Oxford University Press

A masterpiece of early Modernism, The Good Soldier tells the story of the unfolding relationships between two couples in the words of an archetypal 'unreliable narrator'. Its portrayal of the destruction of a civilized elite is a work of unforgettable power and literary skill, here accompanied by Ford's important essay 'On Impressionism'....

A Very Short IntroductionFrom Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two...

John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War. In it he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an `ordinary fellow', is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by...

Why We Don't See Them ComingA leading authority on financial crises reveals why they happen and why economists didn't predict the collapse of 2007-2008....

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the        activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New        York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the        court's history and of its written and unwritten rules to show readers how...

Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding "e;homie"e; gang member would want to trade in    la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical  hermano (brother in Christ) - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it....