Oxford University Press

In   The March of Unreason, Dick Taverne argues cogently that pessimism and distrust of science and technology has become rife in society, combined with the growth of irrationality and practices unsupported by evidence, such as alternative medicine. The growth of eco-fundamentalism, arising from a misguided belief that  Nature is best has resulted...

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is probably the most skilfully told story in the        whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Acclaimed poet Keith Harrison's verse        translation uses a modern alliterative pattern which subtly echoes the music of the        original at the same time as it strives for fidelity. This is the most...

Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights MovementAccording to conventional wisdom, the split between integrationism and black power in the civil rights movement occurred in the mid-1960s, ushering in a much more radical and contentious era. In this tale, before 1965 the movement favored integrationism. However, as Tomiko Brown-Nagin shows...

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A History, new edition 2/eNow fully updated to 2001, this is an authoritative and highly readable introduction to a thousand years of Russian history. New insights into areas previously cloaked in secrecy, and an extraordinarily rich array of illustrations, make it essential reading for anyone interested in Russia and its place in the world....

A HistoryWritten by one of the most brilliant and provocative historians at work today, The Isles is a revolutionary narrative history that takes a new perspective on the development of Britain and Ireland, looking at them not as self-contained islands, but as an inextricable part of Europe.  At every stage, The Isles connects offshore development...