Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction

9 best books like Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction (Mark Maslin): Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change, The Prose Edda, Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith, The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction, Politics: Between the Extremes, Computer Science: A Very Short Introduction, Fedeltà, La straniera, My Brother's Name is Jessica

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change

Author	Elizabeth Kolbert
ISBN	1596911301

Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the New Yorker, for which she won a National Magazine Award...

The Prose Edda

Author	Snorri Sturluson
ISBN	0140447555

'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?'

The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, it tells ancient stories...

Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith

Author	Henri J.M. Nouwen
ISBN	0060754737

Spiritual Direction gives us the unique and unrivaled experience of having Henri Nouwen as our personal spiritual director, answering our questions about the spiritual life in his wise, comfortable, and engaging style. With Nouwen's guidance, we can reorient our lives and open the door to true spiritual...

The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction

Author	Robert J. McMahon
ISBN	0192801783

The massive disorder and economic ruin following the Second World War inevitably predetermined the scope and intensity of the Cold War. But why did it last so long? And what impact did it have on the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, and the Third World? Finally, how did it affect the broader history...

Politics: Between the Extremes

Author

Nick Clegg

'Compelling' Ian McEwan 'Engrossing' Alan Johnson 'Essential' Robert Peston

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

Politics has changed. For decades Britain was divided between Left and Right but united in its belief in a two-party state. Now, with nationalism resurgent and mainstream...

Computer Science: A Very Short Introduction

Author	Subrata Dasgupta
ISBN	0198733461

Over the past sixty years, the spectacular growth of the technologies associated with the computer is visible for all to see and experience. Yet, the science underpinning this technology is less visible and little understood outside the professional computer science community. As a scientific...

Fedeltà

Author

Marco Missiroli

«Il malinteso», così Carlo e Margherita chiamano il dubbio che ha incrinato la superficie del loro matrimonio. Carlo è stato visto nel bagno dell'università insieme a una studentessa: «si è sentita male, l'ho soccorsa», racconta al rettore, ai colleghi, alla moglie, e Sofia conferma la...

La straniera

Author	Claudia Durastanti
ISBN	8893447754

"La storia di una famiglia somiglia più a una cartina topografica che a un romanzo, e una biografia è la somma di tutte le ere geologiche che hai attraversato". Come si racconta una vita se non esplorandone i luoghi simbolici e geografici, ricostruendo una mappa di sé e del mondo vissuto? Tra la Basilicata...

My Brother's Name is Jessica

Author	John Boyne
ISBN	0241376157

Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible.

Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises Jason, who seems to have life sorted - he's kind, popular, amazing...