Oxford Very Short Introductions (VSI)

• 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): Simon R. Leather • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Life Sciences - Zoology - EntomologyTo date, more than a million insect species have been described, with...

• Author(s): Thomas Schultz • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: Arbitration, Negotiation, MediationVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Arbitration is a legal dispute reso...

• Author(s): Harry Sidebottom • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - GeneralGreek and Roman warfare was unlike that of any other culture before or since. The key difference is often held to be...

• Author(s): Mary Joan Winn Leith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - GeneralAbout the Book The Virgin Mary - a Jewish mother - is central to Christianity, a revered wom...

• 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...

• Author(s): Brad Inwood • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyStoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that ...

• 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...

• 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): 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...

• Author(s): Philip Ball • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Chemistry • BISAC: Chemistry - GeneralMolecules are the building blocks of matter. Using the molecules of life as a springboard, Philip Ball provides a new ...

• Author(s): Bryan Cheyette • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)About the Book For three hundred years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval ...

• Author(s): Jan Zalasiewicz • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyRanging across the 4.6 billion year history of the planet, geology is the subject that encomp...

• Author(s): Richard Tuck • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: GeneralThomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimist...

• Author(s): Sarah Harper • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: DemographyAbout the Book The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, a...

• 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): 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): Carl Abbott • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentAbout the Book City planning is a practice and a professio...

• Author(s): Walter Gratzer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: HistoryAbout the Book In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Ni...

• Author(s): David Caplan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: PoetryA leading critic explains what makes American poetry--a vast genre covering diverse styles, techniques, and form--distinctive. In this short and engag...

• Author(s): Matthew Bevis • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: HumorTo consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and...

• 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 ...

• 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): Ronert Wokler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralOne of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a...

• 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): Okasha • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsOver the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of...

• 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): 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): 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): 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): Ruthven, Malise • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Islam - HistoryIslam dominates the news, often in stories filled with images of violence. Yet these disturbing images a...

• 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): Stephen Gaukroger • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernFrench culture is unique in that philosophy has played a significant role from the earl...

• Author(s): Kathryn Kalinak • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Instruction & Study - TheoryThe rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The first proj...

• 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): Ghazoul, Jaboury • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: EcologyUnderstanding how our living environment works is essentially a study of ecological systems. Ecology is the science of...

• Author(s): Ian Goldin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentWhat do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foster de...

• 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): Richard Bradford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Mystery & Detective FictionCrime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots ...

• Author(s): Linda Woodhead • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - HistoryExploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over t...

• Author(s): Jonathan Barnes • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalThe influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual his...

• Author(s): Paul Cartledge • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceThis highly original introduction to ancient Greece uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most...

• Author(s): Peter M. Higgins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Algebra - GeneralAlgebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves ca...

• Author(s): James Yeates • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Veterinary • BISAC: Veterinary Medicine - Small AnimalEvery year billions of animals, from housecats to racehorses to pythons, are treated by veterinarians...

• 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...

• Author(s): Philip Mladenov • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Life Sciences - Marine BiologyThe oceans are our planet's most distinctive and imposing natural habitat. They cover ...

• Author(s): Mark Dodgson • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: InventionsWhat is innovation? How is innovation used in business? How can we use it to succeed? Innovation, the ways id...

• Author(s): Adrian Wilkinson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Human Resources & Personnel ManagementThe way in which organizations manage their people has always been pivotal to th...

• Author(s): Jaboury Ghazoul • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologySince the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energ...

• Author(s): D. Stephen Long • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: PhilosophyChristian ethics, writes theologian D. Stephen Long, is the pursuit of God's goodness by people "on the way" ...

• Author(s): Hugh Bowden • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceAlexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age...

• Author(s): John Pinder • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: World - EuropeanAbout the Book The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organization. On...

• Author(s): Donna Kornhaber • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Film - Genres - GeneralEncompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in ...

• Author(s): Nick Jelley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Engineering • BISAC: Power Resources - Alternative & RenewableEnergy is vital for a good standard of living, and much of the world's population does not...

• Author(s): Raymond Wacks • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Civil RightsSome would argue that scarcely a day passes without a new assault on our privacy. In the wake of the whistle-blower Edw...

• Author(s): Cottrell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - NuclearReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. Y...

• Author(s): Peter Molnar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyStudents of Earth Sciences and the physical sciences, as well as interested general and popular ...

• Author(s): Peter Hainsworth | David Robey • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: European - ItalianIn this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey consider Italian literatu...