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A Very Short Introduction: Chaos by Leonard Smith
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating appli ...Show more
ANIMAL RIGHTS by David DeGrazia
Category: Culture | Series: Very Short Introductions
By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, this book explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research. It offers a moral voice with a non-polemical tone.
Ageing: A Very Short Introduction by Nancy A. Pachana
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Very Short Introductions
Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age. In our younger years upcoming birthdays are anticipated with an excitement that somewhat diminishes as the years progress. As we grow older we are bombarded with advice on ways to overcome, thwart, resist, and, on the rare occasion, embrace, ...Show more
Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction by Oliver Gloag
Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
Albert Camus is one of the best known philosophers of the twentieth century, as well as a widely read novelist. This book contextualises Camus in his troubled and conflicted times, and analyses the enduring popularity of his major philosophical and literary works in connection with contemporary politica ...Show more
American History: A Very Short Introduction by Paul S. Boyer
Category: Popular History | Series: Very Short Introductions
This brief history of America will span the earliest migrations to the present, reflecting Paul S. Boyer's interests in social, intellectual, and cultural history, including popular culture and religion. It will reflect his personal view of American history, in which a sense of paradox and irony loom la ...Show more
American Military History - A Very Short Introduction by Joseph T. Glatthaar
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of European warfare in tow, the military has been an omnipresent part of America. In American Military History: A Very Short Introduction, Joseph T. Glatthaar explores this relationship from its origins in thethirteen colo ...Show more
American Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Richard M. Valelly
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
This book introduces the vital elements of American politics, emphasizing how these elements have evolved into the form they take today. By using a historical-institutional approach to the various parts of American politics, Valelly communicates that the American political system is, and always has been ...Show more
American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Allison, Robert J.
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new form of government based on the idea that peo ...Show more
Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction by Colin Ward
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions
The word 'anarchism' tends to conjure up images of aggressive protest against government, and - recently - of angry demonstrations against bodies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. But is anarchism inevitably linked with violent disorder? Do anarchists adhere to a coherent ideol ...Show more
Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction by Karen Radner
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria in the mi ...Show more
Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Christina Riggs
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world's greatest museums, while the architecture of Egyptian temples and pyramids has attracted tourists to Egypt for centuries. But what did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people who f ...Show more
Ancient Greece: A very short introduction by Paul Cartledge
Category: Popular History | Series: Very Short Introductions
A highly stimulating Very Short Introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in about 1400 BCE, through the glories of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, to the foundation of the Byzantine empire in about CE 330.