Very Short Introductions
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSigned on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treat… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0190644982
- Language: English
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Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b
T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher and social and cultural theorist. His work has come to be seen as increasingly relevant to und- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bowie, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0198833865
- Language: English
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Education: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSince the early Egyptians human beings have formalised the business of learning, setting up a designated environment of some form to pass knowledge and learning on to groups of students. In this secon… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Thomas, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198859082
- Language: English
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Philosophical Method: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress? Is it in competition with science, or doing something completely different, or neither?
Timothy Williamson- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Williamson, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198810008
- Language: English
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Biogeography: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBiogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life – ranging from genetic, morphological and behavioural variation among regional populations of a species, to geographic … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lomolino, Mark V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198850069
- Language: English
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The Middle Ages: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduction, Miri Rubin provides an exploration of the variety, change, dynamism, and… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rubin, Miri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199697299
- Language: English
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Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor many of us, the term ‘medieval philosophy’ conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval phil… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Marenbon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019966322X
- Language: English
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Angels
$12.99 Add to cartIn this lively and concise Very Short Introduction, David Albert Jones provides a crisp, broad-ranging survey of angels in theology, philosophy, and popular culture. Focusing on Judaism, Christianity,… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jones, David Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0199547300
- Language: English
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Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEpidemiology plays an all-important role in many areas of medicine, from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, to documenting the impact of diet, the environment, and e… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Saracci, Rodolfo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 05 2010
- ISBN10: 019954333X
- Language: English
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Autism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Ev… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #195
- Author: Frith, Uta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199207569
- Language: English
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Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOriginating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein in the four decades around the turn of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy establishe… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Beaney, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0198778023
- Language: English
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Agriculture: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAgriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Without it we would sta… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Brassley, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198725965
- Language: English
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Demography: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other places influences not only a person’s life chances, … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Harper, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0198725736
- Language: English
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Human Anatomy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartA vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting. But the basic construction of the human body – the skeleto… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Klenerman, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0198707371
- Language: English
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Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIndia has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions.
In this intriguing introduction to I- Series: Very Short Introductions #47
- Author: Hamilton, Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: June 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0192853740
- Language: English
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Egyptian Myth
$12.99 Add to cartEgyptian myths articulated the core values of one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, and myths of deities such as Isis and Osiris influenced contemporary cultures and became part of the … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pinch, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 143
- Publish Date: July 08 2004
- ISBN10: 0192803468
- Language: English
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Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartTo many in the West, Orthodoxy remains shrouded in mystery, an exotic and foreign religion that survived in the East following the Great Schism of 1054 that split the Christian world into two camps–C… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Siecienski, A. Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0190883278
- Language: English
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Nanotechnology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is Nanotechnology and how will it affect us? Nanobots, nanoprobes, nanoswarms, nanogenes the list goes on. Nanotechnology is a staple of science fiction and has a rather chequered history when it… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Moriarty, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0198841108
- Language: English
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Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat fa… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Siracusa, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198860536
- Language: English
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Global Islam: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis book presents the first comprehensive survey of the multiple versions of Islam propagated across geographical, political, and cultural boundaries during the era of modern globalization. Showing h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Green, Nile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0190917237
- Language: English
