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Saleem H. Ali
Sustainability

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Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The growing concern about global environmental change and human impacts on the planet has led to the emergence of a broad field of study on the 'sust…

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Mark Slobin
Folk Music

This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible …

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David Degrazia
Animal Rights

Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare? By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and…

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Ewan McGaughey
The Corporation

This VSI explores corporate history, how corporations start up and their investors get limited liability, the social responsibilities of directors for the environment, business and human rights, the core …

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Nancy A. Moran
Symbiosis

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringSymbiosis, the sustained and intimate associations between unrelated life forms, is now recognized as a ubiquitous phenomenon, one that has shaped evol…

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Subrata Dasgupta
Computer Science

While the development of Information Technology has been obvious to all, the underpinning computer science has been less apparent. Subrata Dasgupta provides a thought-provoking introduction to the field a…

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Lawrence Buell
Henry David Thoreau

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"When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond..."Henry Da…

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Ilan Stavans
Jorge Luis Borges

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A celebration of the life and works of one of the most influential world literary figures of the twentieth century, thisVery Short Introduction traces Jorge Luis Borges's trajectory from his beginnings in…

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Paul Klenerman
The Immune System

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In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works in health and disease. In particular he focuses on the human immune system, considering how it evolved, the ba…

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Ara H. Merjian
Futurism

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringFrom the motorcar to the radio, modern technology radically transformed urban life by the first decade of the twentieth century. As one of Western Euro…

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Tommaso Venturini, Richard Rogers
Digital Methods

Tommaso Venturini and Richard Rogers offer a critical and conceptual introduction to digital methods.In a direct and accessible way, the authors provide hands-on advice to equip readers with the knowledge…

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Samuel Helfont
The Iraq Wars

Between 1990 and 2018, the United States fought a closely intertwined series of wars in Iraq. The Iraq Wars highlight a conundrum in international history. This string of conflicts was the most persistent…

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Neal Shusterman
Mindworks

This collection of horror stories features bizarre worlds, forces that can bring back the dead, eerie creatures, and more.

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Sallie Carson
Wayside Flowers. A Collection of Short Poems

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

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Sallie Carson
Wayside Flowers. A Collection of Short Poems

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

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Robert Chapman, Sue Fletcher-Watson
Neurodiversity

Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Neurodiversity is the idea that human brains function in a variety of ways. By understanding that people take in, process, and respond to information…

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Emma Borg, Sarah A. Fisher
Meaning

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Our ability to find meaning in things is one of the most important aspects of human life. But it is also one of the most mysterious. Where does meanin…

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Patricia Daley, Ian Klinke
Human Geography

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This book offers an exciting and contemporary entry into the study of power systems and the way in which they have been constructed, subverted, and resisted over time.

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Richard Connolly
The Russian Economy

*Very Short Introductions:*Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringRussia is one of the largest economies in the world; it is one of the world's most important exporters of oil and gas, and of other natural resources.…

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Elijah Wald
Rock 'n' Roll

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Rock 'n' roll appeared in the 1950s as the high-energy, electrically amplified music of young dancers and listeners, first in the United States and th…

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