A Very Short Introduction – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 2

Nick Jelley
Renewable Energy

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Energy is vital for a good standard of living and affordable sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial. Renewable energy is acknowledged to provide the answer, and this bo…

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Rana Mitter
Modern China

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This Very Short Introduction addresses the themes, developments, and controversies that have shaped Modern China. Covering a range of social issues, Rana Mitter provides a contemporary view of the world's…

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Peter Marshall
Thomas More

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThomas More is an enduringly fascinating and profoundly controversial figure. A brilliant scholar, his Utopia of 1516 dared to imagine how society migh…

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Douglas A. Boyd
Oral History

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Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThis Very Short Introduction is a general introduction to oral history from the interview to the archive. Douglas A. Boyd examines the oral history in…

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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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Simon Glendinning
Derrida

Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringJacques Derrida had a major influence on 20th century philosophy and the idea of postmodernism. Challenging some of the deepest assumptions of the Wes…

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Mark Maslin
Climate

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Very Short Introductions > The issues around 'climate' range across all aspects of the global system, including the different components that have controlled climate on Earth throughout its history, as…

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Jonathan K. Foster
Memory

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Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring How can we remember certain events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday and then forget we did last week? Why does our memory seem to wor…

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Samuel Helfont
The Iraq Wars

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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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Julia F Irwin
Humanitarianism

Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringHumanitarian crises are a central problem of modern history and contemporary international relations. According to United Nations estimates, 300 milli…

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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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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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Stefano Palminteri, Valentin Wyart
Decision Making

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringWe are constantly making decisions. from everyday choices like whether to carry an umbrella, to complex issues involving risk, strategy, and long-term …

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Paul Russell
Moral Responsibility

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringBeginning in childhood, and continuing throughout our lives, we are immersed in a web of evaluations, attitudes, and practices that are evidence of our…

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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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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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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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David Canter
Forensic Psychology

Lie detection, offender profiling, insanity in the law, the minds of serial killers, and many other topics that fill news and fiction are all aspects of the rapidly developing area of Forensic Psychology.…

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Robert Chapman, Sue Fletcher-Watson
Neurodiversity

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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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