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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 Ireland: A Very Short Introduction by Senia Paseta
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
This is a book about the Irish Question, or more specifically about Irish Questions. The term has become something of a catch-all, a convenient way to encompass numerous issues and developments which pertain to the political, social, and economic history of modern Ireland. It is a question which refuses ...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
Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Goto-Jones
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions S.
Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its h ...Show more
Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
Category: Culture | Series: Very Short Introductions
In the 1960s, Latin American literature became known worldwide as never before. Writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Mario Vargas Llosa all became part of the general culture of educated readers of English, French, German, and Italian. ...Show more
Moustaches, Whiskers and Beards by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Gifts | Series: NPG Short Histories
Taking as her starting point images from the holdings of the National Portrait Gallery, London, writer and art historian Lucinda Hawksley explores the history of facial hair, from prehistoric times to the present day. By way of introduction, she investigates how cave men shaved, the Pharaonic beard in a ...Show more
Much Ado About Nothing (Short, Sharp Shakespeare Stories) by Tom Morgan-Jones
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Short, Sharp Shakespeare
Mistaken identities, deceipt, lovers' quarrels and a happy ending...discover the entertaining story at the heart of Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies. The age-appropriate text in Short, Sharp Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing introduces readers to the play by re-telling ...Show more
Much Ado about Nothing by Globe Education
Category: Education | Series: Globe Education Shorter Shakespeare Ser.
Exam Board: Non-Specific Level: KS3 Subject: English First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2018 Get straight to the heart of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing; students' confidence and understanding develop faster as they explore the plot, themes and Shakespeare's language, which is suppo ...Show more
Murphy the Hero Donkey: A True WW1 Story by Isabel George
Category: Animals | Series: HarperTrue Friend - A Short Read
The remarkable true story of an amazing and loyal donkey. The true story of a small brown donkey called Murphy, chosen to be an 'ambulance' in WW1, bringing wounded soldiers over the hilly, craggy terrain to the field hospital. The donkey served his soldier Simpson well and never gave up or complained; ...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
Music: a very short introduction by Nicholas Cook
Category: Music | Series: Very Short Introductions S.
Presenting an introduction to music, this book draws on many examples ranging from Beethoven to the Spice Girls to Chinese zither music. It also prompts us to call on our personal musical experiences in order to think critically about the roles of the performer and the listener, and about music as a com ...Show more