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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 BRITISH POLITICS Anthony 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  \nCHRISTIANITY 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 CRYPTOGRAPHY  \nFred Piper and Sean Murphy DADA AND SURREALISM  \nDavid Hopkins  \nDarwin Jonathan Howard Democracy Bernard Crick DESCARTES Tom Sorell DINOSAURS David Norman DREAMING J. Allan Hobson DRUGS Leslie Iversen  \nTHE EARTH Martin Redfern EGYPTIAN MYTH  \nGeraldine Pinch EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY  \nBRITAIN Paul Langford THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball EMOTION Dylan Evans EMPIRE Stephen Howe ENGELS Terrell Carver Ethics Simon Blackburn The European Union  \nJohn Pinder  \nEVOLUTION  \nBrian and Deborah Charlesworth FASCISM Kevin Passmore FOUCAULT Gary Gutting THE FRENCH REVOLUTION  \nWilliam Doyle  \nFREE WILL Thomas Pink Freud Anthony Storr Galileo Stillman Drake Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh GLOBALIZATION  \nManfred Steger  \nGLOBAL WARMING Mark Maslin HABERMAS  \nJames Gordon Finlayson HEGEL Peter Singer HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood HIEROGLYPHS Penelope Wilson HINDUISM Kim Knott HISTORY John H. Arnold  \nHOBBES Richard Tuck HUME A. J. Ayer IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden  \nIndian Philosophy Sue Hamilton  \nIntelligence Ian J. 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