Oxford University Press

In a dream landscape radiant with jewels, a father sees his lost daughter on the far bank of a river: my pearl, my girl. One of the great treasures of the British Library, the fourteenth-century poem Pearl is a work of poetic brilliance. Its account of loss and consolation retains its force across six centuries. Jane Draycott in her new translation...

Our modern lifestyles, city-bound with abundant nutrition - are far removed from the hunter-gatherer lifestyles of our ancestors. However we have not evolved to reflect this change. This fascinating and controversial book explores whether it is this 'mismatch' that has led to the deadly explosion in lifestyle diseases we face today....

Financial Crisis and the Politics of ReformThis book provides an accessible cultural and political analysis of how our        disorderly and financialized system of capitalism works, what led to the financial        crisis that began in 2007, the policy debates about reform, and why democratic        control is difficult after the events of 2008....

Trade, Investment, and FinanceBringing together all the most important treaties and materials in international trade law, investment law, and financial law, this book will be an invaluable resource to both students and practitioners of international economic law....

A Very Short IntroductionLawrence M. Principe takes a fresh approach to the story of the scientific revolution, emphasising the historical context of the society and its world view at the time. From astronomy to alchemy and medicine to geology, he tells this fascinating story from the perspective of the historical characters involved....

Sir William Jones, Poet, Lawyer, and Linguist, 1746-1794A major new critical biography of Sir William Jones (1746-94), the foremost        Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all        time, whose Sanskrit researches did more than any other writer to destroy        Eurocentric prejudice, reshaping...