Oxford University Press Usa: 518 books
by Paul S. Ropp
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese...
The Reactionary Mind : Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
Late in life William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is "boring" said the founding father of the American right. "Devoting your life to it" as conservatives do "is horrifying if only because it's so repetitious. It's like sex." With this unlikely conversation began Robin's...
by C. Vann Woodward
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 1992
No history of the European imagination and no understanding of America's meaning would be complete without a record of the ideas fantasies and misconceptions the Old World has formed about the New. Europe's fascination with America forms a contradictory pattern of hopes and fears dreams and...
Friendly Fire : American Images of the Vietnam War
American Images of the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2000
Hundreds of memoirs novels plays and movies have been devoted to the American war in Vietnam. In spite of the great variety of media political perspectives and the degrees of seriousness with which the war has been treated Katherine Kinney argues that the vast majority of these works share a single...
Hitler's Army : Soldiers Nazis and War in the Third Reich
Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 1991
As the Cold War followed on the heels of the Second World War as the Nuremburg Trials faded in the shadow of the Iron Curtain both the Germans and the West were quick to accept the idea that Hitler's army had been no SS no Gestapo that it was a professional force little touched by Nazi politics. But...
Cultures in Conflict : Christians Muslims and Jews in the Age of Discovery
Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Age of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 1995
Hailed as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies" in The New York Times Book Review Bernard Lewis stands at the height of his field. "To read Mr. Lewis" wrote Fouad Ajami in The Wall Street Journal "is to be taken through a treacherous terrain by the coolest and most reassuring of guides. You are in...
Women in the Classical World : Image and Text
Image and Text
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1994
Information about women is scattered throughout the fragmented mosaic of ancient history: the vivid poetry of Sappho survived antiquity on remnants of damaged papyrus; the inscription on a beautiful fourth century B.C.E. grave praises the virtues of Mnesarete an Athenian woman who died young; a great...
Max/MSP/Jitter for Music : A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems for Education and More
A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems for Education and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
In Max/MSP/Jitter for Music, expert author and music technologist V. J. Manzo provides a user-friendly introduction to a powerful programming language that can be used to write custom software for musical interaction. Through clear, step-by-step instructions illustrated with numerous examples of working...
The Art of Digital Audio Recording : A Practical Guide for Home and Studio
A Practical Guide for Home and Studio
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Making great audio recordings requires striking the right balance between technical know-how and practical understanding of recording sessions. Even in the digital age some of the most important aspects of creating and recording music are non-technical and as a result are often overlooked by traditional...
by Naomi Cahn;June Carbone
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
Red Families v. Blue Families identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the "blue states" in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's as well as men's workforce...
by Myrna Weissman;John Markowitz;Gerald L. Klerman
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2007
The Clinician's Quick Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy is a practical guide for busy clinicians who want to learn Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Initially developed as a treatment for major depression IPT has proven highly effective as a therapy for a number of other disorders. IPT can be...
Soul Searching : The Religious And Spiritual Lives Of American Teenagers
The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
In innumerable discussions and activities dedicated to better understanding and helping teenagers one aspect of teenage life is curiously overlooked. Very few such efforts pay serious attention to the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of American adolescents. But many teenagers are very...
by Matt Rossano
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
In 2006, scientist Richard Dawkins published a blockbuster bestseller, The God Delusion. This atheist manifesto sparked a furious reaction from believers, who have responded with numerous books of their own. By pitting science against religion, however, this debate overlooks what science can tell us...
Affective Neuroscience : The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1998
Some investigators have argued that emotions especially animal emotions are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as they move closer to a lasting understanding of...