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Little Histories

Little History of Poetry

Carey John

ISBN: HB: 9780300232226, Yale University Press, March 2020
288 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work – over the centuries countless thousands of poems h...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Little Histories

Little History of Archaeology

Fagan Brian

ISBN: PB: 9780300243215, ISBN: HB: 9780300224641, Yale University Press, April 2019
288 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archaeology is all of these, but also far more: the only science to encompass the entire span of human histo...

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Business & Economics

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Little History of Economics

Kishtainy Niall

ISBN: PB: 9780300234527, Yale University Press, May 2018
256 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field. What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention i...

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Christianity

Hinduism

Little History of Religion

Holloway Richard

ISBN: PB: 9780300228816, Yale University Press, August 2017
256 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Ri...

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America

Little Histories

Little History of the United States

Davidson James West

ISBN: PB: 9780300223484, ISBN: HB: 9780300181418, Yale University Press, February 2017
344 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 11 maps, 40 black&white illus.

How did a land and people of such immense diversity come together under a banner of freedom and equality to form one of the most remarkable nations in the world? Everyone from young adults to grandparents will be fascinated by the answers uncovered i...

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Literary Criticism

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Little History of Literature

Sutherland John

ISBN: PB: 9780300205312, Yale University Press, August 2014
288 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

This "little history" tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from "The Epic of Gilgamesh" to "Harry Potter". John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task, having researched, taught and writte...

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World

Little Histories

Little History of the World

Gombrich E. H.

ISBN: PB: 9780300197181, Yale University Press, October 2013
304 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 200 colour illus.

E. H. Gombrich's "Little History of the World", though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book...

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History

Little Histories

Little History of Science

Bynum William F.

ISBN: PB: 9780300197136, Yale University Press, August 2013
288 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its...

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Philosophy

Little Histories

Little History of Philosophy

Warburton Nigel

ISBN: PB: 9780300187793, Yale University Press, September 2012
288 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 42 black&white illus.

Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them...

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World

Little Histories

Little History of the World

Gombrich E. H., Harper Clifford, Mustill Caroline

ISBN: PB: 9780300143324, ISBN: HB: 9780300108835, Yale University Press, August 2008
304 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 40 black&white illus.

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "Eine kurze Weltgeschic...

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