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| "Oxford Reading Tree: Level 1: More First Words: Get Dad by Thelma Page, Roderick Hunt (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "The Level 1 Biff Chip and Kipper Stories written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta provide both wordless stories and a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills with simple first words and sentences Wordless Stories A and Wordless Stories B introduce the characters and children learn that the pictures tell a story where a story begins and how to turn the pages First Words and More First Words introduce children to simple words and the characters' names Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading Help with childrens reading development is also available at wwwoxfordowlcouk"
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| "Oxford Reading Tree: Level 2: Stories: What a Bad Dog! by Thelma Page, Mr. Alex Brychta, Roderick Hunt (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "The Level 2 Biff Chip and Kipper Stories written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills Stories More Stories A and More Stories B offer a predictable sentence structure to support reading success First Sentences provide practice of high frequency vocabulary with highly repetitive text to continue to build fluency Patterned Stories and More Patterned Stories A practise vocabulary in the context of a repeated sentence structure to help develop confidence and fluency Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading Help with childrens reading development is also available at wwwoxfordowlcouk"
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| "Oxford Reading Tree: Level 2: Stories: The Dream by Thelma Page, Roderick Hunt (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "The Level 2 Biff Chip and Kipper Stories written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills Stories More Stories A and More Stories B offer a predictable sentence structure to support reading success First Sentences provide practice of high frequency vocabulary with highly repetitive text to continue to build fluency Patterned Stories and More Patterned Stories A practise vocabulary in the context of a repeated sentence structure to help develop confidence and fluency Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading Help with childrens reading development is also available at wwwoxfordowlcouk"
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| "Oxford Reading Tree: Level 2: Stories: The Go-kart by Thelma Page, Roderick Hunt (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "The Level 2 Biff Chip and Kipper Stories written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills Stories More Stories A and More Stories B offer a predictable sentence structure to support reading success First Sentences provide practice of high frequency vocabulary with highly repetitive text to continue to build fluency Patterned Stories and More Patterned Stories A practise vocabulary in the context of a repeated sentence structure to help develop confidence and fluency Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading Help with childrens reading development is also available at wwwoxfordowlcouk"
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| "Oxford Reading Tree: Level 5: More Stories A: Vanishing Cream by Roderick Hunt (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "The Level 5 Biff Chip and Kipper Stories written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills Stories More Stories A More Stories B and More Stories C take the children from familiar predictable events at home and school into the less certain realms of fantasy through the magic key adventures Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading Help with childrens reading development is also available at wwwoxfordowlcouk"
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| "Numicon: Box of 80 Shapes by Oxford University Press (2001) by Oxford University Press (Undefined, 2001)" |
| "This box of 80 Numicon Shapes contains 10x1-shapes 10x2-shapes 10x3-shapes 10x4-shapes 10x5-shapes 10x10-shapes 5x6-shapes 5x7-shapes 5x8-shapes 5x9-shapes Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts"
Price: 46.99 |
| "Oxford First Atlas by Oxford University Press (Hardback, 2011)" |
| "The Oxford First Atlas is an accessible and informative atlas for young learners in their first years at school It is completely up-to-date and features accurate and easy-to-read colourful mapping presented in an accessible visual layout based on research into how young children use maps It encourages children to learn about their world and develop atlas and map skills It includes A simple introduction to Planet Earth and places around the world Clear and colourful maps of the world and all the continents Clear and colourful thematic maps showing coasts rivers mountains the weather environments cities animals and holidays Colourful photographs Fascinating facts about places and people Questions that encourage children to think and engage with the maps The Oxford First Atlas is accompanied by a Teacher's Handbook for practical page-by-page guidance on using the atlas an Activity Book for independent work to develop map skills and an e-Atlas CD-ROM providing an interactive version of the atlas for whole-class display"
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| "Visual Complex Analysis by Tristan Needham (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "Now available in paperback this successful radical approach to complex analysis replaces the standard calculational arguments with new geometric ones With several hundred diagrams and far fewer prerequisites than usual this is the first visual intuitive introduction to complex analysis Although designed for use by undergraduates in mathematics and science the novelty of the approach will also interest professional mathematicians"
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| "Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms" |
| "Printed music and writing about music involve the use of complex systems of notation and a wealth of technical terms in several languages The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms provides clear succinct definitions of a comprehensive range of the musical terms in English and other European languages that are likely to be encountered in Western music Over 2500 A-Z entries range across a spectrum of subjects among them rhythm metre forms genres pitch scales chords harmony and counterpoint notational systems composition and analysis performance practice tempo expression musical periods artistic movements computer applications acoustics and many more Entries provide etymologies and are fully cross-referenced Some are illustrated with music examples and tables An appendix lists all composers mentioned in the Dictionary with their dates It is an ideal book for students and teachers of music - it covers all the terms required in the SMAB musical theory exams - as well as for professional musicians those learning to play musical instruments and members of choirs and musical groups It will also be a useful quick reference book for concert-goers CD-collectors and radio listeners"
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| "Poetry of the First World War : An Anthology" |
| "'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?' The First World War produced an extraordinary flowering of poetic talent from poets whose words commemorate the conflict as enduringly as monuments in stone Their poems have come to express the feelings of a nation about the horrors and aftermath of war This new anthology provides a definitive record of the achievements of the Great War poets As well as offering generous selections from the celebrated soldier-poets including Wilfred Owen Siegfried Sassoon Rupert Brooke and Ivor Gurney it also incorporates less well-known writing by civilian and women poets Music hall and trench songs provide a further lyrical perspective on the War The work of each poet is prefaced with a biographical account that sets the poems in their historical context In addition Tim Kendall's introduction charts the history of the war poets' reception and challenges prevailing myths about their progress from idealism to bitterness ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "Human Anatomy: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "A vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting But the basic construction of the human body - the skeleton the organs of the chest and abdomen the nervous system the head and neck with its sensory systems and anatomy for breathing and swallowing - is vital for anyone studying medicine biology and health studies In this Very Short Introduction Leslie Klenerman provides a clear concise and accessible introduction to the structure function and main systems of the human body including a number of clear and simple illustrations to explain the key areas ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles with J J Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the 19th century which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral In this Very Short Introduction Frank Close gives an account of how this area of physics has progressed including the recognition of how heavy nuclei are built up in the cores of stars and in supernovae the identification of quarks and gluons and the development of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) Exploring key concepts such as the stability of different configurations of protons and neutrons in nuclei Frank Close shows how nuclear physics brings the physics of the stars to Earth and provides us with important applications particularly in medicine ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties" |
| "Covering the core clinical specialties the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties contains a comprehensive chapter on each of the clinical areas you will encounter through your medical school and Foundation Programme rotations Now updated with the latest guidelines and developed by a new and trusted author team who have contemporary experience of life on the wards this unique resource presents the content in a concise and logical way giving clear advice on clinical management and offering insight into holistic care Packed full of high-quality illustrations boxes tables and classifications this handbook is ideal for use at direct point of care whether on the ward or in the community and for study and revision Each chapter is easy to read and filled with digestible information with features including ribbons to mark your most-used pages and mnemonics to help you memorize and retain key facts while quotes from patients help the reader understand each problem better enhancing the doctorpatient relationship With reassuring and friendly advice throughout this is the ultimate guide for every medical student and junior doctor for each clinical placement and as a revision tool This tenth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties remains the perfect companion to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine together encompassing the entire spectrum of clinical medicine and helping you to become the doctor you want to be"
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| "Projects: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "What is a project? How are projects organized to deal with a complex rapidly changing and uncertain world? Why are projects the organization of the future? A project is a temporary organization and one-time process established to achieve a desired outcome Projects range in size from small teams to large international joint-ventures and temporary coalitions of public and private organizations What distinguishes projects from all other organizational activities - such as mass produced products and services - is that a project is finite in duration lasting from hours days or weeks to years and in some cases decades Each project is disposable It brings together people and resources to accomplish a goal and when the goal is accomplished the organization disappears When projects are complex unpredictable and changing their plans have to be flexible and able to adjust to situations that cannot foreseen at the outset In this Very Short Introduction Andrew Davies looks at how projects have developed since the industrial revolution to create the human-built world in which we live work and play Considering some of our greatest endeavours such as the Erie Canal Apollo Moon landing Japanese product development and Chinese ecocity projects Davies identifies how projects are organized and managed to design and produce large and complex systems cope with fast changing conditions and deal with the immense uncertainties required to create breakthrough innovations in products and services He concludes by considering how projects could be organized to address the challenges facing the post-industrial society of the 21st century ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "Elements of Physical Chemistry" |
| "The ideal course companion Elements of Physical Chemistry is written specifically with the needs of undergraduate students in mind and provides extensive mathematical and pedagogical support while remaining concise and accessible For the seventh edition of this much-loved text the material has been reorganized into short Topics which are grouped into thematic Focus sections to make the text more digestible for students and more flexible for lecturers to teach from At the beginning of each topic three questions are posed emphasizing why it is important what the key idea is and what the student should already know Throughout the text equations are clearly labeled and annotated and detailed 'justification' boxes are provided to help students understand the crucial mathematics which underpins physical chemistry Furthermore Chemist's Toolkits provide succinct reminders of key mathematical techniques exactly where they are needed in the text Frequent worked examples in addition to self-test questions and end-of-focus exercises help students to gain confidence and experience in solving problems This diverse suite of pedagogical features alongside an appealing design and layout make Elements of Physical Chemistry the ideal course text for those studying this core branch of chemistry for the first time Online Resource Centre For registered adopters of the book Figures and tables of data from the book ready to download A test bank of additional multiple-choice questions linked to relevant sections of the book For students Multiple choice questions to support self-directed learning Final numerical answers to the end-of-focus questions in the book"
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| "Tetralogue: I'm Right, You're Wrong by Timothy Williamson (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "Four people with radically different outlooks on the world meet on a train and start talking about what they believe Their conversation varies from cool logical reasoning to heated personal confrontation Each starts off convinced that he or she is right but then doubts creep in In a tradition going back to Plato Timothy Williamson uses a fictional conversation to explore questions about truth and falsity and knowledge and belief Is truth always relative to a point of view? Is every opinion fallible? Such ideas have been used to combat dogmatism and intolerance but are they compatible with taking each opposing point of view seriously? This book presupposes no prior acquaintance with philosophy and introduces its concerns in an accessible and light-hearted way Is one point of view really right and the other really wrong? That is for the reader to decide"
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| "Big Data: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "Since long before computers were even thought of data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population the amount of data generated each day became huge and continues to grow exponentially It includes all our uploaded documents video and photos all our social media traffic our online shopping even the GPS data from our cars 'Big Data' represents a qualitative change not simply a quantitative one The term refers both to the new technologies involved and to the way it can be used by business and government Dawn E Holmes uses a variety of case studies to explain how data is stored analysed and exploited by a variety of bodies from big companies to organizations concerned with disease control Big data is transforming the way businesses operate and the way medical research can be carried out At the same time it raises important ethical issues; Holmes discusses cases such as the Snowden affair data security and domestic smart devices which can be hijacked by hackers ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "Once Upon a Time : A Short History of Fairy Tale" |
| "From wicked queens beautiful princesses elves monsters and goblins to giants glass slippers poisoned apples magic keys and mirrors the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences both adults and children for centuries These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders and been passed on from generation to generation ever-changing renewed with each re-telling Few forms of literature have greater power to enchant us and rekindle our imagination than a fairy tale But what is a fairy tale? Where do they come from and what do they mean? What do they try and communicate to us about morality sexuality and society? The range of fairy tales stretches across great distances and time; their history is entangled with folklore and myth and their inspiration draws on ideas about nature and the supernatural imagination and fantasy psychoanalysis and feminism Marina Warner has loved fairy tales over a long writing life and she explores here a multitude of tales through the ages their different manifestations on the page the stage and the screen From the phenomenal rise of Victorian and Edwardian literature to contemporary children's stories Warner unfolds a glittering array of examples from classics such as Red Riding Hood Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty the Grimm Brothers' Hansel and Gretel and Hans Andersen's The Little Mermaid to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's Snow White and gothic interpretations such as Pan's Labyrinth In ten succinct chapters Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in their brilliant and fantastical variations in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history Her book makes a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture"
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| "A Dictionary of Critical Theory" |
| "With over 750 authoritative entries covering all areas of critical theory this dictionary is an essential reference work for anyone needing a clear guide to theory from feminism to globalization from Marxism to psychoanalysis This edition is fully revised and updated"
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| "Tomorrow's Lawyers : An Introduction to Your Future" |
| "Tomorrow's Lawyers predicts that we are at the beginning of a period of fundamental transformation in law a time in which we will see greater change than we have seen in the past two centuries Where the future of the legal service will be a world of internet-based global businesses online document production commoditized service legal process outsourcing and web based simulation practice Legal markets will be liberalized with new jobs for lawyers and new employers too This book is a definitive guide to this future - for young and aspiring lawyers and for all who want to modernize our legal and justice systems It introduces the new legal landscape and offers practical guidance for those who intend to build careers and businesses in law Tomorrow's Lawyers is divided into three parts The first is an updated restatement of Richard Susskind's views on the future of legal services as laid out in his previous bestselling works The Future of Law Transforming the Law and The End of Lawyers? He identifies key drivers of change such as the economic downturn and considers how these will impact on the legal marketplace In the second part Susskind sketches out the new legal landscape as he predicts it including the changing role of law firms and in-house lawyers with virtual hearings and online dispute resolution The third part focuses on the prospects for aspiring lawyers predicting what new jobs and new employers there will be and equipping prospective lawyers with penetrating questions to put to their current and future employers This new edition has been fully updated to include an introduction to online dispute resolution Susskind's views on the debates surrounding artificial intelligence and its role in the legal world a new analysis of new jobs available for lawyers and a retrospective evaluation of The Future of Law Susskind's prediction published in 1996 about the future of legal services This is the essential introduction to the future of law for those who want to succeed in the rapidly changing legal landscape"
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| "OXFORD FIRST FLASHCARDS by Oxford University Press (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Oxford First French Flashcards are an ideal tool to give young children a head start in learning French in an engaging and interactive way 50 double-sided cards show an illustration French word and English translation Words include key everyday nouns as well as opposites numbers and shapes and transport Ideal for using across the creative curriculum in school Instructions for games and activities help reinforce learning in an engaging way Ideal to use in MFL teaching in the classroom afterschool clubs and at home for an early introduction to French or preparing for a holiday abroad"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Oxford School Atlas by Patrick Wiegand (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "This new edition of the Oxford School Atlas includes country data and easy-to-read colourful mapping presented in an accessible visual layout based on research into how students use maps The atlas covers key curriculum themes such as earthquakes and volcanoes climate economic activity and development It includes comprehensive coverage of the British Isles and case studies of Italy Kenya Brazil Japan China California the Indian Ocean tsunami Hurricane Katrina and Antarctica Also availableOxford School e-Atlas CD-ROM providing an interactive version of the atlas suitable for both individual study and whole-class display"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "'One ought to choose something very deliberately and be faithful to that' Isabel Archer is a young intelligent and spirited American girl determined to relish her first experience of Europe She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty and independence declaring that she will never marry Thanks to the generosity of her devoted cousin Ralph she is free to make her own choice about her destiny Yet in the intoxicating worlds of Paris Florence and Rome her fond illusions of self-reliance are twisted by the machinations of her friends and apparent allies What had seemed to be a vista of infinite promise steadily closes around her and becomes instead a 'house of suffocation' Considered by many as one of the finest novels in the English language this is Henry James's most poised achievement written at the height of his fame in 1881 It is at once a dramatic Victorian tale of betrayal and a wholly modern psychological study of a woman caught in a web of relations she only comes to understand too late This edition reproduces the revised New York Edition with James's own Preface ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "'We have heard much of the rage of fanaticism in former days but nothing to this' A wretched young man 'an outcast in the world' tells the story of his upbringing by a heretical Calvinist minister who leads him to believe that he is one of the elect predestined for salvation and thus above the moral law Falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself he embarks on a career as a serial murderer Robert Wringhim's Memoirs are presented by an editor whose attempts to explain the story only succeed in intensifying its more baffling and bizarre aspects Is Wringhim the victim of a psychotic delusion or has he been tempted by the devil to wage war against God's enemies? Hogg's sardonic and terrifying novel too perverse for nineteenth-century taste is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Romantic fiction The first edition text of 1824 has been freshly considered for this new edition A critical introduction explores the remarkable career of the novel's author and its historical theological and cultural contexts ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "The Lives of the Poets: A Selection by Samuel Johnson (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "'If a man is to write A Panegyrick he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life he must represent it really as it was' In the last of his major writings Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets The major Lives - of Milton Dryden Swift and Pope - are memorable cameos of the life of writing in which Johnson is as attentive to human frailty as to literary prowess The shorter Lives preserve some of Johnson's most piercing critical judgements Unsentimental opinionated and quotable The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned It is one of the greatest works of English criticism but also one of the most humanly diverting This selection of the Lives of ten of the most important poets draws its text from Roger Lonsdale's authoritative complete edition ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction by Daniel Pick (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Since its inception psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the mind works whilst some of its ideas such as the Oedipus complex have become part of everyday conversation In Psychoanalysis A Very Short Introduction Daniel Pick offers a lucid lively and wide-ranging survey of psychoanalysis This book offers the reader a flavour of what it might be like to enter treatment and suggests the possible surprises that can await both analyst and patient as well as the potential benefits Yet whilst Freud's writings have shaped the way many of us understand dreams desires and destructiveness as well as anxieties blunders and guilt numerous critics have warned of the dangerous methods and time-bound assumptions of psychoanalysis doubted the efficacy of its drawn-out methods and dismissed its core claims as pseudo-science Looking at modern ideas of the self exploring the nature of unconscious aspects of relationships and considering how psychoanalysis has evolved Pick ponders the particular challenges now facing the analytic profession and shows why psychoanalysis remains an important resource for investigating the mind its creative functioning and many afflictions ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Aeneid by Virgil (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "'Arms and the man I sing of Troy' So begins one of the greatest works of literature in any language Written by the Roman poet Virgil more than two thousand years ago the story of Aeneas' seven-year journey from the ruins of Troy to Italy where he becomes the founding ancestor of Rome is a narrative on an epic scale Aeneas and his companions contend not only with human enemies but with the whim of the gods His destiny preordained by Jupiter Aeneas is nevertheless assailed by dangers invoked by the goddess Juno and by the torments of love loyalty and despair Virgil's supreme achievement is not only to reveal Rome's imperial future for his patron Augustus but to invest it with both passion and suffering for all those caught up in the fates of others Frederick Ahl's new translation echoes the Virgilian hexameter in a thrillingly accurate and engaging style An Introduction by Elaine Fantham and Ahl's comprehensive notes and invaluable indexed glossary complement the translation ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media into the Twenty-first Century by Marina Warner (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Phantasmagoria explores ideas of spirit and soul since the Enlightenment; it traces metaphors that have traditionally conveyed the presence of immaterial forces and reveals how such pagan and Christian imagery about ethereal beings is embedded in a logic of the imagination clothing spirits in the languages of air clouds light and shadow glass and ether itself Moving from Wax to Film the book discusses key questions of imagination and cognition and probes the perceived distinctions between fantasy and deception; it uncovers a host of spirit forms - angels ghosts fairies revenants and zombies - that are still actively present in contemporary culture It reveals how their transformations over time illuminate changing idea about the self Phantasmagoria also tells the accompanying story about the means used to communicate such ideas and relates how the new technologies of the Victorian era were applied to figuring the invisible and the impalpable and how magic lanterns (the phantasmagoria shows themselves) radio photography and then moving pictures spread ideas about spirit forces As the story unfolds the book features many eminent scientists and philosophers who applied their considerable energies to the question of other worlds and other states of mind they staged trance seances in which mediums produced spirit phenomena including ectoplasm Phantasmagoria shows how this often surprising story connects with some of the important scientific discoveries of a fertile age in psychology and physics and continues to influence contemporary experience"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers by Nancy Sherman (Hardback, 2015)" |
| "Movies like American Sniper and The Hurt Locker hint at the inner scars our soldiers incur during service in a war zone The moral dimensions of their psychological injuries-guilt shame feeling responsible for doing wrong or being wronged-elude conventional treatment Georgetown philosophy professor Nancy Sherman turns her focus to these moral injuries inAfterwar She argues that psychology and medicine alone are inadequate to help with many of the most painful questions veterans are bringing home from war Trained in both ancient ethics and psychoanalysis and with twenty years of experience working with the military Sherman draws on in-depth interviews with servicemen and women to paint a richly textured and compassionate picture of the moral and psychological aftermath of America's longest wars She explores how veterans can go about reawakening their feelings without becoming re-traumatized; how they can replace resentment with trust; and the changes that need to be made in order for this to happen-by military courts VA hospitals and the civilians who have been shielded from the heaviest burdens of war 26 million soldiers are currently returning home from war the greatest number since Vietnam Facing an increase in suicides and post-traumatic stress the military has embraced measures such as resilience training and positive psychology to heal mind as well as body Sherman argues that some psychological wounds of war need a kind of healing through moral understanding that is the special province of philosophical engagement and listening"
Price: 14.49 |
| "The Oxford Companion to Cheese by Mateo Kehler (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "The discovery of cheese is a narrative at least 8000 years old dating back to the Neolithic era Yet after all of these thousands of years we are still finding new ways to combine the same four basic ingredients - milk bacteria salt and enzymes - into new and exciting products with vastly different shapes sizes and colors and equally complex and varied tastes textures and yes aromas In fact after a long period of industrialized processed and standardized cheese cheesemakers cheesemongers affineurs and most of all consumers are rediscovering the endless variety of cheeses across cultures The Oxford Companion to Cheese is the first major reference work dedicated to cheese containing 855 A-Z entries on cheese history culture science and production From cottage cheese to Camembert from Gorgonzola to Gruyere there are entries on all of the major cheese varieties globally but also many cheeses that are not well known outside of their region of production The concentrated whey cheeses popular in Norway brunost are covered here as are the traditional Turkish and Iranian cheeses that are ripened in casings prepared from sheep's or goat's skin There are entries on animal species whose milk is commonly (cow goat sheep) and not so commonly (think yak camel and reindeer) used in cheesemaking as well as entries on a few highly important breeds within each species such as the Nubian goat or the Holstein cow Regional entries on places with a strong history of cheese production biographies of influential cheesemakers innovative and influential cheese shops and historical entries on topics like manorial cheesemaking and cheese in children's literature round out the Companion's eclectic cultural coverage The Companion also reflects a fascination with the microbiology and chemistry of cheese featuring entries on bacteria molds yeasts cultures and coagulants used in cheesemaking and cheese maturing The blooms veins sticky surfaces gooey interiors crystals wrinkles strings and yes for some the odors of cheese are all due to microbial action and growth And today we have unprecedented insight into the microbial complexity of cheese thanks to advances in molecular biology whole-genome sequencing technologies and microbiome research The Companion is equally interested in the applied elements of cheesemaking with entries on production methodologies and the technology and equipment used in cheesemaking An astonishing 325 authors contributed entries to the Companion residing in 35 countries These experts included cheesemakers cheesemongers dairy scientists anthropologists food historians journalists archaeologists and on from backgrounds as diverse as the topics they write about Every entry is signed by the author and includes both cross references to related topics and further reading suggestions The endmatter includes a list of cheese-related museums and a thorough index Three 8-page colour inserts and well over a hundred black and white images help bring the entries to life This landmark encyclopedia is the most wide-ranging comprehensive and reliable reference work on cheese available suitable for both novices and industry insiders alike"
Price: 26.49 |
