Pelican Books

Book Series

by Melanie Mitchell
Latest: 2025

Book 1

Economics: The User's Guide: A Pelican Introduction

Economics: The User's Guide: A Pelican Introduction

by Ha-Joon Chang
January 1st, 2020
English
Kindle
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Book 2

Human Evolution: A Pelican Introduction

Human Evolution: A Pelican Introduction

by Robin I.M. Dunbar
May 1st, 2014
English
Kindle
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Book 3

Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History

Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History

by Orlando Figes
April 8th, 2014
English
Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
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Book 5

Greek and Roman Political Ideas: A Pelican Introduction

Greek and Roman Political Ideas: A Pelican Introduction

by Melissa Lane
May 27th, 2014
English
Paperback
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Book 7

Who Governs Britain?

Who Governs Britain?

by Anthony King
April 9th, 2015
English
Kindle
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Book 8

How to See the World: An Introduction to Images, from Self-Portraits to Selfies, Maps to Movies, and More

How to See the World: An Introduction to Images, from Self-Portraits to Selfies, Maps to Movies, and More

by Nicholas Mirzoeff
April 12th, 2016
English
Hardcover
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Book 9

A Pelican Introduction: The Meaning Of Science

A Pelican Introduction: The Meaning Of Science

by Tim Lewens
October 13th, 2015
English
Paperback
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Book 10

Social Class in the 21st Century

Social Class in the 21st Century

by Mike Savage
November 5th, 2015
English
Kindle
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A Pelican Introduction: Social Class in the 21st Century

A Pelican Introduction: Social Class in the 21st Century

by Mike Savage
December 15th, 2015
English
Paperback
Edition: UK ed.
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Book 11

The European Union: A Citizen's Guide

The European Union: A Citizen's Guide

by Christopher J. Bickerton
May 12th, 2016
English
Kindle
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Book 13

Islam: The Essentials

Islam: The Essentials

by Tariq Ramadan
March 2nd, 2017
English
Kindle
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Book 14

Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen

Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen

by Guy Standing
May 4th, 2017
English
Kindle
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A Pelican Introduction: Basic Income

A Pelican Introduction: Basic Income

by Guy Standing
July 25th, 2017
English
Paperback
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Book 15

Think Like an Anthropologist

Think Like an Anthropologist

by Matthew Engelke
August 31st, 2017
English
Paperback
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Book 16

Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information

Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information

by John D. Caputo
January 1st, 2018
English
Paperback
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Book 17

Being Ecological

Being Ecological

by Timothy Morton
February 27th, 2018
English
Paperback
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Book 18

Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything

Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything

by Graham Harman
June 1st, 2018
English
Paperback
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Book 19

Marx and Marxism

Marx and Marxism

by Gregory Claeys
May 29th, 2018
English
Paperback
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Book 20

The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene

The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene

by Mark A. Maslin, Simon L. Lewis
April 12th, 2022
English
Paperback
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Book 21

Think Again: How to Reason and Argue

Think Again: How to Reason and Argue

by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
July 2nd, 2018
English
Hardcover
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Book 22

Parenting the First Twelve Years: What the Evidence Tells Us

Parenting the First Twelve Years: What the Evidence Tells Us

by Victoria Cooper, Heather Montgomery, Kieron Sheehy
August 30th, 2018
English
Kindle
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Book 23

Social Mobility and Its Enemies

Social Mobility and Its Enemies

by Lee Elliot Major, Stephen Machin
March 1st, 2019
English
Paperback
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Book 24

Populismo: A Revolta Contra a Democracia Liberal

Populismo: A Revolta Contra a Democracia Liberal

by Roger Eatwell, Matthew Goodwin, José Remelhe
October 25th, 2019
Portuguese
Paperback
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National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy

National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy

by Roger Eatwell, Matthew Goodwin
December 1st, 2018
English
Paperback
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Book 25

What We Really Do All Day: Insights from the Centre for Time Use Research

What We Really Do All Day: Insights from the Centre for Time Use Research

by Jonathan Gershuny, Oriel Sullivan
September 1st, 2019
English
Paperback
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Book 26

A Short History of Brexit: From Brentry to Backstop

A Short History of Brexit: From Brentry to Backstop

by Kevin H. O'Rourke
January 31st, 2019
English
Kindle
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Book 27

A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace

A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace

by Jonathan Holslag
October 25th, 2018
English
Hardcover
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Book 28

A Pelican Introduction: Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide

A Pelican Introduction: Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide

by Jo Dunkley
December 25th, 2018
English
Paperback
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Book 29

Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding

Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding

by Roel Sterckx
March 28th, 2019
English
Kindle
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Book 30

The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

by David Spiegelhalter
December 25th, 2018
English
Paperback
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Book 31

This Is Shakespeare

This Is Shakespeare

by Emma Smith
March 31st, 2020
English
Hardcover
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Book 32

The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism

The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism

by Ruth Kinna
November 1st, 2019
English
Hardcover
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Book 33

Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth

Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth

by Guy Standing
December 1st, 2019
English
Paperback
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Book 34

Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

by Melanie Mitchell
September 24th, 2020
English
Paperback
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Book 35

Can We Be Happier?: Evidence and Ethics

Can We Be Happier?: Evidence and Ethics

by Richard Layard
January 1st, 2022
English
Paperback
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Can We Be Happier? Evidence and Ethics

Can We Be Happier? Evidence and Ethics

by Richard Layard
January 23rd, 2020
English
Hardcover
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Book 36

Feeding Britain: Our Food Problems and How to Fix Them

Feeding Britain: Our Food Problems and How to Fix Them

by Tim Lang
March 26th, 2020
English
Hardcover
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Book 37

The Road to Conscious Machines: The Story of AI

The Road to Conscious Machines: The Story of AI

by Michael Wooldridge
March 5th, 2020
English
Kindle
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Bilinçli Makinelere Giden Yol : Yapay Zekânın Dünü, Bugünü, Yarını

Bilinçli Makinelere Giden Yol : Yapay Zekânın Dünü, Bugünü, Yarını

by Michael Wooldridge, Özge Çelik
October 15th, 2022
Turkish
Paperback
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Book 38

Feminisms: A Global History

Feminisms: A Global History

by Lucy Delap
August 27th, 2020
English
Hardcover
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Book 39

Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency

Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency

by Barnabas Calder
July 1st, 2021
English
Kindle
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Book 40

Around the World in 80 Books

Around the World in 80 Books

by David Damrosch
November 16th, 2021
English
Hardcover
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Book 42

How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures

How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures

by Robin I.M. Dunbar
April 7th, 2022
English
Kindle
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Book 44

The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea

The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea

by Guy Standing
July 7th, 2022
English
Kindle
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Book 45

Understanding Media: Communication, Power and Social Change

Understanding Media: Communication, Power and Social Change

by James Curran, Joanna Redden
May 6th, 2025
English
Paperback
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