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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction by Damien Keown
17.95 AUD
Category: Religion and Spirituality | Series: Very Short Introductions
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering how Buddhist thought has developed ...Show more
Children's Literature : a very short introduction by Kimberley Reynolds
18.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
In this lively discussion Kim Reynolds looks at what children's literature is, why it is interesting, how it contributes to culture, and how it is studied as literature. Providing examples from across history and various types of children's literature, she introduces the key debates, developments, and p ...Show more
Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Taylor
23.10 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
By long convention, "American history" began during the early seventeenth century along the Atlantic Seaboard with the English colonies at Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in New England. From that eastern origin, America supposedly expanded westward, reaching only the Appalachian mountains by the end ...Show more
Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction by Nigel Warburton
23.45 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' This slogan, attributed to Voltaire, is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find anyone prepared to defend all expression in every circumstance, especially if the views expressed incite viole ...Show more
Globalization by Manfred B. Steger
15.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
'Globalization' has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are rapidly altering our experience of the world. It is by its nature a dynamic topic. This Very Short Intro ...Show more
Islam by Malise Ruthven
19.95 AUD
Category: Religion and Spirituality | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Islam dominates the news, often in stories filled with images of violence. Yet these disturbing images are at odds with a faith that most adherents--who now number over a billion worldwide--would regard as no less pacific than Buddhism or Christianity. Indeed, the word Islam in Arabic means "self-surren ...Show more
Kant - A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
16.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
Kant is one of the most influential modern philosophers, but also one of the most difficult. This book explores the background to Kant's work, and shows why the "Critique of Pure of Reason" has proved so enduring.
Law: A Very Short Introduction by Raymond Wacks
23.10 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
Law is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity. Despite this, the law often seems a highly technical, perplexing mystery, with its antiquated and often impenetrable jargon, obso ...Show more
Microeconomics: A Very Short Introduction by Avinash K. Dixit
27.90 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
Microeconomics - individuals' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms' decisions about location, hiring, firing, and investment - involves issues that concern us on a daily basis. But when people think about economics, they tend to place importance on the bigger pictu ...Show more
Russian History by Geoffrey Hosking
19.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. But Russia's territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime contact with the outside world, and has open and vulnerable l ...Show more
The Hellenistic Age by Peter Thonemann
24.55 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of cultural globalization: in the third century BC, a single language carried you from the Rhone to the Indus. A Celt from the lower Danube couldserve in the me ...Show more
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