Oxford University Press and the Very Short Introduction series

Described on the Oxford University Press websites as "brilliant concise very short introductions to almost everything," Saint Joe's now has more than 50 of these 150 titles published to date. They are displayed on the long range of bookcases that runs perpendicular to the stacks as you come into the library. A sampling of the titles, each written by an expert author, in Wellehan is as follows:
Atheism: a very short introduction by Julian Baggini, 2003
Modern Ireland: a very short introduction by Senia Paseta, 2003
Political philosophy: a very short introduction, 2003
Psychology: a very short introduction by Gillian Butler & Freda McManus, 2000
The World Trade Organization: a very short introduction by Amrita Narlikar, 2005
A History of time: a very short introduction by Leofranc Holford-Strevens, 2005

You can see the entire list of titles at Wellehan simply by searching "very short introduction" as the title. You can read a brief account of information on everything from the Anglo-Saxon age to globalization to Wittgenstein--and beyond!