Oxford University Press

As is becoming clearer and clearer, pressures on water resources in the United        States are growing, with no foreseeable end in sight. A Twenty-First Century US        Water Policy culls together independent analysis of freshwater availability; water        usage in agriculture, municipalities, tribal settlements, and energy...

This book provides a concise, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to psychological research for musicians. It reviews relevant psychological research findings in relation to situations and issues faced by musicians, and draws out practical implications for teaching and performance. Rather than a list of 'Dos and Don'ts', this books equips...

What does it take to make a great motion picture? What do we even mean by cinematic greatness? What is more important: movie awards, critical acclaim, or box office success? Who has the biggest impact: the writer, the director, or the actors? Scientific research has provided some provocative answers....

Ethics for Human BeingsAt the centre of our ethical thought stands the human being. Roger Teichmann        examines the ways in which facts about human nature determine the shape of ethical        concepts such as rationality, virtue, and happiness. He argues that only by        attending to the social and empirical character of language use can we...

Looking in detail at the work of Margaret Cavendish, Katherine Philips, and Aphra Behn,    Royalist Women Writers argues that their writings inaugurate a more assertive model of the Englishwoman as literary author, which is crucially enabled by their royalist affiliations. Chalmers reveals new political sub-texts in the three writers' work and...

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