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

During this time, several works were dedicated to Oxford, Geoffrey Gates ' Defense of Military Profession and Anthony Munday's Mirror of Mutability in 1579, and John Hester's A Short Discourse.

The Nineteenth Century: Europe 1789 – 1914 ( Short Oxford History of Europe ) ( 2000 ) 320pp

One of Anderson's early short films, Thursday's Children ( 1954 ), concerning the education of deaf children, made in collaboration with Guy Brenton, a friend from his Oxford days, won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1954.

* 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.

Daoism: A Short Introduction ( Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2003 ).

Daoism: A Short Introduction ( Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2003 ).

* The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English ( 1988 )

* The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English ( 1995 )

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 ).

A translation of Des Lebens Überfluss ( Life's Luxuries, by E. N. Bennett ) appeared in German Short Stories in the Oxford University Press World's Classics series in 1934, but the wit of the original comes over more strongly in The Superfluities of Life.

A Short History of the Hebrews, Oxford Press

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

The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English.

The History Of England has often been compared with Green's Short History.

The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America ( 1978 ), 1880s and 1890s in U. S.

* John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium ( London, 1999 ).

* Arthur Berry, A Short History of Astronomy ( John Murray, 1898 – republished by Dover, 1961 ), 258-265.

* Chris Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party, 1900 – 2001 ( 6th edition ).

* Orlandis, Jose, A Short History of the Catholic Church.

* Short History of Croatia

A Short History of China and Southeast Asia: Tribute, Trade and Influence.

* Bickerton, E. ( 2009 ), A Short History of Cahiers du Cinéma.

" A Short History of Identification Tags ".

* Robins, R. H. A Short History of Linguistics ( Indiana UP, 1967 ).

The Banquet's Wisdom: A Short History of the Theologies of the Lord's Supper.

A Short History of Anarchist Participation in the Esperanto Movement.

* Haiti-the Pearl of the Antilles ( Short History of Haiti )

* Hoffman, Joel M, In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language.

* Short History of the Hebrew Language by Chaim Menachem Rabin

Wells reprised his Outline in 1922 with a much shorter popular work, A Short History of the World, and two long efforts, The Science of Life ( 1930 ) and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind ( 1931 ).

The " Outlines " became sufficiently common for James Thurber to parody the trend in his humorous essay, " An Outline of Scientists "— indeed, Wells's Outline of History remains in print with a new 2005 edition, while A Short History of the World has been recently reedited ( 2006 ).

* Short biography, bibliography, and links on digitized sources in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

A Short Treatise on the History, Culture and Practices of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

* Woodhouse, C. M. Modern Greece: A Short History ( 2000 ) excerpt and text search

Islam: A Short History ( 2002 ) excerpt and text search

* April – Pippin of Italy, King of the Langobardians, son of Charlemagne, not to be confused with Pepin " The Short " of France ( born this year or 773 )

Saracens from Barcelona took Carcassonne in 725, but King Pepin the Short ( Pépin le Bref ) drove them away in 759-60 ; though he took most of the south of France, he was unable to penetrate the impregnable fortress of Carcassonne.

* Horne, Alastair ( 2004 ) La Belle France: a Short History.

In 1908, on hearing reports from Aero Club members who had seen the Wright Brothers ' demonstrations of their aircraft at Le Mans in France, Oswald Short reportedly said to Eustace " This is the finish of ballooning: we must begin building aeroplanes at once, and we can't do that without Horace!

According to a narrative of Landulphus Senior, the eleventh-century chronicler of Milan, Charlemagne attempted to abolish the Ambrosian Rite, as he or his father, Pepin the Short, had abolished the Gallican Rite in France, in favour of a Gallicanized Roman Rite.

On 13 June, only three days after Mussolini declared war against Britain and France, a " Mr Strong " took off in a Short Sunderland flying boat from Poole Harbour on the south coast of England.

* La France sur un caillou ( Short film Co-Directed with Gilles Groulx, 1961 )

Short was interred at Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery, France.

* Holt, Mack P. Renaissance and Reformation France: 1500-1648 ( The Short Oxford History of France ) ( 2002 ) excerpt and text search

* International Festival of Short Films-Annecy, France

* La Belle France: A Short History.

* La France sur un caillou ( Short Co-Directed with Claude Fournier, 1960 )

* William Short ( American ambassador ), United States Minister Plenipotentiary to France, 1790 – 1792

But his best efforts in fiction were his short stories and sketches Short Sixes ( 1891 ), More Short Sixes ( 1894 ), Made in France ( 1893 ), Zadoc Pine and Other Stories ( 1891 ), Love in Old Cloathes and Other Stories ( 1896 ), and Jersey Street and Jersey Lane ( 1896 ).

The adventures of Frere Denyse le cordelier ( Brother Dennis of the Order of the Cordeliers -- Franciscans, who wore a rope belt, were nicknamed Cordeliers in France ), and of " la dame qui alla trois fois autour du moutier " (" the lady who went around the monastery three times ") find a place in the Cent Nouvelles nouvelles (" One Hundred Short Stories ").

Short story collections in France in the Renaissance:

The Rash DVD extras include short films: Girls Do Street Art, Gallery VS Street, Drawing Room, Phibs, Urban Express – Short Film 2004, Shepard Fairey ( Interview ) OBEY GIANT USA, SCIEN ( Interview 8. 5 mins ), 123Klan – France.