Oxford University Press

A Very Short IntroductionGames are played everywhere: from economics and online auctions to social interactions, and game theory is about how to play such games in a rational way, and how to maximize their outcomes. This VSI reveals, without mathematical equations, the insights the theory can bring to everything from how to play poker optimally to...

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This book reveals the history and culture of polygamous groups located primarily in the western parts of the United States. The contributors to this volume are historians, anthropologists, and sociologists familiar with the various groups. Together, these authors provide a much needed understanding of the surprisingly large number of groups and...

Intelligence in the Twentieth CenturyHere is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering and covert activity. Unrivalled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of today's post-Cold...

What the new reproductive treatments mean for families and societyWith the availability of contraception and fertility treatments now, the choices        offered to couples in the 21st century in the developing world are significantly        wider than ever before. Bart Fauser and Paul Devroey explore the new technologies        for infertility...

The Life of Gypsy Rose LeeWhenever stripper Gypsy Rose Lee encountered public criticism, she spoke frankly in her own defense. "e;Thousands have seen me at my--ah--best; and thousands have made no objections."e; Noralee Frankel&'s lively biography, Stripping Gypsy, the first ever published about the highly mythologized Gypsy, examines the...