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• Author(s): Jolyon Mitchell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of...

• Author(s): Philip Judge • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyAbout the Book The Sun, as our nearest star, is of enormous importance for life on Earth - providin...

• Author(s): Julia Annas • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalThis lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Pl...

• Author(s): Julian V. Roberts • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: Criminal Law - GeneralGeneral readers interested in the topic, as well as all students of law.

• Author(s): Kathryn Kalinak • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Instruction & Study - TheoryThe rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The first proj...

• Author(s): Karen Radner • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: CivilizationAssyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of ...

• Author(s): Katherine Blundell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Physics - AstrophysicsAbout the Book Black holes are a constant source of fascination to many due to their mysterious ...

• Author(s): Keith Grint • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Political Process - GeneralNapoleon. Bill Gates. George W. Bush. Osama bin Laden. Leaders and leadership are perennial topics o...

• Author(s): Kelly • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - RomeThe Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Medit...

• Author(s): T. S. Kemp • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - Zoology - MammalsFrom a modest beginning in the form of a little shrew-like, nocturnal, insect eating an...

• Author(s): T. S. Kemp • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - Zoology - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring From frogs, toads, newts, and sa...

• Author(s): Tom Kemp • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - GeneralFor millions of years reptiles have walked, crawled, and slithered over the face of our Earth. From...

• Author(s): Kenneth Falconer • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Geometry - AnalyticFrom the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, and the branching of trees, fractal s...

• Author(s): Kenneth Morgan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Australia & New Zealand - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to...

• Author(s): Kenneth O. Morgan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth ...

• Author(s): Damien Keown • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryThis Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as...

• Author(s): Damien Keown • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Buddhism - Rituals & PracticeWith over 520 million followers, Buddhism is now the world's fourth largest religion. Ove...

• Author(s): Kevin Passmore • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Fascism & TotalitarianismWhat is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard...

• Author(s): Khalid Koser • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationIn recent years, global migration has transformed in terms of its numbers and reach, its po...

• Author(s): Kim Knott • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Hinduism - GeneralHinduism is practised by nearly eighty per cent of India's population, and by some seventy million people o...

• Author(s): King, Andrew • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyEvery atom of our bodies has been part of a star. In this lively and compact introduction, astrophy...

• Author(s): Klaus Dodds And Jamie Woodward • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralAbout the Book The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, meltin...

• Author(s): Paul Klenerman • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: HistoryVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The immune system is central to human health. Growing understandin...

• Author(s): Knapp • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Modern - 19th CenturyWar and peace and anna karenina are widely recognised as two of the greatest novels ever written. Their author Le...

• Author(s): Donna Kornhaber • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Film - Genres - GeneralEncompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in ...

• Author(s): Joshua Landy • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century100 years after Proust's death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literatu...

• Author(s): Frank Ledwidge • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Military and Police Studies • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceAerial warfare has dominated war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular annou...

• Author(s): Leslie Iversen • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Drug GuidesThe twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the ...

• Author(s): Leslie Holmes • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismIf now in decline since the tumultuous events of 1989,...

• Author(s): Leslie Holmes • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: GeneralCorruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of fo...

• Author(s): Leslie Klenerman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: AnatomyA vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first...

• Author(s): Lewis Wolpert • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - Developmental BiologyFrom a single cell - a fertilized egg - comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. Ho...

• Author(s): Timothy Lim • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: HistorySince their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have become an icon in popular culture that transcends their status as ancient J...

• Author(s): Linda Woodhead • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - HistoryExploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over t...

• Author(s): Llewelyn Et Al • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Clinical PsychologyClinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental health care across the world. The e...

• Author(s): Steven W. Lockley | Russell G. Foster • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Health, Physical Fitness and Yoga • BISAC: SleepWhy do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when w...

• Author(s): Mark V. Lomolino • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyBiogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life - ranging...

• Author(s): Lorch, Mark • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Chemistry • BISAC: BiochemistryVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring From the simplest bacteria to humans, all living things are composed of...

• Author(s): Martin Loughlin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: ConstitutionalVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The British constitution is regarded as unique among th...

• Author(s): Warwick F. Vincent • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - LimnologyFrom the mysterious depths of Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tropical floodplain lakes, inl...

• Author(s): Lowrie • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Physics and Astronomy • BISAC: GeneralGeophysics is the physics of the Earth. Central to the Earth Sciences today, it encompasses areas such as seismology, volca...

• Author(s): James Loxton • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralAuthoritarianism is one of the buzzwords of our age. But what is it exactly? This Very ...

• Author(s): Luciano Floridi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Computer EngineeringAbout the Book We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what info...

• Author(s): Paul Luna • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: GeneralTypography, the art of designing printed words, was once the domain of an elite few artists but has become an area with which millio...

• Author(s): Lyman Tower Sargent • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThere are many debates about what constitutes a utopia. Are utopias benign or dangerous? I...

• Author(s): Lynda Mugglestone • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Encyclopaedias and References • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralDictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In t...

• Author(s): Peter M. Higgins • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Algebra - GeneralAlgebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves ca...

• Author(s): MacDonald • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Extinction is a natural process. In geologic...

• Author(s): Dunajski • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: Geometry - GeneralThe study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathema...

• Author(s): John C. Maher • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Communication StudiesThe languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, a...

• Author(s): L. Sandy Maisel • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Political Process - Campaigns & ElectionsMost citizens know how elections work in their own country, but not a...

• Author(s): Malcolm Gaskill • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Witchcraft (See Also Religion - Wicca)Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kin...

• Author(s): Laura Marcus • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: ReferenceAutobiography is one of the most popular of written forms. From Casanova to Benjamin Franklin to the Kardashians, indi...

• Author(s): Margaret A. Boden • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Computer Science and Information Technology • BISAC: Computer ScienceThe applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, scho...

• Author(s): Maria Rosa Antognazza • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: History & PhilosophyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a man of extraordinary intellectual creativi...

• Author(s): Marina Warner • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologyFrom wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to gia...

• Author(s): Mark A. Noll • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - ProtestantMark A. Noll, named one of America's most influential evangelicals by Time Magazine, provides a f...

• Author(s): Mark Chapman • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Christianity - AnglicanWhat is Anglicanism? How is it different from other forms of Christianity, and how did it come t...

• Author(s): Mark Evan Bonds • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Genres & Styles - GeneralAbout the Book Proposes a new way of listening to Beethoven by understanding his music ...

• Author(s): Mark Katz • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History & Criticism - GeneralMark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instr...