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Master of Rome: A Life of Julius Caesar
$29.99 Add to cartBy any measure, Julius Caesar is one of the most significant and famous figures in Roman history. Self-identified as a “popular” politician, he advocated for effective government to better the lives o… [more below]
- Author: Potter, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0190867183
- Language: English
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Prince Among Slaves (Anniversary)
$21.99 Add to cartIn this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship’s surgeon as the son of an African king who had saved his … [more below]
- Author: Alford, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 19 2007
- ISBN10: 019532045X
- Language: English
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Anthony Trollope: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Anthony Trollope is among the best-loved novelists in the English language. His strongly drawn characters and skilful plots are compelling, while- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Birch, Dinah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192845624
- Language: English
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Sophocles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian. Placi- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192897802
- Language: English
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Jorge Luis Borges: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartJorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) is one of the most influential literary figures of the twentieth century. His short stories, poems, essays, and translations explore Argentine mythology, mysticism, phil… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0197761380
- Language: English
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Measure for Measure: The New Oxford Shakespeare
$8.99 Add to cart‘Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.’
Can one life be measured against another? Can a woman’s body be measured against a man’s life? Can consensual sex be measured against rape? Measure for Mea- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0192865862
- Language: English
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John Williams: A Composer’s Life
$39.99 Add to cartThe first biography of a great American composer of the cinema age
John Williams is one of the most important film composers of all time, having almost singlehandedly revived the Hollywood symphonic s- Author: Greiving, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0197620884
- Language: English
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Healing Self-Injury: A Compassionate Guide for Parents and Other Loved Ones
$24.99 Add to cartSubtle scars disappearing up a shirt sleeve, unexplained bruises, burn marks. As many as one out of every four young people engage in non-suicidal self-injury, defined as the deliberate destruction of… [more below]
- Author: Whitlock, Janis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0199391602
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom
$13.99 Add to cart‘I was at one of those periods in youth–vacant, without any particular love object–when, like a lover seeing his beloved in all things, we desire, we seek, we see Beauty everywhere.’
In the Shadow o- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Proust, Marcel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0192845675
- Language: English
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Mary Wollstonecraft: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Mary Wollstonecraft is widely hailed as the mother of modern feminism. The book that made her famous, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, is a w… [more below]- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Clery, E. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0192862561
- Language: English
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Futurism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
From the motorcar to the radio, modern technology radically transformed urban life by the first decade of the twentieth century. As one of Western- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Merjian, Ara H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192871005
- Language: English
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Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPentecostalism is arguably the most vibrant and rapidly growing religious movement of the 20th century, circling the globe in less than 25 years. Characterized by speaking in tongues, miracles, televi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kay, William K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 22 2011
- ISBN10: 0199575150
- Language: English
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Letters of a Peruvian Woman
$11.95 Add to cartOne of the most popular novels of the eighteenth century, the Letters of a Peruvian Woman recounts the story of Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, who is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brut… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Graffigny, Françoise de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0199208174
- Language: English
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Faith: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
What is faith? It usually means religious belief, and sometimes diverse religions are grouped together as ‘faiths’, with reference to ‘faith leader… [more below]- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Trigg, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0192849263
- Language: English
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Lost Decade: The Us Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power
$31.99 Add to cartLost Decade is an essential guide for understanding the historic shift to Asia-centric geopolitics and its implications for America’s present and future.
Across the political spectrum, there is wide a- Author: Blackwill, Robert D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0197677940
- Language: English
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Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War
$36.99 Add to cartA gripping account of the Soviet victories of 1944
The year 1944 was the turning point of World War Two, and nowhere was this more evident than on the Eastern Front. For three years, following the ons- Author: Dimbleby, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0197765319
- Language: English
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Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction
$36.99 Add to cartA gripping account of the Soviet victories of 1944
The year 1944 was the turning point of World War Two, and nowhere was this more evident than on the Eastern Front. For three years, following the ons- Author: Dimbleby, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0197765319
- Language: English
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Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings
$29.99 Add to cart“Steven Rogelberg knows more about how to improve meetings than anyone on earth.” – Adam Grant, PhD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the TED podca… [more below]
- Author: Rogelberg, Steven G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0197641873
- Language: English
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Psycholinguistics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
This Very Short Introduction to psycholinguistics is an accessible and engaging description of how people use language. Talking and understanding- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ferreira, Fernanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0192886770
- Language: English
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Julius Caesar: The New Oxford Shakespeare
$9.99 Add to cart‘Cry “havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war’
Set against the backdrop of a nation breaking out into civil war, Julius Caesar raises questions of governance, power, tyranny, and enslavement. This New Ox- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0192872664
- Language: English
