Oxford University Press

A fresh approach to the English civil war,   War in England 1642-1649 focuses on answering a misleadingly simple question: what kind of war was it to live through? Drawing extensively on primary sources, Barbara Donagan's study illuminates the human cost of war and its effect on society, both in our own day as well as in the seventeenth century....

A Very Short IntroductionFirst published as part of the best-selling  The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Guy's   Very Short Introduction to The Tudors is the most authoritative short introduction to this age in British history. It offers a compelling account of the political, religious and economic changes of the country under such...

This book will help patients and their families understand what pulmonary arterial hypertension is, and advise them on how to cope with their illness....

Since the mid-1990s risk management has dramatically expanded its reach and significance to become a benchmark of good governance for a wide variety of public and private organizations. This book shows that the rise of risk management has much less to do with real dangers and opportunities than with organizational accountability and legitimacy....

Computers form a vital part of most people's lives. But what is the nature of the        computer? How does it work? What will the next generations of computers look like?        Darrel Ince looks at the basic concepts behind all computers; the range of their        uses, the effects of computers in the workplace, and novel forms such as...

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