Oxford University Press

Here is a collection of stories, political writings, and literary essays by the        man whom Borges called "e;the greatest Argentine writer. Argentina's best-known writer        during his lifetime, Leopoldo Lugones's work spans many literary styles and        ideological positions. He was influential as a modernist poet, as a precursor of...

This is a lively, readable and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers. The volume includes Phaedra, Oedipus, Medea, Trojan Women, Hercules Furens, and Thyestes, together with an invaluable introduction and notes....

Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of PhysicsIn his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating roller-coaster ride through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine....

This is the book that put Britain's 'heritage industry' on the map, opening one of the defining cultural and political debates of its time, and showing why conservation was a subject of broad significance, far broader than its professional status might suggest....

An invaluable source of pleasure to those English readers who wish to read this        great medieval classic with true understanding, Sinclair's three-volume prose        translation of Dante's Divine Comedy provides both the original Italian text and the        Sinclair translation, arranged on facing pages, and commentaries, appearing...

In this volume, Feinberg focuses on the meanings of "e;interest,"e; the relationship        between interests and wants, and the distinction between want-regarding and        ideal-regarding analyses of interest and hard cases for the aplication of the        concept of harm. Examples of the "e;hard cases"e; are harm to character,...