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Over the past two decades, India has emerged as a rising power with growing economic capabilities and increased military prowess. Engaging the Worl...

Education and Society: Themes, Perspectives, Practices concerns itself with the social issues and contexts that underpin education and learning in ...

The Towards Freedom series is an endeavour to document the years leading to Independence. It goes beyond the overtly political activities of the ti...

Water, Peace and War

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age ...

The study of materials is a major field of research that supports and drives innovation in technology. Using modern scientific techniques, material...

The Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduction, Miri Rubin provides...

Presenting a range of material from both Greek and Latin literature, William Allan illustrates the variety and sophistication of these works. He sh...

This Very Short Introduction provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible guide to modern child psychology, from birth to early adolescenc...

Hormones are vital to the workings of the body, and while many people are aware of what hormones do, few have an appreciation of the nature and imp...

At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this Very Short Introduction offers an imp...

What is a family? What makes someone a parent? What rights should children have? Family Law: A Very Short Introduction gives the reader an insight ...

Have you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner? Everything has structure. Structure i...

Minerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that...

Poverty, debt, and starvation are the conditions that define the existence of a group of labourers. As outcastes they face extreme resentment from ...

Microeconomics - individuals' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms' decisions about location, hiring, firing...

Sport is one of the largest industries in the world and the global reach of major sporting events is enormous. In this Very Short Introduction, Mik...

What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideol...

We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. A...

In this Very Short Introduction Jamie Woodward examines the environmental shifts that took place during the Great Ice Age of the Quaternary Period....

Who 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...

From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street the...

Psychology influences the way we think about everything, from education and intelligence to relationships and advertising. This updated Very Short ...

This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history o...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those...

Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origi...

Journalism entered the twenty-first century caught in a paradox. The world had more journalism, across a wider range of media, than at any time sin...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

This introduction to the Political Economy of Reforms in India discusses the political economy of the country's growth, globalization and welfare. ...

In the summer of 1956, Lloyd Rudolph and Susanne Rudolph traveled 5,000 miles from London to Jaipur in a Land Rover and recorded their impressions ...

This short introduction combines theoretical analysis and historical and contemporary experience to explore alternative paths to economic developme...

Almost everyone will have some connection to accounting - in business, through self-employment, personal banking or even listening to the financial...

With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistry, nano- and smart materials, and applications ...

How do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh ...

Gandhi and King were perhaps the most influential individuals in modern history to combine religious and political thought into successful and dyna...

What have English terms such as 'civil society', 'democracy', 'development' or 'nationalism' come to mean in an Indian context and how have their m...

Literary Theo & Criticism

Having served on the United Nations as Canadian Ambassador, besides a host of other diplomatic positions, David Malone will help the reader gain a ...

In recent times, developing countries across the world have focused on a market-driven approach to address their economic issues. While this has re...

A transparent and business-friendly regulatory environment is crucial for driving investments, job creation and growth. The 12th Five Year Plan of ...

A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threat...

For those so-minded, the aftermath of an earthquake presents opportunities to intervene. Thus, in Gujarat, following the disaster of 2001, leaders ...

Unacknowledged during her life and considered an icon post her death, between these polarities lies the journey and the struggle for expression of ...

International Marketing 2/e provides a comprehensive coverage of the fundamental concepts of the subject, which will be useful to postgraduate stud...

This book proposes a methodological framework for an ethical reading of Old Testament narrative and demonstrates its benefits and validity by provi...

A synthesis of research and developments in food chemistry, based on an ACS symposum.