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Mark Chancey on Biblical Curricula in Texas Schools

The Texas Freedom Network, a watchdog group that monitors religious freedom and public education, commissioned Mark Chancey, an associate professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University, to produce a report on the implementation of a 2007 that required school districts to incorporate the study of the Bible’s influence on

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YUP Summer 2013 Publishing Internships

Ever want to work for a busy and industrious publishing house? One of the largest American university presses? Learn all about where books come from? Here’s your chance to learn more and apply for YUP’s Summer Publishing Internships. Please note that the application deadline is Friday, March 15, 2013.  

You Will Like This: Online Ads and The Daily You

Advertising used to be simpler. Before the birth of cable television and the Internet, advertisements and commercials were broader entities, built for broader channels. But because we have the ability to be increasingly selective in what we consume, advertisers, marketers, and data collectors also have the ability to increasingly discern

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YUP’s Spring 2013 Catalog!

Download the PDF of Yale University Press’s Spring 2013 catalog! Another banner season of books is upon us: Yale University Press’s Spring/Summer 2013 catalog, covering new books from February – July 2013 is available for your perusing leisure! Throughout February on the Yale Press Log, we’ll begin the spring season

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Proust, Revisited: 100 Years after Swann’s Way

Read the In Search of Lost Time centennial press announcement from Yale University Press!  William C. Carter is obsessed with Marcel Proust. He has published two biographies of the man, Marcel Proust: A Life and Proust in Love, and has been called “Proust’s definitive biographer,” by Yale’s own Harold Bloom. He’s

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What’s in Your Orange Juice?

Follow @yaleSCIbooks Alissa Hamilton, author of Squeezed: What You Don’t Know about Orange Juice was featured in a recent article from Men’s Health magazine titled “The Worst Chemicals in Your Food.” While many orange juice brands tout their products as “all natural” and “freshly squeezed” the fruit beverage’s delicious flavor does

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Squeezed in Men’s Health: “The Worst Chemicals in Your Food”

Alissa Hamilton, author of Squeezed: What You Don’t Know about Orange Juice was featured in a recent article from Men’s Health magazine titled “The Worst Chemicals in Your Food.” While many orange juice brands tout their products as “all natural” and “freshly squeezed” the fruit beverage’s delicious flavor does not come

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Yale University Press Director John Donatich on the Margellos World Republic of Letters

Continuing the English-language publishing success of Greek poet Kiki Dimoula’s new volume of poetry, The Brazen Plagiarist, Yale University Press Director John Donatich comments on the mission of the literature in translation series, the Margellos World Republic of Letters. The video below aired at the Athens Concert Hall on Tuesday,

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Matisse: In Search of True Painting

Follow @yaleARTbooks The exhibition Matisse: In Search of True Painting explores Matisse’s practice of producing pairs of paintings, and the ways in which this practice influenced his development as artist.  Academically trained, Matisse learned composition and technique by copying older master paintings. This practice was not considered an empty, rote

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Staff Holiday Picks: Best in House

As we bid farewell to 2012, we’d like to share some of our favorite bestselling titles from the year: everything from art history and natural science to literature and current political debates. Happy 2013: We’re looking forward to bringing you another banner year of books!