Oxford University Press

The Guise Family and the Making of EuropeThe House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of...

The gold standard for evidence-based public health,  The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a primary resource to improve health and prevent disease in states, communities, community organizations, businesses, healthcare organizations, and schools. This volume examines the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions to combat such risky...

This practical guide covers best practices in truancy at the community, school, and student/family levels of interventions, providing an essential everyday reference guide to research-based programs and truancy program implementation....

A richly illustrated account of the complex science of hurricanes and typhoons, and the occasions when they have altered human history, thwarting military incursions, or changing the course of explorations....

Medieval Marriage shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people. Building on d'Avray's   Medieval Marriage Sermons, it broadens the scope of the argument and works from a wide range of manuscript sources of different genres....

How did the early Church understand the relation between grace, salvation, and the person of Christ? Donald Fairbairn's persuasive study shows that, despite intense theological controversy, there was a very strong consensus in the fifth century about what salvation was and who Christ needed to be in order to save people....