Coral Reefs – beauty and wonder lie within superficially simple stories about their residents
Anyone who has watched one or two documentaries about coral reefs will have heard about cleaning stations. A…
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Staff Pick: Nature Books
In celebration of Earth Day on 22nd April, Yale University Press London staff choose their favourite books on…
Blooming Flowers by Kasia Boddy – An Extract
The fact that the daisy grows in so many places — native to western, central and northern Europe,…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Galileo Galilei
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed…
Content Collection | New Scientist Live
New Scientist Live is an award-winning, mind-expanding festival of ideas and discoveries for everyone curious about science and…
Gardens and Gardening by Jill Francis
The extravagant gardens of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest…
Five Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Biological Invasions
Award-winning adventure and science journalist, Leslie Anthony, offers five things you (maybe) didn’t know about the burgeoning environmental…
The Paleo Diet and Ancient Civilisation, by James C. Scott
In his latest work, Against the Grain, James C. Scott explores why humans abandoned hunting and gathering for…
Gardens of Court and Country – Celebrating Hampton Court Flower Show
To celebrate this Year’s Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the Yale Books Blog is in…
All These Worlds Are Yours: An Astrobiologist Down Under
Jon Willis, author of All These Worlds Are Yours — “So you want to fly to an iron ore…
Bookshop of the Month – Cogito Books, Hexham
For a particularly special Bookshop of the Month feature, we head over to the delightful town of Hexham…
In Celebration of Trees: A Tree Story by Fiona Stafford
For centuries, trees have served humankind in countless useful ways; but our relationship with these silent companions has…
Bookshop of the Month – The White Horse Bookshop
The summer holidays are upon us, so what better time for a visit to our Bookshop of the…
17 Suprising Facts About Trees – by Fiona Stafford
Fiona Stafford, author of the charmingly illustrated The Long, Long Life of Trees, explores the many ways in which humans…
The Narrow Edge: Bay of Plenty
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey follows the extraordinary migration of red knots…
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