The Modern Library Chronicles are a series of short books, most under 150 pages, intended to introduce readers to a period of history.
A partial list includes:
The Renaissance, by Paul JohnsonIslam, by Karen ArmstrongThe Balkans, by Mark MazowerThe German Empire: 1870-1918, by Michael StürmerThe Catholic Church, by Hans KüngPeoples and Empires, by Anthony PagdenCommunism, by Richard PipesHitler and the Holocaust, by Robert S. WistrichThe American Revolution, by Gordon S. WoodLaw in America, by Lawrence FriedmanInventing Japan: 1853-1964, by Ian BurumaThe Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, by John Micklethwait and Adrian WooldridgeThe Americas: A Hemispheric History, by Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoThe Boys' Crusade, by Paul FussellThe Age of Shakespeare, by Frank KermodeThe Age of Napoleon, by Alistair HorneEvolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory, by Edward J. LarsonLondon: A History, by A.N. WilsonThe Reformation: A History, by Patrick CollinsonNazism and War, by Richard BesselThe City, by Joel KotkinInfinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics, by David BerlinskiCalifornia: A History, by Kevin StarrStorm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West, by Milton ViorstBaseball: A History of America's Favorite Game, by George VecseyNonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark KurlanskyThe Hellenistic Age: A Short History, by Peter GreenA Short History of Medicine, by F. Gonzalez-CrussiThe Christian World, by Martin MartyPrehistory, by Colin RenfrewDangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, by Margaret MacMillanUncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment, by Stephen KotkinThe Korean War: A History, by Bruce CummingsThe Romantic Revolution: A History, by Tim Blanning