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Academic Publisher and Distributor of the Year 2008

OUP has been voted as the UK's leading academic publisher by the Academic, Specialist and Professional Group of the UK Booksellers Association for the fourth year running.



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In Humanities

Cover image: Epic: Britain's Heroic Muse 1790-1910

Epic
Britain's Heroic Muse 1790-1910

Herbert F. Tucker

A landmark volume that tells the compelling story of English verse epic after Milton.

Price: £35.00 (Hardback)
Publication date: 17 April 2008



In Medicine

The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis Theory, Research, Practice
Edited by Michael R. Nash and Amanda J. Barnier

A successor to the classic text by Fromm and Nash, providing both students, researchers, and clinicians with the ultimate text in hypnosis.

Price: £65.00 (Hardback)
Publication date: March 2008

Cover image: The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis Theory, Research, Practice


In Social Sciences

Cover image: Decline to Fall
The Making of British Macro-economic Policy and the 1976 IMF Crisis

Decline to Fall
The Making of British Macro-economic
Policy and the 1976 IMF Crisis

Douglas Wass

A unique first hand account of the events surrounding the IMF crisis of 1976, by the former Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury.

Price: £55.00 (Hardback)
Publication date: 13 March 2008



In Law

The Death Penalty
A Worldwide Perspective 4/e

Roger Hood CBE QC (Hon) DCL FBA and Carolyn Hoyle

An expanded new edition of the renowned study previously referred to by Amnesty International and others as the authority on the death penalty.

Price: £29.99 (Paperback)
Publication date: March 2008

Cover image: The Death Penalty A Worldwide Perspective


In Science

Cover image: Cosmology

Cosmology
Steven Weinberg

A uniquely self-contained and detailed account of the ideas and formulas that are used and tested in modern cosmological research.

Price: £45.00 (Hardback)
Publication date: 21 February 2008



In Reference

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
4 Volume Set
Edited by Bonnie G. Smith

The most comprehensive and wide-ranging encyclopedia of women's contribution to history, including 1,250 A-Z entries, available at the special introductory price of £250!

Price: £250.00 (Hardback)
Publication date: 7 February 2008

Cover image: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
 
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