268 books in series

Very Short Introductions

Very Short Introductions is a 244-book series with 243 primary works first released in 1915 with contributions by Mary Beard, John Henderson, and 276 others.

Classics
#1

1995 • 8 Readers • 145 pages • 3

Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
#3

1996 • 16 Readers • 184 pages • 3.4

Literary Theory
#4

1997 • 14 Readers • 144 pages • 3.5

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
#4

1997 • 1 Reader • 185 pages

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Islam

#7

1997 • 1 Reader

Politics: A Very Short Introduction
#8

1995 • 3 Readers • 153 pages

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Theology

#9

1999 • 1 Reader • 3

Judaism: A Very Short Introduction
#11

1996 • 5 Readers • 135 pages • 3.5

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The Koran

#13

2000 • 3 Readers • 3.5

The Bible: A Very Short Introduction
#14

2000 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 3

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Roman Britain

#17

2000 • 3 Readers • 78 pages

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The Anglo-Saxon Age

#18

2000 • 1 Reader

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Medieval Britain

#19

2000 • 3 Readers • 177 pages

Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction
#21

2000 • 1 Reader • 113 pages

Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
#22

2000 • 1 Reader

Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
#23

2000 • 1 Reader • 193 pages • 4

Machiavelli
#31

1981 • 1 Reader • 102 pages

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
#32

1982 • 2 Readers • 177 pages • 3

Jung: A Very Short Introduction
#40

1994 • 13 Readers • 192 pages • 4.2

Paul: A Very Short Introduction
#42

1991 • 1 Reader

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Wittgenstein

#46

1988 • 1 Reader

Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
#47

2001 • 3 Readers • 176 pages • 3.5

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Rousseau

#48

1995 • 1 Reader

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction
#52

2001 • 1 Reader

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
#54

2001 • 3 Readers • 135 pages • 3

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World Music

#65

2002 • 1 Reader

Quantentheorie: Eine Einführung
#69

2002 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 3

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Poststructuralism

#73

2002 • 1 Reader • 3

Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction
#74

2002 • 8 Readers • 142 pages • 2.8

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Ethics

#80

2009

Emotion: A Very Short Introduction
#81

2001 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 4

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Northern Ireland

#82

2003 • 1 Reader

Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction
#83

2003 • 4 Readers • 184 pages • 3

The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction
#88

2003 • 1 Reader • 136 pages • 4

Schizophrenia: a very short introduction
#89

2003 • 1 Reader • 216 pages • 4

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
#94

2003 • 5 Readers • 176 pages • 3

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
#98

2001 • 2 Readers • 198 pages

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Atheism

#99

2003 • 1 Reader • 119 pages

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
#100

2003 • 1 Reader • 169 pages • 5

The Good Soldier
#102First

1915 • 2 Readers • 204 pages • 3

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Dada and Surrealism

#105

2003 • 1 Reader

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Egyptian Myth

#106

2004 • 1 Reader

Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction
#108

2001 • 3 Readers • 160 pages • 4

اسطوره
#111

2004 • 227 pages

Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction
#112

2004 • 1 Reader • 4

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Hieroglyphs

#113

2004 • 1 Reader

Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction
#116

2022 • 1 Reader • 161 pages • 4

Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction
#117

2004 • 1 Reader • 193 pages

Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction
#118

2004 • 2 Readers • 184 pages • 4

Christianity: A Very Short Introduction
#119

2004 • 1 Reader • 184 pages • 5

Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction
#120

2005 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
#121Popular

2003 • 17 Readers • 169 pages • 3.7

Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction
#127

2005 • 1 Reader • 168 pages

Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction
#128

2005 • 1 Reader • 193 pages • 5

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Buddhist Ethics

#130

2005 • 136 pages

Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction
#132

2005 • 2 Readers • 177 pages

The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction
#133

2005 • 1 Reader • 161 pages • 3

Journalism: A Very Short Introduction
#139

2005 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

Feminisme: Sebuah Pengantar Singkat
#141

2006 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

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The Dead Sea Scrolls

#143

1997 • 1 Reader

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Global Catastrophes

#145

2016 • 1 Reader

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Contemporary Art

#146

2006 • 1 Reader • 3

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Anglicanism

#149

2006 • 1 Reader

Photography: A Very Short Introduction
#151

2006 • 1 Reader • 177 pages

Newton: A Very Short Introduction
#158

2007 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

African History: A Very Short Introduction
#160

2007 • 2 Readers • 185 pages • 3.5

The American presidency
#165

2007 • 196 pages

Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction
#170

2007 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 3

Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction
#172

2007 • 1 Reader • 152 pages

HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction
#174

2007 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

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Modern China

#176

2008 • 1 Reader • 2

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The Quakers

#177

2008 • 1 Reader

Law: A Very Short Introduction
#180

2008 • 2 Readers • 172 pages

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The Old Testament

#181

2008 • 1 Reader

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المجرات

#182

2008 • 1 Reader

Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
#183

2008 • 2 Readers • 145 pages • 4

The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction
#186

2007 • 1 Reader • 128 pages

Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction
#188

2008 • 1 Reader • 225 pages

Relativity: A Very Short Introduction
#190

2008 • 2 Readers • 129 pages • 3

Statistics: A Very Short Introduction
#196

2008 • 4 Readers • 137 pages • 3

Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction
#200

2009 • 1 Reader • 128 pages

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Modern Japan

#202

2009 • 1 Reader

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Superconductivity

#204

2009 • 1 Reader

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Writing and Script

#208

2009 • 1 Reader

The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction
#213

2003

Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction
#214

2009 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 5

The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction
#219

2009 • 1 Reader • 154 pages • 3

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Progressivism

#223

1 Reader

Чотири закони, що рухають Всесвіт
#226

1990 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 5

The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction
#229

2010 • 1 Reader • 162 pages • 3

Druids: A Very Short Introduction
#232

2010 • 5 Readers • 160 pages

German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
#233

2010

Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
#235

2010 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

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Modernism

#236

2010 • 1 Reader • 3

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Spanish Literature

#241

2010 • 1 Reader

Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction
#242

2010 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

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North American Indians

#243

2010 • 2 Readers

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction
#249

2010 • 1 Reader • 193 pages

Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction
#250

2010 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

Michael Faraday: A Very Short Introduction
#253

2010 • 1 Reader • 185 pages

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Genius

#259

2011 • 1 Reader

Beleza
#262

2009 • 1 Reader • 222 pages • 5

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Critical Theory

#263

2011 • 1 Reader

Organizations: A Very Short Introduction
#264

2010 • 2 Readers • 177 pages • 2

Cancer: A Very Short Introduction
#267

2011 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 4

Paganism: A Very Short Introduction
#269

2011 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

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Jesus

#275

2011 • 1 Reader • 125 pages

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Viruses

#276

2011 • 1 Reader

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Derrida

#278

2011 • 1 Reader

Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction
#280

1999 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 5

Multiculturalism: A Very Short Introduction
#283

2011 • 1 Reader • 201 pages

The Cell: A Very Short Introduction
#285

2011 • 1 Reader • 161 pages • 4

Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities
#286

2009 • 1 Reader • 288 pages • 4

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Reality

#291

2011

The Animal Kingdom: A Very Short Introduction
#293

2011 • 145 pages

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Colonial Latin American Literature

#294

2011 • 1 Reader

Sleep: A Very Short Introduction
#295

2012 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
#297

2011 • 1 Reader • 138 pages

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Modern Latin American Literature

#298

2011 • 1 Reader

Film: A Very Short Introduction
#300

2012 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

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Chinese Literature

#302

2011 • 2 Readers

Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction
#303

2012 • 2 Readers • 161 pages • 4

The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
#306

2012 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

Plague: A Very Short Introduction
#307

2012 • 1 Reader • 138 pages

Probability: A Very Short Introduction
#310

2012 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 4

Plants: A Very Short Introduction
#312

2012 • 1 Reader

Anesthesia: A Very Short Introduction
#313

2012 • 1 Reader • 146 pages

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The Mongols

#314

2012 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

The Devil: A Very Short Introduction
#315

2012 • 2 Readers • 131 pages • 2

Magnetism: A Very Short Introduction
#317

2012 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Australia: A Very Short Introduction
#319

2012 • 1 Reader • 150 pages

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Languages

#320

2 Readers

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Stars

#322

2012 • 1 Reader

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The Antarctic

#323

2012 • 1 Reader

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L'atomo inquieto

#324

2012 • 1 Reader

Trust: A Very Short Introduction
#325

2012 • 1 Reader • 145 pages

Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
#331

2012 • 1 Reader • 143 pages • 5

American History: A Very Short Introduction
#334

2012 • 1 Reader • 182 pages • 4

Networks: A Very Short Introduction
#335

2012 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

Spirituality: A Very Short Introduction
#336

2012 • 1 Reader • 152 pages

Work: A Very Short Introduction
#337

2012 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction
#340

2012 • 161 pages

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction
#341

2012 • 1 Reader

Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
#345

2013 • 161 pages

Education: A Very Short Introduction
#347

2013 • 2 Readers • 141 pages • 4

The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction
#355

2013 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
#356

2013 • 1 Reader • 154 pages • 5

Climate: A Very Short Introduction
#358

2013 • 1 Reader • 172 pages

The Beats: A Very Short Introduction
#364

2013 • 145 pages

Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction
#365

2013 • 3 Readers • 3

Fractals: A Very Short Introduction
#367

2013 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

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International Security

#369

1 Reader • 4

Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
#374

2013 • 1 Reader • 169 pages • 5

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Ethnomusicology

#376

2013 • 1 Reader

Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction
#381

2012 • 177 pages

Accounting: A Very Short Introduction
#383

2014 • 2 Readers • 162 pages • 1

Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction
#390

2014 • 129 pages

Complexity: A Very Short Introduction
#392

2014 • 5 Readers • 121 pages • 4

American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction
#396

2014 • 1 Reader • 159 pages

African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction
#397

2014 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

God: A Very Short Introduction
#398

2014 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

Genes: A Very Short Introduction
#399

2014 • 1 Reader • 3

Theatre: A Very Short Introduction
#402

2014 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

Iran: A Very Short Introduction
#408

2014 • 1 Reader • 145 pages

World War II: A Very Short Introduction
#409

2014 • 1 Reader • 144 pages • 5

Child Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
#410

2014 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

Love: A Very Short Introduction
#415

1 Reader • 130 pages • 2

Psychotherapy: A Very Short Introduction
#416

2014 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

The American West: A Very Short Introduction
#419

2014 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

Dante: A Very Short Introduction
#423

2015 • 1 Reader • 127 pages

Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction
#424

2015 • 1 Reader

Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
#429

2015 • 2 Readers • 153 pages • 2

Φιλελευθερισμός: Μια πολύ σύντομη εισαγωγή
#434

2015 • 1 Reader • 232 pages

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Psychoanalysis

#435

2015 • 1 Reader

Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction
#438

2015 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

Social Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
#439

2015 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

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Moons

#450

2015 • 1 Reader

The History of Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
#456

2016 • 1 Reader • 151 pages

Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction
#461

2015 • 2 Readers • 161 pages

Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
#463

2016 • 2 Readers • 152 pages • 3

Crystallography: A Very Short Introduction
#469

1 Reader

Molecular Biology: A Very Short Introduction
#485

2016 • 150 pages

Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction
#489

2016 • 1 Reader

Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction
#497

2016

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Measurement

#500

2016

Telescopes: A Very Short Introduction
#501

1 Reader

Banking: A Very Short Introduction
#503

2016 • 1 Reader

Depression: A Very Short Introduction
#504

2009 • 1 Reader • 132 pages

Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction
#505

2017 • 1 Reader • 168 pages

Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction
#508

2017 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
#509

2017 • 169 pages

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Military Strategy

#523

1 Reader

Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction
#525

2017 • 1 Reader • 148 pages

Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
#531

2017 • 1 Reader • 168 pages

Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
#533

2017 • 3 Readers

Perception
#538

2017 • 1 Reader • 185 pages

Modern India: A Very Short Introduction
#540

2017 • 1 Reader • 153 pages • 3

Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
#542

2017 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 3

The History of Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
#543

2017 • 1 Reader • 119 pages

The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction
#548

2018 • 1 Reader • 152 pages • 4

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

2014 • 3 Readers • 232 pages • 3.5

Veterinary Science: A Very Short Introduction
#554

2018 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction
#556

2018 • 1 Reader • 139 pages

Genomics: A Very Short Introduction
#559

1 Reader

Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction
#560

2018 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

Native American Literature: A Very Short Introduction
#561

2015 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction
#562

2018 • 2 Readers • 160 pages • 4

The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
#566

2018 • 1 Reader • 168 pages • 4

Decadence: A Very Short Introduction
#567

2018 • 1 Reader • 155 pages • 5

Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction
#568

1 Reader • 5

Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction
#570

2018 • 3 Readers • 118 pages

Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction
#572

2018 • 1 Reader • 145 pages • 4

Synthetic Biology: A Very Short Introduction
#573

1 Reader • 2

Geology: A Very Short Introduction
#574

2018 • 2 Readers • 144 pages

Typography: A Very Short Introduction
#584

1 Reader • 4

The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction
#589

1 Reader

Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction
#594

2016 • 152 pages

Homer: A Very Short Introduction
#598

2016 • 2 Readers • 145 pages • 5

Reading: A Very Short Introduction
#600

2019 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

Methodism: A Very Short Introduction
#602

2019 • 174 pages

Scepticism
#613

2019 • 1 Reader • 137 pages

Poetry: A Very Short Introduction
#614

2019 • 1 Reader

Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction
#615

Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction
#619

2019 • 1 Reader • 130 pages

Topology: A Very Short Introduction
#622

2019 • 1 Reader • 144 pages

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction
#624

2019 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 3.5

Korea: A Very Short Introduction
#625

2020 • 2 Readers • 5

Niels Bohr: A Very Short Introduction
#627

2020 • 177 pages

Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction
#632

2018 • 2 Readers • 4h 21m • 4.3

Systems Biology: A Very Short Introduction
#634

1 Reader

Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction
#635

2019 • 5 pages

Canada: A Very Short Introduction
#644

2020 • 161 pages

The Russian Economy: A Very Short Introduction
#646

2020 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

Biogeography
#647

2020 • 1 Reader • 177 pages • 3

Philosophical Method: a Very Short Introduction
#651

2020 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

Soft Matter: a Very Short Introduction
#652

2020 • 2 Readers • 177 pages

City Planning: A Very Short Introduction
#655

2020 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Global Islam
#659

2020 • 1 Reader • 181 pages • 4

Religion: A Very Short Introduction
#669

2020 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Biochemistry
#674

2021 • 161 pages

Samurai: A Concise History
#675

2019 • 2 Readers • 129 pages

Horror: A Very Short Introduction
#676

2021 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction
#678

2021 • 1 Reader • 169 pages • 5

Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction
#682

2021 • 1 Reader • 173 pages • 3

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The Virgin Mary

#686

The Short Story: A Very Short Introduction
#688

1 Reader

Pakistan: A Very Short Introduction
#689

2022 • 1 Reader • 169 pages • 3

Geometry: A Very Short Introduction
#695

1 Reader • 176 pages

Violence: A Very Short Introduction
#701

2022 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

Employment Law: A Very Short Introduction
#702

2022 • 1 Reader • 153 pages • 4

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Very Short Introduction
#703

2022 • 1 Reader • 169 pages

Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction
#704

1 Reader

The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction
#706

2020 • 1 Reader • 177 pages • 5

Fluid Mechanics: A Very Short Introduction
#708

1 Reader • 144 pages

Music and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
#710

2022 • 2 Readers

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The History of Computing

#714

1 Reader

World Mythology: A Very Short Introduction
#716

1 Reader

Gödel's Theorem: A Very Short Introduction
#718

2022 • 1 Reader • 153 pages

British Cinema
#720

2022 • 1 Reader • 169 pages • 4

Anselm: A Very Short Introduction
#721

2022 • 1 Reader • 137 pages • 5

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Nanotechnology

#723

1 Reader

Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
#728

1 Reader

Ancient Greek and Roman Science: A Very Short Introduction
#731

1 Reader

The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
#735

2023 • 2 Readers • 177 pages

Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction
#738

2023 • 1 Reader • 241 pages

The Victorians: a Very Short Introduction
#739

2023 • 1 Reader • 161 pages

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction
#741

2023 • 1 Reader • 167 pages

Hinduism a very short introduction

2016 • 4 Readers • 169 pages • 3