http://www.shvoong.com/tags/short/rss.xml Summaries, Abstracts, Synopses Reviews, Notes & Short Essays on Short Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:19:00 GMT Summary for an article by Michael Cook - The Koran - A Very Short Introduction, Cook notes at the outset of his book, The Koran: A Very Short Introduction, the reaction of the author of the first English translation of this Holy T http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/theory-criticism/2189-koran-short-introduction/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/theory-criticism/2189-koran-short-introduction/ Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:18:00 GMT Summary for a book by Cordwainer Smith - The Rediscovery of Man - the Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith, This book is a collection of science fiction short stories by an enigmatic author whose pseudonym was Cordwainer Smith. They are written in an unfo http://www.shvoong.com/books/4453-rediscovery-man-complete-short-science/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/4453-rediscovery-man-complete-short-science/ Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:23:00 GMT Summary for a book by Marsot, Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid - A Short History of Modern Egypt, This is an excellent book and it effectively describes the social, economic and indistrial transformation of Egypt during the reign of Muhammad Al http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/6316-short-history-modern-egypt/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/6316-short-history-modern-egypt/ Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:39:00 GMT Summary for an article by Manning Clark - A Short History of Australia, Clark is one of Australia’s pre-eminent historians, with this work invariably featuring on the required reading lists of upper secondary and undergrad http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/6506-short-history-australia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/6506-short-history-australia/ Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:52:00 GMT Summary for a book by Dr George Karimalil - short story, India was under the colonial rule for more than three centuries. The rulers tried to raise revenue through various ways. One of them was to levy tax o http://www.shvoong.com/books/7063-short-story/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/7063-short-story/ Sat, 03 Sep 2005 06:10:00 GMT Summary for a book by Edited by Nimal Sanderatne - Creative Expressions: Fourteen Short Stories, First impressions matter. The cover page of Creative Expressions, based on a painting by Nalini Jayasuria, titled The Singing Tree, visu http://www.shvoong.com/books/22483-creative-expressions-fourteen-short-stories/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/22483-creative-expressions-fourteen-short-stories/ Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:27:00 GMT Summary for an article by sonam - Yigal Alon- short biography, Yigal Alon (Fykowitz) 1918-1980. Commander of the southern command of I.D.F, politician, key member of Israeli Labor party. Born in Kfar Tavor, Israel http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/h_history/27262-yigal-alon-short-biography/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/h_history/27262-yigal-alon-short-biography/ Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:36:00 GMT Summary for a book by Miguel Tejada - The Short History of Mith, This is an pedestrian study from the noted and popular religion scholar, in which Armstrong takes a historical approach to myth, tracing its evolution http://www.shvoong.com/books/59395-short-history-mith/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/59395-short-history-mith/ Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:57:00 GMT Summary for a book by Mr.Aditya Narain Dhar Dubey - Short Stories - I, THE POINT OF HONOR A young lieutenant was passed by a private, who failed to salute. The lieutenant called him back, and said sternly: "You did http://www.shvoong.com/books/481416-short-stories/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/481416-short-stories/ Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:19:00 GMT Summary for a book by Virginia Woolf - A collection of short stories, The collection includes all of the short stories written by Virginia Woolf. The first stories were written on 1906 and the last story was written a mo http://www.shvoong.com/books/481842-collection-short-stories/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/481842-collection-short-stories/ Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:23:00 GMT