Browse by category
Agriculture by Paul Brassley; Richard Soffe
$16.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Without it we would starve. Yet how many of us understand what is happening in the fields that we see as we drive through the c ...Show more
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Julia Annas
$20.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | 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
Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction by Erle C. Ellis
$23.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change, shifting global cycles of the weather, widespread pollution, radioactive fallout, plastic accumulation, species invasions, t ...Show more
Anxiety by Daniel Freeman; Jason Freeman
$21.99 AUD
Category: Health | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Are we born with our fears or do we learn them? Why do our fears persist? What purpose does anxiety serve? How common are anxiety disorders, and which treatments are most effective? What's happening in our brain when we feel fear? This Very Short Introduction draws on the best scientific research to off ...Show more
Autism by Uta Frith
$25.00 AUD
$30.00 (16% off)
Category: Health | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public ima ...Show more
Beauty - A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
$14.95 AUD
$21.99 (32% off)
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, ...Show more
Cancer by Nick James
$15.95 AUD
Category: Health | Series: Very Short Introductions
In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Ten years later, Richard Nixon echoed this pledge by declaring a 'war' on cancer. More than 30 years later, however, cancer remains one of the largest c ...Show more
Climate: A Very Short Introduction by Mark A. Maslin
$16.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system, exploring and explaining the different components that control climate on Earth. He considers the processes that allow energy to reach the Earth and how it is redistributed around the ...Show more
Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction by Mark A. Maslin
$23.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
Climate change is still, arguably, the most critical and controversial issue facing the world in the twenty-first century. Previously published as Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction, the new edition is now Climate Change: A Very Short introduction, reflecting an important change in the terminolog ...Show more
Comedy by Matthew Bevis
$21.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that writers and speakers enjoy - and risk - when they tell a joke, indulge in bathos, talk nonsense, or encoura ...Show more
Communism - A very short introduction by Leslie Holmes
$14.95 AUD
$32.00 (53% off)
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. At its peak, more than a third of the world's population had lived under communist power. What is communism? Where did the idea come from and what attracted people to it? What is the future for communism? This Very ...Show more
Dreaming - A Very Short Introduction by J. Allan Hobson
$14.99 AUD
$24.99 (40% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
What is dreaming, and what causes it? Why are dreams so strange and why are they so hard to remember? Replacing dream mystique with modern dream science, J. Allan Hobson provides a new and increasingly complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. Focusing on dreaming to explain the mechanis ...Show more