Oxford University Press

Divine healing is the essential marker of the global phenomenon of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity. But although we know that healing is central in these movements, we know surprisingly little about how divine healing beliefs and practices reflect the interplay of local and global patterns of cultural development. The essays in this...

Intelligence in the Twentieth CenturyHere is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering        and covert activity. Unrivaled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A        Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British        Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of...

A Very Short IntroductionBotticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Duerer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are many of the works. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their original beholders have viewed these objects? This book answers such questions by considering both famous and lesser-known...

The Ultimate Guide to the MusicIn this fascinating and infinitely useful guide, compiled by the renowned Country        Music Foundation, nearly 1,300 alphabetical entries by a distinguished field of 137        contributors provides an eminently readable and reliable guide to the singers,        songwriters, record companies, and industry movers...

A new biography of Joseph Severn, Keats's best-known but most controversial friend, who is buried next to him in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Severn accompanied the dying poet to Italy and was virtually the only witness of his last days. Brown reassesses Severn's character and the nature of his friendship with Keats....

The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and NeroThe Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero and the brutality that marked their reigns. Tacitus deplores their depravity, proof of the corrupting force of absolute power. J.C. Yardley's vivid and accurate translation is complemented by a thorough introduction and...