Oxford Very Short Introductions (VSI)

• Author(s): Paul Westhead And Mike Wright • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: EntrepreneurshipThere has been an explosion of interest in entrepreneurs in the popular media, as well as in ...

• 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): 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): Robert Jones • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Marketing - GeneralBranding is possibly the most powerful commercial and cultural force on the planet. Iconic names such as Co...

• Author(s): Paul Bahn • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: ArchaeologyThis entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, ...

• Author(s): Smith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Chaotic Behavior in SystemsChaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject ...

• 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): 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): Anthony Storr • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: HistorySigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now,...

• 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): Steven W. Lockley | Russell G. Foster • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Health, Physical Fitness and Yoga • BISAC: SleepWhy do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when w...

• Author(s): Christopher Janaway • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernSchopenhauer is considered to be the most readable of German philosophers. This book ...

• 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): Graham Patrick • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Chemistry • BISAC: Chemistry - OrganicAbout the Book Organic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon. The ability of carbon to link together to...

• 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 ...

• 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): 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): Gloag Oliver • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Individual PhilosophersFew would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a...

• Author(s): Cohen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Judaism - GeneralIn the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram--Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and...

• 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): 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): Nicholas Cook • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The world teems with different kinds of music--traditiona...

• 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): Susan Blackmore • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Developmental - GeneralConsciousness, "the last great mystery for science," remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain crea...

• Author(s): MacDonald • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Extinction is a natural process. In geologic...

• Author(s): Isabel Thomas • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press

• 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): Richard Earl • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Topology - GeneralHow is a subway map different from other maps? What makes a knot knotted? What makes the Möbius stri...

• Author(s): John Robertson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Europe - GeneralA foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a ref...

• 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): 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): 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): 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): 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): Geraldine A Johnson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: European - GeneralBotticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Dürer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Su...

• Author(s): David Blockley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Engineering • BISAC: Civil - GeneralHave you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner? Everyth...

• 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): Monaghan John | Peter Just • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialSocial & Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction is a book that helps its readers in understan...

• 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): David Cottington • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: Movements - ModernismAs public interest in modern art continues to grow, there is a real need for a book that will engage general re...

• 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): Jim Fraser • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: CriminologyForensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profi...

• 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): 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): John Krebs • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Food Science & Technology • BISAC: Life Sciences - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction, Prof Lord John Krebs provides a brief history of human food, f...

• Author(s): Leslie Holmes • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: GeneralCorruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of fo...

• 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): 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): 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): 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): 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...

• 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): 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...

• 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): Geraldine Pinch • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyEgyptian myths articulated the core values of one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, and myths of...

• 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): Glen Van Brummelen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Geometry - DifferentialBorn of the desire to understand the workings of motions of the heavenly bodies, Trigonome...

• Author(s): John Finney • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural ResourcesWater dominates the surface of Earth and is vital to life on our planet. It is a remarkable liquid which...

• 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...