Very Short Introductions
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Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartClinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental health care across the world. The essence of the discipline is the creative application of the knowledge base of psychology to the unique… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Llewelyn, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0198753896
- Language: English
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French Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIt is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until World War 1, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompas… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Andrew, Dudley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0198718616
- Language: English
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Buddha: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn this valuable introduction, Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give us about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusse… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #41
- Author: Carrithers, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: June 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854534
- Language: English
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The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the adve… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Allen, Robert C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198706782
- Language: English
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Locke: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartJohn Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowl… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #84
- Author: Dunn, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: July 31 2003
- ISBN10: 0192803948
- Language: English
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Decadence: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe history of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de si鐵le Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyond. The decline of Rome provides the pattern for bot… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Weir, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0190610220
- Language: English
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Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMarriage has not always meant just one man and one woman. For much of human history, over much of the globe, the most common alternative was polygamy: marriage involving more than one spouse. Polygamy… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pearsall, Sarah M. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0197533175
- Language: English
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The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor three hundred years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe. In the nineteenth-century it was a free-floating concept which travelled to Ea… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cheyette, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198809956
- Language: English
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American Business History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBy the early twentieth century, it became common to describe the United States as a “business civilization.” President Coolidge in 1925 said, “The chief business of the American people is business.” M… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Friedman, Walter A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0190622474
- Language: English
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Languages: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHow many languages are there? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? In this Very Short Introduction, eminent linguist Stephen Anderson addresses such questi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Anderson, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0199590591
- Language: English
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Causation
$12.99 Add to cartCausation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Without it, there would be no science or technology. There would be no moral responsibility either, as none of our thoughts would be conne… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Mumford, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 019968443X
- Language: English
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International Security: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartInternational security is never out of the headlines. War and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and revisionist states remain central to the discussion, but concerns such … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Browning, Christopher S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199668531
- Language: English
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Napoleonic Wars have an all-important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries, they provided the stimulu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rapport, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0199590966
- Language: English
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Rivers: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRivers have acted as cradles for civilization and agents of disaster; a river may be a barrier or a highway, it can support trade and sediment, culture and conflict. This Very Short Introduction is a … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Middleton, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0199588678
- Language: English
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Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAs the founder of Islam, a religion with over one billion followers, Muhammad is beyond all doubt one of the most influential figures in world history. But learning about his life and understanding hi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Brown, Jonathan A. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0199559287
- Language: English
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Drugs: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and metal illnesses…. [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Iversen, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198745796
- Language: English
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Innovation: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is innovation? How is innovation used in business? How can we use it to succeed?
Innovation, the ways ideas are made valuable, plays an essential role in economic and social development, and is a- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dodgson, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198825048
- Language: English
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African Politics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfrica is a continent of 54 countries and over a billion people. However, despite the rich diversity of the African experience, it is striking that continuations and themes seem to be reflected across… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Taylor, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198806574
- Language: English
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Gravity: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartGravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of being the oldest, weakest, and most difficult force to quantize. Understanding gravity is not o… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Clifton, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198729146
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAlexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age of 32, twelve years later. During his reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the lar… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bowden, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0198706154
- Language: English
