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Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
A C Grayling
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• 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 ...
View full detailsRussell (VSI): Very Short Introduction
A. C. Grayling
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• Author(s): A. C. Grayling • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernBertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the t...
View full detailsCrystallography (VSI): Very Short Introduction
A. M. Glazer
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• Author(s): A. M. Glazer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - CrystallographyCrystals have fascinated us for centuries with their beauty and symmetry, and have often been inves...
View full detailsCity Planning (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Carl Abbott
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• 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...
View full detailsMethodism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Abraham
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• Author(s): Abraham • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - AnglicanBeginning as a renewal movement within Anglicanism in the eighteenth century, Methodism had become the l...
View full detailsIslamic History: A Very Short Introduction
Adam J. Silverstein
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• 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 ...
View full detailsIbn Sina
Adamson
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• Author(s): Adamson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: ReligiousVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This book provides an introduction to the most important philos...
View full detailsTragedy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Adrian Poole
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• Author(s): Adrian Poole • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: DramaAbout the Book To your local anchorperson, the word "tragedy" brings to mind an accidental fire at a low-income apartment ...
View full detailsHuman Resource Management (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Adrian Wilkinson
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• 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...
View full detailsAnaesthesia (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Aiden O'Donnell
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• Author(s): Aiden O'Donnell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: AnesthesiologyHow does anesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anesthetist know if you are r...
View full detailsThe Mexican Revolution (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Alan Knight
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• Author(s): Alan Knight • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Latin America - MexicoReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can...
View full detailsSustainability: A Very Short Introduction
Saleem H. Ali
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• Author(s): Saleem H. Ali • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The growing concern about global environmental c...
View full detailsIran (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Ali Ansari
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• Author(s): Ali Ansari • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Middle East - GeneralIran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to...
View full detailsThe Industrial Revolution (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Robert C. Allen, Robert C.
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• Author(s): Robert C. Allen | Robert C. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralThe Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and ...
View full detailsGlobal Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
Allen, Robert C.
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• 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...
View full detailsThe Cell (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Terence Allen
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• Author(s): Terence Allen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - Cell BiologyIn this Very Short Introduction, Terrence Allen and Graham Cowling offer an illuminating ...
View full detailsArchitecture (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Ballantyne
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• Author(s): Andrew Ballantyne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: History - GeneralThis highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the c...
View full detailsTheodor Adorno (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Bowie
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• 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...
View full detailsGerman Philosophy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Bowie
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• Author(s): Andrew Bowie • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralGerman philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. This Very Short Introduction discu...
View full detailsHuman Rights: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Clapham
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• Author(s): Andrew Clapham • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Human RightsToday it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rig...
View full detailsEnvironmental Politics: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Dobson
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• 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...
View full detailsThe Brics (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Fenton Cooper
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• 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...
View full detailsLandscapes And Geomorphology (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Heather Viles Andrew Goudie, Heather Viles
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• Author(s): Heather Viles Andrew Goudie | Heather Viles • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyAbout the Book What were the landscapes of the past like? What will...
View full detailsSpartans (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew J. Bayliss
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• Author(s): Andrew J. Bayliss • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. E...
View full detailsThe Short Story: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Kahn
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• Author(s): Andrew Kahn • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)What defines a modern short story is much more than a question of length. Despite the efforts of ea...
View full detailsGenius (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Andrew Robinson
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• 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, ...
View full detailsModern Italy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Anna Cento Bull
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• Author(s): Anna Cento Bull • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - ItalyThe history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and...
View full detailsJung (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Anthony Stevens
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• Author(s): Anthony Stevens • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: HistoryThis is the most lucid and timely introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung available to date. Though h...
View full detailsFreud (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Anthony Storr
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• 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,...
View full detailsOrganized Crime: A Very Short Introduction
Antonopoulos
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• Author(s): Antonopoulos • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: CriminologyFor many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday e...
View full detailsArt History (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Dana Arnold
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• 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...
View full detailsBritish Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Dana Arnold
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• Author(s): Dana Arnold • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: CriticismBritish Architecture: A Very Short Introduction presents an original and engaging overview of the arch...
View full detailsEuropean Union Law (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Arnull
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• Author(s): Arnull • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: InternationalThe European Union is rarely out of the news and, as it deals with the consequences of the Brexit vote and struggles to...
View full detailsIndian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
Ashish Rajadhyaksha
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• 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...
View full detailsThe British Empire (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Ashley Jackson
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• Author(s): Ashley Jackson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFrom the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the w...
View full detailsEnvironmental Ethics (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Robin Attfield
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• 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...
View full detailsAtheism: A Very Short Introduction
Baggini, Julian
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• 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...
View full detailsArchaeology (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Paul Bahn
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• 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, ...
View full detailsCalvinism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jon Balserak
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• Author(s): Jon Balserak • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - CalvinistJohn Calvin was born only a few years before the Christian church in Europe was plunged into the c...
View full detailsBritish Cinema (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Charles Barr
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• Author(s): Charles Barr • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismCinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multipl...
View full detailsDruids (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Barry Cunliffe
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• Author(s): Barry Cunliffe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Celtic SpiritualityThe Druids have been known and discussed for at least 2400 years, first by Greek writers and later by...
View full detailsShakespeare'S Comedies (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Bart Van Es
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• Author(s): Bart Van Es • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: ShakespeareFrom The Two Gentlemen of Verona in the early 1590s to The Two Noble Kinsmen at the end of his career around 1614, Shakespeare wrote at least eight...
View full detailsRisk (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Baruch Fischhoff
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• Author(s): Baruch Fischhoff • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Decision Making & Problem SolvingWe find risk everywhere--from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and st...
View full detailsPhilosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction
Bayne
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• Author(s): Bayne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: PhilosophyWhat is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociolog...
View full detailsThought
Tim Bayne
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• Author(s): Tim Bayne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Mind & BodyThere is no denying that thinking comes naturally to human beings and that thinking is indeed central to what ...
View full detailsAnalytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Beaney
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• Author(s): Beaney • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Movements - AnalyticOriginating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein ...
View full detailsNavigation (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jim Bennett
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• Author(s): Jim Bennett • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Maritime History & PiracyFrom the Bronze Age mariners of the Mediterranean to contemporary sailors using satellite-based technologies, the history of navi...
View full detailsAdam Smith (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher J. Berry
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• Author(s): Christopher J. Berry • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Economics - TheoryIn 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations , a book so foundational it has led to him being call...
View full detailsPostwar Europe: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Bessel
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• Author(s): Richard Bessel • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Second World War was the most destruct...
View full detailsSocial Science: A Very Short Introduction
Alexander Betts
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• Author(s): Alexander Betts • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringSocial science is the study of human behavio...
View full detailsGovernance (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Mark Bevir
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• Author(s): Mark Bevir • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Public Affairs & AdministrationThe word "governance" is ubiquitous. The World Bank and the International Monetary F...
View full detailsComedy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Matthew Bevis
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• 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...
View full detailsGandhi: A Very Short Introduction
Bhikhu Parekh
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• Author(s): Bhikhu Parekh • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: HistoricalMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious...
View full detailsEntropy: A Very Short Introduction
James Binney
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• Author(s): James Binney • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Physics - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Until the middle of the nineteenth century entropy and ene...
View full detailsEthics (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Simon Blackburn
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• 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...
View full detailsConsciousness: A Very Short Introduction
Susan Blackmore
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• 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...
View full detailsEngineering (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David Blockley
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• Author(s): David Blockley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: MechanicalAbout the Book Engineering is part of almost everything we do--from the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on, to the tele...
View full detailsNelson Mandela 2nd Edition
Boehmer
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• Author(s): Boehmer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Africa - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring A pathbreaking analysis of the relationship between Mandela the myth, and...
View full detailsWorld Music (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Philip V. Bohlman
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• Author(s): Philip V. Bohlman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Genres & Styles - InternationalThe term 'world music' encompasses both folk and popular music across the globe...
View full detailsTides (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David George Bowers
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• Author(s): David George Bowers • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - OceanographyThe tide is the greatest synchronised movement of matter on our planet. Every drop o...
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