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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2013
Modern War: A Very Short Introduction
Modern War: A Very Short Introduction
Richard English
Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences...
  • Год издания: 2013
American Politics: A Very Short Introduction
American Politics: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Valelly
American politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American de...
  • Год издания: 2002
Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction
Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Tuck
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English political philosopher, and his book Leviathan...
  • Год издания: 2012
Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel Freeman
Are we born with our fears or do we learn them? Why do our fears persist? What purpose does anxiety...
  • Год издания: 2013
Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
David Catling
Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. A...
  • Год издания: 2010
Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
David Canter
Lie detection, offender profiling, jury selection, insanity in the law, predicting the risk of re-of...
  • Год издания: 2005
Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction
Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction
David Cottington
Public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of the Tate...
  • Год издания: 2012
Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
David Wood
Civil engineering has made an inestimable contribution to modern life, providing the crucial experti...
  • Год издания: 2001
Paul: A Very Short Introduction
Paul: A Very Short Introduction
E. Sanders
Missionary, theologian, and religious genius, Paul is one of the most powerful human personalities i...
  • Год издания: 2005
Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction
Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction
Eleanor Nesbitt
The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is ranked as the world's f...
  • Год издания: 2008
Statistics: A Very Short Introduction
Statistics: A Very Short Introduction
David Hand
Statistical ideas and methods underlie just about every aspect of modern life. From randomized clini...
  • Год издания: 2012
Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction
Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction
Ennis Edmonds
From its obscure beginnings in Jamaica in the early 1930s, Rastafari has grown into an international...
  • Год издания: 2006
The Great Depression & the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction
The Great Depression & the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction
Eric Rauchway
The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the -Am...
  • Год издания: 2000
Descartes: A Very Short Introduction
Descartes: A Very Short Introduction
Tom Sorell
Descartes is perhaps best known for his statement, "Cogito, ergo sum, " the cornerstone of his metap...
  • Год издания: 2014
Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction
Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction
Timothy Rice
Ethnomusicologists believe that all humans, not just those we call musicians, are musical, and that...
  • Год издания: 2010
North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction
North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction
Theda Perdue
When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were...