Staff Pick: Pride
This month, Yale University Press London staff voted for their favourite book on the theme of ‘Pride‘. Find out which…
Humanities
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
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Illustrating Playing with Fire: A Q&A with Jo Walker
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
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Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
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Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
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Illustrating Playing with Fire: A Q&A with Jo Walker
Read More -
‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
Read More -
Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
Read More -
Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
Read More -
Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
Read More -
Nazi Germany and Modernist art
Read More -
Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
Read More -
Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
Read More -
Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
Read More
Celebrating 50 years of the Wolfson History Prize
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the esteemed Wolfson History Prize, we are taking a trip down…
Staff Pick: The Sea
This month, Yale University Press London staff voted for their favourite book on the theme of ‘The Sea‘. Find out…
Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
Ronald Hutton, author of Pagan Britain and The Witch, returns with Queens of the Wild, a history of…
A Visual History of Household Servants and Slaves
In this blog, Yale author Diane Wolfthal brings the visual representation of household workers in medieval and early-modern…
Illustrating A Little History of Art: Q+A with Mat Pringle
How do you cover 100,00 years of art history in one book? Moreover, how does an illustrator tackle…
Stalin and His Books: The Librarian’s Tale
Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin’s Library, recounts the story of Shushanika Manucharyants, Stalin’s personal librarian, who he inherited…
A Little History of Art: Q&A with Charlotte Mullins
Why did our ancestors make art? What does art mean today? These are the questions answered by Charlotte…
Illustrating Playing with Fire: A Q&A with Jo Walker
Book designer Jo Walker created a powerful and evocative cover for Maria Yudina’s biography, bringing together flames and music. We asked Jo to walk us through her influences, her creative process, and what is her advice for new book designers.
Discovering King Henry III’s gold coinage – David Carpenter
David Carpenter, the author of, Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258, recounts his search…
Russia-Ukraine: A Reading List
To better understand the background to the Russia-Ukraine war, we have put together a reading list of Yale…
The History of Economic Sanctions as a Tool of War
Today, economic sanctions are generally regarded as an alternative to war. But for most people in the interwar…
Manners in Middle Class Early Modern England – Keith Thomas
In this extract from his book, In Pursuit of Civility, Keith Thomas looks at manners, civility and codes…
150 Years of Gilgamesh
The year 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh. The epic had…
Captain Cook Lays Waste to Moorea
This extract from Frank McLynn’s, Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, describes what happened in October 1777 when,…