Very Short Introductions

I recently discovered the Very Short Introductions series published by Oxford University Press.

These are excellent little books, usually about 150 pages, written by well-recognized specialists on their topic. The book on Paul, for example, is by E.P. Sanders. Topics are really varied: Art Theory, the Bible, Capitalism, Intelligence, Cosmology, Kant, Hume, Socrates, Buddhism, Animal Rights, Archaeology, Drugs, the Tudors, the Russian Revolution, Social and Cultural Anthropology and many, many others. (Just search for "very short introductions" on Amazon.)

The one on Literary Theory is especially good. I also have the volumes on Nietzche and Linguistics but I haven't read them yet.

One very puzzling note: the volume on Shakespeare was written by Germaine Greer. I was not aware she was a Shakespearean scholar. (According the reviews she's not.)