Robert Oppenheimer
The Sphinx Without a Secret
ISBN: HB: 9780300180466,
Yale University Press,
November 2026
288 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
288 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
An original perspective on the father of the atomic bomb, shedding new light on Oppenheimer's personality and psychology.
Both to his contemporaries and to posterity J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) has gone down in history as the "father" of the a...
HB:
16.99 GBP
QTY:
Livia
Mother of Rome
ISBN: HB: 9780300275100,
Yale University Press,
October 2026
240 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
240 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
A bold new portrait of Livia, ancient Rome's first First Lady, who shaped the empire from behind the throne.
Livia was no ordinary Roman woman. As wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius - the first and second Roman emperors - she stood at the hear...
HB:
20.00 GBP
QTY:
Ayn Rand
Writing a Gospel of Success
ISBN: PB: 9780300292251,
ISBN: HB: 9780300253214,
Yale University Press,
September 2026
264 pp., 20,9x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
264 pp., 20,9x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
A deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist novels and nonfiction have influenced three generations of Americans.
Biographer Alexandra Popoff traces the life and creative achievement of Ayn Rand...
PB:
12.99 GBP
QTY:
HB:
18.99 GBP
QTY:
Aristotle
The First Teacher
ISBN: HB: 9780300279948,
Yale University Press,
September 2026
192 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
192 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
The first modern biography of Aristotle - student of Plato, tutor to Alexander, and architect of ideas still studied around the world.
Aristotle stands among the most brilliant and influential figures in history, the inventor of almost every subject...
HB:
18.99 GBP
QTY:
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg
The Whole Equation
ISBN: PB: 9780300292367,
ISBN: HB: 9780300254495,
Yale University Press,
August 2026
392 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 13 black&white illus.
392 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 13 black&white illus.
Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it.
One was a tough junkman's son, the other a cosseted mama's boy, but they dreamed the same m...
PB:
12.99 GBP
QTY:
HB:
16.99 GBP
QTY:
Body Language
Voice, Embodiment, and Textuality in the Hebrew Bible
ISBN: HB: 9780300230901,
Yale University Press,
August 2026
232 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm
232 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm
A revelatory study of embodied voice and its function in biblical texts.
Performance, transmission, and corporeality were essential to ancient understandings of textuality. Far more than an aide-memoire, written text constituted a powerful mechanism...
HB:
40.00 GBP
QTY:
Abraham
The First Jew
ISBN: PB: 9780300292237,
ISBN: HB: 9780300266801,
Yale University Press,
July 2026
392 pp., 20,9x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
392 pp., 20,9x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history.
In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism's foundational figure, Anthony Julius offers an account of...
PB:
12.99 GBP
QTY:
HB:
16.99 GBP
QTY:
Edmond de Rothschild
Finding Zion
ISBN: HB: 9780300255201,
Yale University Press,
July 2026
320 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 13 black&white illus.
320 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 13 black&white illus.
An absorbing portrait of Edmond de Rothschild, who defied his class to help build a nation - and found his identity in the process.
Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934) was born into one of the wealthiest families in history, but his legacy lies beyond...
HB:
16.99 GBP
QTY:
Mordecai M. Kaplan
Restless Soul
ISBN: HB: 9780300264340,
Yale University Press,
June 2026
320 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 13 black&white illus.
320 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 13 black&white illus.
An engaging biography that goes behind the myths to reveal the complex life of a transformative figure in modern American Judaism.
Rabbi, writer, teacher, and thinker, Mordecai M. Kaplan (1881-1983) was one of the leading Jewish personalities of twe...
HB:
18.99 GBP
QTY:
Stephen Sondheim
Art Isn't Easy
ISBN: HB: 9780300270211,
Yale University Press,
May 2026
320 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 17 black&white illus.
320 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 17 black&white illus.
A revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century's most beloved theatrical composers.
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) was a towering figure in American musical theater. Celebrated for such iconic Broadway shows as Company, S...
HB:
18.99 GBP
QTY: