Raymond Carr: The Curiosity of the Fox
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Raymond Carr pioneered a new way of looking at modern Spanish history, releasing Spaniards form the...
The House in France: A Memoir
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In 2009, six years after her mother's death, Gully Wells returns to La Migoua, the house in Provence...
Dull Disasters?: How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference
Daniel J. Clarke and Stefan Dercon
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to...
Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction
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Herodotus has come to be respected by most scholars as a responsible and important historian....
Islam: A Very Short Introduction
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Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions, but few people in the...
Nothing: A Very Short Introduction
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What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist?...
Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
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Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that...
The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
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The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the...
Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
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Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the...
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems
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Not for nothing is William Shakespeare considered possibly the most famous writer in history; his...