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Contemporary Security Studies offers a uniquely engaging introduction to Security Studies, addressing key theories and contemporary issues in the field. A team of expert scholars strikes a careful balance between depth and clarity, making it an essential companion for students exploring the modern security agenda.

A new translation into English of two works by acclaimed French author Colette: The Cat, a surprising short novel in which the triangular love story involves one non-human protagonist, and The Masked Woman, a collection of 22 short stories that provide a challenging take on gender roles and relationships.

Drawing on the richness and depth of the literatures from the Islamicate world, Arabic, Persian, and Turkic Poetics: Towards a Post-Eurocentric Literary Theory paves the way for a more inclusive literary theory that is rooted in Arabic, Persian, and Turkic literary traditions and which fosters a deeper understanding of global literary discourse.

Gettysburg provides an engaging and succinct overview of why the battle of Gettysburg happened, its outcome and why it mattered. It explains why Gettysburg is the most "famous" battle of the American Civil War, and which, it is often said, was the "turning point" of the war.

A political history of Malaysia that prompts reconsideration of the country's path to independence and nationhood, examining the political trajectory of the Peranakan Chinese-a cosmopolitan minority community emerging from intermarriage between ethnic Chinese and ethnic Malays with their own unique culture-in the immediate aftermath of WWII.

This Very Short Introduction aims to show the extraordinary sophistication and self-awareness of Eliot's fiction, which resists any kind of moral or artistic simplification.

Mathematical biology develops models which are applied to processes in biology and medicine. Philip K. Maini describes the art of modelling, what it is, why we do it.

In the long nineteenth century, officers were held as prisoners of war, but it meant pawning personal honour in exchange for freedom of movement and other privileges-in-captivity. Jasper Heinzen investigates how captives, statesmen, and humanitarians understood honour in this context, and the implications on our understanding of early modern war.

This book charts the history of how abolitionism became the hegemonic position within contemporary Islamic thought. It demonstrates the way that both slavery and abolition were historically challenged within the Islamic context by Muslim scholars and how those debates continue to impact contemporary discussions.

This book is an original, counter-conventional account of the revolution in philosophy begun by Descartes, around the time of Galileo's revolution. Like Galileo, Descartes relied on pictures to tell his transformational story. This book shows dozens of fascinating pictures, and explains how they worked, not as decorations but as explanations.

This book is a collection of essays by current scholars spanning a range of topics and time periods that reflect the interests of Henry Woudhuysen. Topics cluster around textual production and the labour required to turn 'raw' literary materials into consumable books, whether for original audiences or, through editing, for a modern readership.

The EACVI Handbook of Nuclear Cardiology serves as a user-friendly clinical guide to the field of nuclear cardiology. Covering all aspects of this ever-expanding area, it is an indispensable tool in the diagnosis and management of patients.

Famous throughout history for their doomed stand at Thermopylae, and immortalised by contemporary Athenian writers who viewed them as the exotic other, the Spartans, and their brutality and bravery, both fascinate and appal us. Andrew Bayliss reveals the best and the worst of this harsh society, separating myth from reality.

Covering Geoffrey Chaucer's life and work, David Wallace considers the influence and enduring appeal of his body of writing, explores the wide ranging geography and iconic characters in his stories, and discusses how Chaucer's own experiences contributed to his literature.

Nazi concentration camps are by no means the only examples of these 'extreme institutions'; Dan Stone sets out the fuller story, from the Boer War to Bosnia. He shows how different regimes have used concentration camps at times of crisis to control populations that appeared threatening, and examines their role in consciousness and identity.

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the cornerstones of Western literature, inspiring artists, writers, philosophers, musicians, playwrights, and film-makers throughout history. Barbara Graziosi introduces Homer's key works and discusses the main literary, historical, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homeric studies.

In this Very Short Introduction Linda Woodhead explores the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity and its course over two millennia, including its geographical spread and struggles with modernity. This new edition is a candid portrait of Christianity's past and present, and its importance in the twenty-first century.