Oxford University Press

The Life of a Singer-SongwriterIn this first ever full-length biography of Harry Nilsson, author Alyn Shipton traces the musician's life from his Brooklyn childhood to his Los Angeles adolescence, and charts his gradual move into the spotlight as a talented songwriter. With interviews from Nilsson's friends, family and associates, and...

Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love InsectsExamines the unique psychological attitude of human beings toward insects, and discusses why people are scared, disgusted, or enthralled by them....

Ian Wood explores how Western Europeans have looked back to the Middle Ages to discover their origins and the origins of their society....

Business and the City of the FutureTurnaround Challenge examines the nexus of challenges confronting society and delivers a comprehensive overview of the innovators driving the next wave of growth for business. It explores three possible cities of the future--Petropolis, Cyburbia, and the Distributed City--and their implications for business...

Organization, Investment, and ProductionThis collection presents new analyses for the nature and scale of Roman agriculture. It outlines the fundamental features of agricultural production through studying the documentary and archaeological evidence for the modes of land exploitation and the organisation, development of, and investment in this...

Distinctively Sensory Representations and their ContentsCertain representations are bound in special ways to our sensory capacities. What do these representations have in common, and what makes them different from representations of other kinds? Dominic Gregory employs novel ideas on perceptual states and sensory perspectives to explain the special...