The Russian economy

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• Connolly, Richard
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Russia is one of the largest economies in the world; it is one of the world's most important exporters of oil and gas, and of other natural resources. Its status as one of the largest wheat and grain ...

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The Russian economy

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• Connolly, Richard
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Russia is one of the largest economies in the world; it is one of the world's most important exporters of oil and gas, and of other natural resources. Its status as one of the largest wheat and grain ...

The history of life

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• Benton, Michael J.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on ...

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The history of life

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• Benton, Michael J.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on ...

Walter Benjamin

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• Zaretsky, Eli
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the last century. This Very Short Introduction explores his extraordinary life and thought. His complex system of criticism is difficult for many readers, but it is coherent in its combination ...

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Walter Benjamin

a very short introduction

• Zaretsky, Eli
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the last century. This Very Short Introduction explores his extraordinary life and thought. His complex system of criticism is difficult for many readers, but it is coherent in its combination ...

Decision making

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• Palminteri, Stefano
• Wyart, Valentin
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

We are constantly making decisions. from everyday choices like whether to carry an umbrella, to complex issues involving risk, strategy, and long-term planning. This Very Short Introduction explains how we make choices, exploring how we process information, learn from experience, and sometimes fail to make ...

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Decision making

a very short introduction

• Palminteri, Stefano;
• Wyart, Valentin
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

We are constantly making decisions. from everyday choices like whether to carry an umbrella, to complex issues involving risk, strategy, and long-term planning. This Very Short Introduction explains how we make choices, exploring how we process information, learn from experience, and sometimes fail to make ...

Memory

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• Foster, Jonathan K.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

How can we remember certain events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday and then forget we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well at some times but not at others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be ...

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Memory

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• Foster, Jonathan K.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

How can we remember certain events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday and then forget we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well at some times but not at others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be ...

Criminal justice

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• Roberts, Julian V.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Explores all aspects of the criminal justice system, from the crime itself to the courthouse, to prison and the victims of crime Uses a number of cases to illustrate the important elements of criminal justice Draws upon the latest research from around the world including ...

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Criminal justice

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• Roberts, Julian V.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Explores all aspects of the criminal justice system, from the crime itself to the courthouse, to prison and the victims of crime Uses a number of cases to illustrate the important elements of criminal justice Draws upon the latest research from around the world including ...

Global economic history

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• Allen, Robert C.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Why are some countries rich, and some poor? Does this status persist throughout time, and if so, why? How can a country escape poverty? In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen explores the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, economic policy, and institutions, to ...

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Global economic history

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• Allen, Robert C.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Why are some countries rich, and some poor? Does this status persist throughout time, and if so, why? How can a country escape poverty? In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen explores the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, economic policy, and institutions, to ...

Humanitarianism

a very short introduction

• Irwin, Julia F.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Humanitarian crises are a central problem of modern history and contemporary international relations. According to United Nations estimates, 300 million people required humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024 alone, due to displacement, armed conflict, food insecurity, disasters, and the consequences of climate change. The international ...

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Humanitarianism

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• Irwin, Julia F.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Humanitarian crises are a central problem of modern history and contemporary international relations. According to United Nations estimates, 300 million people required humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024 alone, due to displacement, armed conflict, food insecurity, disasters, and the consequences of climate change. The international ...

Thomas More

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• Marshall, Peter
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Thomas More is an enduringly fascinating and profoundly controversial figure. A brilliant scholar, his Utopia of 1516 dared to imagine how society might be completely reordered. At the same time, his hatred of the Reformation caused him to advocate, and seek to implement, the death ...

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Thomas More

a very short introduction

• Marshall, Peter
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Thomas More is an enduringly fascinating and profoundly controversial figure. A brilliant scholar, his Utopia of 1516 dared to imagine how society might be completely reordered. At the same time, his hatred of the Reformation caused him to advocate, and seek to implement, the death ...

Judaism

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• Solomon, Norman
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

How has Judaism changed since the days of the Bible? What sects and divisions does it have, and how does it respond to the challenges of modernity? How does the secular state of Israel resolve the conflicts of ‘Church’ and state? In this Very Short ...

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Judaism

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• Solomon, Norman
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

How has Judaism changed since the days of the Bible? What sects and divisions does it have, and how does it respond to the challenges of modernity? How does the secular state of Israel resolve the conflicts of ‘Church’ and state? In this Very Short ...

Derrida

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• Glendinning, Simon
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Jacques Derrida had a major influence on 20th century philosophy and the idea of postmodernism. Challenging some of the deepest assumptions of the Western philosophical tradition, he is most renowned-or condemned-for his engagement with the movement that he called ...

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Derrida

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• Glendinning, Simon
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Jacques Derrida had a major influence on 20th century philosophy and the idea of postmodernism. Challenging some of the deepest assumptions of the Western philosophical tradition, he is most renowned-or condemned-for his engagement with the movement that he called ...

Moses Maimonides

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• Brann, Ross
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Moses Maimonides, a scientist, physician, philosopher, rabbinic scholar, and communal leader, was perhaps the most imposing Jewish figure of the pre-modern age. Yet, more than eight centuries after his death, the meaning of his life and his work remains contested. This Very Short Introduction to ...

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Moses Maimonides

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• Brann, Ross
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Moses Maimonides, a scientist, physician, philosopher, rabbinic scholar, and communal leader, was perhaps the most imposing Jewish figure of the pre-modern age. Yet, more than eight centuries after his death, the meaning of his life and his work remains contested. This Very Short Introduction to ...

The Iraq wars

a very short introduction

• Helfont, Samuel
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

American wars in Iraq were a defining feature of global politics for almost thirty years. The Gulf War of 1991, the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the campaign against the Islamic State beginning in 2014 each had their own logic. Each occurrence was ...

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The Iraq wars

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• Helfont, Samuel
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

American wars in Iraq were a defining feature of global politics for almost thirty years. The Gulf War of 1991, the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the campaign against the Islamic State beginning in 2014 each had their own logic. Each occurrence was ...

Oral history

a very short introduction

• Boyd, Douglas A.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This Very Short Introduction is a general introduction to oral history from the interview to the archive. Douglas A. Boyd examines the oral history interview, recording techniques and strategies, technologies for making oral history accessible, and the legal and ...

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Oral history

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• Boyd, Douglas A.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This Very Short Introduction is a general introduction to oral history from the interview to the archive. Douglas A. Boyd examines the oral history interview, recording techniques and strategies, technologies for making oral history accessible, and the legal and ...

The Reformation

a very short introduction

• Marshall, Peter
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Reformation transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world. But what actually was the Reformation and how should it be defined? Historians have long wrangled over whether it represented a force leading to progress, liberty ...

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The Reformation

a very short introduction

• Marshall, Peter
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Reformation transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world. But what actually was the Reformation and how should it be defined? Historians have long wrangled over whether it represented a force leading to progress, liberty ...

Cicero

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• Baraz, Yelena
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was one of the most influential figures in late republican Rome, a moment of great social, political, and cultural unrest that would lead to the transition from republic to empire. Cicero was a statesman ...

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Cicero

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• Baraz, Yelena
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was one of the most influential figures in late republican Rome, a moment of great social, political, and cultural unrest that would lead to the transition from republic to empire. Cicero was a statesman ...

Environmental justice

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• Hill, Pamela
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Environmental justice recognizes that environmental benefits and burdens should be distributed fairly, and that the people making policy decisions should incorporate the views of those most often harmed: people of color, Indigenous populations, low-income communities, and those who are underserved and disenfranchised for other reasons ...

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Environmental justice

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• Hill, Pamela
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Environmental justice recognizes that environmental benefits and burdens should be distributed fairly, and that the people making policy decisions should incorporate the views of those most often harmed: people of color, Indigenous populations, low-income communities, and those who are underserved and disenfranchised for other reasons ...

Alexander Hamilton

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• Bernstein, R.B.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2025

This is a brief introduction to the life, thought, work, and legacy of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), but it is not a traditional biography. Public curiosity about Hamilton, his life, and his work has swelled, particularly among those intrigued by popular-culture portrayals in the Broadway musical ...

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Alexander Hamilton

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• Bernstein, R.B.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2025

This is a brief introduction to the life, thought, work, and legacy of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), but it is not a traditional biography. Public curiosity about Hamilton, his life, and his work has swelled, particularly among those intrigued by popular-culture portrayals in the Broadway musical ...

Henry David Thoreau

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• Buell, Lawrence
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2025

"When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond..." Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading figure ...

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Henry David Thoreau

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• Buell, Lawrence
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2025

"When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond..." Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading figure ...

Postwar Europe

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• Bessel, Richard
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2025

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history. It left Europe in ruins, its economies severely damaged and millions of its people facing malnutrition, its political systems shaken if not destroyed. Yet three decades later its ...

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Postwar Europe

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• Bessel, Richard
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2025

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history. It left Europe in ruins, its economies severely damaged and millions of its people facing malnutrition, its political systems shaken if not destroyed. Yet three decades later its ...