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Europe

Emperor A New Life of Charles V

Parker Geoffrey

ISBN: PB: 9780300254860, ISBN: HB: 9780300196528, Yale University Press, October 2020
400 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 40 colour illus., 5 maps

The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relen...

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Architecture

Fake Heritage Why We Rebuild Monuments

Darlington John

ISBN: HB: 9780300246766, Yale University Press, October 2020
248 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 160 illus.

What happens when the past – or, more specifically, a piece of cultural heritage – is fabricated? From 50 replica Eiffel Towers located around the world to Saddam Hussein's reconstructions of ancient cities, examples of forged heritage are widespread...

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Literary Criticism

For Now

Myles Eileen

ISBN: HB: 9780300244649, Yale University Press, October 2020
96 pp., 17.8x12.1 cm

In this raucous meditation, Eileen Myles offers an intimate glimpse into creativity's immediacy. With erudition and wit, Myles recounts their early years as an awakening writer; existential struggles with landlords; storied moments with neighbors, fr...

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Christianity

Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library

Gnostic Scriptures Second Edition

Layton Bentley, Brakke David

ISBN: PB: 9780300208542, Yale University Press, October 2020
744 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 13 black&white illus.

This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. It provides authoritative translations of ancient texts fro...

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Music

Guitar in Georgian England A Social and Musical History

Page Christopher

ISBN: HB: 9780300212471, Yale University Press, October 2020
304 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 20 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.

This book is the first to explore the popularity and novelty of the guitar in Georgian England, noting its impact on the social, cultural, and musical history of the period. The instrument possessed an imagery as rich as its uses were varied; it emer...

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Contemporary Art

Hidden Mod in Modern Art London, 1957-1969

Crow Thomas

ISBN: HB: 9781913107130, Yale University Press, October 2020
200 pp., 24.1x16.5 cm, 140 illus.

Bonding over matters of taste and style, the "Mods" of late 1950s London recognised in one another shared affinities for Italian-style suits, tidy haircuts, espresso bars, Vespa scooters and the latest American jazz. In this groundbreaking book, lead...

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Performing Arts

How to Defend Yourself

Padilla Liliana

ISBN: PB: 9780300251593, Yale University Press, October 2020
160 pp., 22.9x14 cm

Seven college students gather for a DIY self-defense workshop after a sorority sister is raped. They practice using their bodies as weapons. They wrestle with their desires. They learn the limits of self-defense. This new play by writer, director,...

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Biography & Memoires

Industrialist and the Diva Alexander Smith Cochran, Founder of Yale's Elizabethan Club, and Madame Ganna Walska

Goffart Walter

ISBN: HB: 9780300255485, Yale University Press, October 2020
248 pp., 22.9x16.5 cm, 22 illus.

A millionaire carpet manufacturer, noted philanthropist, and avid yachtsman, Alexander Smith Cochran, Yale Class of 1896, gathered a superb collection of original editions of plays and related works from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In 1911, with th...

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Contemporary Art

History of Art

Modernism for the Masses Painters, Politics, and Public Murals in 1930s New York

Patterson Jody

ISBN: HB: 9780300241396, Yale University Press, October 2020
248 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 72 colour illus., 43 black&white illus.

A mural renaissance swept the United States in the 1930s, propelled by the New Deal Federal Art Project and the popularity of Mexican muralism. Perhaps nowhere more than in New York City, murals became a crucial site for the development of abstract p...

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Asia

Invention of China

Hayton Bill

ISBN: HB: 9780300234824, Yale University Press, October 2020
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 24 colour illus., 2 maps

China's current leadership lays claim to a 5,000-year-old civilization, but "China" as a unified country and people, Bill Hayton argues, was created far more recently by a small group of intellectuals. In this compelling account, Hayton shows how C...

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