Oxford University Press

The third edition of this successful Facts title was authored by the late Dr        Donald W. Goodwin, who wrote with a unique and engaging style defining alcoholism in        very human terms. Although much of Dr Goodwin's assessments of alcoholism still hold        true today, a great deal of progress has been made in the quest to better...

A Very Short IntroductionThis entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology-a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs,...

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Postwar Film Theory and Its AfterlifeWith the full range of his voluminous writings finally viewable, Andre Bazin seems more deserving than ever to be considered the most influential of all writers on film. His brief career, 1943-58, helped bring about the leap from classical cinema to the modern art of Renoir, Welles, and neorealism. Founder of...

Napoleon's Road to WaterlooOn February 26, 1815, Napoleon, exiled Emperor of France--now dressed in a simple green uniform as Colonel of the Grenadiers--stepped aboard the brig L'Inconstant to the wildly enthusiastic cheers of his Elban subjects. Three days later, having barely avoided a British warship and a French naval vessel loyal to the Crown,...

This Very Short Introduction provides both believers and non-believers with a        balanced survey of the central questions of contemporary theology. David Ford's        interrogative approach draws the reader into considering the principles underlying        religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to most major religions,...