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Viruses by Dorothy H. Crawford
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Viruses are big news. From pandemics such as HIV, swine flu, and SARS, we are constantly being bombarded with information about new lethal infections. In this Very Short Introduction Dorothy Crawford demonstrates how clever these entities really are. From their discovery and the unravelling oftheir intr ...Show more
War and Religion: a Very Short Introduction by Jolyon Mitchell; Joshua Rey
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Very Short Introductions Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs from the same source. Yet some of the bravest pacifists ...Show more
World Music: a Very Short Introduction by Philip V. Bohlman
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
World Music draws readers into a remarkable range of historical encounters, in which music had the power to evoke the exotic and to give voice to the voiceless. In the course of the volume's eight chapters the reader witnesses music's involvement in the modern world, but also the individual moments and ...Show more
World Mythology : a Very Short Introduction by David A. Leeming
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The mythologies of the world are collective cultural dreams, and as such should be analyzed first from cultural perspectives. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, however, mythologies reveal certain univer ...Show more