Oxford University Press
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Let the Children Play: How More Play Will Save Our Schools and Help Children Thrive
$30.99 Add to cartPlay is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is a fundamental element of the human condition. It’s the key to giving schoolchildren skills they need to succeed–s… [more below]
- Author: Sahlberg, Pasi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0190930969
- Language: English
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Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work
$34.99 Add to cartAt the root of inequality, unemployment, and populism are radical changes in the world economy. Digital technology is allowing talented foreigners to telecommute into our workplaces and compete for se… [more below]
- Author: Baldwin, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0190901764
- Language: English
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The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHere is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States–the American Revolution.
Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast o- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Allison, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 31 2015
- ISBN10: 0190225068
- Language: English
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Geometry: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof – deductive reasoning from a set of axioms – first arose. To this day geometry rema… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dunajski, Maciej
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0199683689
- Language: English
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Plague: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b
Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the ‘Plague of Justinian’ in 542, the Black D- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Slack, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198871112
- Language: English
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War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of t- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Mitchell, Jolyon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198803214
- Language: English
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Silent Film: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEncompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound in the late 1920s, the cinema’s silent era is both one… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kornhaber, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0190852526
- Language: English
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How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music
$20.99 Add to cart“There are no definitive histories,” writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, “because the past keeps looking different as the present changes.” Earlier musical … [more below]
- Author: Wald, Elijah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 019975697X
- Language: English
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Oxford Spanish Mini Dictionary
$7.95 Add to cartThis is the reissued Oxford Spanish Mini Dictionary – now in an attractive new format.
This small dictionary offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary with ove- Author: Oxford Languages
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: December 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0199692696
- Language: English
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The Winter’s Tale: The Oxford Shakespearethe Winter’s Tale
$10.95 Add to cartThe Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare’s most fully realized tragicomedy, noted for the richness and complexity of its poetry. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199535914
- Language: English
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Identity: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIdentity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Ye… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Coulmas, Florian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0198828543
- Language: English
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Modern India: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIndia is widely recognized as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world’s emerging powers, rivaling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively little about the … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jeffrey, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198769342
- Language: English
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African American Religion
$12.99 Add to cartSince the first African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in 1818, churches have gone beyond their role as spiritual guides in African American communities and have served as civic… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #397
- Author: Glaude Jr, Eddie S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 24 2014
- ISBN10: 0195182898
- Language: English
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Catiline’s Conspiracy, the Jugurthine War, Histories
$15.95 Add to cartSallust was one of the first classical historians to move beyond a dry recitation of fact to paint sharp-edged portraits of the moral and political degeneration of the Roman Republic. Sallust’s abrupt… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Sallust
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0192823450
- Language: English
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The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
$31.99 Add to cartA counterintuitive examination into how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict.
Just two decades ago, observers spoke of the US as a “hyperpower”–a- Author: Kilcullen, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 019026568X
- Language: English
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Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class
$21.99 Add to cartCampaigning for president in 1980, Ronald Reagan told stories of Cadillac-driving “welfare queens” and “strapping young bucks” buying T-bone steaks with food stamps. In trumpeting these tales of welfa… [more below]
- Author: Haney L?pez, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 01 2015
- ISBN10: 019022925X
- Language: English
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Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine
$28.99 Add to cartUsing examples from a wide variety of conflicts, Lawrence Freedman shows that successful military command depends on the ability not only to use armed forces effectively but also to understand the pol… [more below]
- Author: Freedman, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0197694578
- Language: English
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Free Will: An Opinionated Guide
$22.99 Add to cartFree Will: An Opinionated Guide offers a clear and straightforward introduction to a vexing topic, from an internationally recognized authority on free will.
What did you do a moment ago? What will yo- Author: Mele, Alfred R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0197574238
- Language: English
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Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: A Guide for Families
$29.99 Add to cartYour needs as a caregiver are just as important as those your family member with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia. This book will provide just the insight and guidance you need.
Caregiving for a loved- Author: Budson, Andrew E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0190098120
- Language: English
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Fire and Steel: The End of World War Two in the West
$40.99 Add to cartThe final volume in one of the most acclaimed works of military history of this generation.
Here is Peter Caddick-Adams’ third volume in his trilogy about the final year of the Western front in World- Author: Caddick-Adams, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0190601868
- Language: English
