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The Lusiads, Paperback - Luis Vaz De Camoes

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1998 is the quincentenary of Vasca da Gama's voyage via southern Africa to India, the voyage celebrated in this new translation of one of the great...

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The Dream, Paperback - Emile Zola

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DescriptionIs it wrong to love whatever is beautiful and rich? I love it precisely because it is beautiful, because it is rich - because, I think, ...

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The Pickwick Papers, Paperback - Charles Dickens

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In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club ...

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The Story of an African Farm, Paperback - Olive Schreiner

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This pioneering work was a cause celebre when it appeared in London, transforming the shape and course of the late Victorian novel. Lynall, Schrein...

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Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Robert Wolker

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One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was als...

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Child Psychology: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Usha Goswami

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This Very Short Introduction provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible guide to modern child psychology, from birth to early adolescenc...

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The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - R. B. Bernstein

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The Founding Fathers is a concise, accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military...

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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress: Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards C, Paperback - Daniel Def

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Roxana (1724), Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame ...

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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, Paperback - Frank Norris

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Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, this novel tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague and his ...

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Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John C. Maher

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The languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, as well as on the internet and in internati...

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Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - William Lowrie

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Geophysics is the physics of the Earth. Central to the Earth Sciences today, it encompasses areas such as seismology, volcanism, plate tectonics, g...

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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Timothy Gowers

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The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of ma...

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The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Helen Graham

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Amid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the ...

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Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Adam J. Silverstein

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Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to the twenty-first century, this Very Short Introduction introduce...

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Forensic Psychology, Paperback - David Canter

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Lie detection, offender profiling, jury selection, insanity in the law, predicting the risk of re-offending, the minds of serial killers, and many ...

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Egyptian Myth, Paperback - Geraldine Pinch

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Egyptian myths articulated the core values of one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, and myths of deities such as Isis and Osiris inf...

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The Flowers of Evil, Paperback - Charles P. Baudelaire

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The Flowers of Evil, which T.S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth centur...

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Silent Film: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Donna Kornhaber

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Encompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound i...

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Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Jennifer Nagel

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What is knowledge? How does it differ from mere belief? Do you need to be able to justify a claim in order to count as knowing it? How can we know ...

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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John Polkinghorne

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Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surpri...

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Humour: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Noel Carroll

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Humour is a universal feature of human life. It has been discovered in every known human culture, and thinkers have discussed it for over two thous...

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Glaciation: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - David J. a. Evans

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DescriptionVast, majestic, and often stunningly beautiful, glaciers lock up some 10% of the world's freshwater. These great bodies of ice play an i...

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Miss Julie and Other Plays, Paperback - August Strindberg

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This edition embraces Strindberg's crucial transition from Naturalism to Modernism, from his two finest achievements as a psychological realist, Th...

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Samurai: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Michael Wert

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The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the ...

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Love: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Ronald De Sousa

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Although there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's most rewarding and exalting experience, worth li...

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Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Cynthia Freeland

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About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology,...

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Puritanism: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Francis J. Bremer

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Written by a leading expert on the Puritans, this brief, informative volume offers a wealth of background on this key religious movement. This book...

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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Antulio J. Echevarria

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Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, Antulio J....

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Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek

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Utilitarianism may well be the most influential secular ethical theory in the world today. It is also one of the most controversial. It clashes, or...

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Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - James R. Rush

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The eleven countries of Southeast Asia are diverse in every way, from the ethnicities and religions of their residents to their political systems a...

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Decadence: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - David Weir

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The history of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de si cle Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyo...

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Genes: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Jonathan Slack

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In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development....

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Measurement: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - David J. Hand

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Measurement is a fundamental concept that underpins almost every aspect of the modern world. It is central to the sciences, social sciences, medici...

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The Rover and Other Plays, Paperback - Aphra Behn

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Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays,...

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Weather: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Storm Dunlop

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From deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impacts our lives on a daily basis. Alt...

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Up from Slavery, Paperback - Booker T. Washington

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For the 50 years that followed its publication in 1901, Up from Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of ...

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Ward Number Six and Other Stories, Paperback - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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Taken from The Oxford Chekhov, the stories in this collection include "The Butterfly, " "Ariadne, " "A Dreary Story, " "Neighbours, " "An Anonymous...

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The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Donald A. Ritchie

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In the second edition of The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes readers on a fascinating...

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Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Peter Adamson

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In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this ...

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The Idiot, Paperback - Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The Idiot (1868), written under the appalling personal circumstances Dostoevsky endured while travelling in Europe, not only reveals the author's a...

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Anna Karenina, Paperback - Leo Tolstoy

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One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina sets the impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vro...

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Thought, Paperback - Tim Bayne

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There is no denying that thinking comes naturally to human beings and that thinking is indeed central to what it means to be human. But what are th...

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American Politics, Paperback - Richard M. Valelly

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American politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American democracy works well is hotly debated. Amidst all...

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Relativity: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Russell Stannard

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If you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier. Travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, b...

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The History of Physics: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - J. L. Heilbron

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How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origin...

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History: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John H. Arnold

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There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or ...

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Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Ben Hutchinson

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Comparative Literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernit...

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Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Samir Okasha

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How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully -objective?- What, really, can be de...

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Dreaming, Paperback - J. Allan Hobson

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What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Replacing dream mystique with modern dream sc...

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Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Richard Passingham

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Up to the 1960s, psychology was deeply under the influence of behaviourism, which focused on stimuli and responses, and regarded consideration of w...

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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Paperback - David Hume

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David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding is the definitive statement of the greatest philosopher in the English language. His arguments ...

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Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Susan Llewelyn

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Clinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental health care across the world. The essence of the discipline is the creative applicat...

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The Masnavi: Book One, Paperback - Jalal Al Rumi

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Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called ``the Koran in Persian.`` The thirteenth-century Mu...

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Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Anna Cento Bull

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The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects wh...

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Beauty: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Roger Scruton

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Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited vari...

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The Masterpiece, Paperback - Emile Zola

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The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who has come from the provinces to conquer Paris but ...

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The Consolation of Philosophy, Paperback - Boethius

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Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against ...

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Reflections on the Revolution in France, Paperback - Edmund Burke

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This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years o...

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Russian History: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Geoffrey Hosking

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Russia's sheer size has made it difficult to mobilize resources and to govern effectively, especially given its harsh climate, vast and vulnerable ...

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody, Paperback - Friedrich Nietzsche

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hus Spake Zarathustra is a masterpiece of literature as well as philosophy. It was Nietzsche's own favorite and has proved to be his most popular. ...

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Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - David N. Myers

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How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their an...

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Freud: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Anthony Storr

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Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-cent...

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A Vindication of the Rights of Men/A Vindication of the Rights of Woman/An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution, Paperback - Mary Wollst

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This volume brings together the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the order in which they appeared in the revolutionary 1790s. It ...

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Translation: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Matthew Reynolds

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Translation is everywhere and matters to everybody. Translation doesn't only give us foreign news, dubbed films and instructions for using the micr...

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Social Psychology: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Richard J. Crisp

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Social psychology is about the people who populate our everyday lives, and how they affect our ``personal universe, `` defining who we are, and sha...

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The Karamazov Brothers, Paperback - Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. T...

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The Laws of Thermodynamics, Paperback - Peter Atkins

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The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal--...

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Idylls, Paperback - Theocritus

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A key figure in the development of Western literature, the Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse, was the inventor of ``bucolic`` or pastoral poetry in...

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Free Will: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Thomas Pink

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Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of choices: some trivial, others so consequential that they change the course of one's life, or ev...

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Catholicism: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Gerald O'Collins

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Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church remains a vast and influential presence in our modern wor...

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