Oxford University Press

A Very Short IntroductionWhat is innovation? How can it be used? Why is failure so common in the process of innovation? This   Very Short Introduction looks at what innovation is, what it has done for us, and why it has been so important in the last 150 years....

A wonderfully written fantasy set in the west of Ireland which tells of the coming of the Great Queen, the Morrigan, who is bent on bringing destruction to the world. Only Pidge and Bridget can stop her and their task seems impossible as they're constantly trailed by the queen's hounds. But they're aided in their quest by a host of...

Stoic philosopher and tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote moral essays - exercises in practical philosophy - on how to live in a troubled world. Strikingly applicable today, his thoughts on happiness and other subjects are here combined in a clear, modern translation with an introduction on Seneca's life and philosophy....

Elizabeth's new job is very unusual. The building where she works might not look very interesting but behind this ordinary Manhattan facade lurks a very special place indeed. Because here you can borrow anything your heart desires . . . And in the basement is something so special, so secret, that Elizabeth can't believe her eyes. The...

Volume VII covers a period of major significance in Ireland's history: the division of Ireland and the eventual establishment of the Irish Republic....

From Stage to Cold WarThe story of the most powerful political metaphor of the twentieth century,        shattering the conventional assumption that it was coined by Churchill in the 1940s        and charting its long and influential history prior to the onset of the Cold        War....