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Europe

Battle of Agincourt

Curry Anne, Mercer Malcolm

ISBN: PB: 9780300228779, Yale University Press, October 2017
344 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 120 colour illus., 80 black&white illus.

Published in partnership with the Royal Armouries, this comprehensive, sumptuously illustrated volume provides a defining reassessment of England's legendary victory on the fields of Agincourt on October 25, 1415. Dramatized by William Shakespeare in...

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Christianity

Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library

Birth of Christian History Memory and Time from Mark to Luke-Acts

Becker Eve-Marie

ISBN: HB: 9780300165098, Yale University Press, October 2017
280 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

When the Gospel writings were first produced, Christian thinking was already cognizant of its relationship to ancient memorial cultures and history-writing traditions. Yet, little has been written about exactly what shaped the development of early Ch...

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History of Art

Islam

By the Pen and What They Write Writing in Islamic Art and Culture

Blair Sheila S., Bloom Jonathan M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300228243, Yale University Press, September 2017
318 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 235 colour illus., 35 black&white illus.

Considered by Muslims as the only true art, calligraphy has played a prominent role in Islamic culture since the time of the prophet Muhammad. Exploring this central role of the written word in Islam and how writing practices have evolved and adapted...

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Middle East

Islam

Black Banners of Isis The Roots of the New Caliphate

Wasserstein David J.

ISBN: HB: 9780300228359, Yale University Press, September 2017
280 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 1 black&white illus.

With tremendous speed, the Islamic State has moved from the margins to the center of life in the Middle East. Despite recent setbacks, its ability to conquer and retain huge swaths of territory has demonstrated its skillful tactical maneuvering, ambi...

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Literary Criticism

Bande Dessinee: Thinking Outside the Boxes Yale French Studies, Number 131/132

Grove Laurence, Syrotinski Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780300225983, Yale University Press, August 2017
248 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

The latest installment of Yale French Studies explores the history and development of bande dessinee, Franco-Belgian comics. This special issue of "Yale French Studies" on bande dessinee is a multifaceted reflection on its newfound academic status....

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Fiction

Blameless

Magris Claudio, Appel Anne Milano

ISBN: HB: 9780300218480, Yale University Press, June 2017
368 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm

From one of Europe's most revered authors, a tale of one man's obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity's darkest atrocities in order to oppose them. Claudio Magris's searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human...

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America

Military

Bloody Engagements John R. Kelso's Civil War

Kelso John R., Grasso Christopher

ISBN: HB: 9780300210965, Yale University Press, April 2017
264 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.

The first edited edition of a Union soldier's remarkable memoir, offering a rare perspective on guerrilla warfare and on the larger meanings of the Civil War. While tales of Confederate guerilla-outlaws abound, there are few scholarly accounts of th...

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Military

Brazil, 1964-1985 The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War

Klein Herbert S., Luna Francisco Vidal

ISBN: HB: 9780300223316, Yale University Press, April 2017
216 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.

An insightful study of the political, economic, and social changes Brazil experienced during the twenty-year rule of its Cold War military regime. Cuba's revolution in 1959 fueled powerful anti-Communist fears in the United States. As a result, in t...

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General

Babies of Technology Assisted Reproduction and the Rights of the Child

Mason Mary Ann, Ekman Tom

ISBN: HB: 9780300215878, Yale University Press, April 2017
256 pp., 21x14 cm

Millions of children have been born in the United States with the help of cutting-edge reproductive technologies, much to the delight of their parents. But alarmingly, scarce attention has been paid to the lax regulations that have made the U.S. a ma...

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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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