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• 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): 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): Vaughan Lowe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: InternationalAbout the Book Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its key role in such hot-button issu...

• 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): 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): 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): Eberhard O. Voit • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - Zoology - GeneralSystems biology came about as growing numbers of engineers and scientists from ot...

• Author(s): Vyse, Stuart • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Popular CultureDo you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat...

• Author(s): Wacks • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: Gender & the LawVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Law is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, im...

• Author(s): David Wallace • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PoetryOriginally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why do poets, translator...

• 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): John Waller • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & PhysiologyThe concept of heredity is fundamental to how we see ourselves and others. It goes far beyond...

• 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): Margaret Walters • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Feminism & Feminist TheoryThis is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, an...

• Author(s): Marta Wayne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Infectious DiseasesVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Infectious disease is a moving targe...

• Author(s): Anthony Welch • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient and ClassicalVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe epic is an ancient and universal form of artisti...

• Author(s): Joachim Whaley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Europe - GermanyVoltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. ...

• Author(s): Alan Whiteside • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: AIDS & HIVIn 2008 it was believed that HIV/AIDS was without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the B...

• Author(s): William Allan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralPresenting a range of material from both Greek and Latin literature, William Allan illustrates the variety and sophisti...

• 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): William Doyle • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Social Classes & Economic DisparityAristocracies or nobilities dominated the social, economic, and institutional history o...

• Author(s): William H. Brock • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Chemistry - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction, William H Brock traces the unique appeal of this fundamental science throughout hi...

• Author(s): William K. Kay • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - Pentecostal & CharismaticPentecostalism is arguably the most vibrant and rapidly growing religious mo...

• Author(s): Williamson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - ReligiousAbout the Book Christian images have a long history within the Western art tradition from the devotional ...

• Author(s): Williamson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralWhat are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress?...

• Author(s): Robin Wilson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: CombinatoricsHow many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have...

• Author(s): Charles Reagan Wilson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)About the Book The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and h...

• 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): Winston Fletcher • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Advertising & PromotionAdvertising is riddled with myths and misunderstandings. It is believed to be both immensely po...

• Author(s): Christopher Wixson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: DramaAbout the Book George Bernard Shaw has been called the second greatest playwright in English (after William Shakespe...

• 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): Worl War Ii Vsi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThe enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led peopl...

• Author(s): Donald Wright • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a countr...

• Author(s): Tony Wright • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - 21st CenturyAt a time when politics in Britain is experiencing unprecedented turmoil, this Ve...

• Author(s): Tristram D. Wyatt • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyHow animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new m...

• Author(s): Simon Yarrow • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: HistoryThe idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. In this Very Short Introductio...

• 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): Robert J.C. Young • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: World - GeneralPostcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuin...

• Author(s): Jan Zalasiewicz • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyAbout the Book Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid str...

• 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): 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): Ashwini Deshpande • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Labor - GeneralThe Oxford India Short Introductions are concise, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. ...

• Author(s): Chakrabarty,Rajesh; Sanyal,Kaushiki • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: GeneralWhat is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? How did it evolve over the years and what is it going to look like i...

• 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): M.K. Raghavendra | M. K. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismAwaara, Sholay, Deewar, Hum Apke Hain Koun. . !, 3 Idiots. The success storie...

• Author(s): Sikdar Soumyen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: International - Economics & TradeIntegration with the global economy has opened India to cross-border flows of not merely goods an...

• Author(s): Surinder S.Jodhka • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe Oxford India Short Introductions are concise, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. Combining authori...

• Author(s): Roy Anupama • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: ConstitutionalThe idea of citizenship goes beyond a legal-formal framework to denote substantive membership in the polit...

• Author(s): Bidyut Chakrabarty • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Public Policy - GeneralCoalition governments have become intrinsic to the Indian political landscape, given the...

• Author(s): Sudha Pai • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsThe Oxford India Short Introductions are brief, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. Combining authoritative an...

• Author(s): Shaw Annapurna • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Public Policy - Economic PolicyCapturing the immense importance of India's cities to its economy, polity, and society, this short intr...

• Author(s): Palshikar Suhas • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralDemocracy has often been understood as the right of people and groups to mobilize ou...

• Author(s): Louise Tillin • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsHere is a an authoritative introduction to federalism and centre-state relations in India. Paying ...

• Author(s): Sumit Ganguly • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsUpdated and revised, this short introduction has become a go-to source for its clarity and succi...

• Author(s): Ogden Chris • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Military and Police Studies • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralIndia is a country of increasing domestic complexity and mounting international importanc...

• Author(s): Pant Harsh V. & Joshi Yogesh • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Security (National & International)India has come a long way from being a nuclear pariah to a...

• Author(s): Pal Parthapratim • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: International - Economics & TradeInternational trade has influenced our lives in more ways than we recognize. This sho...

• Author(s): Mukherjee Rudrangshu • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book This is a short introduction to the life and ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru, independent India's first prime mini...

• Author(s): Praveen Jha | Praveen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralGeneration of decent livelihood opportunities ought to be among the most important objectives on any meaning...

• Author(s): Ray Partha • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Economic HistoryThis short introduction provides a bird's-eye view of the broad contours of monetary policy in India over the period 1934 ...