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Political Science

Europe Didn't Work Why We Left and How to Get the Best from Brexit

Atkinson Dan, Elliott Larry

ISBN: PB: 9780300228793, Yale University Press, October 2017
320 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 12 black&white illus.

Examining key economic indicators and assessing the situation across Europe, two British journalists assess why the euro has failed – and what will happen when the European Union completely unravels.

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Astronomy

Popular Science

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony The Story of a Gamble, Two Black Holes, and a New Age of Astronomy

Bartusiak Marcia

ISBN: PB: 9780300223392, Yale University Press, August 2017
296 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 56 black&white illus.

An updated classic that recounts the long hunt for Einstein's predicted gravitational waves – and celebrates their recent discovery. In February 2016, astronomers announced that they had verified the last remaining prediction of Einstein's general t...

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Earth Sciences

Political Science

Elements of Power Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age

Abraham David S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300226904, Yale University Press, August 2017
336 pp., 21x14 cm, 3 black&white illus.

Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. In this surprising and revealing book, David S. Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why our electronic gadgets, the most powerful armies, and indeed the fate of our planet...

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Chinese

Encounters: Student Book 3 Chinese Language and Culture

Ning Cynthia Y., Tschudi Stephen L., Montanaro John S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300161649, Yale University Press, August 2017
272 pp., 27.6x21.6 cm, 180 colour illus.

Designed for English-speaking students ready to embark on the adventure of learning Mandarin Chinese, "Encounters" accelerates proficiency and cultural understanding through authentic language and cultural experiences. This fully integrated program i...

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Photography

Eugene Richards The Run of Time

Hostetler Lisa, Watson April M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300227178, Yale University Press, August 2017
252 pp., 28.6x28.6 cm, 155 colour and tritone illus.

The first publication to situate the work of Richards in the long photographic tradition that merges personal artistic vision with documentary practice. Eugene Richards (b. 1944) is a documentary photographer known for his powerful, unflinching expl...

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Technology & Engineering

Popular Science

Eureka How Invention Happens

Weightman Gavin

ISBN: PB: 9780300228854, Yale University Press, August 2017
280 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 12 black&white illus.

Tracing the long pre-history of five twentieth-century inventions which have transformed our lives, Gavin Weightman reveals a fantastic cast of scientists and inspired amateurs whose ingenuity has given us the airplane, television, bar code, personal...

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History of Art

Edvard Munch Between the Clock and the Bed

Garrels Gary, Steihaug Jon-Ove, Wagstaff Sheena, Berman Patricia, Haskell Caitlin, Morehead Allison, Shiff Richard, Stein Mille, Ove Knausgaard Karl

ISBN: HB: 9781588396235, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2017
256 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 120 colour illus.

A penetrating reassessment of Munch's memorable painting and profound artistic legacy. This engaging book offers a fresh look at the exceptional works of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) by examining them in the light of his precarious mental state. Followi...

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Education

Elements of Teaching Second Edition

Banner James M. Jr., Cannon Harold C., Delbanco Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9780300218558, Yale University Press, June 2017
176 pp., 21x14 cm

A newly revised edition of this classic work, exploring the diverse qualities essential for teaching in today's educational environment. According to Banner and Cannon, to be an effective teacher requires much more than technical skill. Great teachi...

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Ecology

Escaping the Dark, Gray City Fear and Hope in Progressive Era Conservation

Johnson Benjamin Heber

ISBN: HB: 9780300115505, Yale University Press, May 2017
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

A compelling and long-overdue exploration of the Progressive-era conservation movement, and its lasting effects on American culture, politics, and contemporary environmentalism The turn of the twentieth century caught America at a crossroads, shakin...

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Photography

East of the Mississippi Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography

Waggoner Diane, Lord Russell, Raab Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9780300224016, Yale University Press, April 2017
288 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 222 colour and black&white illus.

An important reconsideration of landscape photography in 19th-century America, exploring crucial but neglected geographies, practitioners, and themes. Although pictures of the West have dominated our perception of 19th-century American landscape pho...

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