Oxford University Press

An Oral History of Cloistered NunsFor almost six years, Abbie Reese worked intimately with members of a community of cloistered monastic nuns in Rockford, Illinois. Dedicated to God tells their stories, based on a series of oral history interviews of the Poor Clare Colettine Order....

Teaching the Art and Science of Music and TechnologyWith Computational Thinking in Sound, veteran educators Gena R. Greher and Jesse M. Heines provide the first book ever written for music fundamentals educators that is devoted specifically to music, sound, and technology. Using a student-centered approach that emphasizes project-based experiences,...

Examines interaction in second language acquisition, in different cultures, in different species, in observation without participation, in literacy, in schizophrenia, in relation to human physiological responses, and in relation to correlated perspectives on interaction....

A History of Loanwords in EnglishThe rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian to, among others, Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, andYiddish. Philip Durkin's full and...

Poet and Homeric scholar Barry B. Powell offers a major new translation of this timeless epic poem...

Insider Dealing: Law and Practice provides a practical guide to the law in this area, including both the criminal and civil regimes, treatment of recent cases and developments, investigation, enforcement, penalties and sentencing....