Oxford University Press
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Selected Poems
$13.95 Add to cartVerlaine ranks alongside Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Rimbaud as one of the most influential poets of late nineteenth-century France. Remarkable not only for his exquisitely crafted verse, Verlaine is a… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Verlaine, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554013
- Language: English
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The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville/The Marriage of Figaro/The Guilty Mother
$12.95 Add to cartEighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theater star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to combine with Don Quixote and D’Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But who … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron De
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199539979
- Language: English
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Oresteia
$11.95 Add to cartThe Oresteia is the only trilogy of tragedy plays to survive from Ancient Greece. Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides have established the enduring themes of Greek tragedy–the inexorable natur… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 019953781X
- Language: English
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Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated the power of pandemics and their ability not only to destroy lives locally but also to capture the imagination and terrify the world. Christian W. McMillen provide… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: McMillen, Christian W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199340072
- Language: English
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Topology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHow is a subway map different from other maps? What makes a knot knotted? What makes the Mî’Šius strip one-sided? These are questions of topology, the mathematical study of properties preserved by twi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Earl, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198832680
- Language: English
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Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one. Julia Annas gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy, emphas- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Annas, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0198805888
- Language: English
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AIA Guide to New York City
$45.99 Add to cartHailed as “extraordinarily learned” (New York Times), “blithe in spirit and unerring in vision,” (New York Magazine), and the “definitive record of New York’s architectural heritage” (Municipal Art So… [more below]
- Author: White, Norval
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: June 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0195383869
- Language: English
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Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign
$20.99 Add to cartFought amid rocks and trees, in thick blinding smoke, and under exceedingly stressful conditions, the battle for the southern slope of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 stands among the most famous and… [more below]
- Author: Desjardin, Thomas A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 29 2009
- ISBN10: 0195382315
- Language: English
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Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change
$36.99 Add to cartBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by unstable moods, negative self-image, dangerous impulsivity, and tumultuous relationships. Many people with BPD excel in academics and careers … [more below]
- Author: Porr M. a., Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: August 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0195379586
- Language: English
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All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America
$23.99 Add to cartThe birth of rock ‘n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy–one critic called it “musical riots put to a switchblade beat”–but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify… [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History (Oxford)
- Author: Altschuler, Glenn C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: December 09 2004
- ISBN10: 0195177495
- Language: English
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Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in S… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #37
- Author: Parekh, Bhikhu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854577
- Language: English
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Managing Your Mind: The Mental Fitness Guide
$25.99 Add to cartManaging Your Mind is a book for building resilience, overcoming emotional difficulties and enabling self-development. It is for any of us who wish to understand ourselves better, to be more effective… [more below]
- Author: Butler, Gillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: May 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0190866772
- Language: English
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The History of Political Thought: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThinking about politics has tended to be historical in nature because of the comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn between past and present. Different periods in politics have used the past diff… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Whatmore, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0198853726
- Language: English
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Planetary Systems: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNot long ago, the Solar System was the only example of a planetary system – a star and the bodies orbiting it – that we knew. Now, we know thousands of planetary systems, and have even been able to ob… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pierrehumbert, Raymond T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0198841124
- Language: English
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The American Judicial System: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAt some point, everyone living in the United States has some type of interaction with the American judicial system. For most, this contact is relatively minor: contesting a traffic ticket, suing or be… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Zelden, Charles L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0190644915
- Language: English
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Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSome people are cleverer than others. This everyday observation is the subject of an academic field that is often portrayed as confused and controversial, when in fact, the field of intelligence holds… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Deary, Ian J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019879620X
- Language: English
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Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator
$25.99 Add to cartSince the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until no… [more below]
- Author: Colby, Jason M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0190088362
- Language: English
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Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOpening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to the twenty-first century, this Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history, charting the evolutio… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Silverstein, Adam J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0199545723
- Language: English
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Exploration: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWe live in an age of globalization on every conceivable level, but globalization has a deeper history than politicians and pundits often allow, and nothing is more significant to its history than expl… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Weaver, Stewart A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0199946957
- Language: English
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African Religions
$12.99 Add to cartWhat are African religions? African Religions: A Very Short Introduction answers this question by examining primarily indigenous religious traditions on the African continent, as well as exploring Chr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Olupona, Jacob K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0199790582
- Language: English
