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Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction by David Bender
4.73 USD
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Category: Medical | Series: Very Short Introductions
Nutrition is a topic of wide interest and importance. In spite of growing understanding of the underlying biochemistry, and health campaigns such as 'five-a-day', increasing obesity and reported food allergies and eating disorders, as well as the widely advertised 'supposed' benefits of food supplements ...Show more
Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Adamson
12.59 USD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions
In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Je ...Show more
Plague: A Very Short Introduction by Slack, Paul (Emeritus Professor of Early
4.23 USD
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Category: History & Politics | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the 'Plague of Justinian' in 542, the Black Death of 1348, and the Great Plague of London in 1665, as well as for devastating epidemics in China and India ...Show more
Populism : A Very Short Introduction by Cristobal Rovira Cas; Kaltwasser Mudde
4.20 USD
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Category: History & Politics | Series: Very Short Introductions
Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, like most political buzzwords, the term often floats from one meaning to another, and both social scientists and journalists use it to denote diverse phenomena. What is populism really? Who arethe populist ...Show more
Psychology: A Very Short Introduction by Freda McManus
4.73 USD
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Category: Psychology | Series: Very Short Introductions
Psychology is part of everyone's experience: it influences the way we think about everything from education and intelligence, to relationships and emotions, advertising and criminality. People readily behave as amateur psychologists, offering explanations for what people think, feel, and do. But what ex ...Show more
Taxation: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Smith
4.73 USD
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Category: Business Finance & Law | Series: Very Short Introductions
Taxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services - roads, the courts, defence, welfare assistance to the poor and elderly, and in many countries much of health care and education too. More than one third of national income in the industrialized (OECD) coun ...Show more
The Brain: A Very Short Introduction by Michael O'Shea
4.73 USD
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Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions
Provides an introduction to the main issues and findings in brain research. This book describes the historical developments behind our understanding of what the brain is and what it does, and explores the key questions neuroscientists face concerning the relationship between the brain and thought, memor ...Show more
The Great Depression and the New Deal by Eric Rauchway
3.75 USD
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Category: History & Politics | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures.Rauchway first describes ...Show more
The History of Medicine (A Very Short Introduction) by William Bynum
4.23 USD
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Category: Medical | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key turning points in the history of Western medicine, such as the advent of hospitals and the rise of experimen ...Show more
The Immune System: A Very Short Introduction by Paul Klenerman (Nuffield Department of Medicine University of Oxford)
4.73 USD
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Category: Medical | Series: Very Short Introductions
The immune system is central to human health and the focus of much medical research. Growing understanding of the immune system, and especially the creation of immune memory (long lasting protection), which can be harnessed in the design of vaccines, have been major breakthroughs in medicine. In this Ve ...Show more