Little History of Psychology
ISBN: HB: 9780300269949,
Yale University Press,
April 2024
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature.
What really drives our decisions? Where do language and memory come from? Why do our minds sometimes seem to work against us? Psychologists have long attemp...
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£15.99
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Little History of Music
ISBN: HB: 9780300257748,
Yale University Press,
April 2023
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
A lively, engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present.
Human beings have always made music. Music can move us and tell stories of faith, struggle, or love. It is common to all cultures across the world. But how has it c...
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Little History of Art
ISBN: HB: 9780300253665,
Yale University Press,
April 2022
336 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 80 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.
336 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 80 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.
A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the origins of mark making to art's pivotal role in culture today.
Why did our ancestors make art? What did art mean to them and what does their art mean for us today? Why is art even important...
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£16.99
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Little History of Poetry
ISBN: PB: 9780300255034,
ISBN: HB: 9780300232226,
Yale University Press,
February 2021
320 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
320 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work – over the centuries countless thousands of poems h...
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Little History of Archaeology
ISBN: PB: 9780300243215,
Yale University Press,
April 2019
288 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
288 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archaeology is all of these, but also far more: the only science to encompass the entire span of human histo...
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£10.99
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Little History of Economics
ISBN: PB: 9780300234527,
Yale University Press,
May 2018
256 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
256 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field.
What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention i...
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£10.99
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Little History of Religion
ISBN: PB: 9780300228816,
Yale University Press,
August 2017
256 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
256 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Ri...
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£10.99
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Little History of the United States
ISBN: PB: 9780300223484,
Yale University Press,
February 2017
344 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 11 maps, 40 black&white illus.
344 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 11 maps, 40 black&white illus.
How did a land and people of such immense diversity come together under a banner of freedom and equality to form one of the most remarkable nations in the world? Everyone from young adults to grandparents will be fascinated by the answers uncovered i...
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£10.99
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Little History of Literature
ISBN: PB: 9780300205312,
Yale University Press,
August 2014
288 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
288 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
This "little history" tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from "The Epic of Gilgamesh" to "Harry Potter". John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task, having researched, taught and writte...
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Little History of the World
ISBN: PB: 9780300197181,
Yale University Press,
October 2013
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 200 colour illus.
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 200 colour illus.
E. H. Gombrich's "Little History of the World", though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book...
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£18.99
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