Oxford University Press

Writing at the very moment when the foundations of Western thought were being challenged and undermined, George Eliot fashions in Middlemarch a concept of life and society free of the past's dogma yet able to confront the scepticism that was taking over the age.  Felicia Bonaparte has provided a new Introduction for this updated edition, the text...

This important and original account of the origin and evolution of speech integrates the latest research in speech, acquisition, and neurobiology, and includes the key observation that infants learning language reveal similar constraints to those acting on our distant ancestors. It is written in a clear style with minimal recourse to jargon....

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill won two resounding victories. The first was a victory over Nazi Germany, the second a victory over the sceptics who had excluded him from high office. In this incisive biography, Paul Addison examines the life of the most iconic figure in twentieth-century British history, and also the continuing...

Processes of collective decision making are seen throughout modern society. How        does a government decide on an investment strategy within the health care and        educational sectors? Should a government or a community introduce measures to combat        climate change and CO2 emissions, even if others choose not too? Should a...

Paul Helm looks at how Calvin worked at the interface of theology and philosophy and in particular how he employed medieval ideas to do so. Connections are made between his ideas and contemporary philosophical theology, and there is a careful examination of the appeal that current `Reformed' epistemologists make to Calvin....

When jazz musicians get together, they often delight one another with stories        about the great, or merely remarkable, players and singers they've worked with. One        good story leads to another until someone says, "e;Somebody ought to wrie these down!"e;        With Jazz Anecdotes, somebody finally has. Drawing on a rich verbal...