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June 21, 2018

What's new in June 2018

An introduction to Southeast Asia and a new edition of Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction are now available online ...

May 24, 2018

What's new in May 2018

Introductions to American Naval History and Demography are now available, plus a new edition of the VSI to Terrorism ...

April 26, 2018

What's new in April 2018

Three introductions are now available online: Criminology, Decadence, and The U.S. Constitution ...

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