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Photography

William Henry Fox Talbot Beyond Photography

Dean Katrina, Ramalingam Chitra, Robson Eleanor, Brusius Mirjam, Smith Graham, Schaaf Larry J., Schaffer Simon, Wolf Herta

ISBN: HB: 9780300179347, Yale University Press, June 2013
328 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 100 colour illus.

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was a British pioneer in photography, yet he also embraced the wider preoccupations of the Victorian Age – a time that saw many political, social, intellectual, technical, and industrial changes. His manuscripts,...

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History of Art

Etruscan Art In the Metropolitan Museum of Art

De Puma Richard Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9780300179538, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2013
368 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 450 colour images, 25 black&white illus.

This informative and engaging book on the Museum's outstanding collection of Etruscan art also provides an introduction to the fascinating and diverse culture of ancient Etruria, which thrived in central Italy from about 900 to 100 B.C. Masterpieces...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Peacekeeping Economy Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful, Prosperous, and Secure World

Dumas Lloyd J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300192353, ISBN: HB: 9780300166347, Yale University Press, March 2013
432 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

The idea that military strength is virtually synonymous with security is deeply entrenched and widely held. But while the threat or use of military force may sometimes be necessary, it cannot keep us as safe as we would be by building relationships t...

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Buddhism

Taming of the Demons Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism

Dalton Jacob P.

ISBN: PB: 9780300187960, Yale University Press, January 2013
384 pp., 23.1x15.5 cm, 6 black&white illus.

Taking two early Tibetan texts as his starting point, Jacob Dalton explores the ways in which violence has been integral to the development of Tibetan Buddhism. Paying particular attention to the so-called age of fragmentation, Tibet's dark age that...

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America

Good Rich and What They Cost Us Chapters in the Curious History of Wealth and American Democracy

Dalzell Robert F.

ISBN: HB: 9780300175592, Yale University Press, January 2013
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 23 black&white illus.

This timely book holds up for scrutiny a great paradox at the core of the American Dream: a passionate belief in the principle of democracy combined with an equally passionate celebration of the creation of wealth. Americans treasure an open, equal s...

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Jewish Studies

Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 10: 1973-2005

Dash Moore Deborah, Gertz Nurith

ISBN: HB: 9780300135534, Yale University Press, January 2013
1280 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 169 colour images, 58 black&white illus.

This first published volume in the 'Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization' introduces readers to the diversity of Jewish civilization since 1973. The volume vividly demonstrates the interaction of Jewish ideas and themes across continents...

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History of Art

Weatherbeaten Winslow Homer and Maine

Denenberg Thomas A., Bolton Kenyon, O'Gorman James F., Simpson Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780300184426, Yale University Press, January 2013
184 pp., 20.3x26.7 cm, 73 colour images, 24 black&white illus.

In 1883 American artist Winslow Homer moved his studio from New York City to Prouts Neck, a slip of coastline just south of Portland, Maine. Here, over the course of 25 years, Homer produced his most celebrated and emotionally powerful paintings, whi...

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Biography & Memoires

Political Science

Diary of Georgi Dimitrov

Dimitrov Georgi, Banac Ivo

ISBN: PB: 9780300191448, Yale University Press, January 2013
584 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.

Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1949) was a high-ranking Bulgarian and Soviet official, one of the most prominent leaders of the international Communist movement and a trusted member of Stalin's inner circle. Accused by the Nazis of setting the Reichstag fire...

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Photography

Jean-Luc Moulene Opus + One

Diserens Corinne, Fer Briony, Joseph Manuel, McDonough Tom, Raymond Yasmil, Toufic Jalal, Vergne Philippe

ISBN: HB: 9780300188820, Yale University Press, January 2013
264 pp., 29.2x19.1 cm, 100 colour illus.

Since the late 1980s, Jean-Luc Moulene (b. 1955) has developed a body of work informed by a critical investigation of artistic authorship, addressing such issues as autonomy, immanence, and anarchic politics. Although he is best known for his enigmat...

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Ancient World

Cuneiform Documents from Hellenistic Uruk

Doty L. Timothy, Wallenfels Ronald

ISBN: HB: 9780300185270, Yale University Press, January 2013
256 pp., 28.7x21.6 cm, 194 black&white illus.

This volume completes publication of the cuneiform documents of the Hellenistic period in the "Yale Babylonian Collection", begun by A. T. Clay in 1913. This long-awaited edition contains reproductions of 103 texts from the city of Uruk, dating to th...

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