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Philosophy

Kronman Anthony T.

ISBN: PB: 9780300255348, ISBN: HB: 9780300208535, Yale University Press, November 2020
1176 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

We live in an age of disenchantment. The number of self-professed "atheists" continues to grow. Yet many still feel an intense spiritual longing for a connection to what Aristotle called the "eternal and divine". For those who do, but demand a God th...

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Europe

Dead of the Irish Revolution

O'Halpin Eunan, Corrain Daithi O.

ISBN: HB: 9780300123821, Yale University Press, November 2020
704 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm

This account covers the turbulent period from the 1916 Rising to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921 – a period which saw the achievement of independence for most of nationalist Ireland and the establishment of Northern Ireland as a self-governin...

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Contemporary Art

Emmanuel Van der Auwera A Certain Amount of Clarity

Levey Harlan, Saroff Amanda

ISBN: HB: 9780300253948, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2020
288 pp., 29.8x20 cm, 160 illus.

The work of Brussels-based Belgian artist Emmanuel Van der Auwera (b. 1982) provides cautionary tales and tools for navigating information in post-truth times, making use of emerging technologies, the architecture of mass media, and more traditional...

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Asia

Emperor's New Road China and the Project of the Century

Hillman Jonathan E.

ISBN: HB: 9780300244588, Yale University Press, November 2020
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 9 black&white illus.

China's Belt and Road Initiative is the world's most ambitious and misunderstood geoeconomic vision. To carry out President Xi Jinping's flagship foreign-policy effort, China promises to spend over one trillion dollars for new ports, railways, fiber-...

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Literary Criticism

Fabulous Monsters Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends

Manguel Alberto

ISBN: PB: 9780300255355, ISBN: HB: 9780300247381, Yale University Press, November 2020
256 pp., 19.7x15.2 cm, 38 black&white illus.

Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love...

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Fashion

Fur A Sensitive History

Faiers Jonathan

ISBN: HB: 9780300227208, Yale University Press, November 2020
240 pp., 27x21.6 cm, 217 colour illus., 29 black&white illus.

The first and only book of its kind, "Fur: A Sensitive History" looks at the impact of fur on society, politics, and, of course, fashion. This material has a long, complex, and rich history, culminating in recent and ongoing anti-fur debates. Jonatha...

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Landscape Architecture

Garden at Monceau

Barlow Rogers Elizabeth, Disponzio Joseph

ISBN: HB: 9780300254686, Yale University Press, November 2020
196 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 62 colour illus., 18 duotone illus.

Originally published in 1779, "Garden at Monceau" is a richly illustrated presentation of the garden Louis Carrogis, known as Carmontelle, designed on the eve of the French Revolution for Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orleans, duc de Chartres. With its arr...

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Decorative Arts

Majolica Mania Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915

Weber Susan

ISBN: SET: 9780300251043, Yale University Press, November 2020
888 pp., 30.4x24.1 cm, 1200 colour and black&white illus.

Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its subject matter reflects a range of 19th-century preoccupations, from botany and zoology to popular humor and the macabre. "Majolica Mani...

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Business & Economics

Great British Reboot How the UK Can Thrive in a Turbulent World

Brummer Alex

ISBN: HB: 9780300243499, Yale University Press, November 2020
336 pp., 21x14 cm

Taking a refreshingly realistic approach, Alex Brummer outlines how our current moment can be reshaped into an unprecedented opportunity for economic prosperity. With a new long-term approach, Britain can capitalize on the ever-changing global market...

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History of Art

Illuminated World Chronicle Tales from the Late Medieval City

Rowe Nina

ISBN: HB: 9780300247046, Yale University Press, November 2020
220 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 148 colour illus.

In this innovative study, Nina Rowe examines a curious genre of illustrated book that gained popularity among the newly emergent middle class of late medieval cities. These illuminated World Chronicles, produced in the Bavarian and Austrian regions f...

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