Oxford University Press

A lucid new commentary on the Latin poet Propertius, consisting of a commentary on the whole corpus and a prose translation which includes alternative versions of ambiguous phrasing. In its clear exposition of technical problems,  Cynthia will serve as an introduction to Latin textual criticism in the modern age, and to elegiac poetic style....

Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790Jonathan Israel's radical new account of the late Enlightenment highlights        forgotten currents and figures. Running counter to mainstream thinking, he        demonstrates how a group of philosophe-revolutionnaires provided the intellectual        powerhouse of the French Revolution, and how...

A Couples-Focused Program: Therapist GuideCognitive-behavioural therapy has been proven extremely effective in treating alcohol abuse problems. Since both members of a couple are affected when one partner abuses alcohol, this CBT based program is designed to treat them together, to help the drinker overcome his or her problem and the partner...

Michael O'Neill's impressive study provides sensitive close readings of poets publishing since 1900, including Yeats, Eliot, Stevens, Bishop, Heaney, Muldoon, Mahon, Hill, and Hughes. He shows that Romantic poetry is a dominant presence in their poems. The book will greatly interest those who enjoy the exploration of poetry's attempt to deal with...

A Very Short IntroductionIn a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers....

The First CenturyPoised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging elegance of Duke...