Very Short Introductions

Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Just, John Monaghan

Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions #15

Peter Just, John Monaghan

160 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative slow-paced
Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction by Ian J. Deary

Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions #39

Ian J. Deary

178 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
Geophysical and Climate Hazards: A Very Short Introduction by Bill McGuire

Geophysical and Climate Hazards: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions #145

Bill McGuire

160 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction nature science
Russian History: A Very Short Introduction by Geoffrey Hosking

Russian History: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions #308

Geoffrey Hosking

176 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction by David W. MacDonald

Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions #738

David W. MacDonald

177 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction
Simone Weil: A Very Short Introduction by Rebecca A. Rozelle-Stone

Simone Weil: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions #744

Rebecca A. Rozelle-Stone

128 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

British Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Dana Arnold

British Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions #748

Dana Arnold

160 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history
Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction by David C. Catling

Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

David C. Catling

160 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Mao: A Very Short Introduction by Delia Davin

Mao: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Delia Davin

142 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
The Marquis de Sade: A Very Short Introduction by John Phillips

The Marquis de Sade: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

John Phillips

144 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy reflective slow-paced