Very Short Introductions
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The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram–Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and his Covenant, Abraham would become the patriarch of three of the world’s major religion… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cohen, Charles L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0190654341
- Language: English
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Negotiation: A Very Short Introduction
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Everyone negotiates. Whenever any person, company, or country needs someone else to accomplish something, they must negotiate. Negotiation is- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Menkel-Meadow, Carrie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 22 2022
- ISBN10: 198851405
- Language: English
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Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe oceans are our planet’s most distinctive and imposing natural habitat. They cover 71 percent of its surface; support a remarkably diverse and exquisitely adapted array of life forms, from microsco… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Mladenov, Philip V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019884171X
- Language: English
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Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartToday it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Clapham, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198706162
- Language: English
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Samurai: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Read moreThe idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wert, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 0190685077
- Language: English
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World War II: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come to be that there was a Seco… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Weinberg, Gerhard L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2014
- ISBN10: 019968877X
- Language: English
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Economics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHere Partha Dasgupta, an internationally recognized authority in economics, presents readers with a solid introduction to its basic concepts, including efficiency, equity, sustainability, dynamic equi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dasgupta, Partha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0192853457
- Language: English
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The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the “New Negro” movement, a social and political phenomenon that promot… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wall, Cheryl A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0199335559
- Language: English
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Islam: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIslam dominates the news, often in stories filled with images of violence. Yet these disturbing images are at odds with a faith that most adherents–who now number over a billion worldwide–would rega… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ruthven, Malise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: March 21 2012
- ISBN10: 0199642877
- Language: English
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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartQuantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our unders… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #69
- Author: Polkinghorne, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 29 2002
- ISBN10: 0192802526
- Language: English
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Democracy: A Very Short Introduction
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Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed — the demos — have a say in gov- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Zack, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0192845063
- Language: English
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History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThere are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold’s addition to Ox… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Arnold, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 15 2000
- ISBN10: 019285352X
- Language: English
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Zionism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartZionism is the nationalist movement affirming Jewish people’s right to self-determination through the establishment of a Jewish national state in its ancient homeland. It is one of the most controvers… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stanislawski, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0199766045
- Language: English
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Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWith a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, Japanese literature is infused from its beginnings with written traditions from around the globe, while ever evolving in its own particular expressiv… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Tansman, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0199765251
- Language: English
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The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMusic has been examined from multiple perspectives: as a product of human history, for example, or a product of human culture. But there is also a long tradition, intensified in recent decades, of thi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Margulis, Elizabeth Hellmuth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0190640154
- Language: English
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Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThroughout history, humanity has borne witness to the political and moral challenges that arise when people place national identity above allegiance to geo-political states or international communitie
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Grosby, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 03, 2005
- ISBN10: 0192840983
- Language: English
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Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fasc
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Morales, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 09, 2007
- ISBN10: 0192804766
- Language: English
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Decolonization: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMillions of Africans, Asians, and other peoples were the subjects of colonial rule by overseas empires through the mid-twentieth century. By the end of the century, however, nearly all of these people… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kennedy, Dane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0199340498
- Language: English
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African American History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be an American? The story of the African American past demonstrates the difficulty of answering this seemingly simple question. If being “American” means living in a land of freed… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Holloway, Jonathan Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0190915153
- Language: English
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Logic: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartLogic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this concepti… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Priest, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 26 2017
- ISBN10: 0198811705
- Language: English
