Oxford University Press Usa: 518 books
Bird on Fire:Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City
Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted...
Beyond A Love Supreme: John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album
John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, A Love Supreme is widely considered John Coltrane's magnum opus and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. In Beyond A Love Supreme, Tony Whyton explores both the musical complexities of A Love Supreme and the album's seminal importance in...
Marc Blitzstein:His Life, His Work, His World
His Life, His Work, His World
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
A composer and lyricist of enormous innovation and influence, Marc Blitzstein remains one of the most versatile and fascinating figures in the history of American music, his creative output running the gamut from films scores and Broadway operas to art songs and chamber pieces. A prominent leftist...
The Music Instinct:How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light into every corner of human culture. But why music excites such deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all, are questions that have until recently remained unanswered. Now in The Music Instinct,...
The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media
A Critical History of Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of social media, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of...
Almost a Miracle:The American Victory in the War of Independence
The American Victory in the War of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2007
In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was...
The Quantum Ten: A Story of Passion, Tragedy, Ambition, and Science
A Story of Passion, Tragedy, Ambition, and Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Theoretical physics is in trouble. At least that's the impression you'd get from reading a spate of recent books on the continued failure to resolve the 80-year-old problem of unifying the classical and quantum worlds. The seeds of this problem were sewn eighty years ago when a dramatic revolution...
by James A. Millward
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
The phrase "silk road" evokes vivid scenes of merchants leading camel caravans across vast stretches to trade exotic goods in glittering Oriental bazaars, of pilgrims braving bandits and frozen mountain passes to spread their faith across Asia. Looking at the reality behind these images,...
Albion's Seed:Four British Folkways in America
Four British Folkways in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 1989
This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having...
Lost Scriptures:Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2003
We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians, but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the first centuries after Christ--texts...
Lone Star Rising:Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960
Vol. 1: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1991
Like other great figures of 20th-century American politics, Lyndon Johnson defies easy understanding. An unrivaled master of vote swapping, back room deals, and election-day skulduggery, he was nevertheless an outspoken New Dealer with a genuine commitment to the poor and the underprivileged. And...
by Michael Schaller
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
In this short biography, Michael Schaller, acclaimed historian of the American political right, offers readers a poignant account of Ronald Reagan's life and achievements, from his small-town upbringing in rural Illinois to his cinematic success in Hollywood, entry into politics as governor of California,...
Rule and Ruin:The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to...
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2005
The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Rome generated its own nemesis. Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors it called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling...