Oxford University Press
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The Homeric Hymns
$12.95 Add to cartMost people are familiar, at least by repute, with Homer’s two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but few are aware that other poems survive that were attributed to Homer in ancient times. The Ho… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Crudden, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: October 19 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554757
- Language: English
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The Communist Manifesto
$6.95 Add to cartRegarded as one of the most influential political tracts ever written, The Communist Manifesto serves as the foundation document of the Marxist movement. This summary of the Marxist vision is an incis… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Marx, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 15 2008
- ISBN10: 019953571X
- Language: English
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Organic Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOrganic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon. The ability of carbon to link together to form long chain molecules and ring compounds as well as bonding with many other elements has led to… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Patrick, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198759770
- Language: English
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The Ancient Celts
$34.99 Add to cartFierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World. They were the archetypal barbarians from the north and were feared by both Greeks and Romans. F… [more below]
- Author: Cunliffe, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 0198752938
- Language: English
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Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s
$25.99 Add to cartIn the mid 1930s, North America’s Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster’s classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 19… [more below]
- Author: Worster, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: September 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0195174887
- Language: English
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental di… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gowers, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 28 2002
- ISBN10: 0192853619
- Language: English
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The Language Hoax
$16.98 Add to cartJapanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark and light blue. Does this mean that Russians perceive these colors differently from Japanese people? Does langu… [more below]
- Author: McWhorter, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 190468890
- Language: English
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The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014
$25.99 Add to cartIn his last years as president of the United States, an embattled George Washington yearned for a time when his nation would have “the strength of a Giant and there will be none who can make us afraid… [more below]
- Series: Oxford History of the United States
- Author: Herring, George C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: February 20 2017
- ISBN10: 0190212470
- Language: English
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American Intellectual History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartLong before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0190622431
- Language: English
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Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
$20.99 Add to cartThe updated paperback edition of HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about “hate speech vs. free speech,” showing that the First Amendment approach promotes free speech and d… [more below]
- Series: Inalienable Rights
- Author: Strossen, Nadine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0190089008
- Language: English
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Fluid Mechanics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b
Fluid mechanics is an important branch of physics concerned with the way in which fluids, such as liquids and gases, behave when in motion an- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lauga, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0198831005
- Language: English
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$14.99 Add to cart“No president since the founders has done more to shape the character of American government,” notes Alan Brinkley in this magnificent biography of America’s thirty-second president. “And no president… [more below]
- Author: Brinkley, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: December 30 2009
- ISBN10: 0199732027
- Language: English
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The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this V… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Guy, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199674728
- Language: English
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Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPsychology is part of everyone’s experience: it influences the way we think about everything from education and intelligence, to relationships and emotions, advertising and criminality. People readily… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: McManus, Freda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199670420
- Language: English
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Oceans: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe importance of the oceans to life on Earth cannot be overstated. Liquid water covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface and, in past geological time, has spread over 85%. Life on Earth began in … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stow, Dorrik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0199655073
- Language: English
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Oxford Dictionary of English
$65.00 Add to cartThe foremost single volume authority on the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of English is at the forefront of language research, focusing on English as it is used today. It is informed by the … [more below]
- Series: Oxford Dictionary of English
- Author: Oxford Languages
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 2112
- Publish Date: October 19 2010
- ISBN10: 0199571120
- Language: English
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Leucippe and Clitophon
$13.95 Add to cartAchilles Tatius’ Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risqu? of the five “Greek novels” of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from the time of the Roman empire. Stretching the … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Tatius, Achilles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555478
- Language: English
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Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds
$13.95 Add to cartThis narrative of events between the years 1173 and 1202–as recorded by Jocelin of Brakelond, a monk who lived in the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, in the region of West Suffolk–affords many unique ins… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Jocelin of Brakelond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554935
- Language: English
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Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
$23.99 Add to cartIn this gripping chronicle of America’s struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled wi… [more below]
- Author: Ferling, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: April 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0195382927
- Language: English
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Oxford American Large Print Dictionary
$26.95 Add to cartNow in an affordable, convenient paperback edition, The Oxford American Large Print Dictionary offers visually impaired readers a vibrant language reference of the highest quality. In addition to soli… [more below]
- Author: Oxford University Press
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1456
- Publish Date: November 13 2008
- ISBN10: 0195371259
- Language: English
