Oxford University Press
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History
$20.99 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]
- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190659181
- Language: English
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A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History’s Most Orthodox Empire
$23.99 Add to cartWeird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity. According to Voltaire, it re… [more below]
- Author: Kaldellis, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0190625945
- Language: English
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Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America’s World War II Military
$42.99 Add to cartThe first comprehensive narrative of racism in America’s World War II military and the resistance to it.
America’s World War II military was a force of unalloyed good. While saving the world from Nazi- Author: Guglielmo, Thomas A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0195342658
- Language: English
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Insects: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartTo date, more than a million insect species have been described, with probably at least another 5-8 million species waiting in the wings for a name. Insects are a fascinatingly diverse and beautiful s… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Leather, Simon R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0198847041
- Language: English
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Spreading Hate: The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism
$36.99 Add to cartSpreading Hate examines the evolution of the white power movement around the world, explaining its appeal and the threat it poses as well as many failures.
The modern white power movement is now a glo- Author: Byman, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0197537618
- Language: English
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How the Light Gets in: Writing as a Spiritual Practice
$23.99 Add to cart“When I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait.” With that insight, Pat Schneider invites readers to contemplate their live… [more below]
- Author: Schneider, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0199933987
- Language: English
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The American West: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPart geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Aron, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0199858934
- Language: English
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Environmental Politics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEnvironmental politics has many faces and operates at multiple scales: it preoccupies individuals as well as governments, drives local agreements as well as international treaties, results in minor bu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dobson, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199665575
- Language: English
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The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical practice, ranging from the distant past to the present. Historian Jacqueline Stedall shows that mathema… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stedall, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0199599688
- Language: English
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Weather: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impacts our lives on a daily basis. Although new techniques allow us to forecast the weather… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dunlop, Storm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0199571317
- Language: English
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Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic
$42.99 Add to cartIn Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer of 2009, when Iranians poured into the streets of Te… [more below]
- Author: Axworthy, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199322260
- Language: English
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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfter surviving the fifth century fall of the Western European Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe for a thousan… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Sarris, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199236119
- Language: English
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Nothing: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis short, smart book tells you everything you need to know about “nothing.” What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space–“nothing”–exist? To answer these questions, eminent scie… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0199225869
- Language: English
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Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartJohn Calvin was born only a few years before the Christian church in Europe was plunged into the chaos of the Protestant Reformation. To Calvin, the only thing that mattered was correcting God’s churc… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Balserak, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198753713
- Language: English
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Algebra: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAlgebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves calculations featuring given numbers, to problems where some quantities are unknown. Now, it stands as a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Higgins, Peter M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0198732821
- Language: English
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Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartUtilitarianism may well be the most influential secular ethical theory in the world today. It is also one of the most controversial. It clashes, or is widely thought to clash, with many conventional m… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: de Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0198728794
- Language: English
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The English Language: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today?
In this Very Short Introduction- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Horobin, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 25 2018
- ISBN10: 0198709250
- Language: English
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
$56.00 Add to cartIn this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers’ Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repre… [more below]
- Series: History of NYC
- Author: Wallace, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1196
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0195116356
- Language: English
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
$21.99 Add to cartCurry serves up a delectable history of Indian cuisine, ranging from the imperial kitchen of the Mughal invader Babur to the smoky cookhouse of the British Raj.
In this fascinating volume, the first a- Author: Collingham, Lizzie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0195320018
- Language: English
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Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould
$47.99 Add to cartWhen Mikhail Baryshnikov defected in Toronto in 1974, he admitted that he knew only three things about Canada: It had great hockey teams, a lot of wheatfields, and Glenn Gould.
In Wondrous Strange, Ke… [more below]- Author: Bazzana, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 12 2005
- ISBN10: 0195182464
- Language: English
