Oxford University Press

Paris Tales is a highly evocative collection of stories by French and Francophone        writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this most visited of capital        cities. The twenty-two stories - by well-known writers including Nerval, Maupassant,        Colette, and Echenoz - provide a captivating glimpse into Parisian life from...

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The Law Codes of Ancient IndiaThe Dharmasutras are the four surviving works of the ancient Indian expert tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behaviour a community recognizes as binding on its members. Written in a pithy and aphoristic style and representing the culmination of a long tradition of scholarship, the Dharmasutras record...

A Very Short IntroductionSavage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. Barry Cunliffe seeks to reveal this fascinating people for the first time, exploring subjects such as trade, migration, and the evolution of Celtic traditions, and examining...

Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal        growth, in the exotic setting of post-colonial Patusan, a remote Malay settlement.          This new edition uses the first English edition text and includes a new introduction        and notes by leading Conrad scholar Jacques Berthoud, glossaries, and an appendix...

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