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Brad Inwood,
Stoizismus für Eilige

Der Stoizismus, die philosophische Schule des antiken Griechenlands und Roms, inspiriert bis heute die Menschen dazu, ihr Leben zu überdenken und neu zu gestalten, um persönliche Zufriedenheit zu erreiche…

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Lucas A. Powe Jr.
Media Law: A Very Short Introduction

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Media Law: A Very Short Introduction provides a clear and engaging account of the development and status of the law relating to all media-newspapers, magazines, books, broadcasting, the Internet-in the Un…

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Roger Trigg
Faith: A Very Short Introduction

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This Very Short Introduction argues that all faith needs reason, putting contemporary discussions into historical perspective, and shows that faith also involves a commitment to action. It matters for all…

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Christian W. Mcmillen
Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction

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A concise and comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, including plague, tubercolosis, smallpox, malaria, cholera, HIV, and COVID-19.

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Joshua Landy
Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction

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Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was arguably France's best-known literary writer. He wrote stories, essays, translations, and a 3,000-page novel, In Search of Lost Time (1913-27). This book is a brief guide to…

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Monica Duffy Toft
Civil Wars: A Very Short Introduction

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Civil wars are the most common form of large-scale political violence. They are usually nasty, brutish, and long. Their causes are complex; ranging from fights over access to housing, jobs, and arable lan…

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Antoinette Burton
Gender History: A Very Short Introduction

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This introduction to the field of gender history offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applica…

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Adeel Malik, Usman Hayat
Islamic Finance: A Very Short Introduction

With a full scope of financial services, ranging from banking and capital markets to insurance and microfinance, Islamic finance has now become the most prominent form of faith-based finance in the world.…

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Antulio J. Echevarria
Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction

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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical ex…

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Eric H. Cline
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction

Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis, and ancient documents, this Very Short Introduction to the Trojan War investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeo…

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Matthew Townend
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction

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This Very Short Introduction provides an accessible and authoritative guide to Tolkien's works, and it places The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in the context of his full body of writings.

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Peter Just, John D. Monaghan
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction

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This Very Short Introduction explores the fundamental concepts of social and cultural anthropology; its methods; and its contributions to modern thought. This new edition explores the 'cultural constructi…

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L. Sandy Maisel (Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus, Colby College), Jennifer A. Yoder (Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Colby College)
Elections: A Very Short Introduction

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Elections occur in all democracies and many non-democratic regimes as well. They determine who will hold public office and who will have the power to govern. They connect citizens to those whom they choos…

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Thomas Flynn,
Existenzialismus

Flynns »kurze Einführung« erschien bei Oxford University Press in der Reihe der »Very Short Introductions«. Sie bietet einen Überblick über Geschichte und Themen des Existenzialismus von Kierkegaard über …

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James Binney
Entropy

Entropy is an idea that is no less important than energy, but it is not widely understood. We are surrounded by free energy: what we value is energy that's not too polluted with entropy. This book explain…

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Edith Hall
Sophocles

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This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian, placing his plays within their historical context, and explaini…

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Nick James
Cancer

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Cancer is a problem that touches virtually everyone either directly or indirectly. As one of the biggest killers in the Western world it is feared by many people. In this Very Short Introduction, Nick Jam…

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Fernanda Ferreira
Psycholinguistics

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This Very Short Introduction to psycholinguistics is an accessible and engaging description of how people use language. Talking and understanding language probably seem like simple and straightforward ski…

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James Loxton
Authoritarianism

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We constantly hear about the threat of authoritarianism, whether in the form of communist China or at the hands of people like Donald Trump in the United States. But what is it exactly? This Very Short In…

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Richard Bessel
Postwar Europe

The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history. This Very Short Introduction explores the conditions in Europe at the end of the war, how political life took shape, how European societi…

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