Oxford University Press

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction discusses why literature matters,        how narrative works, and what is distinctly English about English literature.          Jonathan Bate considers how we determine the content of the field, and looks at the        three major kinds of imaginative literature - English poetry, English drama and...

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Online and mobile technologies are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways you might suppose. Always On draws upon a decade of research to reveal how instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and internet search functions are reshaping social interaction and written culture....

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The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new conflicts, as ethnic minorities and national minorities demand recognition and support for their cultural identity. Writing in a clear and non-technical way, Will Kymlicka, the leading political philosopher of his generation, provides the most comprehensive...

Neutrinos are as near to nothing as anything we know, and so elusive that they are        almost invisible. Frank Close tells the story of the neutrino, explaining their        growing significance, and looking at how neutrino astronomy is at the threshold of        enabling us to look into distant galaxies and to finding echoes of the...