Oxford Very Short Introductions (VSI)

• Author(s): Richard English • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: International Relations - Arms ControlWarfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the ...

• Author(s): Klaus Dodds • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: GeopoliticsGeopolitics is a slippery term. From great power politics and speculation about resource scrambles, to everyd...

• 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...

• Author(s): Stanley Wells • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: ShakespeareIn this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to ...

• 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): Alan Winfield • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Computer Science and Information Technology • BISAC: RoboticsAbout the Book Robotics is a key technology in the modern world, a well-established part of m...

• Author(s): Joachim Whaley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Europe - GermanyVoltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. ...

• Author(s): Minogue Kenneth • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: ReferenceIn this provocative but balanced essay, Kenneth Minogue discusses the development of politics from the a...

• Author(s): David Bender • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Diet & Nutrition - NutritionAbout the Book Nutrition is a topic of wide interest and importance. In spite of growing und...

• Author(s): Dorrik Stow • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - HydrologyThe importance of the oceans to life on Earth cannot be overstated. Liquid water covers more th...

• Author(s): Richard Bauckham • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christian Theology - ChristologyTwo billion people today identify as Christians, with the implication that Jesus is th...

• 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): Andrew Robinson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralAbout the Book Genius is the name we give to a quality of work that transcends fashion, ...

• 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): Marina Warner • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologyFrom wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to gia...

• 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): John Heskett • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: GeneralJohn Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our break...

• 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...

• 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): 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): Ronald De Sousa • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: EmotionsAlthough there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's most rewardi...

• 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): 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): John H. Arnold • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: HistoriographyThere are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our ...

• 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): 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): Baggini, Julian • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: EthicsAtheism is often considered to be a negative or pessimistic belief which is characterized by a rejection of value...

• 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...

• Author(s): Christopher Butler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernPostmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade....

• 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): Russell G. Foster • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Life Sciences - Anatomy & PhysiologyThe earth's daily rotation affects just about every living creature. From ...

• Author(s): Paul Strohm • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralFrom Cicero and Augustine through the middle ages and into the Reformation, this Very Short I...

• 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): Tristram D. Wyatt • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyHow animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new m...

• Author(s): Paul Luna • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: GeneralTypography, the art of designing printed words, was once the domain of an elite few artists but has become an area with which millio...

• Author(s): Malcolm Gaskill • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Witchcraft (See Also Religion - Wicca)Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kin...

• Author(s): William H. Brock • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Chemistry - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction, William H Brock traces the unique appeal of this fundamental science throughout hi...

• 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): Stephen Lovell | Stephen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Russia - GeneralAlmost twenty years after the Soviet Unions' end, what are we to make of its existence? W...

• Author(s): Miller David • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: PoliticalThis Introduction introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy: authority, democracy, freedom and i...

• Author(s): Christopher S. Browning • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Security (National & International)The subject of international security is never out of the headlines. The sub...

• 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...

• Author(s): Fisher • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: EnvironmentalEnvironmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the loc...

• Author(s): Brian Charlesworth Charlesworth • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - EvolutionLess than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was...

• 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...

• Author(s): Stephen Smith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Environmental EconomicsEnvironmental economics can be controversial, but it is also central to some key policy issues facing government...

• Author(s): Terrell Carver • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: PoliticalIt is by no means absurd to say that Engels invented Marxism. His work did more than Marx to make converts...

• Author(s): Goddard & Wilson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Banks & BankingBanks are of central importance for economic growth, the allocation of capital, competitiveness, and financia...

• Author(s): William Allan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralPresenting a range of material from both Greek and Latin literature, William Allan illustrates the variety and sophisti...

• Author(s): David C. Catling • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Physics - AstrophysicsAstrobiology is the study of the origin and development of life on this and other planets. What fascinates people about astrobiolog...

• 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): Marlene Zuk • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyWhat is responsible for the differences between the sexes in so many animals, from the brilliant...

• 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): 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): 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): Robert Segal • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialWhere do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Ver...

• Author(s): Haselgrove • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionWhat is learning? How does it take place? What happens when it goes wrong? The topic ...

• 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): 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): Usha Goswami • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Developmental - ChildThis Very Short Introduction provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible guide to modern...