Oxford University Press

Plain English is the art of writing clearly, concisely, and in a way that precisely communicates your message to your intended audience. This book offers 25 practical guidelines helping you to improve your vocabulary, style, grammar, and layout to achieve clear writing. It gives expert advice on all aspects of the writing process: from avoiding...

After more than twenty years of recognition as the indispensable guide for all dental students and practitioners, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry has been fully revised and updated for its new sixth edition, now better than ever!The authors have distilled the essentials of clinical practice into a readily accessible style. Concise and...

Perspectives from developmental social neuroscienceThis book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts and feelings of others, and to reflect on the contents of our own mindsa theory of mind (ToM).  The...

Revised and Expanded Second EditionThis major new work updates and significantly expands The Hastings Center&'s 1987 Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care of the Dying. Like its predecessor, this second edition will shape the ethical and legal framework for decision-making on treatment and end-of-life care in the...

The Alabama State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state&'s basic governing charter. In it, William H. Stewart, an authority on the state&'s political and constitutional history, provides an overview of important developments since 1819 along with an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the...

&'About things that are within our power and those that are not.&'Epictetus&'s Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of Stoicism in a form designed to help people put them into practice and to use them as a basis for leading a...