Author article by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair: Colour in Islamic Art and Culture
And Diverse are Their Hues (published last week by Yale University Press) is an exciting new book that…
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New illustrated edition of Gombrich’s classic ‘A Little History of the World’ is published today!
E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World has become a cult classic since it was published…
Author Article by Aileen Ribeiro: On Beauty
Facing Beauty: Painted Women and Cosmetic Art is a wide-ranging new art history book, out this month from Yale University…
Jeffrey Herf’s ‘Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World’ has won the Sybil Halpern Milton Prize
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World by Jeffrey Herf has won the 2011 Sybil Halpern Milton prize, awarded by…
Nigel Smith’s ‘Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon’ makes the shortlist for Best First Biography Prize
Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon, Nigel Smith’s definitive account of the British poet’s elusive life, has made the shortlist for the…
Portrait of a Monster: New book from Yale explores the life and death of ‘Hitler’s Hangman’ Reinhard Heydrich
Hitler’s Hangman (published this month) is the chilling full biography of Reinhard Heydrich, the ‘Butcher of Prague’. One of…
Author Article by John France: Writing Military History
Perilous Glory is a major new history encompassing warfare around the world from 3100 B.C. to the Gulf…
Author article by John Edwards: Mary I – The life of a Tudor biography
Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen by John Edwards is an authoritative new biography of the first Tudor queen. In his…
From Athens to Afghanistan: ‘Perilous Glory’ by John France questions the notion of a Western way of war
Last month Yale published a major new military history book that has already been praised as a ‘work…
Author Article by Nigel Warburton: How E.H. Gombrich inspired me to write ‘A Little History of Philosophy’
Nigel Warburton’s A Little History of Philosophy is fast gaining critical acclaim (a recent review by the Guardian’s Julian Baggini said that…
Book of the Month: ‘The Making of the English Gardener’ by Margaret Willes
Our Book of the Month for September goes straight to the root of a true British obsession. The Making…
Author Interview: Nigel Warburton discusses ‘A Little History of Philosophy’
Nigel Warburton’s engaging book A Little History of Philosophy (published this month) introduces the great thinkers in Western…
Author Article by John Marriott: Uncovering the real history of East London
From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area of East…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Into the Eye of the Hurricane: Natural Disasters and Political Change
In last week’s installment of our weekly column from Lyric Hale, the What’s Next? author discussed the link between unemployment and…
The Medium is the Message: Books on poster art from the Soviet Union to the London Underground
Today we take a look at three Yale University Press books on poster art, each examining the medium…