Oxford University Press

Flight of the Winged SerpentWelcome to the Cretaceous! It's full of the coolest creatures that ever walked the Earth! And Jamie and Tom have found a secret gateway that will take them there for adventures whenever they want. Today the boys and their wannanosaurus pal, Wanna, are on the hunt for a quetzalcoatlus - one of the biggest flying...

Catching the Speedy ThiefWelcome to the Cretaceous! It's a wild and dangerous place but it's too awesome to resist! So Jamie and Tom set off to the Cretaceous again by stepping in the fossilized footprints in their secret smugglers' cave. They decide to try some crabbing and manage to catch a real-life prehistoric crab. But as the...

Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart highlights the deep implications of symmetry and its important scientific applications across the entire subject....

When will Justin Statham realize what he's missing? Can't he see that his ONE is here, right under his nose, ie. ME! Maybe he's heard that I'm rubbish at snogging? I need to brush up on my technique-and fast! Or perhaps I am just generally unlovable ...after all, I am practically a medical midget and my hair is completely...

Transnational Fiction and the Nature of the BoundaryExamines some of the most intriguing writers of the 20th century, including Joseph Conrad, Jean Rhys, Salman Rushdie, and J. M. Coetzee. In a world which is insistently 'global' yet at the same time shows people retreating into singular versions of belonging and identity, Clingman...

Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich in the Twenty-First Century?Given the powerfully negative and ongoing impact of the Great Recession on western economies, the question of whether historically wealthy nations-the US, Western European countries, Japan-can stay wealthy has become an overriding concern for virtually every interested observer. Can their...