Very Short Introductions
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Evil: A Very Short Introduction
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We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder. Yet sometimes e- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Russell, Luke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0198819277
- 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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Plato: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Plato’s writings, drawing the reader into Plato’s way of doing philosophy and the general themes of his thinking. It discusses… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #79
- Author: Annas, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 15 2003
- ISBN10: 019280216X
- Language: English
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Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPhysics, the fundamental science of matter and energy, encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us. Understanding the physics of o… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Perkowitz, Sidney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198813945
- Language: English
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Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVoltaire’s comment–“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”–is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find someone prepared to de… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Warburton, Nigel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199232350
- 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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Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIf you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism?
This Very Short Int- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Prichard, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0198815611
- Language: English
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Freud: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #45
- Author: Storr, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 28 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854550
- Language: English
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The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Scerri, Eric R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198842325
- Language: English
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Scepticism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThroughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest su… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pritchard, Duncan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198829167
- Language: English
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Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartDocumentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty’s pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore’s anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov’s artful Soviet pr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Aufderheide, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0195182707
- Language: English
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Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEveryone has heard of the term “pseudoscience,” typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gordin, Michael D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0190944420
- Language: English
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Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte’s short stature, as well as the other rumors an… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bell, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0199321663
- Language: English
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Federalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEarly Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Con… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rozell, Mark J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0190900059
- Language: English
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Russian History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRussia’s sheer size has made it difficult to mobilize resources and to govern effectively, especially given its harsh climate, vast and vulnerable borders, and the diversity of its people. In this Ver… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hosking, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0199580987
- Language: English
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Time: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the difference between the past and future? Until the work of Newton, these questions were purely topics of … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ismael, Jenann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0198832664
- Language: English
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Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHow have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Myers, David N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0199730989
- Language: English
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Racism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThere is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenome… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rattansi, Ali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198834799
- Language: English
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Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHow ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This Very Short Introduction discusses some of the key questions philosophy engages with. Edward Craig explores important themes in ethics, an… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Craig, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019886177X
- Language: English
