Oxford University Press

World renowned conductor and composer, Gunther Schuller, has stirred controversy with The Compleat Conductor, his highly provocative critique of modern conducting. In these pages he castigates many of this century's most venerated conductors for using the podium to indulge their own interpretive idiosyncrasies rather than devote themselves to...

Focusing on the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which retained power throughout an extraordinary period of political and dynastic upheaval, Stephen Baxter reassesses fundamental elements of late Anglo-Saxon government and society, offering a fresh interpretation of the structure of the late Anglo-Saxon polity and the origins of the Norman Conquest....

This concise yet comprehensive volume provides oncologists and other healthcare professionals with essential, evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of all major GI malignancies, including colorectal, pancreatic, liver and esophageal cancers....

This is a reprint of a book first published by Little, Brown in 1978. George        Fletcher is working on a new edition, which will be published by Oxford in three        volumes, the first of which is scheduled to appear in January of 2001. Rethinking        Criminal Law is still perhaps the most influential and often cited theoretical...

This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization - international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies - have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a...

Pathological Altruism is a groundbreaking new book - the first to explore the        negative aspects of altruism and empathy, seemingly uniformly positive traits. In        fact, pathological altruism, in the form of an unhealthy focus on others to the        detriment of one's own needs, may underpin some personality disorders....