Very Short Introductions
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Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIf you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism?
This Very Short Int- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Prichard, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0198815611
- Language: English
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Freud: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #45
- Author: Storr, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 28 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854550
- Language: English
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The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Scerri, Eric R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198842325
- Language: English
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Scepticism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThroughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest su… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pritchard, Duncan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198829167
- Language: English
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Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartDocumentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty’s pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore’s anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov’s artful Soviet pr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Aufderheide, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0195182707
- Language: English
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Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEveryone has heard of the term “pseudoscience,” typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gordin, Michael D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0190944420
- Language: English
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Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte’s short stature, as well as the other rumors an… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bell, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0199321663
- Language: English
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Federalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEarly Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Con… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rozell, Mark J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0190900059
- Language: English
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Russian History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRussia’s sheer size has made it difficult to mobilize resources and to govern effectively, especially given its harsh climate, vast and vulnerable borders, and the diversity of its people. In this Ver… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hosking, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0199580987
- Language: English
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Time: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the difference between the past and future? Until the work of Newton, these questions were purely topics of … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ismael, Jenann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0198832664
- Language: English
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Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHow have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Myers, David N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0199730989
- Language: English
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Racism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThere is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenome… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rattansi, Ali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198834799
- Language: English
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Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHow ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This Very Short Introduction discusses some of the key questions philosophy engages with. Edward Craig explores important themes in ethics, an… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Craig, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019886177X
- Language: English
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Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is knowledge? How does it differ from mere belief? Do you need to be able to justify a claim in order to count as knowing it? How can we know that the outer world is real and not a dream?
Questio- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Nagel, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 01 2014
- ISBN10: 019966126X
- Language: English
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Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAny consideration of the 20th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Nazi Germany, an extraordinary regime which dominated European history for 12 years, and left a legacy that still echo… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Caplan, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198706952
- Language: English
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Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartChristian ethics, writes theologian D. Stephen Long, is the pursuit of God’s goodness by people “on the way” to a city not built by human hands. The cultivation of practical wisdom that comes from div… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Long, D. Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0199568863
- Language: English
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Mathematical Analysis: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, sharp, inspiring
The 17th-century calculus of Newton and Leibniz was built on shaky foundations, and it wasn’t until the 18th and 19th centuries that mathematician- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Earl, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 22 2023
- ISBN10: 019886891X
- Language: English
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Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like fair healthcare distribution, are rarely out of today’s media. This area of eth… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hope, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198815603
- Language: English
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The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAgainst the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times, through the scholastic medieval traditio… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #191
- Author: Bynum, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 24 2008
- ISBN10: 019921543X
- Language: English
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Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Anchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world’s most dominant economic paradigm. It has bee- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Steger, Manfred B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198849672
- Language: English
