The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction

Amrita (, University Lecturer in International Relations at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge) Narlikar

ISBN: 9780192806086 | Paperback

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy and ... Meer informatie

The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction

Jerry (, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London) Brotton

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192801630 | Paperback

More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society,... Meer informatie

How Ready Are You For Love?

The School of Life

ISBN: 9781915087119 | Paperback

How ready are you for love? A guided questionnaire to help you understand what you need and want out of a relationship. ost questionnaires are just a... Meer informatie

African History: A Very Short Introduction

John (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Parker ; Richard (Honorary Professor of History, University of Aberystwyth) Rathbone

ISBN: 9780192802484 | Paperback

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's pa... Meer informatie

African Politics: A Very Short Introduction

Ian (Professor in International Relations and African Political Economy at the University of St Andrews) Taylor

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198806578 | Paperback

Ian Taylor explores contemporary African politics in all its diversity, revealing how state and society actually functions beyond the formal instituti... Meer informatie

Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction

Paul (A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge University, and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge) Cartledge

ISBN: 9780199601349 | Paperback

A highly stimulating Very Short Introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in abou... Meer informatie

Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

Edward (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge) Craig

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198861775 | Paperback

How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? Edward Craig discusses some of the key questions philosophy engages with. He explores import... Meer informatie

Colombia

Richard D. (Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs, Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University) Mahoney

ISBN: 9780190262747 | Paperback

Even to experts, Colombia is one of the most confusing countries in the Americas. Its democratic tradition is among the richest and most long-standing... Meer informatie

Blasphemy: A Very Short Introduction

Yvonne (Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Kent) Sherwood

ISBN: 9780198797579 | Paperback

In a world where not everyone believes in God, 'blasphemy' is surely a concept that has passed its use-by-date. And yet blasphemy (like God and religi... Meer informatie

Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Kenneth O. (Research Professor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Lecturer in Modern History, Research Professor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Lecturer in Modern History, University of Oxford) Morgan

ISBN: 9780192853974 | Paperback

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century B... Meer informatie

A Brief History Of Time

Stephen (University of Cambridge) Hawking

ISBN: 9780857501004 | Paperback

Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? This book examines these questions. It b... Meer informatie

Disorder

Helen (Professor of Political Economy, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University) Thompson

ISBN: 9780198865018 | Paperback

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s. The 21st ce... Meer informatie

Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction

Alex (Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, University of Exeter) Prichard

ISBN: 9780198815617 | Paperback

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this tr... Meer informatie

Violence: A Very Short Introduction

Philip (Director, Centre for the Study of Violence, The University of Newcastle) Dwyer

ISBN: 9780198831730 | Paperback

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It is one of our most dist... Meer informatie

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction

Barry (, Professor of European Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford) Cunliffe

ISBN: 9780192804181 | Paperback

Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. Fr... Meer informatie

Frederick Douglass

William S. (University of Georgia) McFeely

ISBN: 9780393354423 | Paperback

Born into but escaped from slavery, Frederick Douglass—orator, journalist, autobiographer; revolutionary on behalf of a just America—was a towering fi... Meer informatie

The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction

Jussi M. (Professor of International History, Professor of International History, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva) Hanhimaki

ISBN: 9780190222703 | Paperback

After seven decades of existence has the UN become obsolete? Is it ripe for retirement? As Jussi Hanhimäki proves in the second edition of this Very S... Meer informatie

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The School of Life

Reeks: The School of Life

ISBN: 9789038804729 | Hardcover

De meeste boeken die ons willen veranderen hebben als doel ons rijker of dunner te maken. Dit boek wil ons helpen om aardiger te zijn: dat wil zeggen ... Meer informatie

Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction

Richard (, Professor of Government, Harvard University) Tuck

ISBN: 9780192802552 | Paperback

Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inev... Meer informatie

Against the Liberal Order

Samuel J. (Assistant Professor of International Relations, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Bilkent University) Hirst

ISBN: 9780198916628 | Hardcover

This book offers a groundbreaking account of interactions between the interwar Soviet Union and early Republican Turkey, uncovering a Soviet-Turkish '... Meer informatie