Secular Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor – An Extract
Mindfulness meditation in the West has become a common practice. Many of its Western practitioners, however, do not…
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Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
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The Ten Books of Terry Eagleton
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Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton, An Extract
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Whistler’s Mother by Daniel Sutherland & Georgia Toutziari, An Extract
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Claudio Magris
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Competition: Win a signed copy of Francis Spufford’s True Stories & Other Essays
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Who Loves Ferguson? – An Extract from Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage
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A Q&A with Devorah Baum, author of Feeling Jewish
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What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
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Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
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The Ten Books of Terry Eagleton
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Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton, An Extract
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Whistler’s Mother by Daniel Sutherland & Georgia Toutziari, An Extract
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Claudio Magris
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Competition: Win a signed copy of Francis Spufford’s True Stories & Other Essays
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Who Loves Ferguson? – An Extract from Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage
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A Q&A with Devorah Baum, author of Feeling Jewish
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What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
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Praetorian by Guy de la Bédoyère – an extract
In his latest work, Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard, Guy de la Bédoyère traces the…
Women Reporters at the Front Line by Ray Moseley
On International Women’s Day, Reporting War author Ray Moseley celebrates the outstanding work of the courageous women reporters of…
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…
The private life of Il Duce: Mussolini and his last lover Claretta Petacci – by R. J. B. Bosworth
Italian’s fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, and his young mistress Claretta Petacci, are the subject of Claretta, R.J.B. Bosworth’s most…
Civil Wars by David Armitage – An Extract
For much of recorded history, the most frequent, horrific, destructive and yet strangely overshadowed form of collective human…
‘1016 and all that’ (with apologies to Sellar and Yeatman) by Timothy Bolton
One thousand years and a few months ago, Anglo-Saxon England was successfully invaded by Danes and their allies….
Declarations of Independence Then and Now by Steve Pincus
Steve Pincus’ latest book, The Heart of the Declaration, offers a new perspective on the influences that shaped the…
The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 2
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
A Different Kind of Paganism by Anthony T. Kronman
Anthony T. Kronman’s latest book, Confessions of a Born Again Pagan, offers a third way—beyond atheism and religion—to…
The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 1
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: An Introduction by Peter Lake
In this remarkable literary and historical analysis, Peter Lake pulls the curtain back on what Shakespeare was really…
A Year in Books: Yale staff books of the year, part 4
In this, the last of our Christmas reading blogs, two members of Yale London staff select the books…
A Year in Books: Yale staff books of the year, part 3
‘It is a joy to hold and a revelation to read.’ For our staff books of the year part…