books by Yale University Press     books:       1688: The First Modern Revolution (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C)2 reviews Dr. Steve Pincus Yale University Press, 2009 Glorious A superb history of one of the foundation events upon which the modern Western/liberal state was built. Professor Pincus brings broad and deep scholarship to this book, which, in turn, provides impressive value to the serious reader. If you want to learn more about why the English turned away from James II and his style of modernization (focused on the French model) and the effects of this ...             Why Architecture Matters (Why X Matters Series) Mr. Paul Goldberger Yale University Press, 2009 Why Architecture Matters is not a work of architectural history or a guide to the styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. The purpose of Why Architecture Matters is to ?come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually??with its impact on our lives. ?Architecture begins to matter,? writes Paul Goldberger, ?when it ...             Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 100023 reviews Prof. Barry Cunliffe Yale University Press, 2008 A Great Resource; But Very Technical This book is more akin to a scholarly treatise on the geography, climate, and resources of the European continent as written by an archaeologist than it is a discussion of art and literature. Having read the entire book, I was surprised a reviewer mentioned that the author discussed Homer or art and literature because actually virtually all of what makes Europe Europe or Western Civilization ...             Judaism: A Way of Being2 reviews David Hillel Gelernter Yale University Press, 2009 An inspiring perspective Written from a Biblical perspective, Judaism it is the eminently readable, astonishingly inspired book about Judaism, the religion, which was the beginning of monotheism and foundation of other religions. Dr. Gelernter presents it not just as a religious perspective but as a philosophy of living, therefore, the subtitle, "A Way of Being." His first major topic, separations, is in so many ...             A Little History of the World61 reviews E. H. Gombrich Yale University Press, 2008 What exactly makes this book so great? What exactly makes this book such a pleasure? This is not easy to answer. But I believe it is its minimalism, its boiling down issues to their essence and then choosing words carefully to convey, as well as possible, the author's sentiments. For example, talking about the grandiose plans of the 16th century Catholic Church: "Old St. Peter's ... was too plain for their taste. They planned to ...             Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies29 reviews David Bentley Hart Yale University Press, 2009 Fantastic. I'm not going to write much down because many of the other reviews adequately cover why this book is so good. Unfortunatly, something like this will probably not get the public attention it deserves. Nonetheless, David Hart is one of America's most gifted thinkers (not to mention one of the most biting and hilarious writers seen in contemporary philosophy). There isn't much to say about ...             How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower28 reviews Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, 2009 History Rx So many historians treat history like a cadaver, it's dead, dead, dead. By Dr. Goldsworthy revives the patient and treats us to stories about our past that are relevant, alive and well. I thoroughly enjoyed having his as a guest on my show and I can't wait until his novel comes out! For those of you suffering from historical post-traumatic stress disorder Dr. Goldsworthy's book will cure what ...             Charles Dickens3 reviews Michael Slater Yale University Press, 2009 a fascinating study Any general reader in search of a single volume covering the life and work of Charles Dickens needs to look no further than this publication. Michael Slater has written a grandiose account that considers the author from several different perspectives. Both his public and his private personae are examined in detail, revealing his social consciousness as well as things that irritated him such as ...             The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories7 reviews Dr. Jonathan A. Edlow M.D. Yale University Press, 2009 this was a great read I read this book quite by chance on a transatlantic flight and was glad I did. I was bringing the book back to Italy for a friend, a doctor, who bought it in the US and forgot it while visiting. While on the flight for the first leg from Boston to Amsterdam I decided to read it and after reading about a third of it was disappointed when the plane finally landed. I read more on the flight ...             Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia153 reviews Ahmed Rashid Yale University Press, 2001 Objective and truthful If you really want to know about Afganistan and why the Taliban emerged,you must read this book. Why were these people needed, why were they welcomed? It gives you a lot to think about, on why the west ignores alarm signs until it is too late, and too many economic interests are involved, which do not have in mind the welfare of other countries and their people.             Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect6 reviews Paul Anthony Rahe Yale University Press, 2009 Erudition Demanding Concentration--Need Lay Chapter or Pamphlet This is an extraordinary book offering a very detailed and superbly integrated examination of the consistencies and differences among Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Tocqueville, both to illuminate precisely what was in the Founding Father's minds when they sought to create a Republic of, by, and for We the People; and how distant we have migrated from that ideal. As other reviewers have noted, ...             One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy4 reviews Allison Stanger Yale University Press, 2009 Should be Required Reading for Anyone Who Wants to Understand Foreign Policy Today Allison Stanger has written a tour de force -- the first book that succinctly and accurately describes the new reality of 21st Century foreign policy -- and the urgent need for our government to adapt. Dr. Stanger lays out in lucid prose and deeply researched detail the outsourcing of American government -- not only in the well-documented military sphere, but in our development aid, diplomacy, ...             Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books Yale University Press, 2009 What does a library say about the mind of its owner? How do books map the intellectual interests, curiosities, tastes, and personalities of their readers? What does the collecting of books have in common with the practice of architecture? Unpacking My Library provides an intimate look at the personal libraries of twelve of the world?s leading architects, alongside conversations about the significance of books to their careers and lives.   ...             Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction (Whitney Museum of American Art)1 review Yale University Press, 2009 O'Keeffe rediscovered This catalogue accompanies the current exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York and is definitely a groundbreaking publication. If you thought, as I confess I did, that Georgia O'Keeffe was merely a decorative painter of flowers with a sexual undertone to her paintings, well you should revise your judgment, go and see the exhibition and buy the book. It shows what the artist ...             The Working Womans Pregnancy Book (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)18 reviews Marjorie Greenfield Yale University Press, 2008 Good Book! This book was not in the list of recommended reading from my doctor. I had bought Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn and I was totally disappointed with that book as it focused on what could go wrong with your pregnancy more than what to normally expect. Even if you are not a working woman, this book is very thorough and captures every aspect of your pregnancy. It is very easy to understand ...             Marcel Duchamp: Etant donnes (Philadelphia Museum of Art)2 reviews Michael R. Taylor Yale University Press, 2009 Erotic Lanscape If you buy one modern art book this year, this should be the one. It is the catalogue for the current exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where most of Duchamp's works are kept. It thoroughly documents the inception, over a period of twenty years (until Duchamp's death in 1968) of his most important work, "Etant donnés: 1/ La chute d'eau, 2/ Le gaz d'éclairage", a work that sums up ...             Caesar: Life of a Colossus64 reviews Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, 2008 Outstanding work of art One of the best written books I have seen in a long time. Not only is the book well written, its also an easy read. The authors writing style is fluid and easy to follow. Well worth the time and the money.             The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)2 reviews Professor James C. Scott Yale University Press, 2009 Barbarians, primitives -- or neither? An excellent examination of the decisions and histories made by "non-state peoples": those who choose (and Scott emphasises the choice implicit in their location) to live outside the sedentary agricultural states of Southeast Asia. While Scott understandably concentrates in the area of his main expertise, every note he strikes about how supposedly aboriginal hill tribes are frequently the ...             A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq (Yale Library of Military History)2 reviews Mark Moyar Yale University Press, 2009 Excellent Work - Opens New Theoretical Perspective "A Question of Command" is head and shoulders above its contemporaries when it comes to objectively distilling counterinsurgency theory. The first thing you will notice is that Moyar's treatment of competing theories is comprehensive and the book is extremely well documented and footnoted. Very professional. The central theme of Moyar's work is the theory that counterinsurgency is ...             Cezanne and Beyond (Philadelphia Museum of Art)5 reviews Yale University Press, 2009 Cézanne, the holy father of modern painting. This book, the catalogue for the current show at the Philadelphia Museum of art, puts together more than 60 works by the master from Aix and 110 works by 16 "pupils" such as Marsden Hartley, Matisse, Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Ellsworth Kelly, Jasper Johns, etc, to brilliantly show how all the art that came after Cézanne was influenced by him, including the ubiquitous and all-encompassing art ...              search for books abstraction, agrarian, anarchist, architects, architecture, christian, colossus, contract, counterinsurgency, delusions, democracy, despotism, detective, eighteenth, eighteenth-c, fashionable, fundamentalism, militant, military, montesquieu, outsourcing, philadelphia, pregnancy, question, revolution, southeast, superpower, tocqueville, university, unpacking books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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