Oxford University Press

First published in 1968, the AIA Guide to New York City has long been the definitive guide to the city's architecture. Moving through all five boroughs, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, it offers the most complete overview of New York's significant places, past and present. Famed skyscrapers and historic landmarks are detailed, but so, too, are...

The Coquette tells the much-publicized story of the seduction and death of        Elizabeth Whitman, a poet from Hartford, Connecticut.Written as a series of        letters--between the heroine and her friends and lovers--it describes her long,        tortuous courtship by two men, neither of whom perfectly suits her. Eliza Wharton        (as...

Sethna's book distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students, Sethna's text explores everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe....

Analytical Feminist Contributions to Traditional PhilosophyThis collection draws together 18 mostly new papers on topics in standard areas of        traditional analytical philosophy written from a feminist perspective. It aims to        bring out from the shadows traditional philosophy by challenging it in a        constructive, socially critical...

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The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus TraditionScholars of the Hebrew Bible have in the last decade begun to question the historical accuracy of the Israelite sojourn in Egypt, as described in the book of Exodus. The reason for the rejection of the exodus tradition is said to be the lack of historical and archaeological evidence in Egypt....