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The Avant Garde (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David Cottington
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• 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...
View full detailsBestsellers (VSI): Very Short Introduction
John Sutherland
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• Author(s): John Sutherland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralLady Chatterley's Lover. The Blue Lagoon. Portnoy's Complaint. The Da Vinci Code. For the last century, the tastes an...
View full detailsRacism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Ali Rattansi
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• Author(s): Ali Rattansi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: DiscriminationThere is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular f...
View full detailsThe Short Story: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Kahn
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• Author(s): Andrew Kahn • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)What defines a modern short story is much more than a question of length. Despite the efforts of ea...
View full detailsMedical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Tony Hope
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• Author(s): Tony Hope • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: EthicsThe issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas lik...
View full detailsAnthropocene: A Very Short Introduction
Erle C. Ellis
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• Author(s): Erle C. Ellis • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyThe proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on t...
View full detailsThe Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
Mcmahon, Robert J.
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• Author(s): Mcmahon, Robert J. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Cold War dominated international life from ...
View full detailsKhandit Akhyan: Bharatiya Jantantra mein Adrishya Log
Narayan Badri
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• Author(s): Narayan Badri • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: World - AsianAbout the Book There are two ways of looking at democracy. One is the view of the state, policymakers, an...
View full detailsNew Broadway Literature Reader 6 (Edn 2018)
Meera Srinivas
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• Author(s): Meera Srinivas • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
Ancient Egyptian Art And Architecture (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christina Riggs
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• Author(s): Christina Riggs • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: History - Ancient & ClassicalFrom Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art f...
View full detailsFamily Law (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Herring
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• Author(s): Jonathan Herring • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Family Law - ChildrenWhat is a family? What makes someone a parent? What rights should children have? Family Law: A...
View full detailsThe British Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
Martin Loughlin
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• Author(s): Martin Loughlin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: ConstitutionalVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The British constitution is regarded as unique among th...
View full detailsA Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
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• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular play, particularly as a first introduction to...
View full detailsIdeology (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Freeden
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• Author(s): Freeden • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralIdeology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both r...
View full detailsInformation (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Luciano Floridi
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• Author(s): Luciano Floridi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Computer EngineeringAbout the Book We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what info...
View full detailsHume (VSI): Very Short Introduction
James A. Harris
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• Author(s): James A. Harris • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernDavid Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the gr...
View full detailsNazi Germany (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jane Caplan
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• Author(s): Jane Caplan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - GermanyAny consideration of the 20th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Nazi Germany, an extraordinary regime whi...
View full detailsClinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Llewelyn Et Al
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• Author(s): Llewelyn Et Al • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Clinical PsychologyClinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental health care across the world. The e...
View full detailsMeasurement (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David J. Hand, David J.
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• Author(s): David J. Hand | David J. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: AppliedMeasurement is a fundamental concept that underpins almost every aspect of the modern world. It is c...
View full detailsThe Welfare State (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David Garland
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• Author(s): David Garland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareWelfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balanc...
View full detailsThe Future (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jennifer M. Gidley
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• Author(s): Jennifer M. Gidley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Future StudiesFrom the beginning of time, humans have been driven by both a fear of the unknown and a curiosity t...
View full detailsQuantum Theory (VSI): Very Short Introduction
John Polkinghorne
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• Author(s): John Polkinghorne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - Quantum TheoryQuantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a l...
View full detailsNothing (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Frank Close
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• Author(s): Frank Close • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Movements - ExistentialismWhat is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exi...
View full detailsSpartans (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew J. Bayliss
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• Author(s): Andrew J. Bayliss • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. E...
View full detailsMathematical Analysis (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Richard Earl
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• Author(s): Richard Earl • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Numerical AnalysisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, sharp, inspiring The 17th-century calculus of Newton and Leibniz...
View full detailsThe History Of Medicine (VSI): Very Short Introduction
William Bynum
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• Author(s): William Bynum • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: HistoryAgainst the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classi...
View full detailsKeynes (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Robert Skidelsky
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• Author(s): Robert Skidelsky • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Social Scientists & PsychologistsJohn Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is a central thinker of the twentieth century, not just an econ...
View full detailsThe Gothic (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Nick Groom
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• Author(s): Nick Groom • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Gothic & RomanceThe Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and ...
View full detailsBarthes (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Culler
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• Author(s): Jonathan Culler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryRoland Barthes (1915-80) was an 'incomparable enlivener of the literary mind' whose lifelong fasc...
View full detailsSport (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Mike Cronin
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• Author(s): Mike Cronin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sports and Physical Fitness • BISAC: Social HistorySport is one of the largest industries in the world and the global reach of major sporting events is enor...
View full detailsChemistry (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Peter Atkins
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• Author(s): Peter Atkins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Chemistry • BISAC: Chemistry - GeneralMost people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but un...
View full detailsThe Spanish Civil War (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Helen Graham
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• Author(s): Helen Graham • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - SpainThis Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores i...
View full detailsMedieval Literature (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Elaine Treharne
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• Author(s): Elaine Treharne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: MedievalLooking at literature from Medieval Britain and Ireland, including Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman poetry, prose and dr...
View full detailsWeather (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Storm Dunlop
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• Author(s): Storm Dunlop • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: WeatherFrom deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impac...
View full detailsPublic Administration (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Theodoulou & K. Roy, Roy Ravi K.
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• Author(s): Theodoulou & K. Roy | Roy Ravi K. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Public Affairs & AdministrationPublic administration ensures the development and deliver...
View full detailsEarth System Science (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Tim Lenton
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• Author(s): Tim Lenton • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kind...
View full detailsConcentration Camps (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Stone
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• Author(s): Stone • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Jewish - GeneralConcentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare and one that is important to...
View full detailsBig Data (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Holmes
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• Author(s): Holmes • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Computer Science and Information Technology • BISAC: Computer ScienceSince long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by d...
View full detailsTheodor Adorno (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Bowie
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• Author(s): Andrew Bowie • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher a...
View full detailsCharles Dickens (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jenny Hartley
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• Author(s): Jenny Hartley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Literary FiguresCharles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is widely r...
View full detailsBritish Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Dana Arnold
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• Author(s): Dana Arnold • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: CriticismBritish Architecture: A Very Short Introduction presents an original and engaging overview of the arch...
View full detailsComputer Science (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Subrata Dasgupta
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• Author(s): Subrata Dasgupta • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Computer Science and Information Technology • BISAC: Computer ScienceOver the past sixty years, the spectacular growth of the technologies associated w...
View full detailsMoons (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David A. Rothery
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• Author(s): David A. Rothery • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyAbout the Book Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planet...
View full detailsJames Joyce (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Colin Maccabe
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• Author(s): Colin Maccabe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template ...
View full detailsThe Crusades (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Tyerman
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• Author(s): Christopher Tyerman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - GeneralWith flair and originality, Christopher Tyerman presents a clear and lively discussion of the Crusades, bringing ...
View full detailsLakes (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Warwick F. Vincent
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• Author(s): Warwick F. Vincent • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - LimnologyFrom the mysterious depths of Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tropical floodplain lakes, inl...
View full detailsGlaciation (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David J. A. Evans
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• Author(s): David J. A. Evans • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyVast, majestic, and often stunningly beautiful, glaciers lock up some 10% of the world's ...
View full detailsMultilingualism: A Very Short Introduction
John C. Maher
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• Author(s): John C. Maher • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Communication StudiesThe languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, a...
View full detailsNuclear Power (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Maxwell Irvine
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• Author(s): Maxwell Irvine • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Engineering • BISAC: Physics - NuclearWith the world desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gases--a desire compounded by the sky-rocke...
View full detailsMicroscopy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Terence Allen
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• Author(s): Terence Allen • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Microscopes & MicroscopyMicroscopy is a dynamic area of science, incorporating both basic classroom microscopes an...
View full detailsThe Brics (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Fenton Cooper
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• Author(s): Andrew Fenton Cooper • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralIn the wake of the post-Cold War era, the aftermath of 9/11, the 2008 global f...
View full detailsHumour (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Noël Carroll
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• Author(s): Noël Carroll • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: GeneralHumour is a universal feature of human life. It has been discovered in every known human culture, and thinkers have discussed...
View full detailsOn the Nature of the Universe
Lucretius
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• Author(s): Lucretius • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient and ClassicalThis is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexam...
View full detailsIslamic History: A Very Short Introduction
Adam J. Silverstein
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• Author(s): Adam J. Silverstein • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Islam - HistoryOpening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to the twenty-first ...
View full detailsWittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
A C Grayling
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• Author(s): A C Grayling • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on ...
View full detailsAfrican History: A Very Short Introduction
Parker
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• Author(s): Parker • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Africa - GeneralThis Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented, both...
View full detailsGlobal Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
Allen, Robert C.
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• Author(s): Allen, Robert C. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Economic HistoryWhy are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, global income differences were small, but disparities have gro...
View full detailsWorld War II: A Very Short Introduction
Worl War Ii Vsi
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• Author(s): Worl War Ii Vsi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThe enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led peopl...
View full detailsThe Bible: A Very Short Introduction
John Riches
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• Author(s): John Riches • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Bible is one of the world's most read and m...
View full detailsAnalytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Beaney
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• Author(s): Beaney • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Movements - AnalyticOriginating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein ...
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