The End of the War: The Atom Bomb & Japan’s Capitulation
Characterised by wars, crises and disasters, the years between 1914 and 1945 are considered the ‘German chapter’ in the…
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
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Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
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Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Xerxes, The Builder of Persepolis: Part III
Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486-465 BC, is the focus of a lively new biography…
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…
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…
Wellington & The Battle of Waterloo: A Timeline
This year marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo – Waterloo200 – a great turning point in…
When Britain Saved the West: The Story of Dunkirk
It has now been 75 years since over 330,000 allied soldiers were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk…
The Liberation of the Camps: 8 May 1945, Theresienstadt
By May 1945 all of the concentration and extermination camps across Europe had been liberated. In this final piece…
VE Day Anniversary: A WW2 Round-Up
Friday 8 May is the 70th anniversary of VE Day, the date that marked the end of the…
Curiosity: The Question of ‘Why?’
Alberto Manguel is a tour de force when it comes to reading, and in fact all things book…
The Liberation of the Camps: 15 April 1945, Bergen-Belsen
The Bergen-Belsen camp is perhaps one of the best-known of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the…
Francis Barber: Biography, Celebrity, Obscurity by Michael Bundock
Francis Barber lived a remarkable life. As far as we know he was born a slave on a…
The Liberation of the Camps: 11 April 1945, Buchenwald
It has been 70 years since the Nazi-led concentration and extermination camps were liberated by the allies. The…