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Series of short books
The Modern Library Chronicles are a series of short books published by the American publisher,
Modern Library . Most of the books are under 150 pages in length and intended to introduce readers to a period of history.
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A partial list includes:
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The Renaissance , by
Paul Johnson
Islam: A Short History , by
Karen Armstrong
The Balkans , by
Mark Mazower
The German Empire: 1870-1918 , by
Michael Stürmer
Küng, Hans (2001).
The Catholic Church: A Short History . New York.
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Hans Küng
Peoples and Empires , by
Anthony Pagden
Communism , by
Richard Pipes
Hitler and the Holocaust , by
Robert S. Wistrich
The American Revolution , by
Gordon S. Wood
Law in America , by
Lawrence Friedman
Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 , by
Ian Buruma
The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea , by
John Micklethwait and
Adrian Wooldridge
The Americas: A Hemispheric History , by
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
The Boys' Crusade , by
Paul Fussell
The Age of Shakespeare , by
Frank Kermode
The Age of Napoleon , by
Alistair Horne
Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory , by
Edward J. Larson
London: A History , by
A.N. Wilson
The Reformation: A History , by
Patrick Collinson
Nazism and War , by
Richard Bessel
The City , by
Joel Kotkin
Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics , by
David Berlinski
California: A History , by
Kevin Starr
Storm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West , by
Milton Viorst
Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game , by
George Vecsey
Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by
Mark Kurlansky
The Hellenistic Age: A Short History , by
Peter Green
A Short History of Medicine , by
F. Gonzalez-Crussi
The Christian World , by
Martin Marty
Prehistory , by
Colin Renfrew
Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History , by
Margaret MacMillan
Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment , by
Stephen Kotkin
The Korean War: A History , by
Bruce Cummings
The Romantic Revolution: A History , by
Tim Blanning
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