A Tale of Cooks and ConquerorsCurry serves up a delectable history of Indian cuisine, ranging from the imperial kitchen of the Mughal invader Babur to the smoky cookhouse of the British Raj. In this fascinatin...9999903120230Elizabeth M. Collingham
Oxford University Press
jueves, 9 de mayo de 2024
Much more than a series of battle scenes, the Iliad is a work of extraordinary pathos and profundity that concerns itself with issues as fundamental as the meaning of life and deat...9999903117605Homer,
Oxford University Press
martes, 7 de mayo de 2024
The Assault from Within on Modern DemocracyA contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Over...9999903116349Thomas M. Nichols
Oxford University Press
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its ...9999903114901William Shakespeare
Oxford University Press
viernes, 3 de mayo de 2024
Introduction I The Question of Definition Introduction 1 Qu'est-ce qu'une nation? Ernest Renan 2 The Nation Joseph Stalin 3 The Nation Max Weber 4 Nationalism and Social Communicat...9999903114666John Hutchinson Anthony D...
Oxford University Press
jueves, 2 de mayo de 2024
Dialogues with the Dalai LamaWhat happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conferenc...9999903113720Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-'dzi...
Oxford University Press
sábado, 27 de abril de 2024
The Evolutionary Psychology of WomenTheories of human evolution portray ancestral men as active individuals who shaped future generations by testosterone-driven competition, creating a critical gulf between reproduct...9999903112181Anne Campbell
Oxford University Press
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
Lessons from a Life in ScienceWatson looks back on his extraordinary and varied career - from its beginnings as a schoolboy in Chicago's South Side to the day he left Harvard 50 years later, world-renowned as t...9999903112150James D. Watson
Oxford University Press
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
An Exploration of Art and the BrainWhat is it that makes a work of art appear to us as beautiful? How do external form and internal perception coalesce to create the distinctive aesthetic pleasures we look to find i...9999903112099Sémir Zeki Semir Zeki
Oxford University Press
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
Why Insults Hurt???And Why They Shouldn'tInsults are part of the fabric of daily life. But why do we insult each other? Why do insults cause us such pain? Can we do anything to prevent or lessen this pain? Most importantl...9999903111825William B. Irvine
Oxford University Press
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundreds of stars. Behind the ship, an iceburg - a great...9999903111061Tim Vicary
Oxford University Press
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
Picture dictionaries, comprehension questions, games and puzzles reinforce target language and develop reading skills. Each book for levels 7-12 contains a thematically related fac...9999903105596??????? Rosemary Border
Oxford University Press
miércoles, 10 de abril de 2024
This series of readers is aimed at students at 6 levels from elementary to advanced. All stages have exercises for classroom or private use, plus a glossary to help with vocabulary...9999903105572Magdalen Nabb,
Oxford University Press
miércoles, 10 de abril de 2024
A Very Short IntroductionIslam dominates the news, often in stories filled with images of violence. Yet these disturbing images are at odds with a faith that most adherents--who now number over a billion w...9999903104261Malise Ruthven
Oxford University Press
lunes, 8 de abril de 2024
How FMRI Reveals what Really Goes on in Our MindsThe recent explosion of neuroscience techniques has proved to be game changing in terms of understanding the healthy brain, and in the development of neuropsychiatric treatments. O...9999903103486B. J. Sahakian Julia Gott...
Oxford University Press
miércoles, 3 de abril de 2024
Where Science Meets PseudoscienceEveryone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to a...9999903102595Michael D. Gordin
Oxford University Press
lunes, 1 de abril de 2024
Understanding the Feel of ConsciousnessThis book proposes a novel view to explain how we as humans -- contrary to current robots -- can have the impression of consciously feeling things: for example the red of a sunset,...9999903097341J. K. O'Regan
Oxford University Press
viernes, 22 de marzo de 2024
"Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but unbeknownst to him, he has a rival in the local squire's son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by Art...9999903096993George Eliot
Oxford University Press
jueves, 21 de marzo de 2024
A chronologically arranged anthology of 332 selections spanning five hundred years of American and British poetry, from Chaucer to Ogden Nash. Includes source and biographical note...9999903096474Iona Opie Peter Opie
Oxford University Press
miércoles, 20 de marzo de 2024
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