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Contemporary Art

Adel Abdessemed Otchi Tchiornie / L'Antidote

Gielen Denis, Raspail Thierry, de Chassey Eric, Grau Donatien, Nash Mark, Ardenne Paul, Daoud Kamel, Robecchi Michele, Zaya Octavio

ISBN: PB: 9780300236880, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, June 2018
256 pp., 27.5x21 cm, 85 colour illus.

The Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971) works in a wide variety of media including animation, installation, performance, sculpture, and video; through his art he addresses contemporary themes and he reflects the bleak picture of the...

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Computer Science & Internet

Custodians of the Internet Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media

Gillespie Tarleton

ISBN: HB: 9780300173130, Yale University Press, June 2018
296 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 14 black&white illus.

Most users want their Twitter feed, Facebook page, and YouTube comments to be free of harassment and porn. Whether faced with "fake news" or livestreamed violence, "content moderators" – who censor or promote user-posted content – have never been mor...

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Literary Criticism

"Detecting" Patrick Modiano Yale French Studies, Number 133

Golsan Richard J., Higgins Lynn

ISBN: PB: 9780300228892, Yale University Press, June 2018
144 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

This volume of "Yale French Studies" offers new perspectives on the work of the 2014 Nobel laureate in literature, Patrick Modiano. Including critical reassessments of themes that have informed, indeed haunted, Modiano's fiction from the outset, this...

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Biography & Memoires

Philosophy

Autobiography or "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" A Critical Edition

Gandhi M. K.

ISBN: HB: 9780300234077, Yale University Press, May 2018
816 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, black&white illus.

In the mid-1920s, prompted by a "small, still voice" that encouraged him to lay bare what was known only to him and his God, M. K. Gandhi began writing and publishing his autobiography. Drafted during a period of intensive fasting and "in-dwelling" a...

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Psychology

Geriatrics

My Parent's Keeper The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving

Gastfriend Jody

ISBN: PB: 9780300221350, Yale University Press, May 2018
352 pp., 21x14 cm

When it comes time to provide care for those who once cared for us, where can we turn? This book offers practical guidance for a broad range of caregiving situations when family caregivers assume their new role. Uses the latest research and draws on...

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Philosophy

War An Enquiry

Grayling A. C.

ISBN: PB: 9780300234459, Yale University Press, May 2018
288 pp., 21x14 cm

A renowned philosopher challenges long-held views on just wars, ethical conduct during war, why wars occur, how they alter people and societies, and more. For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost inco...

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America

First Americans: U.S. Patriotism in Indian Country after World War I U.S. Patriotism in Indian Country after World War I

Grillot Thomas

ISBN: HB: 9780300224337, Yale University Press, May 2018
312 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 8 black&white illus.

An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how t...

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America

Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958

Guerra Lillian

ISBN: HB: 9780300175530, Yale University Press, April 2018
384 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 48 black&white illus.

The newest volume in the acclaimed Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, this collection of essays explores the intrinsic connection between art and the environment. The romance and rejection of "nature" have always occupied places at the heart of...

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History of Art

Ancient World

Art of Libation in Classical Athens

Gaifman Milette

ISBN: HB: 9780300192278, Yale University Press, February 2018
196 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 127 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.

This handsome volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in religious performance. In a libation, liquid – water, wine, milk, oil, or honey – was pou...

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Anthropology

Philosophy

Everyday Mysticism A Contemplative Community at Work in the Desert

Glucklich Ariel

ISBN: HB: 9780300212099, Yale University Press, February 2018
280 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 18 black&white illus.

In this thoughtful and enlightening work, world renowned religion scholar Ariel Glucklich recounts his experiences at Neot Smadar, an ecological and spiritual oasis that has been thriving in the arid Southern Israeli desert for a quarter century. An...

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