{{Short description|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernlibrary.com/library/ |title=Library |publisher=Modern Library |accessdate=2011-03-15}}</ref>
A partial list includes:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernlibrary.com/library/chronicles/ |title=Chronicles |publisher=Modern Library |accessdate=2011-03-15}}</ref>
# ''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 # {{cite book|title=The Catholic Church: A Short History|year=2001|isbn=0-679-64092-4|location=New York|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchs00kung |last1=Küng |first1=Hans }}, by 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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Category:Book series Category:History book series