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America

Presidents' Secrets The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power

Graham Mary

ISBN: HB: 9780300223743, Yale University Press, May 2017
272 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

How presidents use secrecy to protect the nation, foster diplomacy, and gain power. Ever since the nation's most important secret meeting – the Constitutional Convention – presidents have struggled to balance open, accountable government with necess...

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History of Art

Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection

Gerdts William H.

ISBN: HB: 9780300225914, Yale University Press, April 2017
288 pp., 29.2x23.5 cm, 92 colour illus.

Showcasing a treasured private collection amassed over several decades, this publication represents the beauty and complexity of still-life painting in the United States. More than 65 works from the Hevrdejs collection, many of which have never been...

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History of Art

Paolo Veronese and the Practice of Painting in Late Renaissance Venice

Gisolfi Diana

ISBN: HB: 9780300225822, Yale University Press, April 2017
352 pp., 28.6x24.1 cm, 353 colour and black&white illus.

One of the premier artists of Renaissance Venice, Paolo Veronese (1528–1588) enjoyed a successful career creating splendid and sophisticated paintings for an elite clientele. Focusing on Veronese's materials, workshop organization, and remarkably var...

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Architecture

Baltimore School of Urban Ecology Space, Scale, and Time for the Study of Cities

Grove J. Morgan, Cadenasso Mary, Pickett Steward T., Machlis Gary E., Burch William R., Ogden Laura A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300226973, ISBN: HB: 9780300101133, Yale University Press, April 2017
248 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 10 colour illus., 48 black&white illus.

The first "urban century" in history has arrived: a majority of the world's population now resides in cities and their surrounding suburbs. Urban expansion marches on, and the planning and design of future cities requires attention to such diverse is...

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History of Art

Turner's Modern and Ancient Ports Passages Through Time

Galassi Susan Grace, Warrell Ian, Seidenstein Joanna Sheers, Forrester Gillian, Hellen Rebecca, Owens Eloise

ISBN: HB: 9780300223149, Yale University Press, February 2017
176 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 120 colour illus.

An engaging look at one of the central motifs in the work of the great 19th-century painter. Widely considered Britain's greatest painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is best known for his light-filled landscapes and seascapes. A relen...

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Asia

Ascending India and its State Capacity Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy

Ganguly Sumit, Thompson William R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300215922, Yale University Press, February 2017
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 30 black&white illus.

A comprehensive and revealing account of the ongoing struggles and instability of India's political and economic institutions India's ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolitical ramifications have received much attention in r...

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Political Science

Analytics, Policy, and Governance

Ginsberg Benjamin, Hill Kathy Wagner, Bachner Jennifer

ISBN: PB: 9780300208399, Yale University Press, February 2017
272 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 33 black&white illus.

The first available textbook on the rapidly growing and increasingly important field of government analytics This first textbook on the increasingly important field of government analytics provides invaluable knowledge and training for students of go...

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America

Political Science

President and the Apprentice Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961

Gellman Irwin F.

ISBN: PB: 9780300223521, Yale University Press, January 2017
816 pp., 22.7x14.7 cm, 32 black&white illus.

More than half a century after Eisenhower left office, the history of his presidency is so clouded by myth, partisanship, and outright fraud that most people have little understanding of how Ike's administration worked or what it accomplished. We kno...

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Military

International Civil War Greece, 1943-1949

Gerolymatos Andre

ISBN: PB: 9780300180602, Yale University Press, January 2017
432 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.

An authoritative history of the Greek Civil War and its profound influence on American foreign policy and the post-Second World War period In his comprehensive history Andre Gerolymatos demonstrates how the Greek Civil War played a pivotal role in th...

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History of Art

Picasso The Line

Gimenez Carmen, Breslin David, Elliott Clare

ISBN: HB: 9780300223071, Yale University Press, November 2016
176 pp., 30.5x28 cm, 130 colour illus.

The first comprehensive study of Picasso's mastery of line drawing and its centrality to his artistic process This beautiful new study provides an insightful reevaluation of the role of line in the work of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Picasso pursued d...

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