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In this blog, Yale UP author Charles Freeman writes about the significance of the Shroud of Turin, and…
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Notes on Patrick Modiano and Suspended Sentences from the translator, Mark Polizzotti – 2014 At first blush, the…
‘Ukraine Election: The Contenders’ By Andrew Wilson
In the lead up to the October elections in Ukraine our author and Ukraine-expert, Andrew Wilson, will give…
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As one of the most influential art movements of the early-twentieth-century, cubism holds its place as a heavyweight…
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Jealousy, the green-eyed monster, has been spotted here at Yale Books. A fascinating emotion, jealousy occupies a paradoxical…
Patrick Modiano: Nobel Prize winner
On 9th October 2014 Patrick Modiano became the 107th winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Peter Englund, the…
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In the lead up to the October elections in Ukraine our author and Ukraine-expert, Andrew Wilson, will give…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 30
‘The fact that sewers and cesspools brought miasma into the home was an important factor, creating powerful anxieties. Fear of…