Very Short Introductions
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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
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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
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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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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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Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over thirteen centuries of continuous development. During that time, it has spread among the neighboring peoples – the Mongol, Himalayan, and Siberian peoples,… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kapstein, Matthew T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 25 2013
- ISBN10: 0199735123
- Language: English
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The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
$12.99 Add to cartThe conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times, a dangerous tinderbox always poised to set the Middle East aflame–and to draw the
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bunton, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01, 2013
- ISBN10: 0199603936
- Language: English
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Jung: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis is the most lucid and timely introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung available to date. Though he was a prolific writer and an original thinker of vast erudition, Jung lacked a gift for c… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #40
- Author: Stevens, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854585
- Language: English
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Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamental… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Taylor, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0199766231
- Language: English
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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate t… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gwynn, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0199595119
- Language: English
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Jesus
$12.99 Add to cartAward-winning religious scholar Richard Bauckham here explores the historical figure of Jesus, evaluating the sources and showing that they provide us with good historical evidence for his life and te… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bauckham, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0199575274
- Language: English
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Microbiomes: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The term ‘microbiomes’ encapsulates an important scientific breakthrough of recent years. This is the realization that humans, other animals, and- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Douglas, Angela E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 24 2023
- ISBN10: 019887085X
- Language: English
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Genes: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Slack, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0192856707
- Language: English
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Film Music: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The first projected moving images were accompanied by music through a variety of performers–from single piano players to small or… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kalinak, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0197628036
- Language: English
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Trust: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartTrust is indispensable to our everyday lives, yet it can be dangerous. Without trusting others, we cannot function in society, or even stay alive for very long, but being overly trustful can leave us … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hawley, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0199697345
- Language: English
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The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extre… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Doyle, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198840071
- Language: English
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Music: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The world teems with different kinds of music–traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop–and each type of music tends to come with its own wa- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cook, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 019872604X
- Language: English
