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The Oxford Very Short Introductions Series
1.
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Susan Blackmore
3.88 avg rating — 3,312 ratings
2.
Marx: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Peter Singer
3.70 avg rating — 3,090 ratings
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Jung: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Anthony Stevens
4.10 avg rating — 2,921 ratings
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The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Terry Eagleton
3.50 avg rating — 2,467 ratings
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Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Samir Okasha
3.93 avg rating — 3,744 ratings
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History: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John H. Arnold
3.79 avg rating — 2,080 ratings
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Timothy Gowers
3.86 avg rating — 1,880 ratings
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Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions, #326)
by:
Stephen Mumford
3.86 avg rating — 893 ratings
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Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Ian J. Deary
3.72 avg rating — 753 ratings
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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John C. Polkinghorne
3.73 avg rating — 1,341 ratings
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Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Jonathan D. Culler
3.65 avg rating — 4,497 ratings
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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Damien Keown
3.74 avg rating — 2,818 ratings
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Logic: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Graham Priest
3.64 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
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The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Peter Atkins
3.89 avg rating — 898 ratings
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Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Gillian Butler
3.64 avg rating — 1,146 ratings
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Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Edward Craig
3.70 avg rating — 2,343 ratings
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Fascism: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Kevin Passmore
3.54 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
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Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Peter Salway
3.37 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Hegel: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Peter Singer
3.86 avg rating — 2,931 ratings
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Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Catriona Kelly
3.06 avg rating — 206 ratings
21.
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John Monaghan
3.68 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
21.
Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Jennifer Nagel
3.86 avg rating — 1,050 ratings
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The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Michael O'Shea
3.73 avg rating — 922 ratings
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The Koran: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Michael A. Cook
3.37 avg rating — 800 ratings
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Sleep: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Steven W. Lockley
3.65 avg rating — 535 ratings
26.
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
by:
C.C.W. Taylor
3.29 avg rating — 560 ratings
26.
Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Harvey C. Mansfield
3.52 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Thomas R. Flynn
3.49 avg rating — 1,777 ratings
29.
The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Michael J. Benton
3.84 avg rating — 320 ratings
30.
Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Christopher Janaway
3.78 avg rating — 824 ratings
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The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Julian D. Richards
3.42 avg rating — 409 ratings
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Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Steve Bruce
3.39 avg rating — 885 ratings
33.
The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Helen Graham
3.88 avg rating — 1,366 ratings
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Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John Gillingham
3.54 avg rating — 293 ratings
35.
Kant: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Roger Scruton
3.77 avg rating — 2,009 ratings
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Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Charles Townshend
3.33 avg rating — 404 ratings
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Druids: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Barry Cunliffe
3.65 avg rating — 516 ratings
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The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
by:
William Doyle
3.52 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
39.
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Timothy H. Lim
3.36 avg rating — 305 ratings
40.
The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John Blair
3.62 avg rating — 499 ratings
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Causation: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Stephen Mumford
3.96 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Islam: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Malise Ruthven
3.27 avg rating — 1,052 ratings
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The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Martin Bunton
4.04 avg rating — 2,276 ratings
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Socialism: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Michael Newman
3.62 avg rating — 1,259 ratings
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Russell: A Very Short Introduction
by:
A.C. Grayling
3.54 avg rating — 336 ratings
46.
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Roger Scruton
3.96 avg rating — 2,720 ratings
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Memory: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Jonathan K. Foster
3.55 avg rating — 804 ratings
48.
Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Ken Binmore
3.14 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
49.
The New Testament as Literature: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Kyle Keefer
3.54 avg rating — 159 ratings
50.
Fungi: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Nicholas P. Money
3.92 avg rating — 122 ratings
51.
Jesus: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Richard Bauckham
4.09 avg rating — 675 ratings
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Music: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Nicholas Cook
3.52 avg rating — 982 ratings
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Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Daniel Freeman
3.57 avg rating — 434 ratings
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Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction
by:
David Norman
3.71 avg rating — 453 ratings
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The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Stephen Lovell
3.72 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Drugs: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Leslie L. Iversen
3.75 avg rating — 243 ratings
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Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Fred Piper
3.56 avg rating — 495 ratings
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Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Malcolm Gaskill
3.49 avg rating — 649 ratings
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The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Christopher Kelly
3.46 avg rating — 870 ratings
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Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Joseph M. Siracusa
3.15 avg rating — 224 ratings
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Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Quentin Skinner
3.85 avg rating — 900 ratings
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Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Julian Baggini
3.87 avg rating — 1,485 ratings
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Engels: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Terrell Carver
3.28 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Freud: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Anthony Storr
3.69 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
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Education: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Gary Thomas
3.93 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Paul G. Bahn
3.60 avg rating — 660 ratings
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Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Paul Cartledge
3.40 avg rating — 774 ratings
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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Barry Cunliffe
3.70 avg rating — 629 ratings
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Reality: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Jan Westerhoff
3.76 avg rating — 477 ratings
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Classics: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Mary Beard
3.57 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
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Hormones: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Martin Luck
4.05 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Adam J. Silverstein
3.29 avg rating — 908 ratings
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The Immune System: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Paul Klenerman
3.83 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction
by:
J. Allan Hobson
3.37 avg rating — 502 ratings
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Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Gillian Clark
3.57 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Free Will: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Thomas Pink
3.17 avg rating — 563 ratings
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William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Stanley Wells
3.58 avg rating — 141 ratings
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North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Theda Perdue
3.67 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Lawrence M. Principe
3.86 avg rating — 371 ratings
80.
Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Paul Langford
3.22 avg rating — 155 ratings
80.
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
by:
David Miller
3.67 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
82.
The Hebrew Bible as Literature: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Tod Linafelt
3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings
83.
Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John Morrill
3.39 avg rating — 224 ratings
83.
Film Music: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Kathryn Kalinak
3.47 avg rating — 296 ratings
85.
Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Christian W. McMillen
3.87 avg rating — 354 ratings
86.
Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Chris Gosden
3.20 avg rating — 296 ratings
86.
Algebra: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Peter M. Higgins
3.65 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Humour: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Noël Carroll
3.21 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Alan Taylor
3.59 avg rating — 396 ratings
88.
Food: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John R. Krebs
3.83 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Populism: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Cas Mudde
3.81 avg rating — 979 ratings
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Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Jonathan Barnes
3.67 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
92.
The European Union: A Very Short Introduction
by:
John Pinder
3.32 avg rating — 617 ratings
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The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Eric H. Cline
4.02 avg rating — 465 ratings
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Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Elleke Boehmer
3.52 avg rating — 71 ratings
96.
African Religions: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Jacob K. Olupona
3.81 avg rating — 111 ratings
96.
Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Richard Passingham
3.72 avg rating — 293 ratings
98.
Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction
by:
David DeGrazia
3.65 avg rating — 402 ratings
99.
Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Sue Hamilton
3.49 avg rating — 528 ratings
99.
The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction
by:
Mike Rapport
3.74 avg rating — 306 ratings
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