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Editorial Director, Penguin Press - commissioning history for Allen Lane (views my own)
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Mari Takayanagi
27 days ago
Exciting news! I've signed a contract to write my first solo book - on women, politics and the battle for equal franchise between 1918 and 1928. It will be published for the centenary of the Equal Franchise Act in 2028 by
@yalebooks.bsky.social
Suffraduck is on my desk waiting for me to start! 🗃️
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Will Tullett
about 2 months ago
COVER REVEAL. Really excited to show off the fantastic cover for my new book Sniff from
@yalebooks.bsky.social
. It’s a history of smells across time and space and hits the shelves on the 8th September. Pre-order from Yale, your local bookshop, or the usual suspects!
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense
4 months ago
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were.
@jmacrodgers.bsky.social
joins
@nndroid.bsky.social
to discuss how things really played out ➡️
linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#Russia
#Putin
#PoliticsPodcast
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There’s just one week of our
@yalebooks.bsky.social
half price sale left - must end 30th November!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Yale University Press London 📖
6 months ago
Our extraordinary winter offer is live - get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage! Only available from
yalebooks.co.uk
in November Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25 Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ
#booksale
#universitypress
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Andrew Seaton
6 months ago
Yale University Press London (
@yalebooks.bsky.social
) are having a 50% off sale for the month of November, which is ideal for early Christmas shopping (and enables you to purchase OUR NHS for £5.99 - or 1.61 pence per page):
yalebooks.co.uk
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Home - Yale University Press London
Welcome to the Yale University Press London home page: explore our books, meet our authors, find out about our publishing mission.
https://yalebooks.co.uk
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James Rodgers
8 months ago
The final draft of my next book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' has now gone to
@yalebooks.bsky.social
. I have added it to my Amazon author page for anyone interested in pre-ordering from there.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...
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James Rodgers: books, biography, latest update
Follow James Rodgers and explore their bibliography from Amazon's James Rodgers Author Page.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B009LR1124
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Dr Claire Yorke
9 months ago
At a time when politics feels bleak and frustrating, I wrote a book on empathy and politics to inject much needed hope into the conversation and offer some ideas for change. Out soon with
@yalebooks.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
and available for preorder now 📚
#Empathy
#Politics
#Leadership
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PD Smith
11 months ago
Braw’s timely study charts the rise of globalisation from the optimism of the late 1980s to the current realism. A pacy & human story, it weaves economics and history into a compelling geopolitical narrative of the last three decades.
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www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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This month’s best paperbacks: Hanif Kureishi, Alexei Navalny and more
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from moving memoirs to sequels of beloved novels
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2025/jun/11/this-months-best-paperbacks-hanif-kureishi-alexei-navalny-and-more#goodbye-globalization
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Nick Hewitt
12 months ago
Fantastic to be at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine for the official paperback launch of
#NormandySailora
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Hanna Diamond
about 1 year ago
Warm thanks to
@jonhenley.bsky.social
for this feature on my book - out on Tuesday in the UK!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights
Book highlights performer’s wartime contribution and how she used her fame to provide cover and promote equal rights
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/06/josephine-baker-the-superstar-turned-spy-who-fought-the-nazis-and-for-civil-rights?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Greg Jenner (Historian)
about 1 year ago
Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights
Book highlights performer’s wartime contribution and how she used her fame to provide cover and promote equal rights
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/06/josephine-baker-the-superstar-turned-spy-who-fought-the-nazis-and-for-civil-rights?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Yale University Press London 📖
about 1 year ago
Our bestselling Little Histories series is getting a new look! The colourful paperbacks and elegant new hardbacks are coming to all good booksellers very soon... 🇬🇧 8 April 🇺🇸 13 May
@nigelwarburton.bsky.social
@snezanalawrence.bsky.social
Discover the series:
yalebooks.co.uk/little-histo...
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Nick Hewitt
about 1 year ago
So this is EXCITING! So thrilled with the paperback edition of
#NormandySailors
Fab job from
@jogodfrey.bsky.social
and the
@yalebooks.bsky.social
team. What do y’all think? I’m loving the blue, I guess I’m just a stereotype
#navalhistorian
out for preorder now!
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Tim Grady
about 1 year ago
1. I’m not sure this will be much of an escape from the horror of global events – sorry! But it is World Book Day & the advance copies of my
@yalebooks.bsky.social
are here:
tinyurl.com/4v2w2x95
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Hanna Diamond
about 1 year ago
💥Cover reveal💥 I’m excited to announce that my book ‘Josephine Baker’s Secret War’ will be published by
@yalebooks.bsky.social
this spring and is available to preorder now. 🇬🇧
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
🇺🇸
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Nick Hewitt
about 1 year ago
Sooo this is exciting! The paperback edition of
#NormandySailors
will be out VERY soon with
@yalebooks.bsky.social
@jogodfrey.bsky.social
Links to 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 editions below!
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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Normandy: the Sailors' Story - Yale University Press London
The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation ...
https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300281095/normandy-the-sailors-story/
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Nir Arielli
over 1 year ago
The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is celebrating its publication day! Huge thanks to the many people who have helped me along the way
@jogodfrey.bsky.social
@katie-urquhart.bsky.social
@chloe-bookpr.bsky.social
@drtermagant.bsky.social
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
#DeadSea
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Dr Gillian Kenny
over 1 year ago
Contract signed so I can tell! I will be writing a new biography of Gráinne O Malley aka Granuaile/the Pirate Queen for Yale
@yalebooks.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
Looking forward to working on it with the fab
@jogodfrey.bsky.social
Gráinne image
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