Oneworld Publications: 450 books
The Trials of the King of Hampshire
Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Every family has its skeletons, but in 1823 the grand Wallop family was about to share theirs with the world. The 3rd earl of Portsmouth was a peculiar man but, by most accounts, a harmless one. An aristocrat of enormous wealth, he kept company with England’s most famous names, inviting Jane Austen...
Cloning
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Should we clone extinct or endangered species? Are we justified in using stem cells to develop cures? When will we clone the first human? Ever since Dolly the sheep, questions like these have rarely been far from the public consciousness, and cloning is now poised to revolutionize medicine, healthcare,...
Iraq
A History
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In this insightful analysis, highly-respected expert John Robertson canvases the entirety of Iraq’s rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today. Grounded in extensive research, this balanced account of a country and...
We Are Not Alone
Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This groundbreaking book demonstrates that between the results of the 1976 Viking I lander and the latest scientific discoveries from fertile Martian soil to microbe-ridden meteorites there is a powerful case for life on the Red Planet and beyond. Exploring what forms extraterrestrial life might...
Shadow Wars
The Secret Struggle for the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
For more than a century successive US and UK governments have sought to thwart nationalist, socialist and pro-democracy movements in the Middle East. Through the Cold War, the War on Terror’ and the present era defined by the Islamic State, the Western powers have repeatedly manipulated the region’s...
The Islamic Veil
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Banned in public institutions in France and Turkey, mandatory in Saudi Arabia and Iran, no other item of clothing incites such furious reactions. The Islamic veil a catch-all term that encompasses everything from a simple headscarf to the all-covering burqa has, over the past decade, become a heated...
Forensic Science
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
In the wake of the phenomenal success of such shows as CSI, forensic science has never been so popular. The obsessive attention to detail that Grissom and his crew afford seemingly insignificant details like particles of dirt in a bullet wound have had audiences eager to know more. Siegel’s study investigates...
Votes For Women!
The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage (from the pages of A History of Britain in 21 Women)
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor They terrorised the establishment. They fought for the vote. They pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. For the hundredth anniversary of the historic moment the...
The Crucifixion and the Qur'an
A Study in the History of Muslim Thought
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
According to the majority of modern Muslims and Christians, the Qur’an denies the crucifixion of Jesus, and with it, one of the most sacred beliefs of Christianity. However, it is only mentioned in one verse and contrary to popular belief, its interpretation has been the subject of fierce debate...
by Gary Hayden
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.' So said Friedrich Nietzsche, and so thought philosophy buff Gary Hayden as he set off on Britain’s most challenging trek: to walk from John o’Groats to Land’s End.But it wasn’t all quaint country lanes, picture-postcard villages and cosy...
Animal Behavior
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Why do birds have regional accents? Can horses learn math? What do animals without eyes see? Questions such as these have fascinated scientists and animal lovers alike long before ethology - the study of animal behavior - became recognized as a science in the 1970s. Now, as issues of conservation and...
by Philip Robins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The wave of popular uprisings that swept through the Middle East promised to pave the way for democracy. It brought down dictators and captured the popular imagination, but for most of the region, peace and stability remain as elusive today as they have ever been.In this fully revised introduction, Oxford...
by James Wheatley
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Recently released from prison, Jim is welcomed back by his childhood mates to the northern working-class town where he grew up. With no alternative, Jim falls in step with their lives: working down the building site, pub, sleep. No time to regret the future that could have been had he not taken that...
Strange Sight
An Essex Witch Museum Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Strange Sight is the second novel in a witty commercial trilogy with the winning combination of witches and magic ... and Essex Girls