Oxford University Press

The 'Adaptive Landscape' has been a central concept in population genetics and        evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated in 1932. This        volume brings together historians of science, philosophers, ecologists, and        evolutionary biologists, to discuss the state of the art from several...

With over one million copies sold, The Undercover Economist has been hailed        worldwide as a fantastic guide to the fundamental principles of economics. An        economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part Economics        101 and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily...

Lupus is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks itself, culminating        in disease which can affect multiple organs, including the skin, joints, heart,        lungs, kidneys, and central nervous system. Lupus currently affects about 30,000        patients in the UK, 500,000 in the United States and tens of thousands...

A World HistoryPeople have always lived in families, but what that means has varied dramatically across time and cultures. The family is not a "e;natural"e; phenomenon but an institution with a dynamic history stretching 10,000 years into the past. Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner tell the story of this fundamental unit from the beginnings of...

China is now poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. Rana Mitter goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Mitter takes us through the resulting social...

A gripping, atmospheric novel, which demands reading at one sitting. Five Stars. (Books for Keeps )...