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UK & Europe office of Yale University Press. Publishing art, history, current affairs, fashion, biography & much more: www.yalebooks.co.uk
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Yale University Press, founded in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908, first established a marketing base in London in 1961, before going on to publish its own list of titles, alongside the books produced by its US head office, in 1973. Yale now has a unique position as the only American university press with a full-scale publishing operation in Europe, with a staff of over 40, including those working

in its subsidiary marketing company, Yale Representation Ltd, and for the renowned Pevsner Architectural Guides programme. Working closely with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the London office of Yale quickly forged a pre-eminent reputation for art history and architecture publishing in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since then our list has expanded to include history, biography, politics, music, religion, literature and current affairs, with books that have won many of the leading British literary prizes and awards. Yale London originates about 80-90 new books each year within a total Yale list of almost four hundred new hardbacks and paperbacks. The Press has a backlist of some 6000 books in print. Over the last forty years Yale London’s offices have been located in Bloomsbury or Hampstead. In 2002 we returned to Bloomsbury and are now situated in a Grade I Listed Georgian townhouse on Bedford Square, a square generally considered the most handsome and architecturally preserved in London. Previous residents of our building include merchants, artists and—in the late eighteenth century—a director of the South Sea Company. More recent occupants were Bedford College (now Royal Holloway, University of London) and Hodder & Stoughton.

22/07/2024

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02/07/2024

While South Korea has become a global success story, both culturally and economically, North Korea’s authoritarian, dynastic regime turns an increasingly combative face to the world.

In this brilliantly readable new history, expert Korea watchers Victor D. Cha & Ramon Pacheco Pardo unpack how two such differing ideologies were born out of one people, and explain why it is vital that we engage with the region’s past in order to understand its important future.

18/06/2024

Come to our fringe event at Imc Leeds to celebrate the launch of CRUSADER CRIMINALS.

Author Steve Tibble will be in conversation with Sandra Alvarez followed by a drinks reception.

Wednesday 3rd July, 7.30pm, Stage@Leeds.

The event is free to attend and will also be livestreamed via Medievalists.net.

08/06/2024

Crusaders at War: Crusaders' ill-discipline and criminality blurred the lines of warfare, escalating internal conflicts and straining crucial alliances.

04/06/2024

BOOK LAUNCH

How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan by Amin Saikal

Tuesday 11th June 5.30-7.30pm, UCL

Speakers:

Professor Amin Saikal, emeritus professor and founding director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University

Sir Laurie Bristow, former British Ambassador to Afghanistan

Zalmai Nishat, Mosaic Afghanistan

To request a ticket, email [email protected]

Organised in collaboration with Mosaic Afghanistan

28/05/2024

Join Nicholas Orme at Waterstones York! Details below ⬇️

Don't forget to buy your tickets to see Nicholas Orme talking about the History of England's Cathedrals on the 29th of May at 7pm! The evening is bound to include incredible information about some of our country's most interesting buildings (featuring York's very own Minster!). Avid history fans won't want to miss this!

Copies of Nicholas' books are available in store now! We hope to see you there!
Visit waterstones.com/events for more information, or ask a bookseller in store!

14/05/2024

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03/05/2024

In this edited excerpt from the introduction to What Really Went Wrong, Fawaz A Gerges argues that US interventionism during the Cold War – especially in Iran and Egypt – steered the Middle East aw…

03/05/2024

Our Book of the Week at Thame Library is the beautiful 'The Herbal Year' by Christina Hart-Davies. We also have a lovely selection of free bookmarks to accompany the book (available while stocks last!) Yale University Press, London The Reading Agency

11/04/2024

in the library. Kindly provided to us from
Yale University Press, London and The Reading Agency
is available to borrow now. Lots of interesting information - sat next to our Snake Plant cleansing the air in the library!
WUTH Staff

02/04/2024

'Dan Healy’s creative, dogged uncovering of these personal tales from first- and second-hand sources makes a very compelling read.'

25/03/2024

Newyddion cyffrous! Mae ein llyfrgell wedi derbyn y llyfr 'The Herbal Year', sydd heb ei gyhoeddi. Dim ond un copi sydd ar gael felly byddwch yn gyflym os ydych chi am fenthyg y perl o lyfr hwn! 🌿🍃
Yale University Press, London The Reading Agency

Exciting news! Our library has been gifted the unpublished 'The Herbal Year' book. Only one copy available so be quick if you want to borrow this gem! 🌿🍃
Yale University Press, London The Reading Agency

22/03/2024

Part 2 of 'A Little History of Psychology' author Nicky Hayes' series of 6 free lessons on the history of psychology will be released to our email subscribers on Monday.

Subscribe here to get Part 1 now and the rest delivered to your inbox each Monday: https://mailchi.mp/ec88a3dbf283/little-histories

British Psychological Society Psychology Today

15/03/2024

Nicky Hayes, author of 'A Little History of Psychology', has prepared a series of 6 free lessons on the history of psychology.

The lessons will be released weekly to our email subscribers.

Subscribe here to receive Part 1 on Monday:
http://eepurl.com/dtaVgX

British Psychological Society Psychology Today The ATP: The Association for the Teaching of Psychology

15/03/2024

One thing was clear to even the most untalented strategic thinker amongst the Crusaders - they needed to recover at least some of the old Christian inland cities of the Holy Land if they were to create a defence in depth.

08/03/2024

During the miners' strike of 1984-5 the media was, as Robert Gildea (author of Backbone of the Nation) says, a 'hostile' player. It mediated and inflamed tensions between the miners, the National Union of Mineworkers and Arthur Scargill, the police, the government, and the public.

07/03/2024

Mining communities are often described as close knit - it was a profession passed down from grandfathers to fathers to sons. Once the strike was underway, women were integral in diligently collecting and distributing food parcels to support one another during the year without wages and little other support, as Robert Gildea, author of Backbone of the Nation, explains.

07/03/2024

On and to begin marking and we are thrilled to tell you about a book coming out next week:

‘Women and the Piano - a History in Fifty Lives’, by Susan Tomes (KC 1972) tells the story of fifty determined women who managed, against the odds, to become concert pianists. In her book Susan also interviews some of today's leading female pianists to know what it's been like to be a woman in a still male-dominated profession.

'In the history of piano music there have been many incredibly enterprising women who travelled widely, performed at a high level, composed music and were widely admired in their own day. Historians of music almost invariably prioritised the achievements of men, which meant that we gradually lost sight of many of these talented women.
A new generation of feminist historians is redressing the balance and I am happy to be able to tell the stories of fifty remarkable women who were determined to pursue a life in music.'

Susan Tomes was the first woman to read music at King’s, arriving in 1972 as part of the first cohort of female undergraduates. She is one of the UK’s most renowned concert pianists and the author of seven books.

You can now pre-order ‘Women and the Piano’ from Yale University Press, London.

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05/03/2024

March 1984. Tensions continued between mining communities and the government of the day who were threatening further mine closures. Robert Gildea explains how members of the National Union of Mineworkers voted with a large majority to down tools and take to picket lines for what evolved into a year of strike action, to defend their communities and livelihoods.

04/03/2024

After being interned in a prisoner-of-war camp, Harry Edward won bronze medals for Britain in both the 100m and 200m at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, making history; after Edward's death in 1973, his unpublished autobiography sat in an archive in New Orleans - but his remarkable story is now be...

04/03/2024

In the aftermath of the successful First Crusade, a new strategy was formulated on how to keep the Near East under Frankish control. The Siege of Caesarea was one of the first steps.

04/03/2024

Today on the History with Jackson Podcast Jackson sits down to talk and begin a two-part series with Author, historian and friend of the podcast Steve Tibble about books on the Crusades! Today we discuss his book with Yale University Press, London, 'The Crusader Armies'. In this conversation, Steve corrects some popular misconceptions that we might have about the armies of the crusade regarding their ethnicity, tolerance and diversity!

To listen to the full episode head to https://pod.fo/e/223386

02/03/2024

Our Book of the Month for March is The Crusader Strategy: Defending the Holy Land, by Steve Tibble.

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Vanishing coaching inns, submerged riverside stairs, and hidden burial grounds... Explore the fascinating history of Dickensian tourism with Lee Jackson! 📅 15 Dec ⏰ 6pm 📍 Alexandra Palace Creativity Pavilion https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/in-conversation-dickensland/ #Dickens #Christmas #christmasevents #ChristmasEventsLondon #londonevents #allypally #authortalks

Marek Kohn discusses the inspiration behind his book The Stories Old Towns Tell – A Journey through Cities at the Heart of Europe 📖 Find out more: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300267846/the-stories-old-towns-tell/ #europe #europeantravel #booksworthreading #nonfiction #historylovers #historybooks #history #europeanhistory #nonfictionreads #worldwar2 #oldtown #bookshelf

'I think you could create a through line from Dickens to Harry Potter' 📚📖 Lee Jackson chats to us about the image of Dickens's mysterious, ancient, fog-ridden London, which exists well beyond the parameters of Dickens's novels... Find out more in Lee's new book Dickensland: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300266207/dickensland/ #authors #charlesdickens #dickenslondon #london #Londonhistory

We are super excited about the release of Women in Intelligence by Helen Fry 📚📖 Out now from booksellers nationwide! https://yalebooks.co.uk/ #britishhistory #worldwartwohistory #womenpower #womeninintelligence #bookrelease #newbook #history #historybooks #historybook #historical #HistoryLovers #historyloversclub #ilovehistory #nonfictionbooks #books #recommendedreading #nonfictionreads #nonfiction

What is Dickens’s London? Lee Jackson talks us through this well-used phrase. Interested to find out more about the curiosities of #VictorianLondon? Check out Lee's newsletter: https://victorianlondon.substack.com/ His new book Dickensland is out now, find out more: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300266207/dickensland/ #bookrelease #Dickens #charlesdickens #dickenslondon #dickensian #nonfictionbooks #books #recommendedreading #nonfictionreads #NonFiction #literature #classicliterature #writers #LiteraryHistory #historylovers #historyloversclub #BooksWorthReading #victorian #Victorians

Song by John Potter

'Timely and ecumenical' Sting It's publication day for Song 🎵 From Hildegard von Bingen to Björk, author and singer John Potter tells the European story of song. Find out more: https://yalebooks.co.uk/page/detail/song/?k=9780300263534 #bookrelease #musichistory #musicbooks #nonfictionbooks #historylovers #music #songs #books #recommendedreading #nonfictionreads #nonfiction

For me, the thing that rears up from the map like a great mountain range is this obsession with – enthralment with – the past' Peter Kemp, chief fiction reviewer for the Sunday Times, discusses his new book Retroland, and why contemporary writers often look to the past for inspiration ... #bookrelease #nonfiction #literature

Over the past 75 years, the NHS has played an important role in the lives of many Britons. But how has it changed and evolved over that extensive period? We sat down with Our NHS author Andrew Seaton to discuss some of the key changes of the last 75 years. #NHS75 #history #nonfiction #BritishHistory

How did #AncientGreece spread its influence so far and wide? And how has this changed us? In What the Greeks Did For Us, Tony Spawforth explores our #classical heritage. Here he discusses what drew him into this project. #Classics #AncientHistory #history #historybooks #historylovers #historyloversclub #ilovehistory #instahistory #histogram #historiansofinstagram #nonfictionbooks #bookstagram #books #recommendedreading #nonfictionreads #nonfiction

An Architectural History of Venice by Deborah Howard has been in print for some 40 years. In a new article for our #50Yearsin50Books series, Deborah looks back on her memories surrounding the time of publication. Read now via the link in our bio. To celebrate 50 years of publishing from our London office, we have selected 50 important books from our past, present, and future to tell our story through a series of author blogposts. #yale50 #architecture #architecturalhistory #venice #italytravel #venetianarchitecture

Andrew Seaton Discusses Our NHS

To celebrate the publication of his new book Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution, Andrew Seaton joins us to discuss how he came to write such an extensive history! Want to hear more from Andrew about Our NHS? Join him in discussion at this free event: Hornchurch Library 6th July 6.30-7.30pm Book at Havering Libraries or call 01708 434903! #authorevents #britishhistory #socialhistory #historylovers #bookrelease #nonfiction #historybooks #meettheauthor

After 2 years online, we are back at the bookfair at Imc Leeds. Come and visit our stand to browse our #medieval books and get a 30% discount. If you are not at #IMC2022 you can still get the discount until 31st August here: http://bit.ly/YaleIMC22

How will AI affect the future of work?

How will #ArtificialIntelligence affect the #FutureOfWork? Jan Lucassen, author of 'The Story of Work' discusses the rise in use of #AI and predicts whether demand for human work will diminish or not. View all the videos in the series at #TheStoryofWork #FutureOfWork #Future #Technology

How would a Universal Basic Income affect the way we work? Jan Lucassen, author of 'The Story of Work' looks at the history behind this and gives his thoughts on the likelihood of a universal basic income being adopted in the growing social inequality of today. View all the videos in the series at #TheStoryofWork #universalbasicincome #ubi #basicincome #economics #economy #futureofwork #work #workculture International Institute of Social History

How would a four-day week affect the way we work? Jan Lucassen, author of 'The Story of Work' discusses the history of the traditional working week and give his thoughts on the likelihood of four day working week being adopted in the future. This is the first in a series of video where Jan discusses the key issues affecting the #FutureOfWork. The videos will be released over the coming days and can be found at #TheStoryofWork #4DayWeek #FourDayWeek #4DayWorkWeek #WorkingHours #WorkingCulture #WorkersRights #Productivity #WorkLifeBalance #AuthorTalk International Institute of Social History

John Carey introduces 100 Poets

"Does anyone know more about poetry than John Carey? Almost certainly not."—The Times John Carey, author of the Sunday Times bestseller A Little History of Poetry, introduces his new book, 100 Poets: A Little Anthology, selected for #NationalPoetryDay.