Literatura obcojęzyczna Yale University Press

A comprehensive overview of more than two decades of Huma Bhabha's prolific and multidisciplinary output in sculpture, drawing, and photography

Since it was first published, "French in Action: A Beginning Course in Language and Culture - The Capretz Method" has been widely recognized...

This informative new book provides a firsthand account of biologist George Schaller's trips to Mongolia, where he studied and helped develop...

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Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors...

A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library "[A] fascinating new study."-Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street...

An original, authoritative guide to the impact of grief on the brain, the heart, and the body of the bereaved "Dorothy Holinger's exploration...

This beautifully illustrated survey examines the art and artists of the Edo period, one of the great epochs in Japanese art. Together with...

In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed...

Philip de Laszlo (1869 - 1937) was the pre-eminent portrait artist working in Britain between the years 1907 and 1937. He painted more than...

Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne, admirably conveying...

An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher and composer

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was a woman of extraordinary talent who carved for herself a career within the art world of nineteenth-century...

This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from...

A renowned Buddhist teacher's magnum opus, based on his fresh reading of the tradition's earliest texts

Subtitled, }A History Of Himalayan Mountaineering From The Age Of Empire To The Age Of Extremes{. With maps and sketches by Dee Molenaar.

Based on recently discovered material, this biography of Marcel Proust sheds new light on one of the most celebrated voices in 20th-century...

Considered aby many to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, The Lonely Crowd opened exciting new dimensions in...

Richard Owen was, after Darwin, the leading naturalist of 19th century Britain. In the debate over natural selection, Owen was Darwin's...

This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its 'nineteen long...

Une étude complète du travail du légendaire artiste suisse, ce livre illustre et examine plus de 100 de ses sculptures, peintures, dessins...

From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces...

What set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the...

The extraordinary history of the bicycle, an invention which precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. Told in lively style, the...

From the ethicist the New Yorker calls "the most influential living philosopher," a new way of thinking about living ethically

New Zealand's birdlife developed extraordinary diversity as a consequence of evolving on isolated islands without mammalian predators. For...

An incisive account of Erdogan's Turkey - showing how its troubling transformation may be short-lived Since coming to power in 2002 Recep...

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking...

Josef Albers's Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors,...

Un nouveau regard révélateur sur l'architecture moderniste, mettant l'accent sur sa diversité, sa complexité et sa grande inventivitéHabituellement...

Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of...

Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the...

Considered żeby many to be among the greatest writers of the past hundred years, Polish novelist Witold Gombrowicz explores the modern predicament...

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous empire rose to...

The first English-language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon...

A bestseller when first published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer's "Gustav Mahler" has been lauded żeby scholars as a landmark work....

A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture In this eye-opening,...

The social dynamics of "alternative facts" why what you believe depends on who you know Why should we care about having true beliefs$525...

The definitive history of Austria s multinational army and its immense role during three centuries of European military history"

This collection brings together articles aby Thomas Piketty in which the world‑renowned economist comments on recent political events that...

The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle. The Voynich Manuscript is produced...

Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized and helped to carry out the forced relocation of German speakers...

This dictionary is specially designed to help students understand, appreciate and remember Chinese characters. It has the following features:...

The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova,...

One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization

A jewel of the University of Oxford, the Sheldonian Theatre stands out among the groundbreaking designs żeby the great British architect...

An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change

This volume presents translations of ancient Sumerian poems, including a number of compositions that have never before been published in...

In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner - illegitimate...

A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years The conventional wisdom about...

In a lengthy new concluding chapter labeled A Reply to Critics, Lon L. Fuller extends and clarifies his definition of the relation between...

A beautifully reproduced facsimile edition and translation of Carmontelle's magnificent Garden at Monceau with essays that contextualize...

A richly illustrated book featuring recent revelations about China's first emperor, Ying Zheng, and his famous burial site containing an...

In this richly illustrated book, religious historian Eamon Duffy discusses the "Book of Hours", unquestionably the most intimate and most...

This fabulously illustrated book explores western culture's fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Over the past decade, shoe...

Subtitled, }The Christian Revolution & Its Fashionable Enemies{.

The reign of Mary Tudor has been remembered as an era of sterile repression, when a reactionary monarch launched a doomed attempt to reimpose...

"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades."--John Gray, New York Times...

A major theoretical statement by a distinguished political scholar explains why a policy of liberal hegemony is doomed to fail It is widely...

Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Courage to Be has become a classic of twentieth-century religious and philosophical...

From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics,...

3rd edition, subtitled, }History, Myth & The Destruction Of Yugoslavia{.

An insider's perspective on the life and influence of Israel's first native-born prime minister, his bold peace initiatives, and his tragic...

What every leader needs to know about dignity and how to create a culture in which everyone thrives This landmark book from an expert in...

Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for...

Despite recent ferocious public debate about the likelihood of the existence of God, the most central concept in such arguments remains...

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented,...

A fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as conductor

Taking readers along to survey China's Belt and Road Initiative, President Xi's signature foreign-policy vision that touches over one hundred...

\"This richly illustrated publication explores the full career of the hugely influential and endlessly fascinating French-American artist...

As well as a riveting account of the military engagements, Morris also looks at the political dimensions, examining the motives and aims...

Historical atlases offer an understanding of the past that is invaluable to historians, not only because they convey a previous age's sense...

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium...

For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe.

Compelling new biography of this towering, legendary figure of the medieval period.

Hieronymus Bosch’s (c. 1450–1516) Garden of Earthly Delights has elicited a sense of wonder for centuries. Over ten feet long and seven...

"Bom dia, Brasil!" is a completely revised and updated edition of the popular beginning Portuguese text "Portugues Basico para Estrangeiros"....

When and why did large-scale exhibitions of Old Master paintings begin, and how have they evolved through the centuries? In this work, art...

A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades,...

A fascinating biography of a revolutionary American artist ripe for rediscovery as a photographer and champion of other artists

The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts. Crusader armies...

A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the...

The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone...

Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated...

Learning Irish is the kanon introductory course to the Irish language. The product of many years of original and scholarly research as well...

A leading psychoanalyst shares his experiences working with schizophrenic patients to show how effective talk therapy can be as a treatment...

For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in...

This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, is based...

In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to...

A major, general history of the French Revolution, which draws on a host of unfamiliar and under-utilised sources to evoke the experiences...

A new history of the long-overlooked WWII theater in Iran and Iraq, its unrecognized significance, and its impact on local society and politics

An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywood's standards of beauty and...

Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married...

Updated with two new chapters, this book exposes the profound influence of the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar...

A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional...

Causal inference encompasses the tools that allow economists to determine what causes what. In an accessible and contemporary way, Scott...

Follow along on the exotic journeys of the celebrated French artist Paul Gauguin

A groundbreaking argument on how warm-bloodedness--arguably the most important innovation in vertebrate evolution--developed in birds and...

This book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making." Beautiful and poignant, it...

Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still...

The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world—"an essential work in anime...

This study suggests that the language of landscape exists with its own syntax, grammar, and metaphors, and that we imperil ourselves by...

Jan Lucassen presents a truly inclusive history of humanity's endless labor throughout the ages. Spanning China, India, Africa, the Americas,...

A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in a Foreign Affairs Best...

Le premier étude complet de ces objets rares et influents, documentant un moment de formation au début de la carrière du célèbre photographeCet...

This stunning collection showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition in accurate and poetic original...

'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that...

In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that 'nobility of spirit' is the quintessence of a civilized world....

Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting,...

A groundbreaking account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius VII, and the kidnapping that would forever divide church and state In the wake...

An extraordinary collection of revealing, personal interviews with fourteen jazz music legends During his nearly forty years as a music...

In old Russia, patron/client relations, "clan" politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Government was...

A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer...

Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets of the Arabic-speaking world. His poems have earned international acclaim,...

Good advice that stands the test of time - those things we all know are true, tips that help us live the good life - we call wisdom. But,...

Frees Schumann from 150 years of myth-making and psychological speculation.

A lively and engaging biography of the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States, a man fiercely committed to protecting...

An Eames Anthology collects for the first time the writings of American designers Charles (1907-1978) and Ray Eames (1912-1988). Celebrated...

As the focal point of numerous high-profile exhibitions, the sculpture of Richard Serra (b. 1939) has drawn international acclaim. Yet even...

While the collected writings of many major 20th-century artists, including Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell and Ad Reinhardt, have been...