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Hamilton: The Energetic Founder
$19.98 Add to cartIn Hamilton: The Energetic Founder, R. B. Bernstein provides a thorough history that reveals Hamilton’s status as one of the key founding fathers of the United States.
Hamilton: The Energetic Founder- Author: Bernstein, R. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0190081988
- Language: English
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American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFew Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Maisel, L. Sandy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0197605117
- Language: English
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Film Noir: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFilm noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s–shadowy, blac… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Naremore, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0198791747
- Language: English
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Lord Jim
$6.95 Add to cartLord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman–“as unflinching as a hero in a book”–who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-shi… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Conrad, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199536023
- Language: English
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
$8.95 Add to cartHow would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott’s droll and delightful “romance of many dimensions” explores this conundrum in the experienc… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Abbott, Edwin A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 15 2008
- ISBN10: 019953750X
- Language: English
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Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMetaphysics is traditionally one of the four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is an area that continues to attract and fascinate many people, even though it is… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Mumford, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0199657122
- Language: English
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Phineas Redux
$11.95 Add to cartThe fourth of Trollope’s Palliser novels, Phineas Redux is one of his most spellbinding achievements. Trollope shows a remarkably prescient sense of the importance of intrigue, bribery, and sexual sca… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Trollope, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: December 17 2011
- ISBN10: 019958348X
- Language: English
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O Pioneers!
$9.94 Add to cartO Pioneers!, Willa Cather’s second novel, tells the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to save their Nebraska farm. Cather’s placement of a strong and capable woman at the center of the story, he… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Cather, Willa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199552320
- Language: English
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Marx: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartKarl Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories have shaped and directed political, economic, and social thought for 150 years. Considering Marx’s life and impact, re… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198821077
- Language: English
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American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis fast-paced narrative charts the history of the US Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama p… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0199394768
- Language: English
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Daphnis and Chloe
$12.95 Add to cartLongus’s romance tells the story of two teenagers, Daphnis and Chloe, who love each other but do not know how to make love. Around their predicament Longus weaves a fantasy which entertains and instru… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Longus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 04 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554951
- Language: English
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Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe eleven countries of Southeast Asia are diverse in every way, from the ethnicities and religions of their residents to their political systems and levels of prosperity. These nations–Myanmar, Thai… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rush, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 14 2018
- ISBN10: 0190248769
- Language: English
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The Art of Rhetoric
$14.95 Add to cartFor all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies…
Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive work- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2018
- ISBN10: 019872425X
- Language: English
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The Count of Monte Cristo
$13.95 Add to cartOne of the most exciting and best-loved novels of all time, The Count of Monte Cristo is a timeless tale of endurance, courage, and revenge. Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dant? i… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Dumas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1136
- Publish Date: May 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0199219656
- Language: English
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Timaeus and Critias
$12.95 Add to cart‘The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.’
Timaeus, one of Plato’s acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its conten- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0192807358
- Language: English
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Condensed Matter Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThere are many more states of matter than just solid, liquid, and gas. Examples include liquid crystal, magnet, glass, and superconductor. New states are continually, and unexpectedly, being discovere… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: McKenzie, Ross H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0198845421
- Language: English
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Oedipus the King and Other Tragedies: Oedipus the King, Aias, Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus
$14.95 Add to cartOedipus the King * Aias * Philoctetes * Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the centuries. I- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0192806858
- Language: English
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Ethnomusicology
$12.99 Add to cartEthnomusicologists believe that all humans, not just those we call musicians, are musical, and that musicality is one of the essential touchstones of the human experience. This insight raises big ques… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rice, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0199794375
- Language: English
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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Intr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Greenhouse, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0190079819
- Language: English
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version
$120.00 Add to cartFor over 50 years students, professors, clergy, and general readers have relied on The New Oxford Annotated Bible as an unparalleled authority in Study Bibles. This fifth edition of the Annotated, thu… [more below]
- Author: Coogan, Michael
- Binding: Leather
- Page Count: 2416
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0190276096
- Language: English
