Very Short Introductions is a 482-book series with 482 released primary works first released in 1469 with contributions by Mary Beard, John Henderson, Nicholas Cook, Damien Keown, Jonathan D. Culler, Kim Knott, Gillian Butler, Freda McManus, Malise Ruthven, Kenneth Minogue and 541 others.
Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.