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Lawrence Buell
Henry David Thoreau

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"When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond..."Henry Da…

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Ilan Stavans
Jorge Luis Borges

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A celebration of the life and works of one of the most influential world literary figures of the twentieth century, thisVery Short Introduction traces Jorge Luis Borges's trajectory from his beginnings in…

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Sean Murphy, Rachel Player
Cryptography

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Cryptography is a part of everyday life for almost all of us, though we may not realise we're using it.We are a far cry from the historical prediction that cryptography would only be used by militaries an…

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Emma Borg, Sarah A. Fisher
Meaning

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Our ability to find meaning in things is one of the most important aspects of human life. But it is also one of the most mysterious. Where does meanin…

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Andrew R Murphy
Toleration

Toleration: A Very Short Introductionconcisely canvasses the history, development, and contemporary global status of toleration as both a concept and a contested political and legal practice. Although its…

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Jennifer T. Roberts
Thucydides

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Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty nav…

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Maurice S Lee
Herman Melville

Best known as the author of Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville is one of America's greatest writers. His achievements range from popular novels and experimental fiction to powerful poetry. His works are tr…

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Paul Klenerman
The Immune System

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In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works in health and disease. In particular he focuses on the human immune system, considering how it evolved, the ba…

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Ewan McGaughey
The Corporation

This VSI explores corporate history, how corporations start up and their investors get limited liability, the social responsibilities of directors for the environment, business and human rights, the core …

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Richard Carlin
Country Music

Tells the story of country music from its folk origins to today's pop-country, using prominent songs and artists to illustrate the broader genre.

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Subrata Dasgupta
Computer Science

While the development of Information Technology has been obvious to all, the underpinning computer science has been less apparent. Subrata Dasgupta provides a thought-provoking introduction to the field a…

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Patricia Daley, Ian Klinke
Human Geography

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This book offers an exciting and contemporary entry into the study of power systems and the way in which they have been constructed, subverted, and resisted over time.

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Brian D. Taylor
Russian Politics

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Russia is rarely out of the news. This has been particularly true since it launched the largest war in Europe since World War II when it invaded Ukraine in 2022. Yet Russian politics can be difficult to u…

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E. J. Clery
Mary Wollstonecraft

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Mary Wollstonecraft is widely hailed as the mother of modern feminism. The book that made her famous, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman , is a work…

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Philip K. Maini
Mathematical Biology

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Mathematical biology develops models which are applied to processes in biology and medicine. Philip K. Maini describes the art of modelling, what it is, why we do it.

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R B Bernstein
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton: A Very Short Introductionprovides a brief introduction to the life, work, and legacies of Alexander Hamilton. R. B. Bernstein explores Hamilton's role in revolution, politics, law, con…

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James E. Kelly
The Catholic Reformation

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Catholic Reformation: A Very Short Introduction traces the Catholic Reformation from its beginnings in the first half of the sixteenth century, th…

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Scott H Hendrix
Martin Luther

This introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him. Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context in which Luther worked, the colleagues who supported him, …

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Robert Chapman, Sue Fletcher-Watson
Neurodiversity

Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Neurodiversity is the idea that human brains function in a variety of ways. By understanding that people take in, process, and respond to information…

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Aziz Z. Huq
The Rule of Law

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Politicians, judges, and citizens commonly use the phrase "rule of law" to describe some good that flows from a legal system. But what precisely is that good? Even in Aristotle's time, there was…

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