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  • The fire next time

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    The fire next time

    Sounds a clarion warning to the world.

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  • Political Philosophy

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    Political Philosophy

    This short text introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as, ‘how should we live together in society?’.

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  • Feminism

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    Feminism

    This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries.

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  • Economics

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    Economics

    Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta reveals the connections between economics, politics, and development, and shows how these interactions create the world we live in today.

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  • Communism

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    Communism

    The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology.

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  • Fascism

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    Fascism

    Fascism is notoriously hard to define. In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world, to make sense of its ideology and place in the modern world.

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  • Capitalism

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    Capitalism

    In this Very Short Introduction James Fulcher considers what capitalism is, the forms it can take around the world, and its history of crises and long-term development. In this new edition he discusses the fundamental impact of the global financial crises of 2007-8 and what it has meant for capitalism worldwide.

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  • Good Ideas

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    Good Ideas

    The way we’ve been taught excludes or limits all sorts of practical ways of finding out about ideas, knowledge and culture. From cooking to fixing loo cisterns, from dance to model-making, from playing Top Trumps to arguing with TV programmes, from collecting leaves to playing ‘Who am I?’, Michael Rosen shows how to use everything around you to learn more – and how enjoyable and satisfying it can be.

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  • Proverbs

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    Proverbs

    In this compact book, renowned Irish painter Hector McDonnell takes a world tour of over 1,200 proverbs, comparing their similarities and contradictions, and revealing the secret patterns of common sense, human nature and human folly.

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  • Prisoners of Geography

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    Prisoners of Geography

    Spread over ten chapters, using maps, essays and occasionally the personal experiences of the widely travelled author, ‘Prisoners of Geography’ looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential guide to geopolitics, one of the major determining factors in world history. This edition has been updated to reflect current events of 2016.

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  • Bittersweet

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    Bittersweet

    An optimistic solution to the post-Brexit crisis in Britain’s agricultural sector

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  • Fairy tale

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    Fairy tale

    Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan’s Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, Warner highlights the impact of the genre on human understanding, history, and culture.

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