An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Brutus (and Julius Caesar)
May 5, 2020
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History of the World. Day by day, we will be sharing a bite size introdu …
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Alexander the Great
May 4, 2020
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History of the World. Day by day, we will be sharing a bite size introdu …
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich: Introduction
May 1, 2020
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History of the World. Day by day, we will be sharing a bite size introdu …
A Little History of Poetry – A video interview with author John Carey
April 21, 2020
What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems …
Q&A with Nick Morley, illustrator of A Little History of Poetry
April 7, 2020
Each book in our Little Histories series is illustrated by a different contemporary artist-illustrator, whose specially commissioned work is designed to enliven and enhance the text. The wonderful illustrations for John Carey’s A Little History o …
A Little History of Archaeology – a video interview with author Brian Fagan
July 2, 2018
What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archaeology is all of these, but also far more: it’s a science built on curiosity about what’s beh …
A Little History of Religion, by Richard Holloway – An Extract
July 6, 2017
If you haven’t discovered our amazing Little History series already, you have a whole host of great books to add to your TBR shelf! The paperback of A Little History of Religion published earlier this week, and we’re pleased to offer o …
A Little History of Economics – a short film with Niall Kishtainy
April 12, 2017
Author of A Little History of Economics, Niall Kishtainy, talks to Yale Books about why understanding economic history is important for all of us, and how the economic theories from centuries ago are inevitably reflected in many of the policies of toda …
An A to Z of Economics: Part 2 – by Niall Kishtainy
March 2, 2017
Welcome to part two of Niall Kishtainy’s A-Z of Economics. Compiled exclusively for the Yale Books Blog to celebrate the publication of A Little History of Economics, Kishtainy’s A-Z brings to light the stories behind key eco …
An A to Z of Economics: Part 1 – by Niall Kishtainy
February 28, 2017
To celebrate the publication of A Little History of Economics, we asked its author – writer, economist and historian Niall Kishtainy – to explain some of the most important staples of economic terminology for us in a handy A-Z of …
