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• 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): James Binney • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - AstrophysicsAstrophysics is the physics of the stars, and more widely the physics of the Universe. It enables us t...

• 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): Strevens • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: TimeWhy do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into...

• 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): Graham Priest • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: LogicLogic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• Author(s): Meera Srinivas • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press

• 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...

• 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...

• Author(s): Marta Wayne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Infectious DiseasesVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Infectious disease is a moving targe...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...