Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes recently snagged the 2008 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) in the History/Biography category. From stories of the triumphant to those of the thwarted, Fallen Giants chronicles over 120 years of mankind’s attempts to
The new year is still two months away, but Amazon.com has already compiled its 100 Best Books of 2008 list, featuring two Yale Press titles: Ivan Brunetti‘s An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Vol. 2 and Jessica Helfand‘s Scrapbooks: An American History. Scrapbooks was chosen as the number one selection in
At the Seventh Annual Connecticut Book Awards held in the atrium of Hartford Public Library on September 21, 2008, Drawn to Enchant was awarded the 2008 Connecticut Book Award for Design in praise of its imaginative and colorful arrangement. The Connecticut Center for the Book, which presents the awards every
This weekend’s Wall Street Journal added additional acclaim to the long list of praise for Fred Shapiro’s Yale Book of Quotations. In his list of essential reference books for the home library, Boston University librarian Donald Altschiller ranked the Yale Book of Quotations as second only to the World Almanac
Playwright Neil Wechsler has been selected as the second winner of the Yale Drama Series Competition, co-sponsored by the Yale University Press and the Yale Repertory Theatre. Wechsler’s original work, Grenadine, has been chosen by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee as the second installment in the series, following John Austin Connolly‘s
You’ve got your shades, a towel, and plenty of sunscreen. Now the only thing you need to get through the summer is the perfect beach read. Look no further than the Yale Press’s new Summer Reading list . Whether you’re looking for that next vacation destination or have that favorite
New York Magazine got their hands on an advance copy of Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy by Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton. They decided to do an early preview of the exhibition, which premiered at the Met this past Wednesday. New York Magazine called Superheroes a “genuinely cool book,” and found
In honor of May Day, Slate ran an article on the best recent books about Communism. After reviewing some basics like the Communist Manifesto, they recommend the Annals of Communism series: …Once you’ve got the surveys under your belt, you can turn to Yale University Press’ Annals of Communism series,
At their annual awards ceremony last night, The Publishing Triangle announced Janet Malcolm, author of the critically acclaimed Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, as winner of the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction. View the complete list of award winners here. This remarkable work of literary biography and investigative journalism,