Oxford University Press

Robert Schumann is one of the most intriguing-and enigmatic-composers of the        nineteenth century. Extraordinarily gifted in both music and literature, many of his        compositions were inspired by poetry and novels. For much of his life he was better        known as a music critic than as a composer. But whether writing as critic...

Here is the definitive account of one of the darkest events in Mormon history.          written. Drawn from documents previously not available to scholars and a careful        re-reading of traditional sources, this gripping narrative offers fascinating new        insight into what provoked the Mountain Meadows massacre. The book sheds light...

Robin illustrates the central role that fear has played and continues to play in the wielding of power, particularly in politics and the workplace....

A bumper bind-up of two fantastic stories about the friends from the After School Club. In Alex's Back, Alex has decided to keep her life simple. With one best friend and out-of-school stuff kept to a minimum, things were going fine. But everything gets complicated when she's asked to keep a secret, and then there's the secret about...

This book is the first comprehensive account of the phonology of Hungarian to appear in English. Hungarian (Magyar) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by over thirteen million people in Central Europe. P'eter Sipt'ar and Mikl'os T"e;orkenczy here place the emphasis on descriptive coverage rather than theoretical issues, therefore ensuring that...

What is the Russian Mafia? Drawing on reports from undercover police operations, documents from the Gulag archives, and in-depth interviews conducted over several years with vicitms of the mafia, criminals, and officials, this unique book provides compelling answers to the question, and challenges many widely-held views....