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The Ring of Words describes the unique relationship between Tolkien's creative use of the English language in his fiction and his work on the  Oxford English Dictionary. In 'word studies' the authors, themselves editors of the     OED, explore individual words Tolkien used in terms of their origins, development, and significance in his fictional...

Lloyd Gartner presents, in chronologically-arranged chapters, the story of the        changing fortunes of the Jewish communities of the Old World (in Europe and the        Middle East and beyond) and their gradual expansion into the New World of the        Americas.The book starts in 1650, when there were no more than one and a...

A Very Short IntroductionSuperconductivity is one of the most exciting areas of research in physics today. Outlining the history of its discovery, and the race to understand its many mysterious phenomena, this     Very Short Introduction also explores the deep implications of the theory, and its potential to revolutionize the physics and technology...

A Very Short IntroductionFirst published as part of the best-selling  The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's    Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century Britain is a crisp analysis of the forces of consensus and of conflict in modern Britain since the First World War....

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This is a major new translation of a classic work of Greek literature - Apollonius of Rhodes' epic poem on the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The translation is both reliable and accurate, as well as gripping to read, and is designed to bring out the best of Apollonius' brilliant, highly original, and sometimes disturbing poem. With a full...