Yale University Press: 2009 books
Nation of Devils
Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
An Empire of Ice
Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
A Pulitzer Prize–winning author examines South Pole expeditions, “wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged” (Booklist).
An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration—placing the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen,...
Max Eastman
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
The definitive biography of a radical activist and intellectual Max Eastman (1883–1969) was a prolific writer, radical, and public intellectual who helped shape the twentieth century. While researching this masterful work, acclaimed biographer Christoph Irmscher was granted unprecedented access to...
by Nathaniel Comfort
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports that promise genetic medicine will make us live longer, enable doctors to identify and treat diseases before they start, and individualize our medical care. But surprisingly, a century ago eugenicists were making the same promises....
The Craving Mind
From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love?Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them
We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it’s a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any...
Ginkgo
The Tree That Time Forgot
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years...
Friend of the Court
On the Front Lines with the First Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Since 1971, when the Pentagon Papers were leaked to the New York Times and furious debate over First Amendment rights ensued, free-speech cases have emerged in rapid succession. Floyd Abrams has been on the front lines of nearly every one of these major cases, which is also to say that, more than any...
Closing the Courthouse Door
How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
A leading legal scholar explores how the constitutional right to seek justice has been restricted by the Supreme Court The Supreme Court’s decisions on constitutional rights are well known and much talked about. But individuals who want to defend those rights need something else as well: access to...
by Brian C. Kalt
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
The United States Constitution's provisions for selecting, replacing, and punishing presidents contain serious weaknesses that could lead to constitutional controversies. In this compelling and fascinating book, Brian Kalt envisions six such controversies, such as the criminal prosecution of a sitting...
The Nostalgia Factory
Memory, Time and Ageing
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
by László F. Földényi (Foldenyi)
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Alberto Manguel praises the Hungarian writer László Földényi as “one of the most brilliant essayists of our time.” Földényi’s extraordinary Melancholy, with its profusion of literary, ecclesiastical, artistic, and historical insights, gives proof to such praise. His book, part history of...
Wild Soundscapes
Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Through his organization Wild Sanctuary, Bernie Krause has traveled the globe to hear and record the sounds of diverse natural habitats. Wild Soundscapes, first published in 2002, inspires readers to follow in Krause’s footsteps. The book enchantingly shows how to find creature symphonies (or, as...
Jack the Ripper
The Forgotten Victims
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
The number of women murdered and mutilated by Jack the Ripper is impossible to know, although most researchers now agree on five individuals. These five canonical cases have been examined at length in Ripper literature, but other contemporary murders and attacks bearing strong resemblance to the gruesome...
by Philip Mansel
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011