PR: Chloe Foster
DividedNationsWhy global governance isfailing, and what we can doabout itIAN GOLDIN, University of Oxford
‘A state-of-the-art view of contemporary
issues in global cooperation.’
Dries Lesage,
Times Higher Education Supplement
It is becoming increasingly apparent that
the UN, IMF, and World Bank are
inadequate to the task of managing
today’s emergencies like climate change,
pandemics, cybersecurity, and migration.
Former Vice President of the World Bank,
Ian Goldin explores whether the answer is
to reform the existing structures or to
consider a new approach. He highlights
the challenges that we must overcome and
considers a road map for the future.
PR: Chloe Foster
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CURRENT AFFAIRSThe Cultivation of TasteChefs and the Organization of Fine DiningCHRISTEL 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
Germany, both countries which have no indigenous ‘haute cuisine’ but nevertheless maintain a
great interest in fine dining. It draws on a large number of interviews with renowned chefs,
diners, and Michelin inspectors to bring the reader an unprecedented insight into what goes on
in Michelin-starred restaurants – what makes their chefs tick, intrigues their critics, and beguiles
or annoys their customers. Lane presents restaurants as not simply businesses but as cultural
enterprises that shape our taste in food, ambience, and sociality.
PR: Andrew Allen
Nature in the BalanceThe Economics of BiodiversityEdited by DIETER HELM, University of Oxford and CAMERON HEPBURN, LondonSchool of Economics
Putting a price on biodiversity protection
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
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.
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CURRENT AFFAIRSModern GreeceWhat Everyone Needs to KnowSTATHIS KALYVAS, Yale University
Just a few years ago, Greece appeared to be
a politically secure nation with a healthy
economy. Today, the country is at the centre
of Europe’s economic maelstrom. Stathis
Kalyvas shows how and why this has
happened, and makes important
connections between the present turmoil
and the deeper past that have brought the country to where it
is today.
June 2014, Paperback Original, 240 pp, 210x140 mm, TA, 978-0-19-994879-6,
£10.99, PR: Chloe Foster
JapanWhat Everyone Needs to KnowR. TAGGART MURPHY, University of Tsukuba
A quarter-century ago, Tokyo’s stock
exchange was bigger than New York’s. Now,
the country is seen as a has-been with a
sluggish economy, an aging population, and
dysfunctional politics. Should we care about
Japan? R. Taggart Murphy replies
resoundingly in the affirmative in his concise
yet penetrating overview of the country from a historical,
social, political, economic, and cultural perspective.
June 2014, Paperback Original, 336 pp, 210x140 mm, TA, 978-0-19-984600-9,
£10.99, PR: Chloe Foster
Economic Development What Everyone Needs to KnowMARCELO GIUGALE, World Bank
Marcelo Giugale tackles the major
challenges of economic development,
illlustrating his account with real-life
examples from all over the globe. He looks
at a host of topics including the reasons why
seemingly obvious reforms never happen,
power dynamics between governments and
beneficiaries, government corruption, state violence, natural
resources, and globalization and trade.
March 2014, Paperback Original, 176 pp, 210x140 mm, TA, 978-0-19-932814-7,
£10.99, PR: Chloe Foster
Cybersecurity and CyberwarWhat Everyone Needs to KnowPETER W. SINGER and ALLAN FRIEDMAN, both at theBrookings Institution
Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman team up to
provide the kind of easy-to-read, yet deeply
informative, resource book that has been
missing on this crucial issue of 21st-century
life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled
with engaging stories and illustrative
anecdotes, the book is structured around the
key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works,
why it all matters, and what we can do?
March 2014, Paperback Original, 224 pp, 210x140 mm, TA, 978-0-19-991811-9,
£10.99, PR: Chloe Foster
Previously announced August 2013
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May 2014Paperback208 pp, 210x140 mm, TA978-0-19-936030-7£10.99
Hardback: 978-0-19-539791-8
Lethal But LegalCorporations, Consumption,and Protecting Public HealthNICHOLAS FREUDENBERG, HunterCollege School of Public Health
How big business could be making
us ill
It is a scary fact that decisions made by the
food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical,
gun, and automobile industries have a
greater impact on today’s health than the
decisions of scientists and policymakers.
Lethal But Legal examines how
corporations have impacted upon public
health over the last century. Although there
are some positive stories to tell,
Freudenberg’s research reveals, in
particular, the connection between
unhealthy products, business-dominated
politics, and the growing burdens of
disease and health-care costs.
PR: Chloe Foster
How theEconomy WorksConfidence, Crashes andSelf-Fulfilling PropheciesROGER 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.’
Bloomberg Businessweek
One of our leading economists provides a
jargon-free exploration of the current crisis,
and an innovative new theory about how
individuals behave that will help us out of
it. From Keynesian economics, he adopts
the principle that markets do not always
work well, and that capitalism needs some
guidance. The goal, he writes, is to correct
the excesses of a free-market economy
without stifling entrepreneurship and
instituting central planning. This paperback
edition has a new preface bringing the
book up to date.
PR: Kate Farquhar-Thomson
Venezuela What Everyone Needs to KnowMIGUEL TINKER-SALAS
Oil-rich nation increasingly
important on the world stage
Venezuela is among the top ten oil
exporters in the world. In this concise,
accessible introduction, Miguel Tinker-
Salas – a native of the country who has
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
Hugo Chávez – his rise to power, his
domestic, political and economic policies,
and his high-profile forays into
international relations.
PR: Chloe Foster
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February 2014 Paperback264 pp, 235x156 mm, AU978-0-19-984393-0£16.99Available as an Ebook
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Hardback: 978-0-19-957199-4
Book SmartHow to Support Successful,Motivated ReadersANNE E. CUNNINGHAM, Universityof California, Berkeley, andJAMIE ZIBULSKY, Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity
Jumpstart the careers of successfulearly readers
Reading aloud to and with young children
is a crucial way in which parents and
carers can foster the social and emotional
development of children – and it is also a
lot of fun. Written by two psychologists
and educators, this book is a how-to
guide rich with stories, lessons, and
activities providing multiple suggestions
for simple and playful ways to build
specific reading skills. A highly
informative but light-hearted read, it will
encourage parents to bring the joy of
reading into every home.
PR: Nicola Burton
The Life ofSlangJULIE COLEMAN
‘Completely fascinating ... immensely
enjoyable.’
James McConnachie, The Sunday Times
Bad-ass, bee’s knees, and bomb-diggity:
slang has been around for centuries,
plaguing and troubling those who take a
purist line when it comes to the English
language. In this highly entertaining book,
Julie Coleman traces the development of
slang across the English-speaking world
and explores why and how it flourishes by
making use of a marvellous array of
sources, including newly available online
records of the Old Bailey, historical
newspapers, and the latest tweets.
PR: Chloe Foster
OxfordRussian MiniDictionaryRussian vocabulary, phrases, andexpressions at your fingertips
This small Russian-English and English-
Russian dictionary offers the most
accurate and up-to-date coverage of
essential, everyday vocabulary with over
40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000
translations. An easy-to-use design and a
centre section of useful words and
expressions listed by topic make this
dictionary ideal for travel and quick
reference. It also includes Russian
grammar help such as tables of noun
and adjective declensions, and
verb conjugations.
PR: Nicola Burton
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Borrowed WordsA History of Loanwords in EnglishPHILIP DURKIN
Advance praise:
‘This is an important and engaging book.’
Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken
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
has become the standard work in the field, shows how to discover the origins of loanwords,
when and why they were adopted, and what happens to them once they have been. This
outstanding book will appeal to a wide general public and at the same time offers a
valuable reference for scholars and students of the history of English.
PR: Nicola Burton
The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument andCritical ThinkingCOLIN SWATRIDGE
The key to exemplary essays and dynamic debates
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
and weaknesses of your own argument before putting together a persuasive conclusion?
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.
PR: Nicola Burton
June 2014Paperback Original256 pp, 234x156 mm, TA978-0-19-967172-4£12.99Available as an Ebook
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SherlockHolmes: Selected StoriesARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Edited by BARRY MCCREA, Universityof Notre Dame
‘Detection is, or ought to be, anexact science’
For more than a century the Sherlock
Holmes stories have held a strange,
almost inexplicable grip on the popular
imagination. They have been endlessly
interpreted, adapted, and modernized,
but still it is to Arthur Conan Doyle’s
originals that we return. This new
selection of a dozen of the best of them,
including the book-length The Sign of the
Four, is the only edition available with an
introduction and notes.
PR: Kirsty Doole
Three PlaysSix Characters in Search ofan Author, Henry IV, TheMountain GiantsLUIGI PIRANDELLO
Translated by ANTHONY MORTIMER,University of Fribourg
‘The man will die, the writer, theinstrument of creation; but thecreature never dies!’
Pirandello ranks with Strindberg, Brecht,
and Beckett as a seminal figure in modern
drama. This Oxford World’s Classic
includes three of his most famous works
including his last unfinished masterpiece
The Mountain Giants. It also contains his
important Preface to Six Characters, an
essential critical document for
understanding the play that made him
famous. Anthony Mortimer's new, lively,
and performable translations remain
scrupulously faithful to the letter and spirit
of the originals.
PR: Kirsty Doole
Selected Poems andSongsROBERT BURNSEdited by ROBERT P. IRVINE,University of Edinburgh
‘The Poetic Genius of my Country ...bade me sing the loves, the joys, therural scenes and rural pleasures ofmy 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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MoneyÉMILE ZOLA
Translated by VALERIE MINOGUE, University of Wales
‘The irresistible power of money, a lever that can lift the world. Love and moneyare the only things.’
Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his
way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he
schemes and manipulates his way to power. Last encountered in The Kill (La Curée) in Zola’s
Rougon-Macquart series, he is a complex figure whose story intricately intertwines the
worlds of politics, finance, and the press. The repercussions of his dealings on all levels of
society resonate disturbingly with the financial scandals of more recent times. This is the
first new translation for more than a hundred years, and the first unabridged translation in
English. The edition includes a wide-ranging introduction and useful historical notes.
PR: Kirsty Doole
The Conquest of PlassansÉMILE ZOLA
Translated by HELEN CONSTANTINE, introduction by PATRICK MCGUINNESS,University of Oxford
‘Abbé Faujas has arrived!’
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
gradually infiltrates into all quarters of the town, intent on political as well as religious
conquest. Intrigue, slander, and insinuation tear the townsfolk apart, and Mouret, whose
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
and national dramas of the Second Empire.
PR: Kirsty Doole
June 2014Paperback336 pp, 196x129 mm, TD978-0-19-966478-8£8.99Available as an Ebook
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May 2014Paperback480 pp, 196x129 mm, TD978-0-19-959377-4£10.99Available as an Ebook
KidnappedROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONEdited by IAN DUNCAN, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley
‘Your bed shall be the moorcock’s,and your life shall be like the hunteddeer’s, and ye shall sleep with yourhand upon your weapons’
Set in the aftermath of the 1745 rebellion,
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.
PR: Kirsty Doole
SelectedSpeechesDEMOSTHENESTranslated by ROBIN WATERFIELD,introduction by CHRIS CAREY,University College London
‘Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom’
Admired by many in the ancient world as
the greatest of the classic Athenian
orators, Demosthenes was intimately
involved in the political events of his day.
As well as showing a master orator at
work, his speeches are a prime source for
the history of the period. This selection, in
a sparkling new translation by Robin
Waterfield, includes the fullest range of
Demothenes’ oratory in a single volume.
PR: Kirsty Doole
Domestic Manners ofthe AmericansFRANCES TROLLOPEEdited by ELSIE B. MICHIE, LouisianaState University
‘It appeared to me that the greatestand best feelings of the humanheart were paralyzed by the relativepositions of slave and owner.’
Anthony Trollope’s mother, Frances,
travelled extensively through America,
and wrote one of the most influential
travel books of the nineteenth century.
Her witty, satirical, and entertaining
dissection of American manners
demonstrated her abhorrence of slavery
and fuelled abolitionist debate on both
sides of the Atlantic. This new edition
considers the work’s transatlantic success
and its political significance at a time of
social change in England.
PR: Kirsty Doole
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TheConfusions of YoungTörlessROBERT MUSILTranslated by MIKE MITCHELL,introduction by RITCHIE ROBERTSON,University of Oxford
‘Between the life we live and the lifewe feel ... there is the invisibleborder, like a narrow gate’
Based on the author’s own experiences at
an Austrian military academy, The
Confusions of Young Törless is a
profoundly disturbing exploration of a
non-moral outlook on life and of
dictatorial attitudes that prefigure the
outbreak of the First World War and the
rise of fascism. This new translation
restores the original layout approved by
Musil, and is the only edition to provide a
full, contextualizing introduction.
PR: Kirsty Doole
Discourses,Fragments,HandbookEPICTETUSTranslated by ROBIN HARD,introduction by CHRISTOPHER GILL,University of Exeter
‘About things that are within ourpower and those that are not.’
Epictetus’ Discourses teach that the
basis of happiness is up to us. From
antiquity onwards, they have been the
most widely read and influential of all
writings of Stoic philosophy. Robin Hard’s
new, accurate, and accessible translation
is the only modern one available of the
complete work. It is accompanied by
Christopher Gill's full introduction and
comprehensive notes.
PR: Kirsty Doole
TheaetetusPLATOTranslated by JOHN MCDOWELL,University of Pittsburgh; introductionby LESLEY BROWN, University ofOxford
‘What exactly is knowledge?’
The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the
philosophy of knowledge, and is
acknowledged as one of Plato’s finest
works. This new edition uses the
acclaimed translation by John McDowell,
and includes a valuable introduction by
Lesley Brown that explains some of the
competing interpretations of its overall
meaning. The notes elucidate Plato’s
arguments and draw connections within
the work and with other philosophical
discussions.
PR: Kirsty Doole
March 2014Paperback208 pp, 196x129 mm, TD978-0-19-964616-6£9.99Available as an Ebook
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January 2014Paperback208 pp, 196x129 mm, TD978-0-19-966940-0£8.99Available as an Ebook
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VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONSThe Ice AgeA Very Short IntroductionJAMIE WOODWARD, University of Manchester
Drawing on examples from seven
continents, this Very Short Introduction
distils the enormous breadth of material
available on the ice ages, looking
particularly at the development of long-
standing controversies surrounding their
causes that inform current debates about
global warming. It also tells the extraordinary story of the
human beings, mammoths and other mega fauna for whom the
ice-age landscape was home.
February 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 15 black and white halftones, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-958069-9, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
Family LawA Very Short IntroductionJONATHAN HERRING, University of Oxford
This clear and accessible introduction to
family law gives the reader an insight not
only into what the law regarding families is,
but why it is that way. Using examples from
around the world, it examines how laws
have had to respond to social changes in
family life, from rapidly rising divorce rates
to surrogate mothers, and gives insight into family courts. It
also looks at what the future family might look like and how the
law will respond.
February 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 174x111 mm, TE, 978-0-19-966852-6,
£7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
Philosophy of LawA Very Short IntroductionRAYMOND WACKS, University of Hong Kong
Raymond Wacks reveals the intriguing and
challenging nature of legal philosophy with
clarity and enthusiasm, providing an
enlightening guide to the central questions
of legal theory, the nature and purpose of
the legal system, and the practice by
courts, lawyers, and judges. This revised
edition includes new material on legal realism, changes to the
approach to the analysis of law and legal theory, and updated
material on historical and anthropological jurisprudence.
February 2014, Paperback, 152 pp, 15 black and white halftones, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-968700-8, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
RevolutionsA Very Short IntroductionJACK A. GOLDSTONE, George Mason University
From 1789 in France to the collapse of the
Soviet Union, ‘People Power’ revolutions,
and the Arab revolts, revolutions continue
to shake the world. This Very Short
Introduction is the first concise account of
the structural and cultural approaches to
revolution studies. It illuminates the
revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures,
and the ways in which revolutions continue to dominate world
events and the popular imagination.
February 2014, Paperback, 160 pp, 10 black and white illustrations,
174x111 mm, TE, 978-0-19-985850-7, £7.99, PR: Chloe Foster
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HumourA Very Short IntroductionNOËL CARROLL, Temple University
Humour is a universal feature of human life. It
has been discovered in every known human
culture, and thinkers have discussed it for
over two thousand years. Noël Carroll
considers the nature and value of humour:
from its leading theories and its relation to
emotion and cognition, to ethical questions of
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
PsychologyA Very Short IntroductionFREDA MCMANUS, University of Oxford, and GILLIAN BUTLER
What exactly do psychologists do and what
scientific grounding do they have for their
approach? Gillian Butler and Freda McManus
answer these questions by exploring some
of the most important advances and
developments in psychology. In the new
edition of their bestselling Very Short
Introduction, they explore some of the newest topics in
psychology and the latest discoveries in the study of the brain.
January 2014, Paperback, 176 pp, 18 black and white halftones, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-967042-0, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
April 2014Paperback
144 pp, 174x111 mm, 17 black and white line drawings, TE
978-0-19-968937-8£7.99
Available as an Ebook
MicroeconomicsA Very Short IntroductionAVINASH DIXIT, Princeton University
When non-economists think about economics the issues that concern them most are the big
ones like unemployment, inflation, growth, competitiveness of nations – in other words,
macroeconomics. However, microeconomic issues – such as individuals’ choices of where to
live and work, how much to save, what to buy, firms’ decisions about location, hiring, firing,
investment, advertising, and many other dimensions of business, and government policies
are also very important. Microeconomics: A Very Short Introduction cuts this huge subject
down to size, and explains why things work well in the microeconomy much of the time,
when and why they fail in little and big ways, and what to do about such failures.
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VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONSAccountingA Very Short IntroductionCHRISTOPHER NOBES, University of London
Almost everyone will have some connection
to accounting – in business, through self-
employment, personal banking or even
listening to the financial news on the
television or radio. This book will help
readers to understand and use accounting
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.
March 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 17 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-968431-1, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
TeethA Very Short IntroductionPETER S. UNGAR, University of Arkansas
We may take them for granted but teeth are
amazing! Peter Ungar presents their story from
the earliest tooth-bearing fishes hundreds of
millions of years ago through amphibians to
reptiles and, ultimately, mammals, explaining
what fossil teeth can tell us about extinct
animals and their environments. Considering
why teeth are important, he describes how they are made, how they
work, and how recent changes to the human diet are affecting our
dental health.
March 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 30 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-967059-8, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
Classical LiteratureA Very Short IntroductionWILLIAM ALLAN, University of Oxford
What exactly are the ‘classics’ and why do
they continue to shape our Western
concepts of literature? Presenting a range of
material from both Greek and Latin
literature, William Allan illustrates the variety
and sophistication of these works. He shows
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
Physical ChemistryA Very Short IntroductionPETER ATKINS, University of Oxford
Grounded in physics and mathematics and
drawing as it does on quantum mechanics,
thermodynamics, and statistical
mechanics, physical chemistry is perceived
as the most daunting of the branches of
chemistry. Who better to come to the
rescue of hard-pressed students and
puzzled non-scientists than Peter Atkins who tackles it with his
typical clarity and hardly a formula in sight?
April 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 26 black and white line drawings, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-968909-5, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
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The EtruscansA Very Short IntroductionCHRISTOPHER SMITH, The British School, Rome
The Etruscans have fascinated scholars for
centuries with their alluring combination of
extensive, rich archaeological material but no
written record. Placing the Etruscans as a
real historical people in the wider world of
the Mediterranean, Christopher Smith has
created the only short, accessible book
that tells readers who the Etruscans were, describes their
geographical and chronological context, and reveals their fate
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
Fascism A Very Short IntroductionKEVIN PASSMORE, University of Cardiff
‘Excellent ... succeeds on many levels ...
refreshingly free of jargon.’
Tim Kirk, Times Literary Supplement
In this new edition, Kevin Passmore brilliantly
unravels the paradoxes of one of the most
important phenomena in the modern world. He
looks at fascism from its pre-First World War
origins, scrutinizing such issues as fascism in culture, the new interest
in transnational research, and the progress of the far right since 2002.
May 2014, Paperback, 176 pp, 12 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-968536-3, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
The EyeA Very Short IntroductionMICHAEL F. LAND, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex
The eye is one of the most remarkable
achievements of evolution, and has evolved
up to 40 times in different parts of the
animal kingdom. Michael Land looks at
humankind’s most important sense,
including the features of the human eye
and retina, the evolution of eyes, and visual
perception – eye movements, vision in three dimensions,
colour vision, and visual recognition.
May 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 30 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-968030-6, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
Landscape ArchitectureA Very Short IntroductionIAN THOMPSON, Newcastle University
This book tells the fascinating story of the
development of landscape architecture
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.
May 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 12 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-968120-4, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
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OXFORD PAPERBACK REFERENCE
May 2014Paperback Original384 pp, 196x129 mm, TC978-0-19-964624-1£12.99
January 2014Paperback640 pp, 196x129 mm, TC978-0-19-966637-9£8.99
January 2014Paperback Original448 pp, 75 illustrations,196x129 mm, TC 978-0-19-965145-0£12.99
Dictionary ofJournalismTONY HARCUP, University of Sheffield
A brand-new reference work
This is a new, accessible, and authoritative
quick-reference dictionary containing over
1,200 wide-ranging entries on the terms
that are likely to be encountered by
students of journalism, media studies, TV
and radio production. Assuming little or no
prior knowledge, it covers terminology
relating to the practice, business, and
technology of journalism, its concepts and
theories, organizations and institutions,
publications, and key events. Relevant
web links are accessible on a companion
website that is regularly updated.
PR: Chloe Foster
See also Oxford Companion to ModernPoetry, page 25.
A Dictionary ofChemical EngineeringCARL SCHASCHKE, University ofStrathclyde
The most up-to-date reference of its kind
This brand-new dictionary contains over
3,400 concise and authoritative A-to-Z
entries, providing definitions and
explanations for chemical engineering
terms in areas including materials, energy
balances, reactions, separations,
sustainability, safety, and ethics. It also
covers many pertinent terms from the
fields of chemistry, physics, biology, and
mathematics. Comprehensively cross-
referenced and complemented by line
drawings, it features entry-level web links
listed and regularly updated on a
dedicated companion website.
PR: Chloe Foster
A Dictionary of Nursing‘As a student Nurse, this has become my
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The seventh edition of this best-selling
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relating to the Mental Health Act 2005,
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medical and nursing specialists and
offering 10,200 clear and concise entries
on the theory and practice of nursing, the
dictionary provides comprehensive
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PR: Chloe Foster
VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
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GeopoliticsA Very Short IntroductionKLAUS DODDS, Royal Holloway, University of London
Using examples from historical maps to
James Bond films and the rhetoric of
political leaders, this engrossing study of a
complex area shows why, for a full
understanding of contemporary global
politics, it is not just smart – it is essential
– to be geopolitical. The fully updated
second edition takes into account recent political
developments in the Eurozone and more recent examples.
June 2014, Paperback, 200 pp, 25 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm,
TE, 978-0-19-967678-1, £7.99, Available as an Ebook, PR: Chloe Foster
Coral ReefsA Very Short IntroductionCHARLES SHEPPARD, University of Warwick
Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse
of ecosystems. Charles Sheppard tells the
enthralling story of how and where coral
reefs are formed and the diversity of
marine life they support. Today, reefs are
not just suffering from over-exploitation
but also ocean acidification due to
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,
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NutritionA Very Short IntroductionDAVID BENDER, University College London
In spite of health campaigns such as ‘five-a-
day’ vegetables and fruit, many people are
puzzled by conflicting information,
particularly from the media, about what
and what not to eat. David Bender comes to
the rescue with clear information on all
aspects of food, including the balance
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June 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 10 black and white illustrations, 174x111 mm,
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African American ReligionA Very Short IntroductionEDDIE S. GLAUDE Jr, Princeton University
Eddie S. Glaude argues that the phrase
‘African American religion’ is meaningful only
insofar as it singles out the distinctive ways
religion has been leveraged by African
Americans to respond to different racial
regimes in the United States. Slavery, Jim
Crow, and current appeals to colour blindness
serve as a backdrop for his treatment of conjure (also known as
hoodoo), African-American Christianity and Islam in this
controversial Very Short Introduction.
June 2014, Paperback, 144 pp, 174x111 mm, TE, 978-0-19-518289-7, £7.99,
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A Dictionary of ZoologyMICHAEL ALLABY
‘A fine compendium of unquestionable use
... Make sure you have an Allaby handy.’
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This best-selling dictionary is the most
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kind, containing over 6,000 entries on all
aspects of zoology. Complemented by
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full taxonomic coverage of arthropods,
other invertebrates, fish, reptiles,
amphibians, birds, and mammals. The
fourth edition has been fully revised and
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Recommended web links can be
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A Dictionary of Statistics GRAHAM UPTON and IAN COOK, bothUniversity of Essex
‘This gem ... is highly recommended to
users of statistics at all levels.’
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This wide-ranging, jargon-free dictionary
contains over 2,300 entries on all aspects
of statistics, including terms used in
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It also includes biographical information
on over 200 key figures in the field and
coverage of statistical journals and
societies. This new edition features
expanded treatment of applied statistics.
While embracing the whole multi-
disciplinary spectrum of this complex
subject, information is presented in a
clear and practical manner. Recommended
web links for many entries are accessible
via a companion website.
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The ConciseOxford Dictionary of MathematicsCHRISTOPHER CLAPHAM and JAMES NICHOLSON, DurhamUniversity
‘The depth of information provided is
admirable.’
New Scientist
Authoritative and reliable, this A-Z
reference work provides jargon-free
definitions for even the most technical
mathematical terms. With over 3,000
entries ranging from Achilles paradox to
zero matrix, it covers all commonly
encountered terms and concepts from
pure and applied mathematics and
statistics. 200 new entries have been
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as comprehensible as possible.
Recommended web links at entry level are
accessible via a companion website.
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NEW EDITION NEW EDI TI ON
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A Dictionary of Finance andBankingEdited by E. A. LIVINGSTONE
The most up-to-date reference in afast-moving subject area
This best-selling dictionary includes over
5,200 entries and defines terms from all
aspects of personal and international
finance. The fifth edition has been fully
revised and updated with more than 150
new entries. These particularly focus
upon recent terminology, institutions, and
safety measures coined or introduced
since the economic crash of 2008-9,
including reactions to the crisis such as
the Asset Protection Scheme and the
Financial Stability Oversight Council. Up-
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accessed via a companion website.
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The OxfordDictionary of EnglishGrammarBAS AARTS, University CollegeLondon, SYLVIA CHALKER, andEDMUND WEINER
‘Well defined and well illustrated with
quotations from grammarians ancient
and modern’
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This book is an accessible and authoritative
A-Z guide to the diverse and often complex
terminology of English grammar. It contains
1,600 entries with clear and concise
definitions, enhanced by numerous example
sentences, as well as relevant quotations
from the scholarly literature of the field.
There are over 150 new entries that cover
current terminology which has arisen since
the publication of the first edition, and there
are also new entries on the most important
English grammars published since the start
of the twentieth century.
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The ConciseOxford Dictionary ofLinguisticsP. H. MATTHEWS, St. John’s College,Cambridge
New edition of the standard quickreference work on linguistics
This authoritative dictionary covers every
aspect of its wide-ranging field. In 3,250
thoroughly revised and updated entries it
spans grammar, phonetics, semantics,
languages (spoken and written), dialects,
and sociolinguistics. Clear examples – and
diagrams where appropriate – help to
convey the meanings of even the most
technical terms. With existing entries
thoroughly revised and updated, and the
addition of 100 new entries, this new edition
greatly expands its coverage. Up-to-date
web links for many entries can be accessed
via a companion website.
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FFaith and Wisdom in Science 39Family Law 53Farmer, Roger E. A. 44Fascism 55 50 Visions of Mathematics 38Fight or Flight 15Finlayson, Clive 31First World War, The 9Flood, Raymond 38Floridi, Luciano 33Fourth Revolution, The 33Freudenberg, Nicholas 44Friedman, Allan 45
GGadd, Ian 63Geopolitics 56 Gestapo, The 10Giugale, Marcelo 45Gill, Christopher 50Glaude Jr, Eddie S. 56Goldin, Ian 43Goldsmith, Mike 39Goldstone, Jack A. 53Goodbye to All That? 16Gouardo, Christopher 40Grossman, Richard S. 40
HHall, Kersten T. 38Halsall, Guy 14Hamilton, Ian 25Harcup, Tony 57Hard, Robin 50Harris, Tim 5Haugen, Gary A. 41Helm, Dieter 42Hepburn, Cameron 42Herring, Jonathan 53Hett, Benjamin Carter 14History of Oxford University Press, The 63How the Economy Works 44Humour 52
IIce Age, The 53Improbable Primate, The 31Irvine, Robert P. 49Is the Planet Full? 43
JJames Clerk Maxwell 38Jane Austen’s Letters 21Japan 45Jensen, Eric Frederick 21Johannessen, Ingólfur 34July 1914 7
KKalyvas, Stathis 45
Kidnapped 51
Kottler, Jeffrey A. 29
LLa Fontaine, Jean de 23Land, Michael F. 55Landscape Architecture 55Lane, Christel 42Le Faye, Deirdre 21Lethal But Legal 44Levi, Michael 41Life of Slang, The 47Life Unfolding 30Lim, Louisa 16Livingstone, E. A. 58Locust Effect, The 41Lopes, Dominic McIver 29Louis, Wm Roger 63
MMan in the Monkeynut Coat, The 38Margot Asquith’s Great War Diary 8Markovits, Henry 36Marshall, Richard 28Martel, Gordon 7Matthews, P. H. 58McCartney, Mark 38McCrea, Barry 49McDowell, John 50McGuinness, Patrick 48McLeish, Tom 39McManus, Freda 52McRae, Kenneth D. 37Michie, Elsie B. 51Microeconomics 52Miller, Richard J. 35Minogue, Valerie 48Mitchell, Mike 50Modern Greece 45Moffatt, John 37Money 48Money, Nicholas P. 32Mortimer, Anthony 49Mowatt, Simon 17Murphy, R. Taggart 45Musil, Robert 50
NNature in the Balance 42Neptune 11New History of the Humanities, A 17New Oxford Book of War Poetry, The 24Newton Papers, The 21Nicholson, James 59Nobes, Christopher 54Noel-Tod, Jeremy 25Normans and Empire, The 17Nuclear Dawn 37Nutrition 56
INDEXINDEXA
Aarts, Bas 58Accounting 54Adamson, Peter 27African American Religion 56Allaby, Michael 59Allan, William 54Amoeba in the Room, The 32Ancient Syria 13Archibald, John 33Atkins, Peter 54
BBanker, James R. 20Bates, David 17Being Realistic about Reasons 29Bell, Christopher M. 18Bender, David 56Benenson, Joyce F. 36Bennett, Gill 18Betts, Christopher 23Beyond Art 29Bod, Rens 17Book Smart 47Borrowed Words 46Bostrom, Nick 34Bourke, Joanna 12Boutros, Victor 41Brock, Eleanor 8Brock, Michael 8Brown, Lesley 50Bryce, Trevor 13Burning the Reichstag 14Burns, Robert 49Business Strategy 43Butler, Gillian 52By All Means Necessary 41
CCancer Virus 34Carey, Chris 51Carroll, Noel 52Chalker, Sylvia 58Change 28Churchill and Sea Power 18Clapham, Christopher 59Clare, John 25Classical Literature 54Classical Philosophy 27Cold of May Day Monday, The 26Coleman, Julie 47Compleat Angler, The 22Conan Doyle, Arthur 49Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics, The 58Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics,The 59Confusions of Young Torless, The 50Conquest of Plassans, The 48Constantine, Helen 48Cook, Ian 59Coral Reefs 56Cotton, Charles 22Cox, Howard 17Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe 37Crawford, Dorothy H. 34Cultivation of Taste, The 42Cunningham, Anne E. 47Cybersecurity and Cyberwar 45
DDams, Carsten 10Davenport-Hines, Richard 19Davies, Jamie A. 30Death from the Skies 15Debussy 21Demosthenes 51Dictionary of Chemical Engineering, A 57Dictionary of Finance and Banking, A 58Dictionary of Journalism, A 57Dictionary of Nursing, A 57Dictionary of Statistics, A 59Dictionary of Zoology, A 59Discord 39Discourses, Fragments, Handbook 50Divided Nations 43Dixit, Avinash 52Dodds, Klaus 56Domestic Manners of the Americans 51Drugged 35Dry, Sarah 21Duncan, Ian 51Durkin, Philip 46
EEconomic Development 45Economy, Elizabeth C. 41Edmunds, David 29Eliot, Simon 63Epictetus 50Etruscans, The 55Euro Crisis and its Aftermath 40Eye, The 55
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One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper 19One Plus One Equals One 33Origin of Ideas, The 35Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry inEnglish, The 25Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar, The 58Oxford Guide to Effective Argument andCritical Thinking, The 46Oxford Illustrated History of the First WorldWar, The 9Oxford Russian Mini Dictionary 47
PParc, Sam 38Passmore, Kevin 55People’s Republic of Amnesia, The 16Philosophy at 3:AM 28Philosophy Bites Back 29Philosophy of Law 53Physical Chemistry 54Pick, Daniel 18Piero della Francesca 20Pirandello, Luigi 49Pisani-Ferry, Jean 40Plato 50Powell, David 25Pross, Addy 39Proust Effect, The 37Psychology 52Pursuit of the Nazi Mind, The 18
RRebellion 5Revolutions 53Revolutions from Grub Street 17Rickinson, Alan B. 34Robertson, Ritchie 50Robinson, Eric 25
SScanlon, T. M. 29Schaschke, Carl 57Science of Cheese, The 36Scott Kastan, David 26Secord, James A. 13Selected Fables 23Selected Poems and Songs 49Selected Speeches 51Selected Stories 49Shepherd’s Calendar, The 25Sheppard, Charles 56Sherlock Holmes 49Singer, Peter W. 45Sisman, Adam 19Six Moments of Crisis 18Smith, Christopher 55Spender, John-Christopher 43Stallworthy, Jon 24Stevenson, Robert Louis 51Stolle, Michael 10Stone, Dan 16Story of Pain, The 12Strachan, Hew 9Summerfield, Geoffrey 25Superintelligence 34Süss, Dietmar 15Swann, Marjorie 22Swatridge, Colin 46Symonds, Craig L. 11
TTaken at the Flood 6Teeth 54Theaetetus 50Thomas, Martin 15Thompson, Ian 55Three Plays 49Tinker-Salas, Miguel 44Trevor-Roper, Hugh 19Trollope, Frances 51Tunick, Michael H. 36Turner, Mark 35
UUngar, Peter S. 54Upton, Graham 59
VVan Campen, Chretien 37Venezuela 44Visions of Science 13
WWacks, Raymond 53Walton, Izaak 22Warburton, Nigel 29Warriors and Worriers 36Waterfield, Robin 6, 51Weiner, Edmund 58Welch, Robert Anthony 26What Everyone Needs to Know 44What is Life? 39Whitaker, Andrew 38Will to Believe, A 26Woodward, Jamie 53Worlds of Arthur 14Wrong 40
ZZibulsky, Jamie 47Zola, Émile 48
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