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Dante A Life in Works

Hollander Robert

ISBN: PB: 9780300212594, Yale University Press, April 2015
240 pp., 21x14 cm

How did Dante come to create his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, a work unrivaled by any of his other writings? In this book, a preeminent Dante scholar analyzes the only real biography of the poet that we have-his body of works-to illuminate this qu...

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Architecture

David Adjaye Form, Heft, Material

Ryan Zoe, Enwezor Okwui, Allison Peter, Adjaye David, Phillips Andrea, Wilson Mabel O.

ISBN: PB: 9780300207750, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2015
296 pp., 25.1x18.1 cm, 181 colour illus., 58 black&white illus.

Born in Tanzania, David Adjaye (b. 1966) is rapidly emerging as a major international figure in architecture and design-and this stunning catalogue serves only to cement his role as one of the most important architects of our time. His expanding port...

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Ecology

Diplomacy on Ice Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic

Pincus Rebecca, Ali Saleem H., Speth James Gustave

ISBN: HB: 9780300205169, Yale University Press, February 2015
384 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.

As the race for resources in distant parts of the planet gathers momentum, most discussion has centred on the potential for conflict, environmental destruction, and upheaval from climate change. This important book shifts the conversation about the A...

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Political Science

America

Different Democracy American Government in a 31-Country Perspective

Taylor Steven L., Shugart Matthew Soberg, Lijphart Arend, Grofman Bernard

ISBN: PB: 9780300198089, Yale University Press, December 2014
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 17 black&white illus.

Four distinguished scholars in political science analyze American democracy from a comparative point of view, exploring how the U.S. political system differs from that of thirty other democracies and what those differences ultimately mean for democra...

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Architecture

Durham Cathedral History, Fabric and Culture

Brown David

ISBN: HB: 9780300208184, Yale University Press, October 2014
544 pp., 28.6x24.1 cm, 200 colour images, 200 black&white illus.

For over a millennium Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. Its setting, perched on a peninsul...

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Fashion

Dance and Fashion

Steele Valerie, Davis Mary, Hill Colleen, Marra Melissa, McClendon Emma, Mears Patricia, Monden Masafumi, Rasche Adelaide, Way Elizabeth, Winestein Anna

ISBN: HB: 9780300208856, Yale University Press, October 2014
224 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 150 colour illus.

Dress and adornment have long played an important role in the visual allure of dance, and fashion designers have often been inspired by the way dancers look. The tutus and pointe shoes of the Romantic ballerina, for example, have influenced designers...

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History of Art

Dutch Painting

Wieseman Marjorie E.

ISBN: PB: 9781857095791, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, September 2014
96 pp., 21.5x21 cm, 43 colour illus.

The National Gallery, London is home to a world-renowned collection of Dutch paintings that includes masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Cuyp and Ruisdael, among many others. Still lifes painted with painstaking attention to detail, sublime lan...

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Landscape Architecture

Dan Graham The Roof Garden Commission

Alteveer Ian, Wagstaff Sheena

ISBN: MIX MEDIA: 9780300208757, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2014
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 60 colour illus.

The artist Dan Graham (b. 1942) has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses writing, performance art, installation, video, photography and architecture. Throughout his career, Graham has examined the symbiosis between architectural environments and...

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Europe

Danube A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest

Thorpe Nick

ISBN: PB: 9780300205459, Yale University Press, August 2014
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 24 black&white illus.

The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany. Travelling its full length from east to we...

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America

Declaration of Independence in Historical Context American State Papers, Petitions, Proclamations, and Letters of the Delegates to the First National Congresses

Shain Barry Alan

ISBN: HB: 9780300158748, Yale University Press, August 2014
704 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Political science professor Barry Shain has collected 174 letters, papers, petitions and proclamations from the years directly preceding the creation of the Declaration of Independence that challenge many of the dominant narratives that shape contemp...

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