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They are written by experts, and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide.  \nThe series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology.  \nVery Short Introductions available now:  \nANARCHISM Colin Ward ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY  \nJulia Annas ANCIENT WARFARE  \nHarry Sidebottom  \nTHE ANGLO-SAXON AGE John Blair  \nANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn ARCHITECTURE  \nAndrew Ballantyne ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes ART HISTORY Dana Arnold ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland THE HISTORY OF  \nASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin Atheism Julian Baggini Augustine Henry Chadwick BARTHES Jonathan Culler  \nTHE BIBLE John Riches THE BRAIN Michael O’Shea BRITISH POLITICS  \nAnthony Wright  \nBuddha Michael Carrithers BUDDHISM Damien Keown BUDDHIST ETHICS Damien Keown CAPITALISM James Fulcher  \nTHE CELTS Barry Cunliffe CHOICE THEORY  \nMichael Allingham  \nCHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead CLASSICS Mary Beard and  \nJohn Henderson  \nCLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon CONSCIOUSNESS Susan Blackmore Continental Philosophy  \nSimon Critchley COSMOLOGY Peter Coles THE CRUSADES  \nChristopher Tyerman CRYPTOGRAPHY  \nFred Piper and Sean Murphy DADA AND SURREALISM  \nDavid Hopkins  \nDarwin Jonathan Howard THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS  \nTimothy Lim Democracy Bernard Crick DESCARTES Tom Sorell DESIGN John Heskett DINOSAURS David Norman DREAMING J. 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