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Series Copy Oxford’s celebrated Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects–from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Each volume provides trenchant and provocative–yet always balanced and complete–discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in ques… More >>
History: A Very Short Introduction
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When Oxford published J.M. Robert’s History of the World in 1994, it was immediately acclaimed as a classic. Writing in the Observer, A.J.P. Taylor called it “a stupendous achievement…the unrivalled world history of our day.” The Christian Science Monitor greeted it as a “landmark book….Highly readable…intelligently organized, insightful, and balanced.” And The Sunday Telegraph declared, “There is nothing better of its kind.” Oxford now presents the new, conv… More >>
A Short History of the World
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An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing about History helps you learn how to think and write like an historian. This engaging and practical text helps you get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches you how to incorporate your own ideas into your papers and to tell a story about history that interests you and your peers. Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and resea… More >>
Short Guide to Writing about History, A
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Enter the world of science as Bill Bryson unmasks the mysteries of the universe.
Did you know that:
• Every atom in your body has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to being you?
• If you are an average-sized kid, you have enough potential energy inside you to explode with the force of several hydrogen bombs?
And—What happened to dinosaurs? How big is the universe? Why are… More >>
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
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I-Introduction IT will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing: that a history from the standpoint of a member of the public has not been written. What we call the popular histories should rather be called the anti-popular histories. They … More >>
A Short History of England