* Hale, J. R. Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy ( 1961 ) online edition

The Life and Times of Niccolò Machiavelli ( 2 vol 1892 ), good older biography ; online Google edition vol 1 ; online Google edition vol 2

Machiavelli ( 1998 ) online edition, good place to start

Niccolò Machiavelli ( 2005 ) online edition

History and the Idea of Progress ( 1995 ), conservative scholars discuss Machiavelli, Kant, Nietsche, Spengler and others online edition

* Robin Le Poidevin, ( 2010 ) Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-957526-8

Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction.

* An accessible primer for the literary aspect of critical theory is Jonathan Culler's Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction ISBN 0-19-285383-X

Early Music: A Very Short Introduction.

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction.

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction.

Myth: A Very Short Introduction.

* Marx, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980 ; Hill & Wang, New York, 1980 ; reissued as Marx: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000 ; also included in full in K. Thomas ( ed.

* Hegel, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1982 ; reissued as Hegel: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2001 ; also included in full in German Philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

* Raymond Wacks, Privacy: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

* Michael Newman, Socialism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2005.

American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction ( 2007 ), 144 pp

* Unitarian Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

* It has been used in films such as The Parent Trap, Caveman, The Breakfast Club, A Very Brady Sequel, Short Circuit, The Bridge on the River Kwai ( perhaps the most famous use ), The Geisha Boy, Spaceballs, Brassed Off and The Card ( 1952 ).

* A Very Short Book: Sometimes the last sketch of an episode, it featured a well-known nursery rhyme or famous story read by a cast member who turned the pages of a book with moving pictures.

Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction excerpt and text search

Some are of the same type as the ancient epitome, such as various epitomes of the Summa Theologiae of St Thomas Aquinas-originally written as an introductory textbook in theology, and now accessible to very few, except for the learned in theology and Aristotelian philosophy-such as A Summa of the Summa and A Shorter Summa: many epitomes today are published under the general title, " The Companion to ...", such as The Oxford Companion to Aristotle or " An Overview of " or " guides ", such as An Overview of the Thought of Immanuel Kant, How to Read Hans Urs von Balthasar, or, in some cases, as an introduction, in the cases of An Introduction to Søren Kierkegaard or A Very Short Introduction to the New Testament ( many philosophical " introductions " and " guides " share the epitomic form, unlike general " introductions " to a field ).

* Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction ( 2004 )

* Steger, Manfred B., and Ravi K. Roy, Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction ( 2010 )

* Bohlman, Philip V. ( 2002 ) World Music: A Very Short Introduction

: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy, Oxford University Press.

" The lecture took place at York Minster and Short was introduced by the Dean of York, the Very Revd.

* Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources, 7 min.

In addition to scholarly papers on mathematics, Gowers is also the author of several works popularizing mathematics, including the 2002 book Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction which describes modern research mathematics to the layman.

Simon Critchley, in Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction suggests:

* British Politics: A Very Short Introduction ( Oxford Paperbacks, 2002 ) ISBN 0-19-285459-3

* Piper, Fred and Sean Murphy, Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction ISBN 0-19-280315-8 This book outlines the major goals, uses, methods, and developments in cryptography.

In the year 2000, Paul Produced MC Paul Barman's début EP It's Very Stimulating.

* 2000: It's Very Stimulating ( MC Paul Barman )

While works such as Susan Zuccotti's Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy ( 2000 ) and Michael Phayer's The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930 – 1965 ( 2000 ) are critical of both Cornwell and Pius XII ; Ronald J. Rychlak's Hitler, the War and the Pope is critical as well but defends Pius XII in light of his access to most recent documents.

Alternative-country artist Robbie Fulks sings a wistful ode to " That Bangle Girl ", a song identified as one of his " personal favorites ", on his 2000 Very Best album.

Between 1998 and 2000, Diaz featured in many movies, such as Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Very Bad Things, Any Given Sunday, and the successful adaptation of Charlie's Angels.

Very often it was critical saves that kept United from defeat or dropping valuable points, helping United to the 2000 – 01 Premier League title, their third in a row.

In 2000, Geffen / Universal released a best-of entitled The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment ( 1982 – 1990 ) which also included three rare B-sides from the early days.

Very early examples are Epic of Gilgamesh, in its Sumerian version predating 2000 BC, and the Egyptian Book of the Dead written down in the Papyrus of Ani in approximately 1250 BC but probably dates from about the 18th century BC.

The observatory has been involved in the construction of several Cosmic Microwave Background experiments, including the Tenerife Experiment, which ran from the 1980s to 2000, and the amplifiers and cryostats for the Very Small Array.

The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings ( re-released also in 2000 )

* Robbie Fulks – Very Best of Robbie Fulks ( 2000 )

These include: Oleta Adams " Circle of One " album ( reaching No. 1 in the UK charts 1991 ); Marc Almond " Tenement Symphony " album which included the epic tracks " Jacky " and " The Days of Pearly Spencer "; The Associates " Wild and Lonely " album ; Rick Astley " Free " album ; B * Witched " Awake and Breathe " album ; Chris Botti " Slowing Down the World " album ; Boyzone " A Different Beat " album ; Cher " It's a Man's World " album ; Petula Clark " La Vie en Rose " track ; Lloyd Cole and the Commotions " Rattlesnakes " album ; Andrea Corr " Ten Feet High " album ; Cathy Dennis " Move to This " and " Into the Skyline " albums ; Electronic " Getting Away with It " single ( reaching No. 12 in the UK charts 1990 ); Frankie Goes to Hollywood " Welcome to the Pleasuredome " album which included their 2nd and 3rd No. 1s " Two Tribes " and " The Power of Love "; Elton John " The Big Picture " album ; Martyn Joseph " Being There " album ; Kingmaker " Sleepwalking " album ; Annie Lennox " Medusa " album ( No. 1 in the UK charts 1995 ); Let Loose " Best In Me " single ; Virginia MacNaughton " The Music " album ; Paul McCartney " Press to Play " album ; Malcolm McLaren " Duck Rock " album ; The Men They Couldn't Hang " A Map Of Morocco " single ; George Michael " Careless Whisper " single ( reaching No. 1 in 25 countries ); Liza Minnelli " Results " album ( reaching No. 6 in the UK charts 1989 ); The Moody Blues " Greatest Hits " album ; Moist " Gasoline " single ; Jimmy Nail " Crocodile Shoes " album ( reaching No. 2 in the UK charts 1994 ); The Painted Word " Lovelife " album ; Pet Shop Boys " Very " album ; Pulp " Different Class " and " This Is Hardcore " albums ( both reaching No. 1 ); Rialto " Monday Morning 5: 19 " single ; Frances Ruffelle " Stranger To The Rain " single ; S Club " 7 album " ( No. 1 in the UK charts 2000 ); Scarlet " Naked " album ; Seal first 3 albums " Seal " " Seal II " " Human Being "; Siphiwo " Hope " album ( featuring Nelson Mandela on the title track ); Wendy Stark " Stark " album ; Rod Stewart " A Spanner in the Works " album and " If We Fall in Love Tonight " album and the single " Downtown Train "; Suggs " The Lone Ranger " album ; Travis " More Than Us " EP featuring Anne on the title track ; Tina Turner " Wildest Dreams " album ; Wet Wet Wet " Holding Back the River " album ( reaching No. 2 in the UK charts 1989 ); Wham!

Very Mean Men ( 2000 ) was a comedy directed by Tony Vitale about a mob war between two families.

In 2000, Staple's re-recordings of hits by The Specials and Fun Boy Three were released as The Very Best of the Specials and Fun Boy Three, though without being prominently labelled as a solo work by Staple.

He also released two solo albums: The Optimist in 2000 and A Very Dull Boy in 2002.

* The Very Best of Toots & The Maytals ( 2000 )

* Very Mean Men ( 2000 )

* The Very Best Of ( 2000 ) Jet Set

He appeared on the BBC Radio 4's The Very World of Milton Jones, broadcast between 1998 and 2001, and between early 2000 and early 2001, starred as a misanthropic, animal-hating vet in the BBC One sitcom Beast and he has also been the star of a series of TV commercials for Pimm's.

* Very Mean Men ( 2000 )

* The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty ( 2000 )

Very early experiments were carried out by Michael Clapham-who at the time was working on print technology at the Kynoch Works in Aston in Birmingham according to and interview he gave to a BBC documentary broadcast In Feb 2000 ( http :// news. bbc. co. uk / 1 / hi / uk / 643913. stm ) ’ Dr Philip Baxter at ICI made the first small batch of gaseous uranium hexafluoride for Professor James Chadwick in 1940.