Very Short Introductions
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The Maya: A Very Short Introduction
$13.99 Add to cartThe Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas — and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Restall, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0190645024
- Language: English
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Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goldstone, Jack A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0197666302
- Language: English
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American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn 1607, Powhatan teenager Pocahontas first encountered English settlers when John Smith was brought to her village as a captive. In 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment gave women the constit… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ware, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199328331
- Language: English
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Astrophysics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAstrophysics is the physics of the stars, and more widely the physics of the Universe. It enables us to understand the structure and evolution of planetary systems, stars, galaxies, interstellar gas, … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Binney, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198752857
- Language: English
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The Koran: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Cook provides … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #13
- Author: Cook, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 15 2000
- ISBN10: 0192853449
- Language: English
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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSavage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their re… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #94
- Author: Cunliffe, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2003
- ISBN10: 0192804189
- Language: English
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Spinoza
$12.99 Add to cartFather of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a visi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Scruton, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 29 2002
- ISBN10: 0192803166
- Language: English
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Creativity: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to other people, contribute to shared culture, build an- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Glăveanu, Vlad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198842996
- Language: English
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Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMost people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and plea… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Atkins, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199683972
- Language: English
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The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWelfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Garland, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199672660
- Language: English
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Liberalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartLiberalism is one of the most central and pervasive political theories and ideologies, yet it is subject to different interpretations as well as misappropriations. Its history carries a crucial herita… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Freeden, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199670439
- Language: English
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Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEnvironmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques…. [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Fisher, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198794185
- Language: English
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North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhen Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, an… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Perdue, Theda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0195307542
- Language: English
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Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartForensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that happened 20 years ago? In forensic science, a criminal … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Fraser, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198834411
- Language: English
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The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe study of the Quaternary ice age has revolutionized ideas about Earth system change and the pace of landscape and ecosystem dynamics. The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction looks at evidence from t… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Woodward, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199580693
- Language: English
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Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the latest fossil finds. Although concentrating on the fossil evidence for human e… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wood, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 0198831749
- Language: English
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World Music: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe term ‘world music’ encompasses both folk and popular music across the globe, as well as the sounds of cultural encounter and diversity, sacred voices raised in worship, local sounds, and universal… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bohlman, Philip V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198829140
- Language: English
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The Conquistadors
$12.99 Add to cartWith startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the wor… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Restall, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0195392299
- Language: English
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The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text.
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- Author: Coogan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 28 2008
- ISBN10: 0195305051
- Language: English
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Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWith his well-known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner’s introduction to the philosopher’s life… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #34
- Author: Tanner, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854143
- Language: English
