Very short introductions

Presents a brief introduction to the concept of globalization, looking at its economic, political, cultural, technological, and ecological dimensions.

Presents a short pocket handbook that describes the impacts of global warming and the controversies that surround it.

A brief introduction to drugs that provides information on legal, prescription, and illegal drugs, explaining what they are, how they work, and how medicines are developed and tested.

Presents an introduction to the study of art history, considering the question of what art history is, and discussing how art history is written, the importance of the gallery or museum, the relationship between art and thought, the idea and meaning of art, and the different media and techniques used to produce art.

Offers a brief introduction to the history of architecture, discussing how styles throughout the world have changed over the years.

Presents an introduction to ancient philosophy, focusing on six themes that informed ancient debates, including logic and reality, the differences between humans and beasts, the happy life, and others.

A brief introduction to literary theory that explores the various moves that literary theory has encouraged.

An introduction to the day to day life of a forensic psychologist.

"The Devil has fascinated Christians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many haunting works of art. This Very Short Introduction looks at the Devil in the history of ideas and in the lives of real people. Darren Oldridge shows us that the Devil is an important figure in western history--a richly complex and contradictory one. Oldridge focuses on three main themes: the idea of the Devil being integral to western thought from the early Middle Ages to the beginnings of modernity; the belief that the Devil represents the mirror image of goodness; and the multiplicity and instability of ideas about the Devil. Oldridge concludes by exploring "demonological" ways of thinking in our own time, including allegations of "satanic ritual abuse.""--.