The Doctor's Wife is Mary Elizabeth Braddon's rewriting of Flaubert's Madame Bovary in which she explores her frustrated…

Making good decisions under conditions of uncertainty requires an appreciation of the way random chance works. In this Very…

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What words qualify as slang? Should slang be acknowledged as a language in itself? And what does the digital revolution mean…

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In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla -…

Crime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots in works as varied as Sophocles,…

Astrophysics is the physics of the stars, and more widely the physics of the Universe. It enables us to understand the…

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Kniha 9780198728269 Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction Molnar,Peter (Professor of Geological Sciences,University of…

From sound waves to gravitational waves, and from waves of light to crashing rollers on the ocean, Mike Goldsmith explores…

This Very Short Introduction outlines the nature of public health in our world today and places public health in its…

In this Very Short Introduction, Katherine Blundell looks at the seemingly paradoxical, mysterious, and intriguing phenomena…

The animal world is immensely diverse, and our understanding of it has been greatly enhanced by analysis of DNA and the…

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In this revised and updated edition of Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction, Paul Bahn presents an engaging introduction…

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An important new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Thesaurus, with new words on contemporary topics such as…

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'The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words:…

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This Oxford Children''s Classic features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Hannah Gold, and other bonus…

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A concise, lively, and at times opinionated account of Scottish history, politics, society, religion, and culture - both…

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Martha LOVES making maps! Step back in time with Martha''s amazing maps, packed with cool facts and fun details. She meets…

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Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new 'man'. But this…

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Adolf Verloc is a double agent, working for both the British police and a foreign country. He pretends to live a normal…

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The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead,…

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Careful, Connie, please. Your little sister's eyes are looking angry. Look at the sudden lines around her mouth. Connie, a…

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In the first of these stories, Rip van Winkle sleeps for over twenty years, and then wakes up to a world that he no longer…

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It's an exciting life - full of fast cars, money, and travel. The names of Formula One champions are known all over the…

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Love stories with a difference... There's a kiss by a fireside that was a mistake, there's a man-hating aunt by the seaside,…

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It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere…

The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and best-known legal text of ancient India. A seminal Hindu work, it is…

Produkt Civil War zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Oxford University Press.…

This unique edition brings together four plays concerned with 'domestic' themes: Arden of Faversham, Heywood's A Woman…

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nové vydání klasické anglické četby…

Produkt Mad World, My Masters and Other Plays zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Oxford University Press.…

First published in 1796, Camilla deals with the matrimonial concerns of a group of young people-Camilla Tyrold and her…

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'beauty has purport and significance only for human beings, for beings at once animal and rational' In the Critique of…

Oxfordský slovník zaměřený na historii rodin a míst spojených s britskými ostrovy. Poskytuje praktické a kontextové…

The writings of C.S. Lewis have a universal appeal. His Chronicles of Narnia are by far the best known, but he was also a…

This Very Short Introduction addresses the themes, developments, and controversies that have shaped Modern China. Covering a…

The variety of the mycological world is far greater than most people imagine. Tens of thousands of fungal species have been…

Branding is possibly the most powerful commercial and cultural force on the planet. Robert Jones discusses the vast variety…

In this Very Short Introduction Frank Close describes the historical development of nuclear physics, our understanding of…

Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and…

City planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and--sometimes utopian--aspirations. Formal thought…

Networks are involved in many aspects of everyday life, from food webs in ecology and the spread of pandemics to social…

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This Oxford Children''s Classic features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Lemn Sissay, and other bonus…

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When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But…

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When a boy stumbles into a blank book, he thinks it looks very empty . . . until he meets a determined paintbrush. Although…

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This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York`s famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest…

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This Oxford Children''s Classic features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Onjali Q Raúf, and other bonus…

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First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short…

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This Oxford Children''s Classic features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Geraldine McCaughrean, and other…