Very Short Introductions
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Jesus
$12.99 Add to cartAward-winning religious scholar Richard Bauckham here explores the historical figure of Jesus, evaluating the sources and showing that they provide us with good historical evidence for his life and te… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bauckham, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0199575274
- Language: English
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Microbiomes: A Very Short Introduction
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The term ‘microbiomes’ encapsulates an important scientific breakthrough of recent years. This is the realization that humans, other animals, and- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Douglas, Angela E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 24 2023
- ISBN10: 019887085X
- Language: English
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Genes: A Very Short Introduction
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In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Slack, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0192856707
- Language: English
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Film Music: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The first projected moving images were accompanied by music through a variety of performers–from single piano players to small or… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kalinak, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0197628036
- Language: English
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Trust: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartTrust is indispensable to our everyday lives, yet it can be dangerous. Without trusting others, we cannot function in society, or even stay alive for very long, but being overly trustful can leave us … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hawley, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0199697345
- Language: English
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The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extre… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Doyle, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198840071
- Language: English
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Music: A Very Short Introduction
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The world teems with different kinds of music–traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop–and each type of music tends to come with its own wa- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cook, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 019872604X
- Language: English
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Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis highly original introduction to ancient Greece uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. Cartledge highlights the ro… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cartledge, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: November 10 2011
- ISBN10: 0199601348
- Language: English
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Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle’s scientific researches, his discove… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #32
- Author: Barnes, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 18 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854089
- Language: English
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Hannah Arendt: A Very Short Introduction
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Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she wa- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Villa, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0198806981
- Language: English
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The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe phrase “silk road” evokes vivid scenes of merchants leading camel caravans across vast stretches to trade exotic goods in glittering Oriental bazaars, of pilgrims braving bandits and frozen mounta… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Millward, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0199782865
- Language: English
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Communism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIf now in decline since the tumultuous events of 1989, communism was without doubt the great political movement of the twentieth century–at its peak, more than a third of the world’s population lived… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Holmes, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 21 2009
- ISBN10: 0199551545
- Language: English
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The Hebrew Bible as Literature: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Hebrew Bible, or Christian Old Testament, contains some of the finest literature that we have. This biblical literature has a place not only in the synagogue or the church but also among the class… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Linafelt, Tod
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0195300076
- Language: English
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Very Short Introduction
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Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological therapy. It is not a unitary approach, but instead has evolved through a range o- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: McManus, Freda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0198755279
- Language: English
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Sleep: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhy do we need sleep? What is sleep? What happens when we don’t get enough? This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lockley, Steven W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 24 2012
- ISBN10: 019958785X
- Language: English
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Revolutions
$12.99 Add to cartFrom 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goldstone, Jack A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0199858500
- Language: English
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Organic Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOrganic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon. The ability of carbon to link together to form long chain molecules and ring compounds as well as bonding with many other elements has led to… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Patrick, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198759770
- Language: English
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental di… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gowers, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 28 2002
- ISBN10: 0192853619
- Language: English
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American Intellectual History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartLong before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0190622431
- Language: English
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Fluid Mechanics: A Very Short Introduction
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Fluid mechanics is an important branch of physics concerned with the way in which fluids, such as liquids and gases, behave when in motion an- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lauga, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0198831005
- Language: English
