Oxford University Press Usa: 518 books
Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America
How Illicit Trade Made America
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
America is a smuggler nation. Our long history of illicit imports has ranged from West Indies molasses and Dutch gunpowder in the 18th century, to British industrial technologies and African slaves in the 19th century, to French condoms and Canadian booze in the early 20th century, to Mexican workers...
Reforming Hollywood:How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies
How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Hollywood and Christianity often seem to be at war. Indeed, there is a long list of movies that have attracted religious condemnation, from Gone with the Wind with its notorious "damn," to The Life of Brian and The Last Temptation of Christ. But the reality, writes William Romanowski, has been far...
Great Games, Local Rules:The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia
The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "great game." But in the past quarter century, a new "great game" has emerged, pitting America against a newly aggressive Russia and a resource-hungry China, all struggling for influence over...
Disciples of All Nations:Pillars of World Christianity
Pillars of World Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
Long the dominant religion of the West, Christianity is now rapidly becoming the principal faith in much of the postcolonial world--a development that marks a momentous shift in the religion's very center of gravity. In this eye-opening book, Lamin Sanneh examines the roots of this "post-Western awakening"...
On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind
How Music Plays the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
What is it about the music you love that makes you want to hear it again? Why do we crave a "hook" that returns, again and again, within the same piece? And how does a song end up getting stuck in your head? Whether it's a motif repeated throughout a composition, a sample looped under an electronic...
Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression
Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2007
The revolution in psychiatry that began in earnest in the 1960s led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness. Hailed as the most outstanding book in the biomedical sciences when it was originally published in 1990, Manic-Depressive Illness was the first to...
Escaping Salem:The Other Witch Hunt of 1692
The Other Witch Hunt of 1692
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Few events in American history are as well remembered as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But there was another witch hunt that year, in Stamford, Connecticut, that has never been examined in depth. Now Richard Godbeer describes this "other witch hunt" in a concise, fascinating narrative that illuminates...
Medical Saints: Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World
Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Cosmas and Damian were martyred around the year 300 A.D. in what is now Syria. Called the Anargyroi ("without silver") because they charged no fees, they became patrons of medicine, surgery, and pharmacy and the focus of cults ranging across Europe. They were popular in Byzantine and Orthodox traditions...
Buzz to Brilliance:A Beginning and Intermediate Guide to Trumpet Playing
A Beginning and Intermediate Guide to Trumpet Playing
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Buzz to Brilliance engages students personally, technically and musically as they begin their study on the trumpet. The book journeys with students from the moment they first open their trumpet case to years later as they prepare for college auditions. It abounds with technical information and practical...
by Samuel Scheffler
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Suppose you knew that, though you yourself would live your life to its natural end, the earth and all its inhabitants would be destroyed thirty days after your death. To what extent would you remain committed to your current projects and plans? Would scientists still search for a cure for cancer?...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
New challenges that emerged in the postwar era have given rise to ongoing debate about the place of religion in public life, in the United States and in other established democracies, and this debate has dramatically reshaped the way scholars, policymakers, and religious leaders think about political...
by Richard Elliott Friedman, Shawna Dolansky
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible...
Journey into the Heart of God: Living the Liturgical Year
Living the Liturgical Year
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Journey into the Heart of God is a captivating exploration of the history and evolution of the Church Year: the cycle of seasons in the Christian tradition that begins with Advent and culminates with Easter and is marked by the celebrations of saints, feast days, and the reading of Scripture as appointed...
George W. Bush and the Redemptive Dream:A Psychological Portrait
A Psychological Portrait
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
George W. Bush remains a highly controversial figure, a man for whom millions of Americans have very strong feelings. Dan McAdams' book offers an astute psychological portrait of Bush, one of the first biographies to appear since he left office as well as the first to draw systematically from personality...