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Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction by Mark A. Maslin
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions
Climate change is still, arguably, the most critical and controversial issue facing the world in the twenty-first century. Previously published as Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction, the new edition is now Climate Change: A Very Short introduction, reflecting an important change in the terminolog ...Show more
Collected Short Stories Volume 1 - W. Somerset Maugham by W. Somerset Maugham
Category: Fiction | Series: Maugham Short Stories Ser.
"This classic collection of stories moves from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abst ...Show more
Collected Short Stories, Volume 3 by William Somerset Maugham
Category: Fiction | Series: Maugham Short Stories
The third volume of Somerset Maugham's Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on Maugham's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he d ...Show more
Collected Short Stories, Volume 4 by W. Somerset Maugham
Category: Fiction | Series: Maugham Short Stories Ser.
This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Brilliant tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice, the stories range from 'The Lotus Eater' in which a man has a vision of a life of bliss in ...Show more
Collected Stories by Olga Masters
Category: Fiction | Series: Short Stories from Australia Ser.
In the brief four years between the publication of her first volume of short stories and her death in 1986, Olga Masters was celebrated as one of Australia's most powerful and original writers. She won a National Book council award and was shortlisted for another, and was published in the united States, ...Show more
Comedy by Matthew Bevis
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Very Short Introductions
To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that writers and speakers enjoy - and risk - when they tell a joke, indulge in bathos, talk nonsense, or encoura ...Show more
Confronting Climate Change by Constance Lever-Tracy
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Short Cuts
In this highly accessible introduction to the predicted global impacts of climate change, "Constance Lever-Tracy" provides an authoritative guide to one of the most controversial issues facing the future of our planet. Discussing how the social and natural sciences must work together more effectively in ...Show more
Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction by Daniel K. Gardner
Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism. First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius would come to dominate Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics. In this Very Short Introduction, Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the ...Show more
Corruption - A Short History by Carlo Alberto Brioschi
Category: World History | Series: The\Short Histories Ser.
From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world. In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ever being stamped ...Show more
Crime: Short Stories by Great Writers by Various
Category: Classics | Series: Pocket Library of Classic Short Stories #3
Crime contains stories by Virginia Woolf — E W Hornung — Ambrose Bierce — Maurice Leblanc — Hesketh Prichard — Grant Allen — Brett Harte — Clarence Rook — O Henry — G K Chesterton — Arthur Conan Doyle — Charles Dickens — Edgar Allan Poe — Arnold Bennett — W W Jacobs — Edgar Wallace — Amelia B ...Show more
Dada and Surrealism by David Hopkins
Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding thesemovements: ...Show more
Darwin: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Howard
Category: Nature | Series: Very Short Introductions
There is still scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the importance of Darwin's work for the development of modern biology.