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Magic by Owen Davies
Category: Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
Defining 'magic' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense altogether. For this reason, many pe ...Show more
Magical Fairy Tales by Enid Blyton
Category: Early Reader | Series: Bumper Short Story Collections
Hold on to your lucky charms and delve into this bewitching collection of 30 fairy tales and magic stories, retold by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up!Watch out for cats in boots,three bears who live in the woods and strange unicorns in this magical collection of sh ...Show more
Magical Stories by Enid Blyton
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: Bumper Short Story Collections
A collection of stories full of magical creatures and exciting adventures from Enid Blyton, the world's best-loved storyteller.Get ready to enter a world of hidden treasure, dazzling spells and enchanting tales. From wicked witches stealing from the Fairy Queen, to missing keys in Fairyland, there's mag ...Show more
Man-Killers of the Air by L. Ron Hubbard
Category: Fiction | Series: Historical Fiction Short Stories Collection
High-flying, hard-living Smoke Burnham's in a life-and-death race in pursuit of big money ... and big trouble. Because one thing you can count on-in the air, in a fight, or in his girlfriend's arms-where there's Smoke, there's fire. Set a course for the Andes and the Amazon as Man-Killers of the Air tak ...Show more
Mandela by Elleke Boehmer
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions S.
This book explores Nelson Mandela's personal development as well as his public activism, from his childhood as a member of the Thembu royal house through his emergence in the 1950s as a nationalist celebrity, his martyrdom in prison and, finally, his contemporary canonization as a transnational icon of ...Show more
Mao: A Very Short Introduction by Delia Davin
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
As a giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of the most populous nation ...Show more
Marine Biology : a Very Short Introduction by Philip Mladenov
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The oceans are our planet's most distinctive and imposing natural habitat. They cover 71 percent of its surface; support a remarkably diverse and exquisitely adapted array of life forms, from microscopic viruses, bacteria, and plankton to the largest existing animals; and possess many of Earth's most si ...Show more
Marx: a Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions
Identifies the vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views. This book sees him as a philosopher, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. It explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of communism, and concludes with ...Show more
Mathematical Finance: A Very Short Introduction by Davis, Mark H. A. (Senior Research Fello
Category: Business Finance & Law | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
In recent years the finance industry has mushroomed to become an important part of modern economies, and many science and engineering graduates have joined the industry as quantitative analysts, with mathematical and computational skills that are needed to solve complex problems of asset valuation and r ...Show more
Mathematics: a Very Short Introduction by GOWERS TIMOTHY
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental differences are philosophical, and readers of this book will emerge with a clearer understandingof paradox ...Show more
Medieval Britain by John Gillingham
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British ...Show more
Message in a Bottle (Famous Five Colour Short Stories) by Enid Blyton
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Famous Five Colour Short Stories
Introducing The Famous Five to younger readers, age 5+. In this full-colour, newly created adventure story, the children and Timmy find a special toy, hidden deep inside a cave . . . The Five have found a bottle with a message inside! It says that there's a hidden doll in the caves across from Kirrin Is ...Show more