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9 Book

Not Just for the Boys

Why We Need More Women in Science
Athene Donald
Oxford UP, 2023
8 Book

Wreckonomics

Why It's Time to End the War on Everything
Ruben Andersson and David Keen
Oxford UP, 2023
9 Book
Ben Shneiderman
Oxford UP, 2022
7 Book

Winning at the Acquisition Game

Tools, Templates, and Best Practices Across the M&A Process
Timothy J. Galpin
Oxford UP, 2020
9 Book

The Poetry and Music of Science

Comparing Creativity in Science and Art
Tom McLeish
Oxford UP, 2019
8 Book

Disaster by Choice

How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards into Catastrophes
Ilan Kelman
Oxford UP, 2020
8 Book

The Smart Neanderthal

Bird Catching, Cave Art & the Cognitive Revolution
Clive Finlayson
Oxford UP, 2019
8 Book

Kidnap

Inside the Ransom Business
Anja Shortland
Oxford UP, 2019
8 Book
Sarah Harper
Oxford UP, 2019
9 Book

The Elephant in the Brain

Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Jihad and Death

The Global Appeal of Islamic State
Olivier Roy
Oxford UP, 2017
7 Book

Beyond Sunni and Shia

The Roots of Sectarianism in a Changing Middle East
Frederic Wehrey
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Israeli National Security

A New Strategy for an Era of Change
Charles D. Freilich
Oxford UP, 2018
7 Book

No Illusions

The Voices of Russia's Future Leaders, with a New Introduction
Ellen Mickiewicz
Oxford UP, 2014
9 Book

Future Politics

Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech
Jamie Susskind
Oxford UP, 2018
7 Book

Orbán

Hungary’s Strongman
Paul Lendvai
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

End of an Era

How China’s Authoritarian Revival Is Undermining Its Rise
Carl Minzner
Oxford UP, 2018
9 Book

Near Abroad

Putin, the West and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus
Gerard Toal
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

The Third Revolution

Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
Elizabeth C. Economy
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Counter-Revolution

Liberal Europe in Retreat
Jan Zielonka
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Searching for Boko Haram

A History of Violence in Central Africa
Scott MacEachern
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Yemen Endures

Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia
Ginny Hill
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

False Dawn

Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
Steven A. Cook
Oxford UP, 2017
9 Book
Isaiah Berlin
Oxford UP, 2002
9 Book

Leading Professionals

Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas
Laura Empson
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

Refuge

Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World
Paul Collier and Alexander Betts
Oxford UP, 2017
9 Book

Strategy

A History
Lawrence Freedman
Oxford UP, 2013
8 Book
Martin E. P. Seligman et al.
Oxford UP, 2016
7 Book

Iran

What Everyone Needs to Know
Michael Axworthy
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

Our Time Has Come

How India Is Making Its Place in the World
Alyssa Ayres
Oxford UP, 2018
9 Book

The Real North Korea

Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
Andrei Lankov
Oxford UP, 2014
9 Book
Duncan Green
Oxford UP, 2016
9 Book

The Death of Expertise

The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
Tom Nichols
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

Failed

What the "Experts" Got Wrong about the Global Economy
Mark Weisbrot
Oxford UP, 2015
9 Book

Gaia

A New Look at Life on Earth
James Lovelock
Oxford UP, 2000
7 Book

The Audit Society

Rituals of Verification
Michael Power
Oxford UP, 1999