249 books in series

Very Short Introductions

Very Short Introductions is a 225-book series with 249 primary works first released in 1915 with contributions by Mary Beard, John Henderson, Damien Keown, Jonathan D. Culler, Gonzalo García, Malise Ruthven, Kenneth Minogue, David F. Ford, Norman Solomon, Michael A. Cook, John Riches, Peter Salway, John Gillingham, Ralph A. Griffiths, John Morrill, Paul Langford, Christopher Harvie, H.C.G. Matthew, Quentin Skinner, Jonathan Barnes, Anthony Stevens, E.P. Sanders, A.C. Grayling, Sue Hamilton, Robert Wokler, Leslie L. Iversen, William Doyle, Philip V. Bohlman, John C. Polkinghorne, Catherine Belsey, Christopher Butler, Simon Blackburn, Dylan Evans, Marc Mulholland, Cynthia A. Freeland, Michael Hoskin, Chris Frith, Eve C. Johnstone, Barry Cunliffe, Robert J.C. Young, Julian Baggini, Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth, Ford Madox Ford, David Hopkins, Geraldine Pinch, James Fulcher, Robert A. Segal, Ian Shaw, Penelope Wilson, harry-sidebottom, Mark Maslin, Linda Woodhead, David Cottington, Susan Blackmore, J. Allan Hobson, David Norman, Eleanor Nesbitt, Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Margaret Walters, Timothy H. Lim, Bill McGuire, Julian Stallabrass, Mark D. Chapman, Steven Edwards, Rob Iliffe, Richard Rathbone, John Parker, Charles O. Jones, John Sutherland, Steven Beller, Alan Whiteside, Rana Mitter, Pink Dandelion, Raymond Wacks, Michael D. Coogan, John Gribbin, Richard L. Bushman, Terry Eagleton, Russell Stannard, David J. Hand, Nigel Warburton, Christopher Goto-Jones, Stephen J. Blundell, Andrew Robinson, Peter Marshall, Fergus Kerr, Terryl L. Givens, Walter Nugent, Peter Atkins, Luke Timothy Johnson, Andrew Bowie, David Canter, Jo Labanyi, Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green, Jonathan Bate, Robin Le Poidevin, Frank A.J.L. James, Roger Scruton, Stephen Eric Bronner, Mary Jo Hatch, Nicholas James, Owen Davies, Richard Bauckham, Dorothy H. Crawford, Simon Glendinning, Lewis Wolpert, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, Paul Anthony Cartledge, Jan Westerhoff, Rolena Adorno, Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster, Richard Curt Kraus, Roberto González Echevarría, Sabina Knight, Jonathan M.W. Slack, Paul Slack, John Haigh, Timothy Walker, Aidan O'Donnell, Morris Rossabi, Darren Oldridge, Kenneth Morgan, Stephen R. Anderson, Andrew R. King, Klaus Dodds, Claudio Tuniz, David Muir Wood, Paul S. Boyer, Guido Caldarelli, Michele Catanzaro, Ennis Edmonds, Matthew Bevis, Charles Foster, Gary Thomas, Ashley Jackson, Eric H. Cline, David Sterritt, John R. Edwards, Kenneth Falconer, Christopher S. Browning, Amanda H. Podany, Timothy Rice, Jack A. Goldstone, Christopher Nobes, David Bender, John H. Holland, Heather Andrea Williams, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., John Bowker, Marvin A. Carlson, Ali M. Ansari, Gerhard L. Weinberg, Usha Goswami, Ronald de Sousa, Eva Burns-Lundgren, Tom Burns, Stephen Aron, Peter Hainsworth, David Robey, Karen Radner, Richard Bradford, Michael Freeden, Daniel Pick, Frank Close, Richard J. Crisp, David A. Rothery, Peter Decherney, John Marenbon, A.M. Glazer, Aysha Divan, Janice Royds, Richard Passingham, Madeline Y. Hsu, Geoff Cottrell, John Goddard, John O.S. Wilson, Mary Jane Tacchi, Jan Scott, Michelle Baddeley, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robert C. Allen, Antulio J. Echevarria II, John C. Maher, Andreas Önnerfors, Jonathan St. B.T. Evans, Brian J. Rogers, Craig Jeffrey, Michael Beaney, Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Peter Thonemann, Marina Warner, James Yeates, Ben Hutchinson, John M. Archibald, William Lowrie, Sean Kicummah Teuton, James R. Rush, David Weir, Marlene Zuk, Leigh W. Simmons, Brad Inwood, Laura Marcus, Jamie A. Davies, Jan Zalasiewicz, Paul Luna, James Marten, Jenny Hartley, Barbara Graziosi, Belinda Jack, William J. Abraham, Duncan Pritchard, Bernard O'Donoghue, A. Edward Siecienski, Samir Okasha, Richard Earl, Richard Carlin, Michael J. Seth, J.L. Heilbron, W.J. Rorabaugh, Eberhard O. Voit, Allen C. Guelzo, Richard Connolly, Timothy Williamson, Tom McLeish, Carl Abbott, Thomas A Tweed, Michael Wert, Darryl Jones, Jamie Davies, Ilan Stavans, Mary Joan Winn Leith, Andrew Kahn, Pippa Virdee, Maciej Dunajski, Philip Dwyer, David Cabrelli, Freda McManus, Andrew J. Bayliss, Eric Lauga, Mark Katz, Doron Swade, David A. Leeming, A.W. Moore, Thomas Williams, Philip Moriarty, Alan Tansman, Liba Taub, Thomas Dixon, David W. Macdonald, Martin Hewitt, Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei, and Kim Knott.

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Classics

1995 • 8 Readers • 145 pages 3

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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction

1996 • 15 Readers • 136 pages 3.4

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Literary Theory

1997 • 14 Readers • 144 pages 3.5

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Politics: A Very Short Introduction

1995 • 3 Readers • 153 pages

#11
Judaism: A Very Short Introduction

1996 • 5 Readers • 135 pages 3.5

#14
The Bible: A Very Short Introduction

2000 • 1 Reader • 176 pages 3

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Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction

2000 • 1 Reader • 113 pages

#31
Machiavelli

1981 • 1 Reader • 102 pages

#32
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

1982 • 2 Readers • 177 pages 3

#40
Jung: A Very Short Introduction

1994 • 13 Readers • 192 pages 4.2

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Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

2001 • 3 Readers • 176 pages 3.5

#48

1995 • 1 Reader

#54
The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

2001 • 3 Readers • 135 pages 3

#69
Quantentheorie: Eine Einführung

2002 • 1 Reader • 176 pages 3

#74
Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction

2002 • 8 Readers • 142 pages 2.8

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Emotion: A Very Short Introduction

2001 • 1 Reader • 160 pages 4

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Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction

2003 • 4 Readers • 184 pages 3

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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction

2003 • 4 Readers • 176 pages 3

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The Good Soldier

1915 • 2 Readers • 204 pages 3

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Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction

2001 • 3 Readers • 160 pages 4

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Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction

2004 • 2 Readers • 184 pages 4

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Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

2004 • 1 Reader • 184 pages 5

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Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction

2005 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

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Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction

2003 • 13 Readers • 169 pages 3.7

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Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction

2005 • 1 Reader • 168 pages

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Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction

2005 • 1 Reader • 193 pages 5

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Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction

2005 • 2 Readers • 177 pages

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Photography: A Very Short Introduction

2006 • 1 Reader • 177 pages

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Newton: A Very Short Introduction

2007 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

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African History: A Very Short Introduction

2007 • 2 Readers • 185 pages 3.5

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Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction

2007 • 1 Reader • 145 pages 3

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Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction

2007 • 1 Reader • 152 pages

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HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction

2007 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

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Law: A Very Short Introduction

2008 • 2 Readers • 172 pages

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Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction

2008 • 2 Readers • 145 pages 4

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Relativity: A Very Short Introduction

2008 • 2 Readers • 129 pages 3

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Statistics: A Very Short Introduction

2008 • 4 Readers • 137 pages 3

#200
Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction

2009 • 1 Reader • 128 pages

#208
Escrita: Uma Breve Introdução

2009 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

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Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction

2009 • 1 Reader • 145 pages 5

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The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction

2009 • 1 Reader • 154 pages 3

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The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction

2010 • 1 Reader • 162 pages 3

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Druids: A Very Short Introduction

2010 • 5 Readers • 160 pages

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Beauty

2009 • 1 Reader • 209 pages

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Organizations: A Very Short Introduction

2010 • 2 Readers • 177 pages 2

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Cancer: A Very Short Introduction

2011 • 1 Reader • 152 pages 4

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Paganism: A Very Short Introduction

2011 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

#275

2011 • 1 Reader • 125 pages

#280
Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction

1999 • 1 Reader • 152 pages 5

#285
The Cell: A Very Short Introduction

2011 • 1 Reader • 161 pages 4

#286
Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities

2009 • 1 Reader • 288 pages 4

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Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 2 Readers • 161 pages 4

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Plague: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 1 Reader • 138 pages

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Probability: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 1 Reader • 145 pages 4

#313
Anesthesia: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 1 Reader • 146 pages

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The Devil: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 2 Readers • 131 pages 2

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Australia: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 1 Reader • 150 pages

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Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 1 Reader • 143 pages 5

#334
American History: A Very Short Introduction

2012 • 1 Reader • 182 pages 4

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Education: A Very Short Introduction

2013 • 2 Readers • 141 pages 4

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The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction

2013 • 1 Reader • 154 pages 5

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Climate: A Very Short Introduction

2013 • 1 Reader • 172 pages

#367
Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

2013 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

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Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction

2013 • 1 Reader • 169 pages 5

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Accounting: A Very Short Introduction

2014 • 1 Reader • 162 pages 1

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God: A Very Short Introduction

2014 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

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Theatre: A Very Short Introduction

2014 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

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Iran: A Very Short Introduction

2014 • 1 Reader • 145 pages

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World War II: A Very Short Introduction

2014 • 1 Reader • 144 pages 5

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Love: A Very Short Introduction

1 Reader • 130 pages 2

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Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction

2015 • 2 Readers • 153 pages 2

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Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction

2015 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

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Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction

2015 • 2 Readers • 161 pages

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Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

2016 • 2 Readers • 152 pages 3

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Perception

2017 • 1 Reader • 185 pages

#540
Modern India: A Very Short Introduction

2017 • 1 Reader • 153 pages 3

#542
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

2017 • 1 Reader • 152 pages 3

#548
The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 1 Reader • 152 pages 4

#550
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale

2014 • 3 Readers • 232 pages 3.5

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Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

#562
Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 2 Readers • 160 pages 4

#567
Decadence: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 1 Reader • 155 pages 5

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Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 3 Readers • 118 pages

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Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 1 Reader • 145 pages 4

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Geology: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 2 Readers • 144 pages

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Homer: A Very Short Introduction

2016 • 2 Readers • 145 pages 5

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Reading: A Very Short Introduction

2019 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

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Scepticism

2019 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

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Topology: A Very Short Introduction

2019 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

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Country Music: A Very Short Introduction

2019 • 1 Reader • 160 pages 3.5

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Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction

2018 • 2 Readers • 4h 21m 4.3

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Soft Matter: a Very Short Introduction

2020 • 2 Readers • 177 pages

#655
City Planning: A Very Short Introduction

2020 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

#669
Religion: A Very Short Introduction

2020 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

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Samurai: A Concise History

2019 • 2 Readers • 129 pages

#676
Horror: A Very Short Introduction

2021 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

#678
Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction

2021 • 1 Reader • 169 pages 5

#682
Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction

2021 • 1 Reader • 173 pages 3

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Pakistan: A Very Short Introduction

2022 • 1 Reader • 169 pages 3

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Violence: A Very Short Introduction

2022 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

#702
Employment Law: A Very Short Introduction

2022 • 1 Reader • 153 pages 4

#706
The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction

2020 • 1 Reader • 177 pages 5

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Gödel's Theorem: A Very Short Introduction

2022 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

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Anselm: A Very Short Introduction

2022 • 1 Reader • 137 pages 5

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The Victorians: a Very Short Introduction

2023 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

Hinduism a very short introduction

2016 • 4 Readers • 169 pages 3