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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 ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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): 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, ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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,...

• 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...

• Author(s): John H. Arnold • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: HistoriographyThere are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our ...

• 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): 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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): Avinash Dixit • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Economics - MicroeconomicsMicroeconomics - individuals' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms' de...

• Author(s): Michelle Baddeley • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Economics - GeneralTraditionally, economists have based their economic predictions on the assumption that humans a...

• 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...

• 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, ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Author(s): Binmore • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Game TheoryGames are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on...

• 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...

• 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...