Very Short Introductions Series

757 primary works • 764 total works

Book 001

Classics: A Very Short Introduction
Classics: A Very Short Introduction Mary Beard
3.57 avg. rating · 1579 Ratings

Book 002

Music: A Very Short Introduction
Music: A Very Short Introduction Nicholas Cook
3.52 avg. rating · 982 Ratings

Book 003

Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Damien Keown
3.74 avg. rating · 2818 Ratings

Book 004

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction Jonathan D. Culler
3.65 avg. rating · 4497 Ratings

Book 005

Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction
Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction Kim Knott
3.26 avg. rating · 1261 Ratings

Book 006

Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Psychology: A Very Short Introduction Gillian Butler
3.64 avg. rating · 1146 Ratings

Book 007

Islam: A Very Short Introduction
Islam: A Very Short Introduction Malise Ruthven
3.27 avg. rating · 1052 Ratings

Book 008

Politics: A Very Short Introduction
Politics: A Very Short Introduction Kenneth Minogue
3.41 avg. rating · 895 Ratings

Book 009

Theology: A Very Short Introduction
Theology: A Very Short Introduction David F. Ford
3.43 avg. rating · 594 Ratings

Book 010

Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction
Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction Paul G. Bahn
3.6 avg. rating · 660 Ratings

Book 011

Judaism: A Very Short Introduction
Judaism: A Very Short Introduction Norman Solomon
3.35 avg. rating · 949 Ratings

Book 012

Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
Sociology: A Very Short Introduction Steve Bruce
3.39 avg. rating · 885 Ratings

Book 013

The Koran: A Very Short Introduction
The Koran: A Very Short Introduction Michael A. Cook
3.37 avg. rating · 800 Ratings

Book 014

The Bible: A Very Short Introduction
The Bible: A Very Short Introduction John Riches
3.26 avg. rating · 432 Ratings

Book 015

Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction John Monaghan
3.68 avg. rating · 1230 Ratings

Book 016

History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) John H. Arnold
3.79 avg. rating · 2080 Ratings

Book 017

Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction Peter Salway
3.37 avg. rating · 271 Ratings

Book 018

The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction
The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction John Blair
3.62 avg. rating · 499 Ratings

Book 019

Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction John Gillingham
3.54 avg. rating · 293 Ratings

Book 020

The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction
The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction John Guy
3.53 avg. rating · 382 Ratings

Book 021

Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction John Morrill
3.39 avg. rating · 224 Ratings

Book 022

Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction Paul Langford
3.22 avg. rating · 155 Ratings

Book 023

Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction Christopher Harvie
3.37 avg. rating · 188 Ratings

Book 024

Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction Kenneth O. Morgan
3.4 avg. rating · 156 Ratings

Book 025

Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction Michael J. Inwood
3.65 avg. rating · 989 Ratings

Book 026

Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Julia Annas
3.64 avg. rating · 798 Ratings

Book 027

Socrates: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) C.C.W. Taylor
3.29 avg. rating · 560 Ratings

Book 028

Marx: A Very Short Introduction
Marx: A Very Short Introduction Peter Singer
3.7 avg. rating · 3090 Ratings

Book 029

Logic: A Very Short Introduction
Logic: A Very Short Introduction Graham Priest
3.64 avg. rating · 1713 Ratings

Book 030

Descartes: A Very Short Introduction
Descartes: A Very Short Introduction Tom Sorell
3.4 avg. rating · 465 Ratings

Book 031

Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction Quentin Skinner
3.85 avg. rating · 900 Ratings

Book 032

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction Jonathan Barnes
3.67 avg. rating · 1002 Ratings

Book 033

Hume: A Very Short Introduction
Hume: A Very Short Introduction Alfred Jules Ayer
3.13 avg. rating · 365 Ratings

Book 034

Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction
Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction Michael Tanner
3.28 avg. rating · 1747 Ratings

Book 035

Darwin: A Very Short Introduction
Darwin: A Very Short Introduction Jonathan Howard
3.27 avg. rating · 157 Ratings

Book 036

The European Union: A Very Short Introduction
The European Union: A Very Short Introduction John Pinder
3.32 avg. rating · 617 Ratings

Book 037

Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction
Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction Bhikhu C. Parekh
3.73 avg. rating · 281 Ratings

Book 039

Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction
Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction Ian J. Deary
3.72 avg. rating · 753 Ratings

Book 040

Jung: A Very Short Introduction
Jung: A Very Short Introduction Anthony Stevens
4.1 avg. rating · 2921 Ratings

Book 041

Buddha: A Very Short Introduction
Buddha: A Very Short Introduction Michael Carrithers
3.66 avg. rating · 400 Ratings

Book 042

Paul: A Very Short Introduction
Paul: A Very Short Introduction E.P. Sanders
3.71 avg. rating · 426 Ratings

Book 043

Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Simon Critchley
3.71 avg. rating · 1049 Ratings

Book 044

Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
Galileo: A Very Short Introduction Stillman Drake
3.79 avg. rating · 188 Ratings

Book 045

Freud: A Very Short Introduction
Freud: A Very Short Introduction Anthony Storr
3.69 avg. rating · 1488 Ratings

Book 046

Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) A.C. Grayling
3.71 avg. rating · 1353 Ratings

Book 047

Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Sue Hamilton
3.49 avg. rating · 528 Ratings

Book 048

Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction
Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction Robert Wokler
3.59 avg. rating · 276 Ratings

Book 049

Hegel: A Very Short Introduction
Hegel: A Very Short Introduction Peter Singer
3.86 avg. rating · 2931 Ratings

Book 050

Kant: A Very Short Introduction
Kant: A Very Short Introduction Roger Scruton
3.77 avg. rating · 2009 Ratings

Book 051

Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction
Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction Peter Coles
3.65 avg. rating · 775 Ratings

Book 052

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction
Drugs: A Very Short Introduction Leslie L. Iversen
3.75 avg. rating · 243 Ratings

Book 053

Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction Catriona Kelly
3.06 avg. rating · 206 Ratings

Book 054

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction William Doyle
3.52 avg. rating · 1890 Ratings

Book 055

Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Edward Craig
3.7 avg. rating · 2342 Ratings

Book 056

Barthes: A Very Short Introduction
Barthes: A Very Short Introduction Jonathan D. Culler
3.68 avg. rating · 321 Ratings

Book 057

Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction
Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction David DeGrazia
3.65 avg. rating · 402 Ratings

Book 058

Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction
Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction Patrick L. Gardiner
3.49 avg. rating · 594 Ratings

Book 059

Russell: A Very Short Introduction
Russell: A Very Short Introduction A.C. Grayling
3.54 avg. rating · 336 Ratings

Book 060

Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction
Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction Germaine Greer
3.43 avg. rating · 196 Ratings

Book 060

William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Stanley Wells
3.58 avg. rating · 141 Ratings

Book 061

Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction
Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction Michael Eliot Howard
3.86 avg. rating · 441 Ratings

Book 062

Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction
Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction Christopher Janaway
3.78 avg. rating · 824 Ratings

Book 063

The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction S.A. Smith
3.5 avg. rating · 685 Ratings

Book 064

Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction
Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction Richard Tuck
3.66 avg. rating · 324 Ratings

Book 065

World Music: A Very Short Introduction
World Music: A Very Short Introduction Philip V. Bohlman
3.13 avg. rating · 121 Ratings

Book 066

Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction Timothy Gowers
3.86 avg. rating · 1880 Ratings

Book 067

Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction Samir Okasha
3.93 avg. rating · 3744 Ratings

Book 068

Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction
Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction Fred Piper
3.56 avg. rating · 495 Ratings

Book 069

Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction John C. Polkinghorne
3.73 avg. rating · 1341 Ratings

Book 070

Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction
Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction Roger Scruton
3.65 avg. rating · 833 Ratings

Book 071

Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction Michael Allingham
2.7 avg. rating · 221 Ratings

Book 072

Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Architecture: A Very Short Introduction Andrew Ballantyne
3.39 avg. rating · 363 Ratings

Book 073

Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction Catherine Belsey
3.8 avg. rating · 1264 Ratings

Book 074

Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction
Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler
3.43 avg. rating · 1802 Ratings

Book 075

Democracy: A Very Short Introduction
Democracy: A Very Short Introduction Bernard Crick
3.35 avg. rating · 465 Ratings

Book 076

Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Empire: A Very Short Introduction Stephen Howe
3.54 avg. rating · 461 Ratings

Book 077

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction
Fascism: A Very Short Introduction Kevin Passmore
3.54 avg. rating · 1179 Ratings

Book 078

Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Charles Townshend
3.33 avg. rating · 404 Ratings

Book 079

Plato: A Very Short Introduction
Plato: A Very Short Introduction Julia Annas
3.57 avg. rating · 1155 Ratings

Book 080

Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Ethics: A Very Short Introduction Simon Blackburn
3.41 avg. rating · 1078 Ratings

Book 081

Emotion: A Very Short Introduction
Emotion: A Very Short Introduction Dylan Evans
3.64 avg. rating · 580 Ratings

Book 082

Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction Marc Mulholland
3.39 avg. rating · 295 Ratings

Book 083

Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction Cynthia A. Freeland
3.6 avg. rating · 577 Ratings

Book 084

Locke: A Very Short Introduction
Locke: A Very Short Introduction John Dunn
3.49 avg. rating · 277 Ratings

Book 085

Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction Senia Pašeta
3.39 avg. rating · 208 Ratings

Book 086

Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction Manfred B. Steger
3.5 avg. rating · 1723 Ratings

Book 087

The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction Robert J. McMahon
3.85 avg. rating · 1500 Ratings

Book 088

The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction
The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction Michael Hoskin
3.73 avg. rating · 233 Ratings

Book 089

Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction
Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction Chris Frith
3.71 avg. rating · 306 Ratings

Book 090

The Earth: A Very Short Introduction
The Earth: A Very Short Introduction Martin Redfern
3.67 avg. rating · 201 Ratings

Book 091

Engels: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Engels: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Terrell Carver
3.28 avg. rating · 130 Ratings

Book 092

British Politics: A Very Short Introduction
British Politics: A Very Short Introduction Tony Wright
3.44 avg. rating · 543 Ratings

Book 093

Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction
Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction P.H. Matthews
3.3 avg. rating · 960 Ratings

Book 094

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
The Celts: A Very Short Introduction Barry Cunliffe
3.7 avg. rating · 629 Ratings

Book 095

Ideology: A Very Short Introduction
Ideology: A Very Short Introduction Michael Freeden
3.51 avg. rating · 371 Ratings

Book 096

Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction Chris Gosden
3.2 avg. rating · 296 Ratings

Book 097

Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction David Miller
3.67 avg. rating · 1550 Ratings

Book 098

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction Robert J.C. Young
3.48 avg. rating · 1207 Ratings

Book 099

Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
Atheism: A Very Short Introduction Julian Baggini
3.87 avg. rating · 1485 Ratings

Book 100

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
Evolution: A Very Short Introduction Brian Charlesworth
3.62 avg. rating · 620 Ratings