Oxford University Press

The story of Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) is the story of the modern American        diplomatic tradition. Grew served the U.S. government for over forty years, with an        impressive career that included two ambassadorships, two secretaryships, two        ministerships, and every junior rank in the service. Grew was in Berlin when...

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Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second CenturyGary Giddins&'s magnificent book Visions of Jazz has been hailed as a landmark in music criticism. Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post called it "e;the definitive compendium by the most interesting jazz critic now at work."e; And Alfred Appel, Jr., in The New York Times Book Review, said it was...

The Quick Writing ProcessMost writing is done under pressure. An executive has to produce a three-page position paper by tomorrow at nine. A department head suddenly has to write a one-page action memo by noon. A graduate student has a twenty-page research paper due in a week. Yet, while most students and professionals write under pressure--with...

When Pepper Roux was born his aunt foretold that he would not live past 14 years of age. Throughout his childhood his parents haven't bothered with him much, knowing that his life would be short-lived. So when Pepper wakes up on his 14th birthday he knows this will be the day that he'll die. But as the day wears on, and Pepper finds himself still...

In the terrifying summer of 1942 in Belgium, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe haven for their children. As Suzanne Vromen reveals in Hidden Children of the Holocaust , these children found sanctuary with other families and schools-but especially in Roman Catholic convents and...