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A Very Short Introduction: Chaos by Leonard Smith
$29.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | 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
Advertising: A Very Short Introduction by Winston Fletcher
$20.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
How advertising works is not a question that has a simple answer. Advertising is a diverse entity and different campaigns work (or fail to work) in a plethora of different ways. Most advertising persuades people to buy things, but how? And who does it aim to persuade? And how are these decisions made? I ...Show more
African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction by Eddie S. Glaude, Jnr
$19.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
Since the first African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in 1818, churches have gone beyond their role as spiritual guides in African American communities and have served as civic institutions, spaces for education, and sites for the cultivation of individuality and identities in th ...Show more
African History by John Parker
$24.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
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 ...Show more
Ageing: A Very Short Introduction by Nancy A. Pachana
$18.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | 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
Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction by Hugh Bowden
$21.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age of 32, twelve years later. During his reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest empire that had ever existed, leading his army from Greece to Pakistan, and from the Libyan desert ...Show more
American Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Richard M. Valelly
$19.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | 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 Slavery: A Very Short Introduction by Heather Andrea Williams
$20.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today. This Very Short Introduction begins with the Portuguese c ...Show more
American Women's History: A Very Short Introduction by Susan Ware
$19.99 NZD
Category: Feminism | Series: Very Short Introductions
What does U.S. history look like with women at the center of the story? From Pocahantas to military women serving in the Iraq war, this survey chronicles the contributions, recognized and unrecognized, that women have made to the American experience. Committed to a multicultural approach to women's his ...Show more
Anaesthesia by Aiden O'Donnell
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Category: Not a Book | Series: Very Short Introductions
What do anaesthetists do? How does anaesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anaesthetist know if you are really asleep? Anaesthesia is a mysterious and sometimes threatening process. In this Very Short Introduction, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour through the whole of the modern ...Show more
Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Christina Riggs
$21.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | 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 Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Julia Annas
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Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book aims to introduce readers to some ancient debates and to get them to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancie ...Show more