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Six boxed sets, each with a different theme, were released in 2006. Five books from the series on the given theme were included, plus the series' promotional volume A Very Short Introduction to Everything. The Ballot Box. Politics (008) Capitalism (108) Democracy (075) Socialism (126) Fascism (077) The Brain Box. Evolution (100) Consciousness ...
Dreaming: An Introduction to the Science of Sleep, 2002: Psychology 128: Dinosaurs: David Norman: 28 July 2005 28 December 2017 (2nd ed.) Biology/Earth Sciences/Geography 129: Renaissance Art: Geraldine A. Johnson: 21 April 2005: Art 130: Buddhist ethics: Damien Keown: 23 June 2005 25 June 2020 (2nd ed.) Religion 131: Tragedy: Adrian Poole: 11 ...
Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction is a 2018 philosophy book by Brad Inwood. As part of the Very Short Introductions series published by Oxford University Press , it is aimed at the lay reader. Contents
Words spelled as a single consonant are usually pronounced as that consonant plus a "very short ee" before a vowel, and as that consonant + schwa otherwise, clearly mirroring Dutton's pronunciation of the e in "the." [9] The suffixes -r (agent) and -z (plural) are pronounced with a preceding schwa when they follow a consonant. [10]
List of fiction set in ancient Rome and the Roman Empire; List of fiction set in Berlin; List of fiction set in Chicago; List of fiction set in Crete; List of fiction set in Equatorial Guinea; List of fiction set in Geneva; List of fiction set in New Orleans; List of fiction set in New York City; List of fiction set in Nottingham; List of ...
The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία (anthologic, literally "a collection of blossoms", from ἄνθος, ánthos, flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the Garland (Στέφανος, stéphanos), the introduction to which compares each of its anthologized ...
The aim of the series is to provide the lay reader with an accessible introduction to a field of study written by an expert in the field. As such, they are a good example of haute vulgarization (high popularization). The phrase "Que sais-je?" is taken from the works of French essayist Michel de Montaigne and means, "What do I know."
The book was reviewed by Ute Römer of the University of Hanover, who wrote that Matthews "has performed the very difficult task of compressing a wealth of material and presenting it in a most accessible way", [1] and by Cheryl Eason of Central Missouri State University, who wrote "I would... suggest that a number of the ideas in the text be illustrated with examples from morphology or syntax ...