Oxford University Press

People act for reasons. That is how we understand ourselves. But what is it to act for a reason? This is what Fred Schueler investigates. He rejects the dominant view that the beliefs and desires that constitute our reasons for acting simply   cause us to act as we do, and argues instead for a view centred on practical deliberation, our ability to...

Our lives are full of inexactitude. We say a person is tall or an action is just without the precision of measurement on a dial. In this engaging account, Kees van Deemter explores vagueness, cutting across areas such as language, mathematical logic, and computing. He considers why vagueness is inherent, and why it is important in how we function....

The Bible and the VictoriansThis book vividly recovers the lost world of the Victorians in which everyone        thought, spoke, and argued through scripture. Larsen presents lively individual case        studies of well known figures from different religious and sceptical traditions,        including Florence Nightingale, T. H. Huxley, C. H....

An entertaining and poignant tale about four friends thrown together by fate - Hollyoaks meets The Breakfast Club!...

Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman ArmeniansApproximately one million Armenian Christians were killed in 1915-16 under the auspices of the Ottoman government. For nearly a century this genocide has either been ignored or not recognized for what it was. In this book Donald Bloxham provides an explanation for why it happened...

An Alternative History of American Popular MusicHow the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll is an alternative history of American         music that, instead of recycling the familiar cliches of jazz and rock, looks at         what people were playing, hearing and dancing to over the course of the 20th         century, using a wealth of original...