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Michael Faraday by Frank A.J.L. James
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. Known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic induction, the principle behind the electric generator and transformer, he has frequently been portrayed as the 'father' of electrical engineering from whence much of his popular fame der ...Show more
Music: a very short introduction by Nicholas Cook
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Category: Music | Series: Very Short Introductions S.
Presenting an introduction to music, this book draws on many examples ranging from Beethoven to the Spice Girls to Chinese zither music. It also prompts us to call on our personal musical experiences in order to think critically about the roles of the performer and the listener, and about music as a com ...Show more
Oceans: a Very Short Introduction by Dorrik Stow
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The importance of the oceans to life on Earth cannot be overstated. Liquid water covers more than 70% of our planet's surface and, in past geological time, has spread over 85%. Life on Earth began in the oceans over 3.5 billion years ago and remained there for the great majority of that time. Today the ...Show more
Philosophy: a Very Short Introduction by Edward Craig
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces many themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Hume, and other writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how many areas of philosophy are related, and explores the con ...Show more
Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Toye
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Category: Education | Series: Very Short Introductions
Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetor ...Show more
Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Catriona Kelly
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
Explores the place and importance of literature in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? This book uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare', as an example.
Schopenhauer by Christopher Janaway
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Schopenhauer is considered to be the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer' ...Show more
Sleep: A Very Short Introduction by Steven W. Lockley
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Category: Health | Series: Very Short Introductions
Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep - it plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing. References to sleep abound in literature and art, and sleep has been recognized as fundamental to the hu ...Show more
The Apocryphal Gospels by Paul Foster
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Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
This Very Short Introduction offers a clear, accessible, and concise account of the apocryphal gospels--exploring their origins, their discovery, and discussing how the various texts have been interpreted both within and outside the Church. Looking at texts ranging from the Gospels from Nag Hammadi to t ...Show more
The Beats by David Sterritt
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Category: Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the writers of the Beat Generation revolutionized American literature with their iconoclastic approach to language and their angry assault on the conformity and conservatism of postwar society. They and their followers took aim at the hypocrisy and taboos of their time ...Show more
The Bible by John Kenneth Riches
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Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions
It is sometimes said that the Bible is one of the most unread books in the world, yet has been a major force in the development of Western culture and continues to exert an enormous influence over many people's lives. This Very Short Introduction looks at the importance accorded to the Bible by differe ...Show more
The History of Astronomy by Michael Hoskin
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical astronomy of the Babylonians merged with the Gree ...Show more