Very Short Introductions
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The American South: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century. The American South: A Very Short Introduction explores … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wilson, Charles Reagan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: January 1, 2021
- ISBN10: 0199943516
- Language: English
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Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAbout the Series: Oxford’s Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects–from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, and Literary Theory to Histor… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Freeland, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: December 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0192804634
- Language: English
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American History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story of our nation. Ranging from the earliest Native Ameri… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Boyer, Paul S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 13 2012
- ISBN10: 019538914X
- Language: English
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Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartConsciousness, “the last great mystery for science,” remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could con… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Blackmore, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0198794738
- Language: English
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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as a succinct guide to the integration of Buddhism into daily life. What are the distinctive featu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Keown, Damien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0199663831
- Language: English
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Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to millions of fans thousands of miles awa- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Steger, Manfred B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0192886193
- Language: English
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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a corresp- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Greenhouse, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 0197689469
- Language: English
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The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the “Scientific Revolution.” New ideas and discoveries not only redef… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Principe, Lawrence M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 19 2011
- ISBN10: 0199567417
- Language: English
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Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBeauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Scruton, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 08, 2011
- ISBN10: 0199229759
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as “eternal… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bayne, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0198754965
- Language: English
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Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
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Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, and by the fear that in a Godle- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Blackburn, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198868103
- Language: English
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The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Brain: A Very Short Introduction provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: O’Shea, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 16, 2006
- ISBN10: 0192853929
- Language: English
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Literary Theory
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this new edition of his highly popular Very Short Introduct… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Culler, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0199691347
- Language: English
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Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWitchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all. Indeed, from childhood most of us develop some mental image of a witch–usually an old woman, mysterious and malignant. But why do witches still feature… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gaskill, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 20 2010
- ISBN10: 019923695X
- Language: English
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Magic: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMagic is a much-used term with a complex and controversial history. As a concept and a practice, it has attracted the attention of theologians, anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists, artists, a
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Davies, Owen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 20, 2012
- ISBN10: 0199588023
- Language: English
