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Military Strategy by Echevarria Antulio J
Category: Military | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccol� Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, Antulio J. Echevarria II presents a fascinating account of the "art of the general." Drawing on historical examples, from Hannibal's war against Rome to Napoleon's vic ...Show more
Modern Art by David Cottington
Category: Art | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
As public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining itscontemporary relev ...Show more
Modern China : a Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristiccities, heir to ...Show more
Modern India by Craig Jeffrey (Contribution by)
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively little about the economic, social, political, and cultural changes unfolding in India today. To what extentare people be ...Show more
Modern Italy by Anna Cento Bull
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and perceived moral corruption. The Risorgimento, themovement le ...Show more
Music: a Very Short Introduction by Nicholas Cook
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short plays Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call ...Show more
Oceans: a Very Short Introduction by Dorrik Stow
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 of Science: A Very Short Introduction by Samir Okasha
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully "objective?" What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of sci ...Show more
Plants by Timothy Walker
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in theirmany other use ...Show more
Relativity (A Very Short Introduction) by Stannard
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
100 years ago, Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics. Our comforting Newtonian ideas of space and time were replaced by bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: if you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier; travel fast enough and you could w ...Show more
Schopenhauer by Christopher Janaway
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
Scotland by Rab Houston
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Since Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and throughout the wider world. In this iVery Short Introduction/i, Rab Houston explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages, how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation,links with En ...Show more