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Consciousness: 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...
View full detailsVolcanoes (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Zalasiewicz Branney
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• Author(s): Zalasiewicz Branney • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earthquakes & VolcanoesAbout the Book Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tec...
View full detailsAgriculture (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Brassley & Soffe, Richard Soffe
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• Author(s): Brassley & Soffe | Richard Soffe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Agriculture - GeneralAbout the Book Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is pract...
View full detailsHenry David Thoreau: A Very Short Introduction
Lawrence Buell
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• Author(s): Lawrence Buell • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: American - General"When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any n...
View full detailsThe Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction
Bunton
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• Author(s): Bunton • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: GeneralThe conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times,...
View full detailsGender History: A Very Short Introduction
Antoinette Burton
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• Author(s): Antoinette Burton • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Gender StudiesAntoinette Burton argues that gender history is hiding in plain sight, at work everywhere we look.This volume introduce...
View full detailsNetworks (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Guido Caldarelli, Michele Catanzaro
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• Author(s): Guido Caldarelli | Michele Catanzaro • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: System TheoryAbout the Book Networks are involved in many aspects of everyday life, from food w...
View full detailsGarden History (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Gordon Campbell
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• Author(s): Gordon Campbell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Gardening • BISAC: ReferenceGardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultiva...
View full detailsNazi Germany (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Jane Caplan
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• Author(s): Jane Caplan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - GermanyAny consideration of the 20th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Nazi Germany, an extraordinary regime whi...
View full detailsPresocratic Philosophy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Catherine Osborne
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• Author(s): Catherine Osborne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalThis is a book about the invention of Western philosophy, and the firs...
View full detailsEpicureanism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Catherine Wilson
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• Author(s): Catherine Wilson • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalEpicureanism is commonly associated with a carefree view of life and...
View full detailsRussian Literature (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Catriona Kelly
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• 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...
View full detailsMedical Law: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Foster
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• Author(s): Charles Foster • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Medical Law & LegislationMedical law touches on many of society's most hotly debated issues, from the s...
View full detailsThe American Judicial System (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Charles L. Zelden
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• Author(s): Charles L. Zelden • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: Judicial PowerAt some point, everyone living in the United States has some type of interaction with the American judicial...
View full detailsEvolution (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Brian Charlesworth Charlesworth
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• Author(s): Brian Charlesworth Charlesworth • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - EvolutionLess than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was...
View full detailsMary Shelley (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Charlotte Gordon
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• Author(s): Charlotte Gordon • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b In 1816, when eighteen-year old Mary Godwin began writin...
View full detailsGhetto (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Bryan Cheyette
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• 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 ...
View full detailsPrehistory (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Chris Gosden
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• Author(s): Chris Gosden • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: ReferencePrehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Austra...
View full detailsThe Body: A Very Short Introduction
Chris Shilling
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• Author(s): Chris Shilling • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Gender StudiesThe human body is thought of conventionally as a biological entity, with its longevity, morbidity, size...
View full detailsAncient Egyptian Art And Architecture (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christina Riggs
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• Author(s): Christina Riggs • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: History - Ancient & ClassicalFrom Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art f...
View full detailsPostmodernism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Butler
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• Author(s): Christopher Butler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernPostmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade....
View full detailsModernism (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Butler
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• 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...
View full detailsBlood (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Chris E. Cooper
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• Author(s): Chris E. Cooper • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyBlood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste...
View full detailsModern Japan (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Goto-Jones
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• Author(s): Christopher Goto-Jones • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Regional StudiesJapan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing mont...
View full detailsMaterials (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Hall
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• Author(s): Christopher Hall • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GeneralThe study of materials is a major field of research that supports and drives innovation in technology. ...
View full detailsNineteenth-Century Britain (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Colin Matthew Christopher Harvie, Colin Matthew
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• Author(s): Colin Matthew Christopher Harvie | Colin Matthew • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated His...
View full detailsSchopenhauer (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Janaway
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• Author(s): Christopher Janaway • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernSchopenhauer is considered to be the most readable of German philosophers. This book ...
View full detailsAccounting (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Nobes
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• Author(s): Christopher Nobes • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Accounting - GeneralAlmost everyone will have some connection to accounting - in business, through self-employment, perso...
View full detailsInternational Security (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher S. Browning
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• Author(s): Christopher S. Browning • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Security (National & International)The subject of international security is never out of the headlines. The sub...
View full detailsThe Etruscans (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Smith
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• Author(s): Christopher Smith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - ItalyFrom around 900 to 400 BC, the Etruscans were the most innovative, powerful, wealthy, and creative people in Italy. The...
View full detailsThe Crusades (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Christopher Tyerman
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• Author(s): Christopher Tyerman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - GeneralWith flair and originality, Christopher Tyerman presents a clear and lively discussion of the Crusades, bringing ...
View full detailsSylvia Plath: A Very Short Introduction
Heather Clark
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• Author(s): Heather Clark • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PoetrySylvia Plath is one of the most influential and iconic American writers of the twentieth century, popular with academic ...
View full detailsMary Wollstonecraft
E. J. Clery
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• Author(s): E. J. Clery • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PoliticalVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Mary Wollstonecraft is widely hailed as the mother of modern femi...
View full detailsGravity (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Timothy Clifton
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• Author(s): Timothy Clifton • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - GravityGravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of...
View full detailsParticle Physics: A Very Short Introduction
Frank Close
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• Author(s): Frank Close • Publisher: MIXGD • Publisher Imprint: MIXGD • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - NuclearVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, Frank Close has pr...
View full detailsSmell (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Matthew Cobb
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• Author(s): Matthew Cobb • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceOur sense of smell - or olfaction as it is technically known - is our most enigma...
View full detailsThe Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
Cohen
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• Author(s): Cohen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Judaism - GeneralIn the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram--Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and...
View full detailsJames Joyce (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Colin Maccabe
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• Author(s): Colin Maccabe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template ...
View full detailsC. S. Lewis (VSI): Very Short Introduction
James Como
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• Author(s): James Como • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Literary FiguresBeloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C. S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although ...
View full detailsRussian Economy (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Richard Connolly
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• Author(s): Richard Connolly • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: International - GeneralRussia today is as prominent in international affairs as it was at the height of the Cold War. Yet the role t...
View full detailsThe Koran: A Very Short Introduction
Cook Michael
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• Author(s): Cook Michael • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Islam - Koran & Sacred WritingsThe Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a reli...
View full detailsMusic: A Very Short Introduction
Nicholas Cook
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• Author(s): Nicholas Cook • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The world teems with different kinds of music--traditiona...
View full detailsSecularism: A Very Short Introduction
Copson
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• Author(s): Copson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: AtheismUntil the modern period the integration of church (or other religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for gr...
View full detailsThe Avant Garde (VSI): Very Short Introduction
David Cottington
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• Author(s): David Cottington • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: History - 20th & 21st CenturyFor over a hundred years, the idea of the "avant-garde" has been perhaps the most important and inf...
View full detailsMatter (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Cottrell
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• 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...
View full detailsIdentity: A Very Short Introduction
Coulmas, Florian
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• Author(s): Coulmas, Florian • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Social PsychologyIdentity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts....
View full detailsThe Virtues (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Craig A. Boyd
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• Author(s): Craig A. Boyd • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyFrom the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, to the ...
View full detailsPhilosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Edward Craig
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• Author(s): Edward Craig • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralHow ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This Very Short Introduction disc...
View full detailsThe Book Of Common Prayer (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Brian Cummings
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• Author(s): Brian Cummings • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Christian Living - PrayerThe Book of Common Prayer is one of the most influential books in history. First published i...
View full detailsThe Celts (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Barry Cunliffe
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• Author(s): Barry Cunliffe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralSavage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, specul...
View full detailsArt Theory (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Cynthia Freeland
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• Author(s): Cynthia Freeland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: Criticism & TheoryAbout the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range...
View full detailsChristian Ethics (VSI): Very Short Introduction
D. Stephen Long
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• 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" ...
View full detailsAnxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel Freeman
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• Author(s): Daniel Freeman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Health, Physical Fitness and Yoga • BISAC: GeneralAre we born with our fears or do we learn them? Why do our fears persist? What purpose does anxiety ser...
View full detailsHappiness (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Daniel M. Haybron
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• 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...
View full detailsPsychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel Pick
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• Author(s): Daniel Pick • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Psychotherapy - PsychoanalysisSince its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the m...
View full detailsThe Computer (VSI): Very Short Introduction
Darrel Ince
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• Author(s): Darrel Ince • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Computer Science and Information Technology • BISAC: HistoryAbout the Book There is a companion web site asssociated with the book (). It contains chapter s...
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