Oxford University Press

Charles Martindale shows that Kant's analysis of 'the judgement of taste', the judgement that something is beautiful, remains of fundamental importance for the modern critic. In this study of (mainly) Latin poetry, he urges the value of aesthetic criticism as pioneered by Walter Pater....

The story of the classic World War Two stratagem which persuaded Hitler's Generals that the Allies were going to attack Greece rather than Sicily in the summer of 1943 - a brilliant intelligence coup that materially contributed to the Allied victory in Sicily and inflicted irreparable damage on the German war effort....

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Our modern lifestyles, city-bound with abundant nutrition - are far removed from the hunter-gatherer lifestyles of our ancestors. However we have not evolved to reflect this change. This fascinating and controversial book explores whether it is this 'mismatch' that has led to the deadly explosion in lifestyle diseases we face today....