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The Western Front - A History of the First World War by Nick Lloyd
$49.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war. However, The Western Front, by bestselling military historian Nick Lloyd, reveals that the story is not, as so many assume, one of pointlessness and stupidity. Rather, it is an epic trium ...Show more
Pain: A Very Short Introduction by Rob Boddice
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions
What is pain? Has the experience of pain always been the same? How is pain related to the emotions, to culture, and to pleasure? What happens to us when we feel pain? How does pain work in the body and in the brain? In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Boddice explores the history, culture, and medical ...Show more
Introducing Quantum Theory (A Graphic Guide to Science's Most Puzzling Discovery) by J.P. McEvoy
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the subatomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing, and according to Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle", there is a limit on how accurately nature can be observed. And yet the ...Show more
Tides: A Very Short Introduction by Bowers, David George (Emeritus Professor of Physical Oceanography, Bangor University), Roberts, Emyr Martyn (Researcher, University of Bergen)
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Doyle, William (Emeritus Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol)
$17.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still living with developments and consequences of the French Re ...Show more
Secularism: A Very Short Introduction by Copson, Andrew (Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, and First Vice President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union)
$17.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Perkowitz, Sidney (Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Physics, Emory University)
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Geopolitics by Klaus Dodds
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
In places such as Iraq, Lebanon, and Israel, moving a few feet in a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these "danger zones"- in Europe or the US for example - geopolitics remains an important par ...Show more
Matter: A Very Short Introduction by Cottrell, Geoff (Academic Visitor, Oxford University Dept. of Physics)
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Homer: A Very Short Introduction by Graziosi, Barbara (Professor of Classics, Durham University)
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Heidegger: a Very Short Introduction by Michael Inwood
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of "philosopher", by some as an apologist for Nazism, and by others as an acknowledged leader in continental philosophy, is probably the most divisive thinker of the twentieth century. In the second edition of this ...Show more
Napoleon A Very Short Introduction by Bell, David A (Department of History Princeton University)
$17.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series