Oxford University Press

Informative, funny, sad, and surprising by turns, this is the first book to look at all the main types of visual icon, taking eleven mega-famous examples, from Christ to the Coke bottle, to see how they arose and how they continue to function....

The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and this superb new translation captures their modernist spirit. Among the fourteen stories included are 'The Lady with the...

Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Entry into World War IIAs the first comprehensive treatment of the American entry into World War II to appear in over thirty-five years, Waldo Heinrichs&' volume places American policy in a global context, covering both the European and Asian diplomatic and military scenes, with Roosevelt at the center.    ...

Mark Hale and Charles Reiss present a fundamental critique of the phonological enterprise. They examine the nature of phonological acquisition and its relation to an innate acquisition device, consider the distinction between competence and performance, and evaluate competing explanations of diachronic phonology....

Providing everything you need to pass the FRCR Part 2A, this book gives a thorough        assessment of a candidate's radiological knowledge. The book is divided into six        chapters, with 75 questions in each chapter, mirroring the modules and exam papers        laid out by the Royal College of Radiologists....

Book Two of Rumi's   Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the follower of Sufi enlightenment. It interweaves stories and homilies in order to instruct followers of Rumi, the great thirteenth-century Muslim mystic. Jawid Mojaddedi's sparkling new verse translation follows his prize-winning edition of Book One....