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| "International Relations: A Very Short Introduction by Paul Wilkinson (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Of undoubtable relevance today in a post-9-11 world of growing political tension and unease this Very Short Introduction covers the topics essential to an understanding of modern international relations Paul Wilkinson explains the theories and the practice that underlie the subject and investigates issues ranging from foreign policy arms control and terrorism to the environment and world poverty He examines the role of organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union as well as the influence of ethnic and religious movements and terrorist groups which also play a role in shaping the way states and governments interact This up-to-date book is required reading for those seeking a new perspective to help untangle and decipher international events ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction by Jerry Brotton (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "More than ever before the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history Between 1400 and 1600 European perceptions of society culture politics and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale alongside a darker side of religion intolerance slavery and massive inequality of wealth and statusIt guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period from its art architecture and literature to advancements in the fields of science trade and travel In its incisive account of the complexities of the political and religious upheavals of the period the book argues that Europe&39;s reciprocal relationship with its eastern neighbours offers us a timely perspective on the Renaissance that still has much to teach us today ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject areaThese pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction by Robert J. McMahon (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "The massive disorder and economic ruin following the Second World War inevitably predetermined the scope and intensity of the Cold War But why did it last so long? And what impact did it have on the United States the Soviet Union Europe and the Third World? Finally how did it affect the broader history of the second half of the twentieth century - what were the human and financial costs? This Very Short Introduction provides a clear and stimulating interpretive overview of the Cold War one that will both invite debate and encourage deeper investigation ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Art History: A Very Short Introduction by Dana Arnold (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "This clear and concise new introduction examines all the major debates and issues using a wide range of well-known examples It discusses the challenge of using verbal and written language to analyse a visual form Dana Arnold also examines the many different ways of writing about art and the changing boundaries of the subject of art historyTopics covered include the canon of Art History the role of the gallery &39;blockbuster&39; exhibitions the emergence of social histories of art (Feminist Art History or Queer Art History for example) the impact of photography and the development of Art History using artefacts such as the altarpiece the portrait or pornography to explore social and cultural issues such as consumption taste religion and politics Importantly this book explains how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles originates in western art production and can obscure other critical approaches as well as art from non western cultures ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject areaThese pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction by Robert J. C. Young (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "This innovative and lively book is quite unlike any other introduction to postcolonialism Robert Young examines the political social and cultural after-effects of decolonization by presenting situations experiences and testimony rather than going through the theory at an abstract level He situates the debate in a wide cultural context discussing its importance as an historical condition with examples such as the status of aboriginal people of those dispossessed from their land Algerian rai music postcolonial feminism and global social and ecological movements Above all Young argues postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global inequality and so in a new way continues the anti-colonial struggles of the past ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Kant: A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher but also one of the most difficult Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Butler (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists and their engagement with theory literature the visual arts film architecture and music He treats artists intellectuals critics and social scientists &39;as if they were all members of a loosely constituted and quarrelsome political party&39; - a party which includes such members as Cindy Sherman Salman Rushdie Jacques Derrida Walter Abish and Richard Rorty - creating a vastly entertaining framework in which to unravel the mysteries of the &39;postmodern condition&39; from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correctABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship by Robert Baden-Powell (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "'A trained scout will see little signs and tracks he puts them together in his mind and quickly reads a meaning from them such as an untrained man would never arrive at' A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and imperial and urban myth of borrowed tips on health and hygiene and object lessons in woodcraft Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys (1908) is the original blueprint and 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement An all-time bestseller in the English-speaking world second only to the Bible this primer of 'yarns and pictures' constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore and tracker legend padded with lengthy quotations from adventure fiction and B-P's own autobiography and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time fears of degeneration concerns about masculinity and self-restraint invasion paranoia Elleke Boehmer's edition of Scouting for Boys is the first to reprint the original text and illustrations and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists capitalists and environmentalists alike"
Price: 7.99 |
| "African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker, Richard Rathbone (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction by John Polkinghorne (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton This book gives a lucid exciting and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries The main text makes no use of equations but there is a Mathematical Appendix for those desiring stronger fare Uncertainty probabilistic physics complementarity the problematic character of measurement and decoherence are among the many topics discussed ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Janaway (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Schopenhauer is the most readable of German philosophers This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system concentrating on the original aspects of his thought which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche Wagner Freud and Wittgenstein Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will - a blind irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind and the whole of nature Seeing human behaviour as that of a natural organism governed by the will to life Schopenhauer developed radical insights concerning the unconscious and sexuality which influenced both psychologists and philosophers ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment from antiquity to the present day Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness' covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy psychoanalysis to prozac The origins of current debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients writers artists and the mad themselves"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Film: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Wood (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Film is considered by some to be the most dominant art form of the twentieth century It is many things but it has become above all a means of telling stories through images and sounds The stories are often offered to us as quite false frankly and beautifully fantastic and they are sometimes insistently said to be true But they are stories in both cases and there are very few films even in avant-garde art that don't imply or quietly slip into narrative This story element is important and is closely connected with the simplest fact about moving pictures they do move Even the older meanings of the word 'film' - a membrane a covering a veil an emanation - now seem to have something to do with moving pictures Many people believe films are an instrument of illusion an emphatic way of seeing what is not there; and this capacity has been both celebrated and condemned 'Like a movie' mostly means like some sort of fairy-tale But what about the reverse proposition that more than any other invention film brings us close to the world as it actually is? 'Photography is truth' a character says in a film by Jean-Luc Godard 'And cinema is the truth twenty-four times per second' The same claim is made every day albeit less epigrammatically by newsreels and surveillance cameras In this Very Short Introduction Michael Wood provides a brief history and examination of the nature of the medium of film considering its role and impact on society as well as its future in the digital age ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction by David Cottington (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "As public interest in modern art continues to grow as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers offering them not only information and ideas about modern art but also explaining its contemporary relevance and history This book achieves all this and focuses on interrogating the idea of &39;modern&39; art by asking such questions as What has made a work of art qualify as modern (or fail to)? How has this selection been made? What is the relationship between modern and contemporary art? Is &39;postmodernist&39; art no longer modern or just no longer modernist - in either case why and what does this claim mean both for art and the idea of &39;the modern&39;? Cottington examines many key aspects of this subject including the issue of controversy in modern art from Manet&39;s Dejeuner sur L&39;Herbe (1863) to Picasso&39;s Les Demoiselles and Tracey Emin&39;s Bed (1999); and the role of the dealer from the main Cubist art dealer Kahnweiler to Charles Saatchi ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction by Helen Graham (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course and explores its impact on a personal and international scale It also provides an ethical reflection on the war in the context of Europe's tumultuous twentieth century highlighting why it has inspired some of the greatest writers of our time and how it continues to resonate today in Britain continental Europe and beyond Throughout the book the focus is on the war as an arena of social change where ideas about culture were forged or resisted and in which both Spaniards and non-Spaniards participated alike These were conflicts that during the Second World War would stretch from Franco's regime which envisaged itself as part of the Nazi new order to Europe and beyond Accordingly this book examines Spanish participation in European resistance movements during World War II and also the ongoing civil war waged politically economically judicially and culturally inside Spain by Francoism after its military victory in 1939 History writing itself became a battleground and the book charts the Franco regime's attempt to appropriate the past It also indicates its ultimate failure - as evident in new writings on the war and above all in the return of Republican memory now occurring in Spain during the opening years of the twenty-first century ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Kelly (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria and from the Rhine to the North African coast It was above all else an empire of force - employing a mixture of violence suppression order and tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture This Very Short Introduction covers the history of the Empire from Augustus (the first Emperor) to Marcus Aurelius describing how the empire was formed how it was run its religions and its social structure It examines how local cultures were romanised and how people in far away lands came to believe in the emperor as a god The book also examines how the Roman Empire has been considered and depicted in more recent times from the writings of Edward Gibbon to the differing attitudes of the Victorians and recent Hollywood blockbuster films ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by David Miller (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority the reasons why we need politics at all the limitations of politics and whether there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics It explores the connections between political authority and justice a constant theme in political philosophy and the ways in which social justice can be used to regulate rather than destroy a market economy David Miller discusses why nations are the natural units of government and whether the rise of multiculturalism and transnational co-operation will change this will we ever see the formation of a world government? ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Atheism: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Baggini (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Atheism is often considered to be a negative dark and pessimistic belief which is characterized by a rejection of values and purpose and a fierce opposition to religion Atheism A Very Short Introduction sets out to dispel the myths that surround atheism and show how a life without religious belief can be positive meaningful and moral It also confronts the failure of officially atheist states in the Twentieth Century The book presents an intellectual case for atheism that rests as much upon positive arguments for its truth as on negative arguments against religion ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Flynn (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Existentialism was one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century Focusing on its seven leading figures Sartre Nietzsche Heidegger Kierkegaard de Beauvoir Merleau-Ponty and Camus this Very Short Introduction provides a clear account of the key themes of the movement which emphasized individuality free will and personal responsibility in the modern world Drawing in the movement's varied relationships with the arts humanism and politics this book clarifies the philosophy and original meaning of 'existentialism' - which has tended to be obscured by misappropriation Placing it in its historical context Thomas Flynn also highlights how existentialism is still relevant to us today ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Socialism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Newman (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "What is socialism? Does it have a future or has it become an outdated ideology in the 21st century? Michael Newman examines and explains the successes and failures of modern socialism by taking an international perspective - ranging from communism in Cuba to social democracy in Sweden Discussing its evolution from the industrial towns of the 19th century to its response to the feminist green and anti-capitalist movements today Newman concludes that with its values of equality solidarity and cooperation socialism remains as relevant as ever but that it needs to learn lessons from the past ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks electrons and the ghostly neutrino Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics have actually been made and discusses how our picture of the world has been radically revised in the light of these developments He concludes by looking ahead to new ideas about the mystery of antimatter the number of dimensions that there might be in the universe and to what the next 50 years of research might reveal ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Modernism: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Butler (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Is a tower block your unmade bed your lavatory basin or the bicycle chained to the gate next door a work of art? Why should a novel have a beginning a middle and an end; or even a story? Whether we recognise it or not virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life Butler considers several aspects of modernism including some modernist works; movements and notions of the avant garde; and the idea of &39;progress&39; in art Butler looks at modernist ideas of the self subjectivity irrationalism people and machines and political definitions of modernism as a whole ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Ethics: A Very Short Introduction by Simon Blackburn (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Our self-image as moral well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism relativism hypocrisy and nihilism by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic or competitive and aggressive In this 'sparklingly clear' (Guardian) introduction to ethics Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth death happiness desire and freedom showing us how we should think about the meaning of life and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700000 years of ancient Egypt from the stone age to the Roman conquest The story of the ancient Egyptians from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians Greeks and Romans makes for fascinating reading with subjects ranging from the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley to some of the earliest masterpieces of art architecture and literature in the ancient world An international team of experts in the field address the issues surrounding this distinctive culture vividly relating the rise and fall of ruling dynasties exploring colourful personalities and uncovering surprising facts such as the revelation that Scotland Yard possesses a print taken from the hand of a mummy A well-rounded picture of an intriguing civilization emerges"
Price: 10.49 |
| "Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Cynthia A. Freeland (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "In today&39;s art world many strange even shocking things qualify as art In this Very Short Introduction Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples She discusses blood beauty culture money museums sex and politics clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature function and interpretation of the artsFreeland also propels us into the future by surveying cutting-edge web sites alongside the latest research on the brain&39;s role in perceiving art This clear provocative book engages with the big debates surrounding our responses to art and is an invaluable introduction to anyone interested in thinking about art ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction by Helen Morales (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "From Zeus and Europa to Diana Pan and Prometheus the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us But what do those myths represent and why are they so enduringly fascinating? Why do they seem to be such a potent way of talking about our selves our origins and our desires? This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical myths It is a wide-ranging account examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture taking the reader from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places from arabic poetry and Hollywood films to psychoanalysis the bible and New Age spiritualism ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Qur'an by Oxford University Press (Hardback, 2004)" |
| "'Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful one who taught by the pen who taught man what he did not know' The Qur'an believed by Muslims to be the word of God was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago It is the supreme authority in Islam and the living source of all Islamic teaching; it is a sacred text and a book of guidance that sets out the creed rituals ethics and laws of the Islamic religion It has been one of the most influential books in the history of literature Recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic it has nevertheless remained difficult to understand in its English translations This new translation is written in a contemporary idiom that remains faithful to the original making it easy to read while retaining its powers of eloquence Archaisms and cryptic language are avoided and the Arabic meaning preserved by respecting the context of the discourse The message of the Qur'an was directly addressed to all people regardless of class gender or age and this translation is equally accessible to everyone"
Price: 11.49 |
| "The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940 by Julian Jackson (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere only five days after launching their attack Churchill who had been telephoned by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten rushed to Paris to meet the French leaders The mood in the meeting was one of panic and despair; there was talk of evacuating Paris Churchill asked Gamelin the French Commander in Chief 'Where is the strategic reserve?' 'There is none' replied Gamelin This exciting book by Julian Jackson a leading historian of twentieth-century France charts the breathtakingly rapid events that led to the defeat and surrender of one of the greatest bastions of the Western Allies and thus to a dramatic new phase of the Second World War The search for scapegoats for the most humiliating military disaster in French history began almost at once were miscalculations by military leaders to blame or was this an indictment of an entire nation?Using eyewitness accounts memoirs and diaries Julian Jackson recreates in gripping detail the intense atmosphere and dramatic events of these six weeks in 1940 unravelling the historical evidence to produce a fresh answer to the perennial question of whether the fall of France was inevitable"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile by Daniel Nettle (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "What exactly is happiness? Can we measure it? Why are some people happy and others not? And is there a drug that could eliminate all unhappiness? People all over the world and throughout the ages have thought about happiness argued about its nature and most of all desired it But why do we have such a strong instinct to pursue happiness? And if happiness is good in itself why haven't we simply evolved to be happier? Daniel Nettle uses the results of the latest psychological studies to ask what makes people happy and unhappy what happiness really is and to examine our urge to achieve it Along the way we look at brain systems at mind-altering drugs and how happiness is now marketed to us as a commodity Nettle concludes that while it may be unrealistic to expect lasting happiness our evolved tendency to seek happiness drives us to achieve much that is worthwhile in itself What is more it seems to be not your particular circumstances that define whether you are happy so much as your attitude towards life Happiness gives us the latest scientific insights into the nature of our feelings of well-being and what these imply for how we might live our lives"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Stallabrass (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Contemporary art has never been so popular - but what is &39;contemporary&39; about contemporary art? What is its role today and who is controlling its future? Bloody toy soldiers gilded shopping carts and embroidered tents Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where artists shock break taboos flout generally received ideas and switch between confronting viewers with works of great emotional profundity and jaw-dropping triviality But away from shock tactics in the gallery there are many unanswered questionsWho is really running the art world? What effect has America&39;s growing political and cultural dominance had on art? Julian Stallabrass takes us inside the international art world to answer these and other controversial questions and to argue that behind contemporary art&39;s variety and apparent unpredictability lies a grim uniformity Its mysteries are all too easily explained its depths much shallower than they seem Contemporary art seeks to bamboozle its viewers while being the willing slave of business and governmentThis book is your antidote and will change the way you see contemporary art ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 6.99 |
