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• Author(s): David Wallace • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest ...

• Author(s): Oxford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia & Atlas

• Author(s): Colin Swatridge • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Writing - CompositionHow do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offe...

• Author(s): Belinda Jack • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: LiteracyToday many people take reading for granted, but we remain some way off from attaining literacy for the global human population. And whilst we think W...

• Author(s): William Bynum • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: HistoryAgainst the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classi...

• Author(s): Nowell-Smith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismCinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural li...

• Author(s): Edited By Hamilton & Noel-Tod • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralThis impressive volume provides over 1,500 thoroughly revised and updated entries on modern poets a...

• Author(s): Eaton Richard M. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Islam - HistorySpanning some twenty-five years of research and writing, the essays in this volume fall into two categories: historiog...

• Author(s): Bernard Wood • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - EvolutionThis Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in t...

• Author(s): Veronique Mottier • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Human Sexuality (see also Social Science - Human Sexuality)Is our sexuality a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have views...

• Author(s): Vlad Glaveanu • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralAbout the Book Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For thousands of years humanit...

• Author(s): R. S. Sharma • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History

• Author(s): Kevin Passmore • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Fascism & TotalitarianismWhat is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard...

• Author(s): Oxford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia & Atlas

• Author(s): Gadgil M ; Guha R • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralAbout the Book This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological histo...

• Author(s): Jenann Ismael • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GeneralAbout the Book What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is...

• Author(s): John Bowker • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: AgnosticismWho or what is God? How do different religions interpret His existence? How can we know God? Many people believe in God, not just throughout histor...

• Author(s): Sara Hawker • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP

• Author(s): Goh Cheng Leong • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General BooksThis second edition of Certificate Physical and Human Geography has been carefully crafted to meet the needs of students preparing for comp...

• Author(s): Richard Passingham | Richard • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Cognitive ScienceUp to the 1960s, psychology was deeply under the influence of behaviourism, which focu...

• Author(s): Simon Glendinning • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Movements - DeconstructionJacques Derrida, the French philosopher, developed his critical technique known as 'deconst...

• Author(s): Bimal Krishna Matilal | Jonardon Ganeri • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: EasternThe unifying motif of Bimal Krishna Matilalas work is the study of rational traditions i...

• Author(s): Eric R Scerri • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Chemistry • BISAC: Chemistry - AnalyticThe periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical ...

• Author(s): Robin Attfield • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyEnvironmental ethics is a relatively new branch of philosophy, which studies the values and...

• Author(s): Oxford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology

• Author(s): Noorani A.G. | A.G. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UPAbout the Book On March 23, 1931, Singh and two associates were hanged, the culmination of the Lahore Conspiracy Case, one of the most controversial, and notori...

• Author(s): Simon Blackburn • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Our self-image as moral, well-beh...

• Author(s): SONIA RELIA • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia & Atlas

• Author(s): Essi Viding • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Forensic PsychologyAbout the Book Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination. N...

• Author(s): Valerian Rodrigues • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralAmbedkar's Political Philosophy is a critical exploration of the political theory...

• Author(s): Robin Wilson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Number TheoryNumber theory is the branch of mathematics that is primarily concerned with the counting numbers. Of particular importance are the prime numbers...

• Author(s): Khosla Madhav • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: World - Middle Easternराष्ट्र-राज्य के काल में नागरिकता से जुड़े आयामों पर एक ठोस समझ की ज़रूरत हर नागरिक के लिए आवश्य...

• Author(s): Peter K Smith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Developmental - AdolescentAdolescence is a turbulent period to live through and a time of importance and concern to pa...

• Author(s): Andrew Robinson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Writing/Research Methods • BISAC: LiteracyWithout writing, there would be no records, no history, no books, and no emails. Writing is an integral and es...

• Author(s): Mathews • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralLinguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries a...

• Author(s): John Scott • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanA consistent best-seller, the wide-ranging and authoritative Dictionary of Sociology was first published in 1994 and contains more than 2,500 ...

• Author(s): Austin Granville • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: ConstitutionalTHE INDIAN CONSTITUTION (OIP): Cornerstone of A Nation (Classic Reissue)

• Author(s): Ian B. Wilkinson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health SciencesUnique among medical texts, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine is a complete and concise guide to the core ar...

• Author(s): Ian J. Deary • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionSome people are cleverer than others. This everyday observation is the subject of a...

• Author(s): Daniel M. Haybron • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: GeneralHappiness is an everyday term in our lives, and most of us strive to be happy. But defining happiness can be d...

• Author(s): Frank Close • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Movements - ExistentialismWhat is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exi...

• Author(s): Uta Frith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum DisordersWhat causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown ...

• Author(s): Tom Burns • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Clinical PsychologyPsychiatry is an endlessly controversial endeavour, incorporating emotively-charged questions over the ...

• 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): Webster John C.B • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - HistoryThe Christian community in India emerged from an Indian rather than a foreign or an imperial con...

• Author(s): Dana Arnold • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: European - GeneralArt history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture and the other visual arts. In this Very Short Introd...

• Author(s): Simon Horobin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeThe English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. B...

• Author(s): Virginia Berridge • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Public HealthPublic health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the nat...

• 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): 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): Catriona Kelly • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Russian & SovietThis book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literat...

• Author(s): Sen Amartya • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP"[The] best book on famine available--important theoretical perspective, good case-study material. "--Barbara D. Miller, Cornell University "Embodies the best traditio...

• Author(s): Christopher Butler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Movements - ModernismModernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art and literature, from Fauvism, Cubi...

• Author(s): Singh Khushwant • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralFirst published in 1963, this remains the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the Sikhs. The new edition...

• Author(s): Michael Hoskin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: HistoryAbout the Book This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to th...