Oxford University Press

fully reconstructs Persian efforts to conquer, control, and, eventually, reconquer Egypt. Reinterpreting Persian-Greek interactions in the process, it furnishes a new narrative of 5th and 4th century history and places that narrative in the enduring struggle between Near Eastern imperial powers and Egypt that marked the longue duree ancient history...

...

The ability to remember unique, personal events is at the core of what we consider        to be "e;memory."e; How does the vivid experience of reinstatement of our past emerge?        What is the contribution of this experience to our life histories? These questions        have intrigued psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers for...

...

Why do some people enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks than others? Exploring the experiences of New York City mothers whose children were enrolled in childcare centers, Mario Luis Small examines why a great deal of these mothers dramatically expanded both the size and usefulness of their personal networks....

A study of the writings of the late-4th-century Christian writer Ambrosiaster, whose works were influential on his near contemporaries and throughout the Middle Ages. Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe discusses his political theology and also addresses the problem of the author's mysterious identity, placing him in a broad historical and intellectual context....