Oxford University Press

Schizophrenia is one of the most traumatic psychiatric disorders, both for the        affected person and their family. It also carries an unfortunate stigma and suffers        from frequent misinterpretation by the popular media. The disorder usually manifests        itself through significant periods of hallucinations, bizarre delusions,...

In this groundbreaking collection of essays edited by Steven Heine, leading scholars of Buddhism from both sides of the Pacific explore the life and thought of Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Japanese Soto sect....

This Very Short Introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him.          Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context in        which Luther worked, the colleagues who supported him, and the opponents who        adamantly opposed his agenda for change....

In The Artful Universe (OUP, 1995) John D. Barrow explored the close ties between        our aesthetic appreciation and the basic nature of the Universe, challenging the        commonly held view that our sense of beauty is entirely free and unfettered. It        looked at some of the unexpected ways in which the structure of the Universe,...

Set in Georgian England, fifteen-year-old Sophia is trapped by the limitations of living in a man's world. Forced by her father to give up everything she loves, Sophia is ordered to make a new life in Bath. By day, she is trapped in the social whirl of balls and masquerades. By night, she secretly swaps her ball gowns for breeches, and turns...

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