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Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction by Oliver Gloag
$16.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Very Short Introductions
Albert Camus is one of the best known philosophers of the twentieth century, as well as a widely read novelist. This book contextualises Camus in his troubled and conflicted times, and analyses the enduring popularity of his major philosophical and literary works in connection with contemporary politica ...Show more
BIG DATA A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION by Holmes Dawn E
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Category: Business | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. ...Show more
Biography by Hermione Lee
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Category: Books on Literature | Series: Very Short Introductions S.
Biography is one of the most popular, best-selling, and widely-read of literary genres. But why do certain people and historical events arouse so much interest? How can biographies be compared with history and works of fiction? Does a biography need to be true? Is it acceptable to omit or conceal things ...Show more
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction by Damien Keown
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Category: Self Development | 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
Charles Dickens A Very Short Introduction by Hartley Jenny
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Category: Books on Literature | Series: Very Short Introductions
Christianity: A Very Short Introduction by Linda Woodhead
$19.95 AUD
Category: Self Development | Series: Very Short Introductions
At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this Very Short Introduction offers an important overview of the world's largest religion. Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millenn ...Show more
Communism - A very short introduction by Leslie Holmes
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: Very Short Introductions | Reading Level: very good
The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. At its peak, more than a third of the world's population had lived under communist power. What is communism? Where did the idea come from and what attracted people to it? What is the future for communism? This Very ...Show more
Emile Zola A Very Short Introduction by Nelson Brian (Monash Universi
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Category: Books on Literature | Series: Very Short Introductions
Ethics: a Very Short Introduction by Simon Blackburn
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Category: Self Development | Series: Very Short Introductions
Written by Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selling Think Short, lively, humorous, and accessible Unique combination of depth, rigor and sparkling prose Ethics is the area of philosophy which touches most on everyday life - its central theme is how we ought to live Discusses topics such as birth, ...Show more
French Philosophy A Very Short Introduction by Gaukroger Stephen
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Category: Self Development | Series: Very Short Introductions
French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Doyle, William (Emeritus Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol)
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still living with developments and consequences of the French Re ...Show more
Gandhi: a Very Short Introduction by B.C. Parekh
$22.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Very Short Introductions
Outlines both Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. This very short introduction looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression, non-violent a ...Show more