Oxford University Press
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Switched on Pop: How Popular Music Works, and Why It Matters
$28.99 Add to cartPop music surrounds us – in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist – but how often do we really hear what’s playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the epo… [more below]
- Author: Sloan, Nate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 13 2019
- ISBN10: 0190056657
- Language: English
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Number Theory: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNumber theory is the branch of mathematics that is primarily concerned with the counting numbers. Of particular importance are the prime numbers, the ‘building blocks’ of our number system. The subjec… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wilson, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198798091
- Language: English
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On Christian Teaching
$12.95 Add to cartThe De Doctrina Christiana (“On Christian Teaching”) is one of Augustine’s most important works on the classical tradition. Undertaken at the same time as the Confessions, it sheds light on the develo… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Augustine, St
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540632
- Language: English
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The Oxford Companion to Cheese
$75.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2017 James Beard Award for Reference & Scholarship
The discovery of cheese is a narrative at least 8,000 years old, dating back to the Neolithic era. Yet, after all of these thousands of- Series: Oxford Companion To… (Hardcover)
- Author: Donnelly, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 872
- Publish Date: November 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0199330883
- Language: English
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The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked banks … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kelly, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0192803913
- Language: English
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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
$16.98 Add to cartMitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are f… [more below]
- Series: Oxford Landmark Science
- Author: Lane, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: December 25 2018
- ISBN10: 0198831900
- Language: English
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Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartGeopolitics is a slippery term. From great power politics and speculation about resource scrambles, to everyday encounters and objects such as smart phones, it affects citizens, corporations, internat… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dodds, Klaus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 198830769
- Language: English
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A Latin Grammar
$21.99 Add to cartA Latin Grammar gives clear, concise, and easily understood explanations of all the key points of Latin grammar. With additional features such as a glossary of grammatical terms, a vocabulary list cov… [more below]
- Author: Morwood, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 27 2000
- ISBN10: 0198602774
- Language: English
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Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartKarl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is considered by many to have been one of the greatest writers on war. His study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as “not simply th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #61
- Author: Howard, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 16 2002
- ISBN10: 0192802577
- Language: English
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Citizenship: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartInterest in citizenship has never been higher. Politicians of all stripes stress its importance, as do church leaders, captains of industry and every kind of campaigning group–from those supporting g… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bellamy, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 30 2008
- ISBN10: 0192802534
- Language: English
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Hegel: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel’s life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some o… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #49
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 06 2001
- ISBN10: 019280197X
- Language: English
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Women’s Sports: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$16.95 Add to cartAlthough girls and women account for approximately 40 percent of all athletes in the United States, they receive only 4 percent of the total sport media coverage. SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship program… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Schultz, Jaime
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 03 2018
- ISBN10: 190657707
- Language: English
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The Bible: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Bible is one of the world’s most read and most influential books. It has provided many rules for people to live by, and has shaped our languag- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Riches, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0198863330
- Language: English
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A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible
$28.99 Add to cartThe Bible, we are constantly reminded, is the best-selling book of all time. It is read with intense devotion by hundreds of millions of people, stands as authoritative for Judaism and Christianity, a… [more below]
- Author: Swenson, Kristin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0190651733
- Language: English
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Past and Present
$8.94 Add to cartThomas Carlyle’s Past and Present (1843) was a prophetic warning of impending disaster for mid-Victorian Britain that was delivered in what the author described as a ‘miraculous thunder-voice, from ou… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Carlyle, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0198841086
- Language: English
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Weather Prediction: What Everyone Needs to Knowr
$18.95 Add to cartWeather has always affected human life. Understanding how weather events form and predicting what kind of weather is coming can help enormously to manage weather-risk and will become even more importa… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Buizza, Roberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0197652123
- Language: English
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Home: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThoughts and feelings about home traditionally provided people of all cultures with a firm sense of where they belonged, and why. But with the world rapidly changing, many of our basic notions are bec… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Fox, Michael Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198747233
- Language: English
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The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Mexican Revolution defined the sociopolitical experience of those living in Mexico in the twentieth century. Its subsequent legacy has provoked debate between those who interpret the ongoing myth … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Knight, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019874563X
- Language: English
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Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHinduism is practised by nearly eighty per cent of India’s population, and by some seventy million people outside India. In this Very Short Introduction, Kim Knott offers a succinct and authoritative … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Knott, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198745540
- Language: English
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Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
$31.99 Add to cartHere at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. Written expressly for “anyone who believes there are big questions out there… [more below]
- Author: Blackburn, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 14 1999
- ISBN10: 0192100246
- Language: English
