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Plants by Timothy Walker
$22.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in theirmany other use ...Show more
Scotland by Rab Houston
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Since Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and throughout the wider world. In this iVery Short Introduction/i, Rab Houston explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages, how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation,links with En ...Show more
Southeast Asia: a Very Short Introduction by James R. Rush
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The eleven countries of Southeast Asia are diverse in every way, from the ethnicities and religions of their residents to their political systems and levels of prosperity. These nations--Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, and East Timor-- ...Show more
The Dead Sea Scrolls by Timothy H. Lim
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have become an icon in popular culture that transcends their status as ancient Jewish manuscripts. Everyone has heard of the Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational claims, it can be difficult to separate themyths from t ...Show more
The Great Depression and the New Deal by Eric Rauchway
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Category: History | 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
Viruses by Dorothy H. Crawford
$17.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Viruses are big news. From pandemics such as HIV, swine flu, and SARS, we are constantly being bombarded with information about new lethal infections. In this Very Short Introduction Dorothy Crawford demonstrates how clever these entities really are. From their discovery and the unravelling oftheir intr ...Show more
World Music: a Very Short Introduction by Philip V. Bohlman
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
World Music draws readers into a remarkable range of historical encounters, in which music had the power to evoke the exotic and to give voice to the voiceless. In the course of the volume's eight chapters the reader witnesses music's involvement in the modern world, but also the individual moments and ...Show more