A Q&A with Devorah Baum, author of Feeling Jewish
Described as ‘intellectually luminous, psychologically penetrating, existentially anxious, and wonderfully funny’ by Zadie Smith, Devorah Baum’s Feeling Jewish: A…
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Grave New World – A Q&A with Stephen D. King
To mark the publication of Stephen D. King’s Grave New World: The End of Globalization, The Return of…
The Secret Poisoner: Interview with Linda Stratmann
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann – a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice –…
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…
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…
Clive James – in Conversation
‘My response to books has improved throughout my life, until now, finally, I am fit to be a…
Eureka! The Inventor’s Challenge
How does the ‘eureka moment’ happen? Who are the people that create a ‘eureka moment’ and what are…
Eureka! The Gift of Imagination
How does the ‘eureka moment’ happen? Who are the people that create a ‘eureka moment’ and what are…
Eureka! Discovering the Modern Inventor
How does the ‘eureka moment’ happen? Who are the people that create a ‘eureka moment’ and what are…
Eureka! How Does Invention Happen?
How does the ‘eureka moment’ happen? Who are the people that create a ‘eureka moment’ and what are…
The Ceaseless Curiosity of Alberto Manguel: An Interview
What drives us to learn? How do books help us understand the world? How does language fail us?…
Jealousy: Peter Toohey is #WellJel
Jealousy, the green-eyed monster, has been spotted here at Yale Books. A fascinating emotion, jealousy occupies a paradoxical…
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…
Author video: Terry Eagleton discusses religion, academia and writing
In the second part in our series of interviews with Marxist critic, literary theorist and philosopher Terry Eagleton, we…