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Christianity

Miracles at the Jesus Oak Histories of the Supernatural in Reformation Europe

Harline Craig

ISBN: PB: 9780300167023, Yale University Press, October 2011
336 pp., 21x14 cm

In the tradition of "The Return of Martin Guerre" and "The Great Cat Massacre", "Miracles at the Jesus Oak" is a rich, evocative journey into the past and the extraordinary events that transformed the lives of ordinary people. In the musty archive of...

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Christianity

Sunday A History of the First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl

Harline Craig

ISBN: PB: 9780300167030, Yale University Press, October 2011
480 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

The mere mention of Sunday will immediately conjure up a rich mixture of memories, associations and ideas for anyone of any age. Whatever we think of Sunday, it occupies a unique place in Western civilization. But how did we come to have a day with s...

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Architecture

Schlepping Through Ambivalence Essays on an American Architectural Condition

Tigerman Stanley, Petit Emmanuel

ISBN: HB: 9780300175417, Yale University Press, October 2011
192 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 16 colour images, 39 black&white illus.

Chicago architect and iconoclast Stanley Tigerman has been called a "design maven who can spit venom like a snake". Though he is at times sharply critical, his ability to cut to the core of architectural discourse has opened this insular world to a b...

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Music

Culture Studies

Anthology of Rap

Bradley Adam, DuBois Andrew, Gates Henry Louis

ISBN: PB: 9780300141917, Yale University Press, October 2011
920 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.

From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. In "The Anthology of Rap", editors Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois demonstrate that rap is also a...

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History of Art

Facing Beauty Painted Women and Cosmetic Art

Ribeiro Aileen

ISBN: HB: 9780300124866, Yale University Press, October 2011
256 pp., 28x23 cm, 100 colour images, 50 black&white illus.

Throughout the history of the Western world, countless attempts have been made to define beauty in art and life, especially with regard to women's bodies and faces. "Facing Beauty" examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the ideal and the real...

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History of Art

Johan Zoffany Society Observed

Postle Martin

ISBN: HB: 9780300176049, Yale University Press, October 2011
320 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 225 colour images, 5 black&white illus.

The 18th-century painter Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was an astute observer of the many social circles in which he functioned as an artist over the course of his long career. This catalogue investigates his sharp wit, shrewd political appraisal, and pe...

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Europe

Book in the Renaissance

Pettegree Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9780300178210, Yale University Press, September 2011
440 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 69 black&white illus.

The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and brought the thrill of book ownership to the masses. But, as Andrew Pettegr...

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Fashion

100 Shoes

Koda Harold, Parker Sarah Jessica

ISBN: PB: 9780300172409, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011
232 pp., 17.8x25.4 cm, 16 black&white illus., 194 colour illus.

In a brilliant follow-up to "100 Dresses", published in 2010, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum once again opens the vaults of its renowned permanent collection to introduce readers to the rich diversity of shoes within its holdings. T...

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Europe

Ralph Tailor's Summer A Scrivener, His City and the Plague

Wrightson Keith

ISBN: HB: 9780300174472, Yale University Press, September 2011
224 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.

The plague outbreak of 1636 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne was one of the most devastating in English history. This hugely moving study looks in detail at its impact on the city through the eyes of a man who stayed as others fled: the scrivener Ralph Tailor....

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History of Art

Finger A Handbook

Trumble Angus

ISBN: PB: 9780300179071, Yale University Press, September 2011
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

<p>In this collision between art and science, history and pop culture, the acclaimed art historian Angus Trumble examines the finger from every possible angle. His inquiries into its representation in art take us from Buddhist statues in Kyoto to the...

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