Oxford Very Short Introductions (VSI)

• Author(s): David Wallace • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PoetryOriginally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why do poets, translator...

• Author(s): Lowrie • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: GeneralGeophysics is the physics of the Earth. Central to the Earth Sciences today, it encompasses areas such as seismology, volca...

• Author(s): Leslie Iversen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Drug GuidesThe twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the ...

• Author(s): Alan Whiteside • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: AIDS & HIVIn 2008 it was believed that HIV/AIDS was without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the B...

• Author(s): Nicholas P. Money • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - MycologyFungi perform a variety of essential functions in ecosystems, and are important to both a...

• Author(s): Paul Langford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Ve...

• Author(s): Stillman Drake • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: HistoryIn a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and co...

• Author(s): Jeremy Moon • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Business EthicsCorporate social responsibility has been defined as 'the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on soci...

• Author(s): John H. Holland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsThe importance of complexity is well-captured by Hawking's comment: "Complexity is th...

• Author(s): Henry Chadwick • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: ReligiousBy his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influe...

• Author(s): Joseph T. Glatthaar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - United StatesAbout the Book Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of Europea...

• Author(s): Kenneth Morgan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Australia & New Zealand - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to...

• Author(s): Jack A. Goldstone • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK) • BISAC: Violence in SocietyFrom 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. In their pursuit of so...

• Author(s): Lyman Tower Sargent • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThere are many debates about what constitutes a utopia. Are utopias benign or dangerous? I...

• 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): Kelly • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - RomeThe Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Medit...

• Author(s): Heilbron, J. L. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: HistoryHow does the physics we know today - a highly professionalized enterprise, inextricably linked to government and i...

• Author(s): Jacqueline Stedall • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: History & PhilosophyThis Very Short Introduction explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathe...

• Author(s): Vyse, Stuart • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Popular CultureDo you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat...

• Author(s): David J. Hand • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Probability & Statistics - GeneralStatistical ideas and methods underlie just about every aspect of modern life. F...

• Author(s): King, Andrew • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyEvery atom of our bodies has been part of a star. In this lively and compact introduction, astrophy...

• Author(s): Philip Sheldrake • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: SpiritualityIt is a striking aspect of contemporary western culture that, alongside a decline in traditional religious...

• Author(s): Mary Jo Hatch • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: HistoryThe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period h...

• Author(s): Copson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: AtheismUntil the modern period the integration of church (or other religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for gr...

• Author(s): Richard Toye • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: RhetoricRhetoric was once an essential part of western education. Aristotle wrote an important treatise on it and Demosthenes r...

• Author(s): Tom Burns, Edited By Lundgren • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Psychotherapy - GeneralPsychotherapy and counselling are now widely available to help people overcome ...

• Author(s): Daniel Pick • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Psychotherapy - PsychoanalysisSince its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the m...

• Author(s): John Haigh • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Probability & Statistics - Regression AnalysisMaking good decisions under conditions of uncertainty requires a sound ...

• Author(s): Perkowitz • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GeneralPhysics, the fundamental science of matter and energy, encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to ...

• Author(s): Peter Adamson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: ReligiousIn the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosop...

• Author(s): Williamson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralWhat are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress?...

• Author(s): Bayne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: PhilosophyWhat is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociolog...

• Author(s): Antonopoulos • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: CriminologyFor many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday e...

• Author(s): Steger, Roy • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Conservatism & LiberalismVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Anchored in ...

• Author(s): Steven Grosby • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThroughout history, humanity has borne witness to the political and moral challenges t...

• Author(s): Stephen Mumford • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: MetaphysicsMetaphysics is traditionally one of the four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epi...

• 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): Jonathan K. Foster • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionMemories are an integral part of being human. They haunt us, we cherish them,...

• Author(s): Delia Davin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Political Process - GeneralA giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patri...

• Author(s): Michael Freeden • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Conservatism & LiberalismLiberalism is one of the most central and pervasive political ...

• Author(s): Keith Grint • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Political Process - GeneralNapoleon. Bill Gates. George W. Bush. Osama bin Laden. Leaders and leadership are perennial topics o...

• Author(s): Patrick Gardiner • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernScholars have largely misunderstood Soren Kierkegaard, remembering him chiefly in connec...

• Author(s): Norman Solomon • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Judaism - HistoryNormon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demon...

• 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 ...

• Author(s): Ashish Rajadhyaksha • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Film & VideoOne film out of every five made anywhere on earth comes from India. From its beginnings under co...

• Author(s): Stephen Law • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: AtheismPeople of faith often argue that without God, there can be no morality. Indeed, without religion, our lives are left with...

• Author(s): Davies, Jamie A. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Physiology is the science of life, an...

• Author(s): Leslie Klenerman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: AnatomyA vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first...

• Author(s): Peter Singer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kin...

• Author(s): Inwood, Michael • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernMartin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title...

• Author(s): Green, Nile • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Christianity - Catholic - GeneralThis book presents the first comprehensive survey of the multiple versions of Islam propagated across geog...

• 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...

• Author(s): Andrew Dobson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Public Policy - Environmental PolicyEnvironmental politics has many faces and operates at multiple scales: it preocc...

• Author(s): Jonathan Bate • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshA renowned critic, biographer, and Shakespeare scholar, Jonathan Bate provides in this Very Sho...

• Author(s): Joseph M. Siracusa • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralDiplomatic history explores the management of relations between nation-states by the process of neg...

• Author(s): Tacchi, Mary Jane; Scott, Jan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Psychopathology - DepressionWhat is depression? What is bipolar disorder? How are they diagnosed and h...

• Author(s): Kimberley Reynolds • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Children's & Young Adult LiteratureThis Very Short Introduction provides a lively and comprehensive discussion of chi...

• Author(s): Stephen Mumford & Rani Lill Anjum • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyCausation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Withou...

• Author(s): Damien Keown • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryThis Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as...

• Author(s): Michael Carrithers • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryIn this valuable introduction, Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conf...