Very Short Introductions
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The Gulag: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartA vast system of prisons, camps, and exile settlements, the Gulag was one of the defining attributes of the Stalinist Soviet Union and one of the most heinous examples of mass incarceration in the twe… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Barenberg, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0197548229
- Language: English
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Ritual: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRitual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sources of value and meaning larger than th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stephenson, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 25 2015
- ISBN10: 0199943524
- Language: English
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The Trojan War
$12.99 Add to cartThe Iliad, Homer’s epic tale of the abduction of Helen and the decade-long Trojan War, has fascinated mankind for millennia. Even today, the war inspires countless articles and books, extensive archa… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0199760276
- Language: English
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Humanism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPeople of faith often argue that without God, there can be no morality. Indeed, without religion, our lives are left without meaning and are likely to degenerate into moral chaos. In this Very Short I… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Law, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0199553645
- Language: English
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Circadian Rhythms: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Read moreThe earth’s daily rotation affects just about every living creature. From dawn through to dusk, there are changes in light, temperature, humidity, and rainfall. However, these changes are regular, rhy… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Foster, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 0198717687
- Language: English
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The Blues: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPraised as “suave, soulful, ebullient” (Tom Waits) and “a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian” (New York Times Book Review), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wald, Elijah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0195398939
- Language: English
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Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction, Joseph Dan, one of the world’s leading authorities on Jewish mysticism, offers a concise and highly accurate look at the history and character of the various sy… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dan, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 04 2007
- ISBN10: 0195327055
- Language: English
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Chaos: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartChaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behavior, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-s… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Smith, Lenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 16 2007
- ISBN10: 0192853783
- Language: English
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 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]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0190644982
- Language: English
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Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction
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T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher and social and cultural theorist. His work has come to be seen as increasingly relevant to und- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bowie, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0198833865
- Language: English
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Education: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSince the early Egyptians human beings have formalised the business of learning, setting up a designated environment of some form to pass knowledge and learning on to groups of students. In this secon… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Thomas, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198859082
- Language: English
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Philosophical Method: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress? Is it in competition with science, or doing something completely different, or neither?
Timothy Williamson- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Williamson, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198810008
- Language: English
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Biogeography: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBiogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life – ranging from genetic, morphological and behavioural variation among regional populations of a species, to geographic … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lomolino, Mark V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198850069
- Language: English
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The Middle Ages: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduction, Miri Rubin provides an exploration of the variety, change, dynamism, and… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rubin, Miri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199697299
- Language: English
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Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor many of us, the term ‘medieval philosophy’ conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval phil… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Marenbon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019966322X
- Language: English
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Angels
$12.99 Add to cartIn this lively and concise Very Short Introduction, David Albert Jones provides a crisp, broad-ranging survey of angels in theology, philosophy, and popular culture. Focusing on Judaism, Christianity,… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jones, David Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0199547300
- Language: English
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Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Read moreEpidemiology plays an all-important role in many areas of medicine, from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, to documenting the impact of diet, the environment, and e… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Saracci, Rodolfo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 05 2010
- ISBN10: 019954333X
- Language: English
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Autism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Ev… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #195
- Author: Frith, Uta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199207569
- Language: English
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Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOriginating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein in the four decades around the turn of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy establishe… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Beaney, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0198778023
- Language: English
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Agriculture: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAgriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Without it we would sta… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Brassley, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198725965
- Language: English
