Oxford University Press

The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed "e;if you don't live it, it        won't come out of your horn"e;. This quote has often been used to explain the        hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz greats; however, but it also signals the        reciprocal and inextricable relationship between music and wider social,...

By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This    Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of &'the Great War&', focusing on why it happened, how it was fought, and why it had the consequences it did....

Descartes is possibly the most famous of all writers on the mind, but his theory of mind has been almost universally misunderstood, because his philosophy has not been seen in the context of his scientific work. Desmond Clarke offers a radical and convincing rereading, undoing the received perception of Descartes as the chief defender of mind/body...

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Chris Argyris explores why it is that the same conflicts are experienced in organizations, yet the issues are often never addressed and ignored. He shows how our behavior creates these 'organizational traps', and that while much writing on management also shows this, it doesn't focus on how to avoid these traps....