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The Norman Conquest (Very Short Introductions)
by George Garnett
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Dinosaurs (Very Short Introductions)
by David Norman
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Modern Latin American Literature (Very Short Introductions)
by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
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Habermas: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by James Gor Finlayson
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Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Jo Labanyi
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Dictionaries (Very Short Introductions)
by Lynda Mugglestone
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Very Short Introductions #35: Darwin: A Very Short Introduction
by Jonathan Howard
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Fossils: A Very Short Introduction
by Keith Thomson
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by Michael Freeden
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Colonial Latin American Literature (Very Short Introductions)
by Rolena Adorno
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