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• Author(s): Jefferson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Poverty & HomelessnessNo one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a situation whe...

• Author(s): Richard Bradford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Mystery & Detective FictionCrime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots ...

• Author(s): Jane Feaver • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press

• Author(s): Barber • Publisher: OUP OXFORD • Publisher Imprint: OUP OXFORD

• Author(s): Ashley Jackson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFrom the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the w...

• Author(s): Peter Atkins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Mechanics - ThermodynamicsAmong the many laws of science, there are four laws that direct and constrain everything that happ...

• Author(s): Peter Holland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Animals - GeneralThe animal world is immensely diverse, and our understanding of it has been greatly enhanced by mole...

• Author(s): Gerald O'Collins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christian Education - GeneralDespite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church...

• Author(s): Jennifer T. Roberts • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: HistoriographyHailed by Cicero as "the father of history," Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a travel...

• Author(s): Trevor Bryce • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralThe history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabi...

• Author(s): Maria Rosa Antognazza • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: History & PhilosophyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a man of extraordinary intellectual creativi...

• Author(s): Samir Okasha • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyHow much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific know...

• Author(s): Michael Allen Fox • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralThoughts and feelings about home traditionally provided people of all cultures with...

• Author(s): Katharine Jenkins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: PoliticalVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringKatharine Jenkins offers an introduction to feminist ph...

• Author(s): David a. Rothery • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyFrom the rings of Saturn to the "canals" of Mars and the Great Red Dot of Jupiter, the plan...

• Author(s): Terry Eagleton • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: ReligiousThe phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or...

• Author(s): Robin Wilson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: CombinatoricsHow many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have...

• Author(s): Ben Hutchinson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Comparative LiteratureComparative Literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately l...

• Author(s): Oxford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia & Atlas

• Author(s): Pooja Kewlani • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP

• Author(s): Freda Mcmanus And Gillian Butler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: GeneralPsychology is part of everyone's experience: it influences the way we think about everything...

• Author(s): Timothy Clifton • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GravityGravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of...

• Author(s): Catherine Wilson • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalEpicureanism is commonly associated with a carefree view of life and...

• Author(s): Peter M. Higgins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: ArithmeticNumbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short In...

• Author(s): Christopher Hall • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GeneralThe study of materials is a major field of research that supports and drives innovation in technology. ...

• Author(s): Mark Maslin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: WeatherIn this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system, exploring and explaining the d...

• Author(s): Adrian Poole • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: DramaAbout the Book To your local anchorperson, the word "tragedy" brings to mind an accidental fire at a low-income apartment ...

• Author(s): Peter Coles • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Space Science - CosmologyWritten in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the crea...

• Author(s): Steger • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We live today in an interconnected w...

• Author(s): Frank Close • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Physics - NuclearNuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of ...

• Author(s): Eberhard O. Voit • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - Zoology - GeneralSystems biology came about as growing numbers of engineers and scientists from ot...

• Author(s): Ian A. Walmsley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - Optics & LightPopular science readers and students of the physical sciences, engineering, and associated fi...

• Author(s): Fitzhugh • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Sales & Selling - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Marketing is pivotal in today's world. Used for determining and satisfying the...

• Author(s): Jonathan Slack • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyThe topic of stem cells has a high profile in the media. We've made important advances in our scientific understanding, but despite ...

• Author(s): David Muir Wood • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Civil - GeneralAbout the Book Civil engineering produces the structures of all human settlements worldwide and is a vital discipline for many aspects mode...

• Author(s): David M. Gwynn • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK) • BISAC: Ancient - RomeThe rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization...

• Author(s): Nick Jenkins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural ResourcesModern societies require energy systems to provide energy for cooking, heating, transport, and material...

• Author(s): Anthony Welch • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient and ClassicalVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe epic is an ancient and universal form of artisti...

• Author(s): Rebecca Arnold • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Fashion & AccessoriesFashion is a gigantic global industry, generating some three hundred billion dollars in reve...

• Author(s): Ruthven • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: FundamentalismMalise Ruthven tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes sim today, a conclusio...

• Author(s): Stephen J. Blundell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Physics - MagnetismMagnetism is a strange force, mysteriously attracting one object to another apparently through empty space. It has been claimed as ...

• Author(s): David Seed • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Science Fiction & FantasyScience Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination o...

• Author(s): Mike Goldsmith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Engineering • BISAC: Acoustics & SoundThis Very Short Introduction explores the science of sound and its nature, hearing and harmony. Considering sou...

• Author(s): Avinash Dixit • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Economics - MicroeconomicsMicroeconomics - individuals' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms' de...

• Author(s): William Doyle • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - FranceThe French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends...

• Author(s): Radek & Singer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyUtilitarianism may well be the most influential secular ethical theory in the world tod...

• Author(s): Rodolfo Saracci • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: EpidemiologyWhat is epidemiology? What are the causes of a new disease? How can pandemics be prevented? Ep...

• Author(s): Chris Gosden • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: ReferencePrehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Austra...

• Author(s): J. Allan Hobson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: DreamsWhat is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Replacin...

• Author(s): Thomson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: FossilsAbout the Book Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the earth and the origins of all lif...

• Author(s): David Palfreyman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Administration - HigherWhat is a university? How have universities and colleges evolved over the centuries? What wi...

• Author(s): Gregory Claeys • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded a...

• Author(s): Stephen Fineman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Business EthicsThe image of a job captures our imagination from an early age, usually prompted by the question 'What do you...

• Author(s): Chris E. Cooper • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyBlood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste...

• Author(s): Michael Fairhurst • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Computer Science and Information Technology • BISAC: GeneralWe live in a society which is increasingly interconnected, in which communication between ...

• Author(s): Aiden O'Donnell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: AnesthesiologyHow does anesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anesthetist know if you are r...

• Author(s): Nancy A. Pachana • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Developmental - Adulthood & AgingAgeing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age. In our younger y...

• Author(s): Stephen J. Davis • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: MonasticismMonasticism is a social and religious phenomenon which originated in antiquity and which still remains rele...

• Author(s): Ian Reader • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: SpiritualityPilgrimage is found in most religious cultures, with large numbers of sites - from globally renowned places to r...

• Author(s): David Cottington • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: History - 20th & 21st CenturyFor over a hundred years, the idea of the "avant-garde" has been perhaps the most important and inf...