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Judaism

Jewish Studies

Kabbalah A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences

Arzy Shahar, Idel Moshe

ISBN: HB: 9780300152364, Yale University Press, August 2015
208 pp., 21x14 cm, 10 black&white illus.

In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new pe...

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History of Art

Flemish Merchant of Venice Daniel Nijs and the Sale of the Gonzaga Art Collection

Anderson Christina

ISBN: HB: 9780300209686, Yale University Press, April 2015
256 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 40 colour illus., 15 black&white illus.

During the years 1627 and 1628, Charles I of England purchased the cream of the Gonzaga art collection, belonging to the dukes of Mantua, in what would become the greatest art deal of the 17th century. Among the treasures sold were ancient statues an...

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Philosophy

Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment 1690-1805

Ahnert Thomas

ISBN: HB: 9780300153804, Yale University Press, March 2015
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

In the Enlightenments it was often argued that moral conduct, rather than adherence to theological doctrine, was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this "enlightened" emphasis on conduct in religion relied less on argumen...

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Political Science

Initiative to Stop the Violence Sadat's Assassins and the Renunciation of Political Violence

Al-Islamiyah Al-Gama'Ah, Jackson Sherman A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300196771, Yale University Press, February 2015
224 pp., 21x14 cm

Formerly one of the largest and most militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East, Egypt's al-Gama'ah al-Islamiyah is believed to have played an instrumental role in numerous acts of global terrorism, including the assassination of President Anw...

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History of Art

Painting in Latin America, 1550-1820 From Conquest to Independence

Alcala Luisa Elena, Brown Jonathan

ISBN: HB: 9780300191011, Yale University Press, December 2014
480 pp., 29.8x23.5 cm, 250 colour images, 100 black&white illus.

"Painting in Latin America, 1550-1820: From Conquest to Independence" surveys the diverse styles, subjects and iconography of painting in Latin America between the 16th and 19th centuries. While European art forms were widely disseminated, copied and...

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Christianity

Charity The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition

Anderson Gary A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300198836, Yale University Press, December 2014
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 4 black&white illus.

It has long been acknowledged that Jews and Christians distinguished themselves through charity to the poor. Though ancient Greeks and Romans were also generous, they funded theatres and baths rather than poorhouses and orphanages. How might we expla...

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Business & Economics

Ecology

Constructing Private Governance The Rise and Evolution of Forest, Coffee, and Fisheries Certification

Auld Graeme

ISBN: PB: 9780300190533, Yale University Press, December 2014
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.

Recent decades have witnessed the rise of social and environmental certification programmes that are intended to promote responsible business practices. Consumers now encounter organic or fair-trade labels on a variety of products, implying such desi...

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Biography & Memoires

Raising Henry A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery

Adams Rachel

ISBN: PB: 9780300198911, Yale University Press, November 2014
272 pp., 21x14 cm

<p>Rachel Adams' life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and a position as a tenured professor at Columbia University. Everything changed with the birth of her...

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Poetry

Globetrotter

Albahari David, Elias-Bursac Ellen

ISBN: PB: 9780300201321, Yale University Press, October 2014
216 pp., 21x14 cm

Displaced from his home more than twenty years ago as Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia descended into war, Serbian author David Albahari found safety in Canada, where this novel was written. In "Globetrotter", Albahari deals with the bewilderments of exile...

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History of Art

Samuel F. B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" and the Art of Invention

Antoine Jean-Philippe, Bellion Wendy, Bjelajac David, Brownlee Peter John, DeLue Rachael Ziady, Gillespie Sarah Kate, Mayer Lance, Myers Gay, McClellan Andrew, Nemerov Alexander

ISBN: HB: 9780300207613, Yale University Press, October 2014
224 pp., 25.4x24.1 cm, 135 colour illus.

Samuel F. B. Morse's (1791-1872) large-scale painting Gallery of the Louvre (1831-33) is one of the most significant, and enigmatic, works of early-19th-century American art. It is also one of the last works Morse painted before turning his attention...

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