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Egyptian Myth
- This introduction explains the cultural and historical background to the fascinating and complex world of Egyptian myth. To show the variety of source material for Egyptian myth, each chapter features a particular object--such as the obelisk known as Cleo...
12,56€11,94€
The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction.
- 190 páginas
- This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole--on different classes, ethnic groups, the...
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Politics: A Very Short Introduction
- 128 páginas
- Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects -- from Islam to Sociology, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides...
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Spinoza.
- 142 páginas
- Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eter...
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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
- 161 páginas
- Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their real nature has been obscured by a tangled web of preconc...
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Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction
- 144 páginas
- Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Beginning at the 'arts' end of the subject with the common origins of languages, and finishing...
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The Vikings
- 152 páginas
- The Viking reputation is one of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British..
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Augustine: A Very Short Introduction
- 144 páginas
- Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on Medieval scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and the religious controversies of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Here, Henry Chadwick...
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Tragedy
- 144 páginas
- To your local anchorperson, the word "tragedy" brings to mind an accidental fire at a low-income apartment block, the horrors of a natural disaster, or atrocities occurring in distant lands. To a classicist however, the word brings to mind the...
12,56€11,94€
Twentieth-century Britain
- 136 páginas
- Authoritative short guides, many of which are taken from the top selling "Oxford Illustrated History of Britain" with updates and revisions ideally suited for students and readers interested in modern British history. The publisher is planning...
12,56€11,94€
Empire.
- 144 páginas
- A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all..
12,56€11,94€
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
- 160 páginas
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A.C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible...
11,18€10,62€
Eighteenth-century Britain
- 119 páginas
- While the rest of eighteenth century Europe was embroiled in revolution and unrest, Britain..
12,56€11,94€
Jung: A Very Short Introduction
- 192 páginas
- This is the most lucid and timely introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung available to date.
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Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction
- 144 páginas
- We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind...
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Nineteenth-century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
- 171 páginas
- The nineteenth century was a time of massive growth for Britain. In 1800 it was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half-Celtic. A century later it was largely urban and English. The effects of the Industrial Revolution caused cities...
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Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
- 166 páginas
- In this enlightening new Very Short Introduction, Simon Critchley shows us that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic traditio...
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Plato: A Very Short Introduction
- 144 páginas
- This lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Plato's writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy and the general themes of his thinking. It discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the...
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Brain
- 144 páginas
- The Brain: A Very Short Introduction provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Short,...
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Feminism
- 176 páginas
- Provides a historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. This book presents a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third Worl...
12,56€11,94€