Oxford University Press

The Silk Road was the contemporary name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. Using demand and supply as the framework for analyzing the formation and development of the Silk Road, this book will examine the dynamics of the interactions of the nomadic pastoralists with...

What is it to be able to think about the material world, about oneself, and about other people? Christopher Peacocke argues that our concepts are to be explained in terms of the conditions in which they refer to aspects of the world. Reference and truth are fundamental in understanding....

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Exhilarating adventures on board the Bright Lights Showboat!...

A Very Short IntroductionThe Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction considers the structure, roots, and        day-to-day functioning of the modern philharmonic society. Far from an anachronistic        organization that cannot long survive, it is shown to be powerful political and        social force, occupying critical positions in cultural...

This is the largest selection of Stoic philosopher and tragedian Seneca's letters currently available. In them Seneca advises his friend Lucilius on how to do without what is superfluous, whether on the subject of happiness, riches, reputation, or the emotions. We learn too about Seneca's personal and political life in the time of Nero....