books by Oxford University Press, USA     books:     Oxford University ...      Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness Bruce Rosenblum, Fred Kuttner Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Oh! MY GOD Truly a classic book! If I had read this book during my college years, I definitely would have been a physics student instead of doing computer engineering. Even though I knew about Schrödinger Cats, It was the biggest surprise for me to read that it was in fact ...             A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) Christopher Alexander Oxford University Press, USA, 1977 Wonderful! This book is the quintessential book on the subject of creating authentic living spaces. This book provides a near mystical approach to architecture in a very simplistic form that anyone can understand.             The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author Richard Dawkins Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 Possibly my favorite read of all time Wow. When I finished this book, I did something I had never done before: I read the same book again. The second time through, I underlined things and scribbled thoughts on the inside covers and in the margins and wrote emails to friends about questions forming in my ...             From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (Oxford History of the United States) George C. Herring Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Well-organized & well-written; a superb history I would recommend this book simply for the bibliographical essay alone. Fortunately, there is plenty more to be found in this very readable & well-organized study of U.S. foreign relations. A book of this scope easily could have collapsed under its own weight, but ...             What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States) Daniel Walker Howe Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Well-deserved praise This book is truly deserving of the Pulitzer Prize and inclusion in the Oxford History Of the United States series.I was a bit apprehensive when picking up this massive book and deciding whether to purchase. As I randomly thumbed through the pages, every page I read ...             The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It Paul Collier Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Excellent Book Should Be Read By Everyone Concerned with Poverty Collier is a serious scholar in the world of development and here he has written a very important book. Here is the basic argument - while it sucks to be poor in countries like India, India is heading for relative prosperity. Where is really, really sucks to be poor is ...             The Invisible Constitution (Inalienable Rights) Laurence H. Tribe Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 As everyone knows, the United States Constitution is a tangible, visible document. Many see it in fact as a sacred text, holding no meaning other than that which is clearly visible on the page. Yet as renowned legal scholar Laurence Tribe shows, what is not written in the Constitution plays a key role in its interpretation. Indeed some of the ...             Massacre at Mountain Meadows Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, ... Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 A clear and dispassionate timeline strips away the myths and reveals evil In a recent radio interview one of the authors of Massacre at Mountain Meadows remarked that the book was written more like a textbook than many of the recent histories marketed for mass appeal. Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard have taken a ...             The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War Andrew J. Bacevich Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 The New American Militarism- insightful and balanced Andrew J. Bacevich's New American Militarism is an informative, insightful, methodical analysis of key influences that have created American militarism, of how it came to be as it is. It is careful delineation of the parts influencing how G. W. Bush and the current ...             St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) Saint Augustine Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Tolle, lege I've long since lost the religious fervor that led me to read Augustine's Confessions for the first time some 40 years ago. But I've never tired of re-reading it, which I do every five years or so. For in addition to being an exquisitely written prayer, it's also a ...             Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) David M. Kennedy Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 An Iluminating Book I've never read a book this long (858 pp) before for pleasure, but I found the Freedom book so illuminating. I am 87 yr old and the book covers my youth, from age 8 to 23--and oh, did I experience personally the depression and the war! It was good to fill in the ...             Atlas of the World: 15th Edition with free wall map (Atlas of the World) Oxford Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Well done! I haven't bought a new one in years. This has amazing detail and information. Glad I purchased this one. The whole office has been using it.             The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apochrapha I am involved in a Bible Study course and this Bible was recommended by our pastor who is leading the class. I have enjoyed reading the information on each book of the Bible as well as the additional information on each verse including interpretation and/or background ...             How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition David Bornstein Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Single best book I have read in past five years I read a lot, almost totally non-fiction, and for the past several years, after accidentally becoming a top Amazon reviewer on the strength of 300 reviews lifted from the annotated bibliographies of my first two books, I have been dedicated, as a hobby, to reading in ...             The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Outstanding publication The book has excellent editorial information for anyone wanting a good study text for the Hebrew bible.          products you might be interested in search for books consciousness, constitution, entrepreneurs, environmental, introduction, transformation      geepe.com    web we recommend Possibly my favorite read of all time randomly chosen VHS: Traveller