Oxford University Press

Crisis PointThe da Vinci code with superheroes!...

This book presents new material and shines fresh light on the under-explored        historical and legal evidence about the use of the doctrine of discovery in        Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.North America, New Zealand and        Australia were colonised by England under an international legal principle that...

A self-contained graduate level text describing recent advances in deep inelastic        scattering in high energy physics. The technique can be traced back to the        experiments that led to Rutherford's discovery of the atomic nucleus. The underlying        theory and formalism are outlined and particular attention is given to the...

Hans Litten, a courageous German-Jewish lawyer who defended civil rights in the Weimar Republic, was one of the only people to ever cross-examine Hitler on the witness stand, and the only one to reduce him to helpless rage.  This book is a dramatic account of that trial, and the gripping and definitive story of a fascinating figure-forgotten...

Veblen's landmark study of affluent American society exposes the 'pecuniary culture' and 'conspicuous consumption' that results when unessential goods are exploited at the expense of production of true value. This new edition examines Veblen's still pertinent arguments....

Do men and women really speak different languages?Cameron debunks the myths about language and the sexes propagated in recent popular writing by drawing on more than 30 years of scientific research in language and gender studies. She explains what the findings really say about men and women and the way they communicate. Essential reading, whatever...