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Metaphysics - A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Mumford
Category: Culture | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Metaphysics is traditionally one of the four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is an area that continues to attract and fascinate many people, even though it is generally thought to be highly complex and abstract. For some it is associated with the mystical or rel ...Show more
Michael Faraday by Frank A.J.L. James
Category: Science | 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
Michelin Green Guide Short Stays Havana by Michelin
Category: Travel | Series: Green Guide Short Stays Ser.
For a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer, Michelin Green Guide Short Stays Havana guide is your best bet. Michelin rates all sights and activities, grouped by location, with its time-honored star-rating system and suggests great places to eat and stay. Travelers will experience the best the area has to ...Show more
Michelin Green Guide Short Stays London - (Travel Guide) by Michelin
Category: Travel | Series: Green Guide Short Stays Ser.
The new Michelin Green Guide Short Stays London presents the city's top attractions for a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer. Take in the sights: Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and Tower Bridge. Enjoy the best of the British Museum, National Gallery, Science Museum and more. Shop Oxford Street from Marble ...Show more
Michelin Green Guide Short Stays New York City by Michelin
Category: Travel | Series: Green Guide Short Stays Ser.
The new Michelin Green Guide Short Stays New York City presents the best of the Big Apple and beyond for a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer. Stroll through neighborhoods, choose from dozens of world-class museums, visit iconic landmarks, or take in a Broadway show. Go shopping, walk across the Brookly ...Show more
Michelin Green Guide Short-Stays Paris - Travel Guide by Michelin
Category: Travel | Series: Green Guide Short Stays Ser.
The Michelin Green Guide Weekend Short Stays Paris presents the city's highlights for a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer. Visit the iconic Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame. Dive into art at the Louvre, Pompidou Centre, Musee d'Orsay and the new Centquatre. Stroll the Champs-Elysees or Ile St-L ...Show more
Michelin Green Guide Short Stays Reykjavik by Michelin
Category: Travel | Series: Green Guide Short Stays Ser.
The new Michelin Green Guide Short Stays Reykjavik, Iceland presents the city's top attractions for a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer. You'll find a choice of restaurants for any budget. This pocket-size guide helps you do it all with its detailed maps, recommended places to eat and stay, and Micheli ...Show more
Microbiology: A Very Short Introduction by Nicholas P. Money
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions
In recent decades we have come to realize that the microbial world is hugely diverse, and can be found in the most extreme environments. Fungi, single-celled protists, bacteria, archaea, and the vast array of viruses and sub-viral particles far outnumber plants and animals. Microbes, we now know, play a ...Show more
Milan and the Italian Lakes by Michelin
Category: Travel | Series: Green Guide Short Stays Ser.
The new Michelin Green Guide Short Stays Milan & the Italian Lakes presents the city's top attractions for a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer. You'll find a choice of restaurants for any budget. This pocket-size guide helps you do it all with its detailed maps, recommended places to eat and stay, ...Show more
Military Strategy by Echevarria Antulio J
Category: Philosophy | 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
Minority Report: Collected Sto by Dick Philip K.
Category: Fiction | Series: Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick
This volume covers a wide span, from late 1954 through to 1963, the years during which Dick began writing novels prolifically and his short story output lessened. The title story of this collection has been made into the Steven Spielberg-directed movie of the same name, while "The Days of Perky Pat" ins ...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