A Little History of Religion, by Richard Holloway – An Extract
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A Little History of Economics – a short film with Niall Kishtainy
Author of A Little History of Economics, Niall Kishtainy, talks to Yale Books about why we should all…
An A to Z of Economics: Part 2 – by Niall Kishtainy
Welcome to part two of Niall Kishtainy’s A-Z of Economics. Compiled exclusively for the Yale Books Blog to celebrate the publication…
An A to Z of Economics: Part 1 – by Niall Kishtainy
To celebrate the publication of A Little History of Economics, we asked its author – writer, economist and historian Niall…
A Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway – A Video & Extract
To mark the release of the latest addition to the Little Histories series A Little History of Religion,…
James West Davidson on A Little History of the United States
‘Here is not merely a nation, but a teeming nation of nations.’ – Walt Whitman James West Davidson’s A Little…
Martin Luther King & The Dream Speech – 28 August 1963
‘The line between slave and free was replaced by a new color line between black and white, enforced…
A Little History of… Independence Day
Yale’s Little Histories are a family of books that explore the history of the world’s most remarkable people,…
A Little History of Sarah Young
One of the things that make the Yale Little History series unique is that every book is accompanied…
A Little History of A Little History Of Literature
John Sutherland’s ‘Little History’ tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to…
The Year That Changed Everything in Literature
John Sutherland’s A Little History of Literature introduces great classics from across the ages: Beowulf, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, the…
What is Literature?
John Sutherland’s ‘Little History’ tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to…
Dangerous Books Around the World
Books have always had the power to make authorities rather uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s because the novel makes the…
Antoine–Laurent Lavoisier and the myth of phlogiston
Yale University Press’ Little Histories collection is a family of books that take a closer look at some…
Measuring pressure is tricky, just ask Stephen Hales’ horse!
Robert Boyle was fascinated by the world and he spent his life trying to explain why things are…