Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book abo, Paperback - Emma Bell

Emma Bell and Richard Thorpe are engaging companions for this journey into the complex world of management research. They provide a stimulating and...

Debunks and uncovers a number of enduring myths about famous theorists such as Adam Smith and Abraham Maslow in an informal, conversational and oft...

The new edition of this bestselling text is more international, with updated content and examples to explain alternative ways of thinking about man...

Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series tak...

Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series tak...

An engaging guide through the cacophony of competing perspectives and models of leadership, the new edition includes an expanded discussion of cont...

Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series tak...

In this fabulous little book, David Silverman lays bare what he considers to be good and bad qualitative research and gets readers thinking about h...

Conceived by Chris Grey and written to get you thinking, the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series offers informal, conversa...

Looking beyond the usual colonial narrative of the subject, Amanda Earley encourages the reader to think reflectively and critically about overlook...

Reducere. Emma Bell Miles (1879-1919) was a gifted writer, poet, naturalist, and artist with a keen perspective on Appalachian life and culture. She and her ...

A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs is a wonderful and witty homage to man's most faithful friend.Publisher: Short Books LtdAuthor(s): P...

Reducere. Considered as one of the most sensitive and creative writers of his times, Rabindranath Tagore elevated the genre of short stories to an art-form. ...

Deeply personal and real, inside you will find a small collection of short pieces taken from moments in his life, including Jonathan's touching com...

Reducere. The seventy-one flash essays collected here are hilarious proof that you don't need more than 750 words to laugh out loud. Featuring both establish...

Drawing on examples from across the globe and throughout history, Andrew Kahn explores the key characteristics of the short story. He shows how its...

Written by one of the world's leading experts in the field, this book offers a clear account of the contributions to philosophy made by one of Brit...

This book explores the extraordinarily diverse and beautiful world of insects, from tiny wasps to giant beetles. It analyses insect evolution, and ...

This book provides a fresh modern introduction to geometry, an ancient branch of mathematics with important applications. It takes readers from Euc...

How do we know if we're really the top dogs in brain power? Does our creativity stem solely from the right brain? From language to standing upright...

Reducere. A fun and creative way for children to learn about the parts of the Mass. Pictures and rhymes by Emma C. McKean.

Tweeting the Universe. Very Short Courses on Very Big Ideas - Marcus Chown, Govert Schilling

What is time? This book describes the developing physics of the concept of time from Newton, via Einstein, to the present day, and the related phil...

Martyrdom is a controversial topic, with a long history of provoking fierce debate. In this Very Short Introduction Jolyon Mitchell provides a hist...

Fluid mechanics is an important branch of physics concerned with the way in which fluids, such as liquids and gases, behave when in motion and at r...

Famous throughout history for their doomed stand at Thermopylae, and immortalised by contemporary Athenian writers who viewed them as the exotic ot...

Violence is part and parcel of both human history and nature. It is the one thing that all cultures and societies share in common. This book consid...

Projects: A Very Short Introduction - Andrew Davies

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A....

Bence Nanay introduces aesthetics, a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste. Looking beyond traditional artistic e...

All living things are composed of cells, which have fundamentally the same chemistry. Biochemistry is the study of reactions within these cells, an...

The nature of the virtues has a long tradition of thought, from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas. This book considers the virtues in various cultural, r...

Enzymes are the molecular machines that make life possible. Working as catalysts, teams of enzymes carry out the processes that power the bodies of...

'Ghetto' is an extraordinarily complex word that encompasses Jewish history, black experiences in northern America, and our contemporary sense of c...

Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire, and freedom, and considers how we should think about...

This book explores the nature of scepticism, asking when it is legitimate, for example as the driver of new ideas, and when it is problematic. It a...

Combining history and anthropology in a global examination of families and power, this book connects medieval kings and queens to contemporary fami...

Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. From aesthetics to the penal system; from madness and civilisation to avan...

This book explores the mathematical field of topology, giving a sense of the visual elements of the field, as well as the formal definition of cont...

Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century's greatest yet most enigmatic and divisive philosophers. Michael Inwood explores the major themes ...