They are written by experts, and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide. The 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. Very Short Introductions available now: ANARCHISM Colin Ward CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw CLASSICS Mary Beard and ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY John Henderson Julia Annas CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard ANCIENT WARFARE THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon Harry Sidebottom CONSCIOUSNESS Susan Blackmore THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE Continental Philosophy John Blair Simon Critchley ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia COSMOLOGY Peter Coles ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn THE CRUSADES ARCHITECTURE Christopher Tyerman Andrew Ballantyne CRYPTOGRAPHY ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes Fred Piper and Sean Murphy ART HISTORY Dana Arnold DADA AND SURREALISM ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland David Hopkins THE HISTORY OF Darwin Jonathan Howard ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin Democracy Bernard Crick Atheism Julian Baggini DESCARTES Tom Sorell Augustine Henry Chadwick DESIGN John Heskett BARTHES Jonathan Culler DINOSAURS David Norman THE BIBLE John Riches DREAMING J.
