Very Short Introductions (4 books in series)

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction (2010)
language
English
author
3.85 of 5 Votes: 4
review 1: This survey of English literature is engaging, humourous, and thorough in a way that it's possible only Jonathan Bate could pull off. I wouldn't recommend it to someone with no background studying literature (or at least, I'm not sure that someone could get as much out of the boo...
Communism: A Very Short Introduction (2009)
language
English
author
3.48 of 5 Votes: 2
review 1: A decent book that does what it says on the tin. The author makes clear that he's primarily writing about the practice of states claiming to be building communism, rather than the theory of communism. ie. it's a book about the real world rather than a theoretical tract. You sh...
Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction (2008)
language
English
3.91 of 5 Votes: 2
review 1: A very quick but thorough overview of the Mormon religion, this book covers the revelations of Joseph Smith through modern-day Mormonism in just shy of 100 pages. Although it didn't really contain any new information for me I did appreciate the simplicity of the book and its over...
The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction (2010)
language
English
author
3.84 of 5 Votes: 3
review 1: I had to read this book because I was doing a physics project on thermodynamics. This is a good starting point for people who didn't know anything about the subject before because (like all very short introductions) it's quite easy to understand. If there is anything you don't un...