A collection of over 600 Very Short Introductions
- Scope and Use of the Collection
- Suggest New Resources
- List of Very Short Introductions with Links to the Catalogue
Scope and Use of the Collection
Published by Oxford University Press, the Very Short Introductions (VSIs) cover a very wide range of subjects. New College Library’s Very Short Introductions Collection provides approaching 600 titles, one of the largest holdings in the University.
All the VSIs are shelved in the Group Study Room on the Library’s Lower Floor. All these books start with the shelfmark VSI/. All may be borrowed by New College students and staff.
To identify titles you need to borrow, word-search the listing below, with the name of the topic you need concise information on (using synonyms, as necessary). All VSIs are listed here alphabetically, by title:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Suggest New Resources
Is there a VSI you need that the Library does not hold? If you wish to suggest new VSI titles to be added to the Collection, you are invited to contact the Librarian.
(The University moved to a new library management system and updated SOLO in August 2023; some links to catalogue records from New College Library webpages will be unavailable for a period of time.)
List of Very Short Introductions with Links to the Catalogue
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VSI/NEW |
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VSI/COH | The Abrahamic Religions |
VSI/NOB |
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VSI/BER | Adam Smith |
VSI/SMI | Adolescence |
VSI/FLE |
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VSI/LED | Aerial Warfare |
VSI/NAN | Aesthetics |
VSI/GLA |
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VSI/PAR |
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VSI/TAY | African Politics |
VSI/OLU |
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VSI/PAC |
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VSI/Le P |
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VSI/GLO | Albert Camus |
VSI/BOW |
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VSI/FRI | American Business History |
VSI/BOY |
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VSI/GER |
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VSI/WHI |
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VSI/SYM | American Naval History |
VSI/CAP | American Poetry |
VSI/CRI |
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VSI/MAI |
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VSI/VAL |
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VSI/JON |
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VSI/WIL |
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VSI/ARO |
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VSI/WAR | American Women’s History |
VSI/KEM | Amphibians |
VSI/O’DO |
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VSI/BEA |
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VSI/PRI |
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VSI/RAD |
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VSI/SHA |
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VSI/RIG |
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VSI/CAR |
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VSI/TAU | Ancient Greek and Roman Science |
VSI/POD |
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VSI/ANN |
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VSI/SID |
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VSI/JON |
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VSI/CHA |
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VSI/BLA |
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VSI/HOL |
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VSI/DeG |
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VSI/WIL | Anselm |
VSI/DOD |
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VSI/ELL |
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VSI/BEL |
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VSI/FRE |
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VSI/FOS |
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VSI/GOR | Applied Mathematics |
VSI/SCH | Arbitration |
VSI/BAH |
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VSI/BAL |
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VSI/DOD | The Arctic |
VSI/DOY |
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VSI/BAR |
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VSI/ARN |
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VSI/BOD | Artificial Intelligence |
VSI/FRE |
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VSI/CAT |
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VSI/BIN | Astrophysics |
VSI/BAG |
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VSI/PAL |
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VSI/CHA |
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VSI/MOR |
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VSI/FRI |
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VSI/MAR | Autobiography |
VSI/COT |
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VSI/CAR |
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VSI/BRY |
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VSI/AMY |
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VSI/GOD |
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VSI/CUL |
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VSI/STE |
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VSI/SCR |
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VSI/SUT |
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VSI/RIC |
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VSI/CLI |
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VSI/HOL |
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VSI/LOR | Biochemistry |
VSI/LEE |
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VSI/BLU |
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VSI/COO |
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VSI/WAL |
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VSI/GIV |
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VSI/DIE |
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VSI/O’SH |
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VSI/JON |
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VSI/COO | The BRICS |
VSI/BAR | British Cinema |
VSI/LOU |
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VSI/JAC |
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VSI/WRI |
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VSI/CAR |
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VSI/KEO |
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VSI/KEO |
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VSI/MAX | Business and Sustainability [on order] |
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VSI/BAL |
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VSI/WRI | Canada |
VSI/JAM |
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VSI/FUL |
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VSI/O’CO |
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VSI/MUM |
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VSI/ALL |
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VSI/CUN |
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VSI/SMI |
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VSI/HAR | Charles Dickens |
VSI/ATK |
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VSI/GOS |
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VSI/REY |
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VSI/KNI |
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VSI/ALL |
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VSI/WIL |
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VSI/LON |
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VSI/WOO |
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VSI/BEL |
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VSI/MUI |
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VSI/HOL | The Civil Rights Movement |
VSI/ALL |
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VSI/MOR |
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VSI/BEA |
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VSI/HOW |
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VSI/MAS |
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VSI/MAS |
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VIS/LLE | Clinical Psychology |
VSI/PAS |
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VSI/McM |
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VSI/TAY |
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VSI/ADO |
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VSI/BEV |
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VSI/HOL |
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VSI/HOL |
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VSI/INC |
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VSI/STO | Concentration Camps |
VSI/GAR |
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VSI/RES |
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VSI/STR |
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VSI/BLA |
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VSI/STA |
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VSI/EAG |
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VSI/CRI |
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VSI/GIN | Copernicus |
VSI/SHE |
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VSI/MOO |
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VSI/HOL | Corruption |
VSI/COL |
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VSI/GLĂ | Creativity |
VSI/ROB | Criminal Justice |
VSI/BRO |
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VSI/TYE |
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VSI/PIP |
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VSI/KRA |
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VSI/HOP |
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VSI/HAI |
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VSI/HOW |
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VSI/LIM |
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VSI/WEI |
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VSI/TAY | Dementia |
VSI/CRI |
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VSI/GLE |
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VSI/SOR |
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VSI/MID |
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VSI/HES |
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VSI/GOL |
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VSI/WOL |
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VSI/OLD |
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VSI/KEN |
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VSI/MUG |
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VSI/NOR |
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VSI/SIR |
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VSI/AUF |
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VSI/HOB |
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VSI/IVE |
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VSI/CUN |
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VSI/DUI | Dynasty |
VSI/SNO | Dyslexia |
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VSI/KEL |
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VSI/RED |
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VSI/GHA | Ecology |
VSI/DAS |
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VSI/THO |
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VSI/PIN |
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VSI/LAN |
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VSI/BAL |
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VSI/POS | Elizabeth Bishop |
VSI/NEL | |
VSI/EVA |
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VSI/HOW |
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VSI/CAB | Employment Law |
VSI/JEN | Energy Systems |
VSI/CAR |
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VSI/BLO |
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VSI/HOR |
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VSI/BAT |
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VSI/WES |
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VSI/SMI |
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VSI/ATT | Environmental Ethics |
VSI/FIS |
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VSI/ENG | Enzymes |
VSI/WIL |
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VSI/SAR |
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VSI/BLA |
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VSI/RIC |
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VSI/SMI |
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VSI/LEV | Eugenics |
VSI/USH |
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VSI/CHA |
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VSI/FLY |
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VSI/WEA |
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VSI/WIG | Extinction |
VSI/LAN |
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VSI/WAR |
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VSI/HER |
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VSI/PAS |
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VSI/ARN |
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VSI/ROZ | Federalism |
VSI/WAL |
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VSI/WOO |
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VSI/KAL |
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VSI/NAR | Film Noir |
VSI/HOW |
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VSI/LAU | Fluid Mechanics |
VSI/SLO |
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VSI/KRE |
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VSI/CAN |
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VSI/FRA |
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VSI/THO |
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VSI/GUT |
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VSI/BER |
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VSI/FAL |
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VSI/WAR |
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VSI/PIN |
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VSI/ONN |
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VSI/LYO |
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VSI/GAU | French Philosophy |
VSI/DOY |
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VSI/STO |
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VSI/RUT |
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VSI/GID |
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VSI/GRI |
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VSI/DRA |
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VSI/BIN |
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VSI/PAR |
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VSI/CAM | Garden History |
VSI/SLA |
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VSI/ROB |
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VSI/ARC |
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VSI/MAT |
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VSI/DUN | Geometry |
VSI/DOD |
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VSI/WIX | George Bernard Shaw |
VSI/BOY |
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VSI/BOW |
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VSI/CHE | The Ghetto |
VSI/McG |
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VSI/ALL |
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VSI/MAS |
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VSI/STE |
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VSI/BOW |
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VSI/MOO | Gödel's Theorem |
VSI/GRO |
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VSI/BEV |
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VSI/CLI |
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VSI/RAU |
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VSI/TYL | Habeas Corpus |
VSI/FIN |
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VSI/RAD |
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VSI/VIL | Hannah Arendt |
VSI/HAY |
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VSI/SIN |
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VSI/INW |
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VSI/THO |
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VSI/WAL |
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VSI/ROB |
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VSI/WIL |
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VSI/KNO |
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VSI/ARN |
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VSI/HOS |
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VSI/NOW |
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VSI/BRO | The History of Chemistry |
VSI/BEN |
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VSI/STE |
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VSI/BYN |
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VSI/HEI |
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VSI/HOL |
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VSI/WHI |
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VSI/TUC |
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VSI/FOX |
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VSI/LUC |
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VSI/KLE |
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VSI/WOO |
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VSI/DAV | Human Physiology |
VSI/CLA |
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VSI/LAW |
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VSI/AYE |
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VSI/CAR |
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I |
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VSI/WOO |
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VSI/COU | Identity |
VSI/FRE |
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VSI/KLE |
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VSI/HAM |
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VSI/STE |
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VSI/FLO |
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VSI/DOD |
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VSI/LEA | Insects |
VSI/VAI |
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VSI/DEA |
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VSI/KOS |
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VSI/WIL |
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VSI/BRO |
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VSI/ANS |
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VSI/RUT |
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VSI/MAL | Islamic Finance [on order] |
VSI/SIL |
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VSI/HAI |
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VSI/BAU |
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VSI/STA | Jewish Literature |
VSI/HAR |
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VSI/SOL |
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VSI/STE |
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VSI/LER | The Jury |
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VSI/DAN |
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VSI/ROB |
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VSI/SCR |
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VSI/SKI |
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VSI/GAR |
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VSI/NAG |
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VSI/COO |
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VSI/SET | Korea |
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VSI/VIN |
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VSI/THO |
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VSI/GOU |
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VSI/AND |
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VSI/CLA |
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VSI/WAC |
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VSI/ATK |
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VSI/GRI |
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VSI/GUE |
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VSI/MAT |
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VSI/CUL |
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VSI/DUN |
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VSI/PRI |
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VSI/De S |
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M |
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VSI/SKI |
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VSI/SCU |
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VSI/DAV |
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VSI/VIN |
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VSI/BLU |
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VSI/WIN |
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VSI/HEN |
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VSI/DAV |
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VSI/MLA |
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VSI/Le M | Marketing |
VSI/PHI |
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VSI/HEN |
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VSI/MIT |
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VSI/SIN |
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VSI/SHE | Mary Shelley |
VSI/HAL |
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VSI/DAV | Mathematical Finance |
VSI/GOW |
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VSI/COT | Matter |
VSI/RES | The Maya |
VSI/EAG |
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VSI/HAN |
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VSI/HOP |
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VSI/FOS |
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VSI/GIL |
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VSI/FOS |
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VSI/MUM |
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VSI/ABR | Methodism |
VSI/KNI | The Mexican Revolution |
VSI/JAM |
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VSI/MON |
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VSI/DOU | Microbiomes |
VSI/DIX |
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VSI/RUB |
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VSI/ECH |
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VSI/VAU |
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VSI/NAG |
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VSI/COT |
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VSI/PER | Modern Brazil |
VSI/MIT |
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VSI/SCH |
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VSI/JEF |
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VSI/PAŠ |
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VSI/CEN |
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VSI/GOT |
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VSI/ECH |
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VSI/ENG |
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VSI/BUT |
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VSI/BAL |
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VSI/DAV |
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VSI/ROS |
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VSI/BUS |
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VSI/BRO |
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VSI/RAT |
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VSI/COO |
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VSI/KAT | Music and Technology |
VSI/SEG |
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VSI/BEL | Napoleon |
VSI/RAP |
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VSI/GRO |
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VSI/BEN |
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VSI/CAP | Nazi Germany |
VSI/BOE |
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VSI/STE |
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VSI/CAL |
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VSI/JOH |
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VSI/KEE |
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VSI/ILI |
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VSI/HEI | Niels Bohr |
VSI/TAN |
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VSI/HAR |
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VSI/GAR |
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VSI/PER |
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VSI/MUL |
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VSI/CLO |
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VSI/IRV |
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VSI/SIR |
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VSI/WIL | Number Theory |
VSI/HIG |
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VSI/BEN |
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VSI/GAU |
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VSI/STO |
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VSI/COO |
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VSI/HOL |
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VSI/PAT |
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VSI/HAT |
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VSI/ANT |
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VSI/SIE | Orthodox Christianity |
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VSI/DAV |
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VSI/BOD |
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VSI/BUN |
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VSI/McM |
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VSI/CLO |
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VSI/SAN |
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VSI/RIC |
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VSI/KAY |
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VSI/SCE |
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VSI/WIL | Philosophical Method |
VSI/CRA |
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VSI/OKA | Philosophy of Biology |
VSI/WAC |
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VSI/WAL | Philosophy of Physics |
VSI/OKA |
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VSI/EDW |
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VSI/ATK |
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VSI/PER | Physics |
VSI/SLA |
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VSI/ROT |
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VSI/WAL |
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VSI/MOL |
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VSI/ANN |
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VSI/O’DO | Poetry |
VSI/MIL |
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VSI/MIN |
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VSI/MUD |
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VSI/YOU |
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VSI/BUT |
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VSI/BEL |
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VSI/JEF |
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VSI/GOS |
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VSI/OSB |
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VSI/WAC |
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VSI/HAI |
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VSI/NUG |
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VSI/DAC |
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VSI/NOL |
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VSI/BUR |
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VSI/BUT |
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VSI/MAR | The Psychology of Music |
VSI/VID | Psychopathy |
VSI/BUR |
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VSI/BER | Public Health |
VSI/BRE |
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VSI/DAN |
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VSI/POL |
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VSI/RAT |
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VSI/TUN |
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VSI/EDM |
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VSI/JAC | Reading |
VSI/TRO |
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VSI/WES |
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VSI/GUE | Reconstruction |
VSI/MAR |
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VSI/LOE | Refugees |
VSI/STA |
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VSI/BEA |
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VSI/BRO |
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VSI/JOH |
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VSI/JEL | Renewable Energy |
VSI/GOL |
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VSI/TOY |
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VSI/FIS |
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VSI/MID |
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VSI/WIN |
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VSI/ZAL |
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VSI/SAL |
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VSI/KEL |
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VSI/FER |
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VSI/WOK |
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VSI/GRA |
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VSI/CON | The Russian Economy |
VSI/HOS |
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VSI/KEL |
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VSI/SMI |
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VSI/YAR | Saints |
VSI/PRI | Scepticism |
VSI/FRI |
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VSI/JAN |
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VSI/DIX |
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VSI/SEE |
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VSI/PRI |
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VSI/HOU |
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VSI/MOT |
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VSI/ZUK | Sexual Selection |
VSI/POS |
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VSI/WEL | Shakespeare’s Tragedies |
VSI/KAH | The Short Story |
VSI/NES |
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VSI/KOR | Silent Film |
VSI/MIL |
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VSI/GRE |
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VSI/LOC |
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VSI/COB | Smell |
VSI/MON |
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VSI/NEW |
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VSI/EDW |
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VSI/BRU |
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VSI/TAY |
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VSI/McL | Soft Matter |
VSI/GOL |
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VSI/LOV |
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VSI/GRA |
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VSI/LAB |
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VSI/BAY | The Spartans |
VSI/SCR |
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VSI/SHE |
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VSI/CRO |
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VSI/KIN |
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VSI/HAN |
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VSI/SLA |
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VSI/INW | Stoicism |
VSI/BLO |
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VSI/MOR |
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VSI/JUD | The Sun |
VSI/BLU |
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VSI/STE |
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VSI/VOI | Systems Biology |
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VSI/SMI |
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VSI/UNG |
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VSI/TOW |
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VSI/CAR |
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VSI/FOR |
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VSI/EVA | Thinking and Reasoning |
VSI/KER |
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VSI/BAY |
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VSI/KAP |
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VSI/BOW | Tides |
VSI/MAN |
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VSI/POO |
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VSI/REY |
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VSI/VAN | Trigonometry |
VSI/CLI |
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VSI/HAW |
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VSI/GUY |
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VSI/MOR |
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VSI/LUN | Typography |
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VSI/HAN |
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VSI/PAL |
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VSI/RIT |
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VSI/BOD |
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VSI/GRE |
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VSI/LAZ |
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VSI/SAR |
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VSI/BLA | Vatican II |
VSI/YEA |
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VSI/RIC |
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VSI/LEI | The Virgin Mary |
VSI/BOY | The Virtues |
VSI/CRA |
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VSI/CRO |
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VSI/DUN |
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VSI/WEL |
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VSI/GAS |
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VSI/GRA |
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VSI/FIN |
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VSI/BOH |
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VSI/NAR |
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VSI/WEI |
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VSI/ROB |
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