"Few figures in all of #Jewish #history are as celebrated, as contradicted, and as human as #KingDavid. But how well do we really know him? We’re kicking off new bonus episodes in partnership with the #JewishLives series from #YaleUniversityPress by going back to the #Hebrew #Bible. Drawing from #Rabbi #DavidWolpe’s David: The Divided Heart, Yael and Schwab unpack the shepherd-turned-king who wrote our prayers, betrayed his allies, and cast a shadow on Jewish history that endures to this day.

This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about King David’s life, identity, and legacy, check out David: The Divided Heart by Rabbi David Wolpe[...]"

https://unpacked.media/king-david-legend-hero-human/

King David: A Divided Heart

This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about King David's life,

Unpacked

The Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2nd ed. It has 214 maps giving a comprehensive cartographic account of the movement of enslaved people. We are honored to be a part of such an important project.

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/.../atlas-of-the.../

#cartography #atlas #YaleUniversityPress #maps #history

Best of the Year 2025 - Yale University Press

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@luis_in_brief @Noortjevee

The implication of elsewhere on the #YaleUniversityPress site is that it doesn't actually distribute e-books itself but has an agreement with some company named #VitalSource as the favoured e-book distributor amongst several others.

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/ebook-information/

It looks like VitalSource has decided not to carry all YUP books. There were 2 more at the bottom of the page that were also out of print as e-books.

#eBooks

eBook Information - Yale University Press

Yale University Press is proud to make many of our titles available in eBook editions. Below is the list of vendors that carry our titles in electronic format. Each vendor... READ MORE

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@luis_in_brief

I thought that this might be one of those fake screenshots that social media is notorious for. So I checked out the YUP WWW site for myself.

My goodness!

#YaleUniversityPress

BDG news: Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global and Partners Announce New “Global Buddhism” Book Series for Early-Career Scholars

🔗 Read more at BDG: https://tinyurl.com/5xmnt2jn

#Buddhism #BuddhistStudies #BuddhistBooks #Academia #scholarship #RobertHNHoFamilyFoundation #ACLS #YaleUniversityPress

Shelley Fisher Fishkin's new book, Jim, about Huck Finn's companion, just arrived from Yale University Press. A perfect companion to Percival Everett's acclaimed novel, James, and, of course, the original Huckleberry Finn by the esteemed Sam Clemens.

#books #livres #HuckleberryFinn #Classics #ClassicFiction #James #Jim #Percival Everett #MarkTwain #ShelleyFisherFishkin #YaleUniversityPress #bookstodon

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Legendary Critic Kenneth Turan on New Mayer/Thalberg Book, Sean Baker’s Rise and LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong

The former LA Times film reviewer reflects on his path from Brooklyn to Hollywood, the current state of film criticism and the LA Times, and what inspired him to spend four years writing the first dual-biography of MGM's two most legendary executives in 50 years.

The Hollywood Reporter

#LunchtimeReading : the Spice must flow!! Reading Roger Crowley's forthcoming Spice from @yalepress , a history of how the search for, and trade in, spices shaped centuries of world history

#History #books #livres #AmReading #Spice #RogerCrowley #YaleUniversityPress #histoire #bookstodon

#316 Aubrey Burl - The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2000, 1st edition. #AubreyBurl #StandingStones #StoneCircles #Megaliths #Archaeology #YaleUniversityPress #StandingStoneSunday #BookOfTheDay