Bernd Brunner’s ‘Bears’ emerges from the wild
Bernd Brunner introduces an exclusive video trailer for his book Bears: A Brief History.
Environment
Author Article: ‘Is Humanity Suicidal?’ by Lyric Hughes Hale
Yale author Lyric Hughes Hale reads The Carbon Crunch by Dieter Helm and asks some troubling questions regarding humanity’s attitude to itself. Are the arguments concerning climate…
‘Climate change is just getting worse and worse…’
Author Dieter Helm talks about some of the key issues explored in his new book for Yale, The Carbon Crunch. Why is it that after more than…
Candid China: Gerard Lemos on interviewing Chinese citizens
The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future is a unique and important new book by Gerard Lemos that provides a study…
Cosmic Understanding: Extract from ‘The New Universe and the Human Future’
In The New Universe and the Human Future (out now in paperback) a cultural philosopher (Nancy Abrams) and an astrophysicist (Joel Primack) theorize that a shared picture…
Yale University Press launches its Autumn / Winter 2012 seasonal catalogue
Yale’s Autumn / Winter seasonal catalogue is available now to order and download. Today we take a quick look at some of the intriguing and fascinating…
Prize news: ‘An Empire of Ice’ by Edward Larson is shortlisted for the 2012 Hessell-Tiltman award
Edward Larson’s acclaimed book on exploration and antarctic science An Empire of Ice has been shortlisted for the coveted Hessell-Tiltman prize. In a second literary prize…
Author Article by Neil Faulkner: Olympic green-wash
Neil Faulkner is the author of A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics, to be published soon by Yale University Press. In this regular blog,…
Author Interview: Austin Troy discusses ‘The Very Hungry City’
Earlier this month we took a look at January’s Book of the Month, The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy, which explores how cities around the world…
Book of the Month: The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy
January’s Book of the Month is The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities by Austin Troy. This accessible book explores how cities…