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OCTOBER 25, 2018

What's new in October 2018

Three new Introductions are now available, plus a new edition of Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction ...

OCTOBER 1, 2018

What are environmental laws?

Discover some of the complexities around environmental problems and the laws that surround them ...

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

What's new in September 2018

Five introductions are now available online ...

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