Oxford University Press

Qutban Suhravardi's MirigavatiThis is a complete translation of the Mirigavati, which is both an introduction to Sufism and one of the true literary classics of pre-modern India, a story that draws freely on the large pool of Indian, Islamic, and European narrative motifs in its distinctive telling of a mystical quest and its resolution....

Do we have the right to deny others access to our body? What if this would harm those who need personal services or body parts from us? Cecile Fabre examines the impact that arguments for distributive justice have on the rights we have over ourselves, and on such contentious issues as organ sales, prostitution, and surrogate motherhood....

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American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem RenaissanceFeaturing over fifty rare and hard-to-find illustrations, Writing with Scissors presents a fascinating cultural history of scrapbooks in America....

A Very Short IntroductionIn a world of growing political tension and unease, this    Very Short Introduction covers essential topics ranging from foreign policy, democracy, and terrorism, to the environment and globalization. Showing how many disciplines come together in the study of international relations, it explains the underlying theories and...

Michael Ward argues convincingly that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven novels. Drawing on the whole range of Lewis's writings (including previously unpublished drafts of the    Chronicles), Ward shows that the Narnia stories were designed to express the...