Very Short Introductions
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The Epic: A Very Short Introduction
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The epic is an ancient and universal form of artistic expression. Storytellers around the globe have long told of heroes who are touched by greatne… [more below]- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Welch, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0198795122
- Language: English
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction
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J.R.R. Tolkien was the author of two of the most extraordinary, most original, and most popular books of the twentieth century: The Hobbit, and T- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Townend, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 26 2024
- ISBN10: 019288204X
- Language: English
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Feminist Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
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Katharine Jenkins offers an introduction to feminist philosophy, giving the reader an idea of what it is, why it is important, and how to think abo… [more below]- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jenkins, Katharine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 24 2025
- ISBN10: 0192858076
- Language: English
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Authoritarianism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAuthoritarianism is one of the buzzwords of our age. But what is it exactly? This Very Short Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the world of authoritarian regimes, including military, s… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Loxton, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0192872699
- Language: English
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Sylvia Plath: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSylvia Plath is one of the most influential and iconic American writers of the twentieth century, popular with academic and general audiences alike. Plath, who died at age 30, left behind a body of wo… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Clark, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0198841477
- Language: English
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The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cart- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Huq, Aziz Z.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 04 2024
- ISBN10: 197657427
- Language: English
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Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction
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Physiology is the science of life, and sets out to understand how living things work and what makes them distinct from the non-living. It consider- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Davies, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198869886
- Language: English
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Myth: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhere do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean?
In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These appr- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Segal, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0198724705
- Language: English
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Psychopathy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPsychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination. Newspaper column inches have been devoted to murderers with psychopathic features, and we also encounter psychopath… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Viding, Essi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198802269
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOver the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science. Covering some of science’s most divisive topics, such as philosophical issu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Okasha, Samir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019880699X
- Language: English
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Foucault: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBorn in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gutting, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198830785
- Language: English
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Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction
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In the last few years global awareness of climate change has grown very rapidly – through the school strikes led by Greta Thunberg, groups like Ex- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Maslin, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0198867867
- Language: English
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The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
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The Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But how did the conflict begin? Why- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: McMahon, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198859546
- Language: English
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Music and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instruments to today’s digital playback devices.
This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Katz, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0199946981
- Language: English
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Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartStoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-or… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Inwood, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198786662
- Language: English
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Global Economic History
$12.99 Add to cartWhy are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, global income differences were small, but disparities have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. In this Very Short Introduction, Rob… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #282
- Author: Allen, Robert C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0199596654
- Language: English
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Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Zimmermann, Jens
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0199685355
- Language: English
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The History of Astronomy
$12.99 Add to cartThis is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babyl… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hoskin, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: July 31 2003
- ISBN10: 0192803069
- Language: English
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Surveillance: A Very Short Introduction
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Surveillance permeates every aspect of our lives today. Once a more limited and often remote aspect of social life, today surveillance is cen- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lyon, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0198796846
- Language: English
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Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSociolinguistics deals with the social life of language, language in its sociocultural context. It is a branch of linguistics that looks less at the shape or sound of words–morphology or phonology–a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Edwards, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0199858616
- Language: English
