159 books in series

Very Short Introductions

Very Short Introductions is a 138-book series with 137 primary works first released in 1915 with contributions by Mary Beard, John Henderson, and 167 others.

Classics

ByMary Beard,John Henderson

1995 • 8 Readers • 145 pages • 3

Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction

ByDamien Keown

1996 • 11 Readers • 136 pages • 3.2

#4MostPopular

Literary Theory

ByJonathan D. Culler

1997 • 14 Readers • 144 pages • 3.5

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

ByJonathan D. Culler

1997 • 1 Reader • 185 pages

Islam

Islam: A Very Short Introduction

ByMalise Ruthven

1997 • 1 Reader

Theology

Theology: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid F. Ford

1999 • 1 Reader • 3

The Koran

#13

The Koran: A Very Short Introduction

ByMichael A. Cook

2000 • 3 Readers • 3.5

#14

The Bible: A Very Short Introduction

ByJohn Riches

2000 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 3

Roman Britain

#17

Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction

ByPeter Salway

2000 • 3 Readers • 78 pages • 2

Medieval Britain

#19

Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction

ByJohn Gillingham,Ralph A. Griffiths

2000 • 3 Readers • 177 pages

#21

Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction

ByJohn Morrill

2000 • 1 Reader • 113 pages

#22

Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

ByPaul Langford

2000 • 1 Reader

#23

Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

ByChristopher Harvie,H.C.G. Matthew

2000 • 1 Reader • 193 pages • 4

#31

Machiavelli

ByQuentin Skinner

1981 • 1 Reader • 102 pages

Aristotle

#32

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

ByJonathan Barnes

1982 • 1 Reader • 3

Jung

#40

Jung: A Very Short Introduction

ByAnthony Stevens

1994 • 9 Readers • 192 pages • 4

#42

Paul: A Very Short Introduction

ByE.P. Sanders

1991 • 1 Reader

Wittgenstein

#46

Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

ByA.C. Grayling

1988 • 1 Reader

#47

Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

BySue Hamilton

2001 • 3 Readers • 176 pages • 3.5

Rousseau

#48

Rousseau

ByRobert Wokler

1995 • 1 Reader

#52

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction

ByLeslie L. Iversen

2001 • 1 Reader

#54

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

ByWilliam Doyle

2001 • 3 Readers • 135 pages • 3

World Music

#65

World Music: A Very Short Introduction

ByPhilip V. Bohlman

2002 • 1 Reader

#69

Quantentheorie: Eine Einführung

ByJohn C. Polkinghorne

2002 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 3

Poststructuralism

#73

Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction

ByCatherine Belsey

2002 • 1 Reader • 3

Northern Ireland

#82

Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction

ByMarc Mulholland

2003 • 1 Reader

#83

Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction

ByCynthia A. Freeland

2003 • 1 Reader • 184 pages • 3

#88

The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction

ByMichael Hoskin

2003 • 1 Reader • 136 pages • 4

#89

Schizophrenia: a very short introduction

ByChris Frith,Eve C. Johnstone

2003 • 1 Reader • 216 pages • 4

#94

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction

ByBarry Cunliffe

2003 • 4 Readers • 176 pages • 3

#98

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction

ByRobert J.C. Young

2001 • 1 Reader • 198 pages

Atheism

#99

Atheism: A Very Short Introduction

ByJulian Baggini

2003 • 1 Reader • 119 pages

Evolution

#100

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

ByBrian Charlesworth,Deborah Charlesworth

2003 • 1 Reader • 5

#102FirstPublished

The Good Soldier

ByFord Madox Ford

1915 • 1 Reader • 204 pages

Dada and Surrealism

#105

Dada and Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid Hopkins

2003 • 1 Reader

Egyptian Myth

#106

Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction

ByGeraldine Pinch

2004 • 1 Reader

#108

Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction

ByJames Fulcher

2001 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 4

#111

اسطوره

ByRobert A. Segal,احمدرضا تقاء(Translator)

2004 • 227 pages

#112

Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction

ByIan Shaw

2004 • 1 Reader • 4

Hieroglyphs

#113

Hieroglyphs: A Very Short Introduction

ByPenelope Wilson

2004 • 1 Reader

#118

Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction

ByMark Maslin

2004 • 2 Readers • 184 pages • 4

#119

Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

ByLinda Woodhead

2004 • 1 Reader • 184 pages • 5

#120

Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid Cottington

2005 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

#127

Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction

ByJ. Allan Hobson

2005 • 1 Reader • 168 pages

Sikhism

#132

Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction

ByEleanor Nesbitt

2005 • 1 Reader

#133

The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction

ByLeofranc Holford-Strevens

2005 • 1 Reader • 161 pages • 3

The Dead Sea Scrolls

#143

The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction

ByTimothy H. Lim

1997 • 1 Reader

Global Catastrophes

#145

Global Catastrophes: A Very Short Introduction

ByBill McGuire

2016 • 1 Reader

Contemporary Art

#146

Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction

ByJulian Stallabrass

2006 • 1 Reader • 3

#160

African History: A Very Short Introduction

ByRichard Rathbone,John Parker

2007 • 2 Readers • 185 pages • 3.5

#165

The American presidency

ByCharles O. Jones

2007 • 196 pages

#170

Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction

ByJohn Sutherland

2007 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 3

#172

Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction

BySteven Beller

2007 • 1 Reader • 152 pages

Law

#180

Law: A Very Short Introduction

ByRaymond Wacks

2008 • 1 Reader • 172 pages

The Old Testament

#181

The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction

ByMichael D. Coogan

2008 • 1 Reader

المجرات

#182

المجرات

ByJohn Gribbin

2008 • 1 Reader

#190

Relativity: A Very Short Introduction

ByRussell Stannard

2008 • 2 Readers • 129 pages • 3

#196

Statistics: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid J. Hand

2008 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

Modern Japan

#202

Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction

ByChristopher Goto-Jones

2009 • 1 Reader

Superconductivity

#204

Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction

ByStephen J. Blundell

2009 • 1 Reader

Writing and Script

#208

Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction

ByAndrew Robinson

2009 • 1 Reader

#214

Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction

ByFergus Kerr

2009 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 5

Progressivism

#223

Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction

ByWalter Nugent

1 Reader

#232

Druids: A Very Short Introduction

ByBarry Cunliffe

2010 • 5 Readers • 160 pages

Modernism

#236

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction

ByChristopher Butler

2010 • 1 Reader • 3

Spanish Literature

#241

Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction

ByJo Labanyi

2010 • 1 Reader

North American Indians

#243

North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction

ByTheda Perdue,Michael D. Green

2010 • 2 Readers

#250

Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction

ByRobin Le Poidevin

2010 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

Genius

#259

Genius: A Very Short Introduction

ByAndrew Robinson

2011 • 1 Reader

#262

Beauty

ByRoger Scruton

2009 • 1 Reader • 209 pages

Critical Theory

#263

Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction

ByStephen Eric Bronner

2011 • 1 Reader

#267

Cancer: A Very Short Introduction

ByNicholas James

2011 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 4

Jesus

#275

Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

ByRichard Bauckham

2011 • 1 Reader • 125 pages

Viruses

#276

Viruses: A Very Short Introduction

ByDorothy H. Crawford

2011 • 1 Reader

Derrida

#278

Derrida: A Very Short Introduction

BySimon Glendinning

2011

#280

Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction

ByLewis Wolpert

1999 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 5

#285

The Cell: A Very Short Introduction

ByTerence Allen,Graham Cowling

2011 • 1 Reader • 161 pages • 4

#286

Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities

ByPaul Anthony Cartledge

2009 • 1 Reader • 288 pages • 4

Colonial Latin American Literature

#294

Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

ByRolena Adorno

2011 • 1 Reader

#295

Sleep: A Very Short Introduction

BySteven W. Lockley,Russell G. Foster

2012 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

#297

The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

ByRichard Curt Kraus

2011 • 1 Reader • 138 pages

Modern Latin American Literature

#298

Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

ByRoberto González Echevarría

2011 • 1 Reader

Chinese Literature

#302

Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction

BySabina Knight

2011 • 2 Readers

#303

Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction

ByJonathan M.W. Slack

2012 • 2 Readers • 161 pages • 4

The Mongols

#314

The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction

ByMorris Rossabi

2012 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

#317

Magnetism: A Very Short Introduction

ByStephen J. Blundell

2012 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Languages

#320

Languages: A Very Short Introduction

ByStephen R. Anderson,Bartosz Wojciechowski(Translator)

2 Readers

Stars

#322

Stars: A Very Short Introduction

ByAndrew R. King

2012 • 1 Reader

The Antarctic

#323

The Antarctic: A Very Short Introduction

ByKlaus Dodds

2012 • 1 Reader

#335

Networks: A Very Short Introduction

ByGuido Caldarelli,Michele Catanzaro

2012 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

#341

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction

ByMatthew Bevis

2012 • 1 Reader

#345

Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction

ByCharles Foster

2013 • 161 pages

#347

Education: A Very Short Introduction

ByGary Thomas

2013 • 1 Reader • 141 pages • 4

#356

The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction

ByEric H. Cline

2013 • 1 Reader • 154 pages • 5

#365

Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction

ByJohn R. Edwards

2013 • 3 Readers • 3

International Security

#369

International Security: A Very Short Introduction

ByChristopher S. Browning

1 Reader • 4

#374

Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction

ByAmanda H. Podany

2013 • 1 Reader • 169 pages • 5

Ethnomusicology

#376

Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction

ByTimothy Rice

2013 • 1 Reader

#390

Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid Bender

2014 • 129 pages

#399

Genes: A Very Short Introduction

ByJonathan M.W. Slack

2014 • 1 Reader • 3

#408

Iran: A Very Short Introduction

ByAli M. Ansari

2014 • 1 Reader • 145 pages

#409

World War II: A Very Short Introduction

ByGerhard L. Weinberg

2014 • 1 Reader • 144 pages • 5

#415

Love: A Very Short Introduction

ByRonald de Sousa

1 Reader • 130 pages • 2

#416

Psychotherapy: A Very Short Introduction

ByEva Burns-Lundgren,Tom Burns

2014 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

#419

The American West: A Very Short Introduction

ByStephen Aron

2014 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

#424

Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction

ByKaren Radner

2015 • 1 Reader

#429

Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction

ByRichard Bradford

2015 • 2 Readers • 153 pages • 2

#434

Φιλελευθερισμός: Μια πολύ σύντομη εισαγωγή

ByMichael Freeden,Μαρία Παπαηλιάδη(Translator)

2015 • 1 Reader • 232 pages

Psychoanalysis

#435

Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction

ByDaniel Pick

2015 • 1 Reader

#439

Social Psychology: A Very Short Introduction

ByRichard J. Crisp

2015 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

Moons

#450

Moons: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid A. Rothery

2015 • 1 Reader

Hollywood

#461

Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction

ByPeter Decherney

2015 • 1 Reader

#469

Crystallography: A Very Short Introduction

ByA.M. Glazer

1 Reader

#489

Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction

ByRichard Passingham

2016 • 1 Reader

#497

Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction

ByMadeline Y. Hsu

2016

Measurement

#500

Measurement: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid J. Hand

2016

#501

Telescopes: A Very Short Introduction

ByGeoff Cottrell

1 Reader

#503

Banking: A Very Short Introduction

ByJohn Goddard,John O.S. Wilson

2016 • 1 Reader

#505

Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction

ByMichelle Baddeley

2017 • 1 Reader • 168 pages

Military Strategy

#523

Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction

ByAntulio J. Echevarria II

1 Reader

#533

Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction

ByJonathan St. B.T. Evans

2017 • 1 Reader

#538

Perception

ByBrian J. Rogers

2017 • 1 Reader • 185 pages

#540

Modern India: A Very Short Introduction

ByCraig Jeffrey

2017 • 1 Reader • 153 pages • 3

#542

Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

ByMichael Beaney

2017 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 3

#548

The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction

ByPeter Thonemann

2018 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 4

#556

Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction

ByBen Hutchinson

2018 • 1 Reader • 139 pages

#559

Genomics: A Very Short Introduction

ByJohn M. Archibald

1 Reader

#560

Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction

ByWilliam Lowrie

2018 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

#562

Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction

ByJames R. Rush

2018 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 4

#568

Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction

ByMarlene Zuk,Leigh W. Simmons,+1 more

1 Reader • 5

#570

Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction

ByBrad Inwood

2018 • 2 Readers • 118 pages

#572

Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction

ByLaura Marcus

2018 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 4

#573

Synthetic Biology: A Very Short Introduction

ByJamie A. Davies

1 Reader • 2

#584

Typography: A Very Short Introduction

ByPaul Luna

1 Reader • 4

#600

Reading: A Very Short Introduction

ByBelinda Jack

2019 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

#613

Scepticism

ByDuncan Pritchard

2019 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

#614

Poetry: A Very Short Introduction

ByBernard O'Donoghue

2019 • 1 Reader

#625

Korea: A Very Short Introduction

ByMichael J. Seth

2020 • 2 Readers • 5

#632

Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction

ByW.J. Rorabaugh,Phil Thron(Narrator)

2018 • 1 Reader • 5

#634

Systems Biology: A Very Short Introduction

ByEberhard O. Voit

1 Reader

#651

Philosophical Method: a Very Short Introduction

ByTimothy Williamson

2020 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

#675

Samurai: A Very Short Introduction

ByMichael Wert

2021 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 5

#678

Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction

ByJamie Davies

2021 • 1 Reader • 169 pages • 5

#682

Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction

ByIlan Stavans

2021 • 1 Reader • 173 pages • 3

#688

The Short Story: A Very Short Introduction

ByAndrew Kahn

1 Reader

#695

Geometry: A Very Short Introduction

ByMaciej Dunajski

1 Reader • 176 pages

#702

Employment Law: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid Cabrelli

2022 • 1 Reader • 153 pages • 4

#704

Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction

ByAndrew Bowie

1 Reader

#706

The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction

ByAndrew J. Bayliss

2020 • 1 Reader • 177 pages • 5

#708

Fluid Mechanics: A Very Short Introduction

ByEric Lauga

1 Reader • 144 pages

#710

Music and Technology: A Very Short Introduction

ByMark Katz

2022 • 1 Reader

The History of Computing

#714

The History of Computing: A Very Short Introduction

ByDoron Swade

1 Reader

#716

World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction

ByDavid A. Leeming

1 Reader

#721

Anselm: A Very Short Introduction

ByThomas Williams

2022 • 1 Reader • 137 pages • 5

Nanotechnology

#723

Nanotechnology: A Very Short Introduction

ByPhilip Moriarty

1 Reader

#728

Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction

ByAlan Tansman

1 Reader

#731

Ancient Greek and Roman Science: A Very Short Introduction

ByLiba Taub

1 Reader

#735

The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction

ByThomas Dixon

2023 • 177 pages

Hinduism a very short introduction

ByKim Knott

2016 • 4 Readers • 169 pages • 3

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