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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of …
Favourite Organ Music Book 1: Nine Easy Pieces
These pieces are of tremendous charm, and make ideal tutorial material as they are very easy, with simple pedal parts. They are ideal as quiet voluntaries for liturgical use.
Better Never to Have Been
Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into …
The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction
Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all …
Les Liaisons dangereuses
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject …
Favourite Organ Music Book 2: Five Concert Pieces
Audiences and performers alike will find these five pieces great fun. Lefébure-Wély's music is always colourful, sometimes playfully sentimental, sometimes jauntily vulgar, and …
Louise de la Vallière
Louise de la Balliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte …
Erotic Poems
`a world without love would be no world' Elegy II This bilingual edition of Goethe's erotic poems contains the Roman Elegies (1789), The Diary (1810), and a selection from …
Henry IV, Part I: The Oxford Shakespeare
As Henry's throne is threatened by rebel forces, England is divided. The characters reflect these oppositions, with Hal and Hotspur vying for position, and Falstaff leading Hal …
After Modern Art
Contemporary art can be baffling and beautiful, provocative and disturbing. This pioneering book presents a new look at the controversial period between 1945 and 2015, when art and …
The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug
Philoxenos of Mabbug (c. 440-523) was a prolific late-antique theologian and polemicist who produced the largest literary corpus to have survived in Syriac. He earned a reputation …
Statistics: A Very Short Introduction
Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software …