Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen
‘Edwards has comprehensively defeated a persistent and painful historical myth and replaced it with something more complicated, more…
Religion
After Buddhism: A Conversation with Stephen Batchelor
‘Those looking for a serious, secular reexamination of Buddhist ethics that acknowledges religiosity will find this book highly…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part IV
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part III
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
A Yale Winter Reading List
Whether your winter pursuits include trips to the ballet, winter wine tasting or some fireside garden planning in…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part II
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
The Event of Terry Eagleton
‘If Terry Eagleton didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’ – Simon Critchley, author of The…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part I
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
Yale Books Autumn Reading List
‘I don’t think there’s a trade publishing house producing high-calibre, serious non-fiction of the quality and variety of Yale.’…
Jewish Lives – New Biographies
Yale are very proud to publish the Jewish Lives series, a collection of biographies that focus on prominent and influential figures in the…
The Catholic Church, Pope Francis and The Shroud of Turin
The mystery surrounding the Shroud of Turin has fascinated people for centuries. Often considered to be the burial…
Einstein & His General Theory of Relativity
2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, and to celebrate this momentous occasion,…
Need For Speed?
Speed Limits by Mark C. Taylor helps make sense of a world in which everything from fashion to finance…
Kristallnacht and the Nazi Imagination
How were the Nazis able to conceive of eradicating an entire people… of ‘A World Without Jews’? This…
The Shroud of Turin As A Ceremonial Easter cloth
In this blog, Yale UP author Charles Freeman writes about the significance of the Shroud of Turin, and…