Even by comparison to the United States, the United Kingdom has had a brief and fractious history. Its existence as an undivided entity lasted only for a disputatious 125 years, and its future remains precarious. In The Four Nations, Frank Welsh offers a lively narrative history of the four component parts of the British Isles-England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Moving from the Roman period, which first defined many of the current internal boundaries, through the present day, Welsh describes the history of each nation, their interactions, and the impacts of crises ranging from the Norman Invasion to the Protestant Reformation to the two world wars of the twentieth century. Along the way, Welsh questions many cherished illusions and poses some awkward questions: To what extent were Scotland, Ireland, and Wales victims of predatory English aggression? How serious is the frequently invoked specter of national fragmentation? Filled with illuminating vignettes and provocative insights, The Four Nations is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the troubled histories of the British Isles.

The Four Nations: A History of the United Kingdom

History

WELSH, Frank

Europe

Yale University Press

Based on the observation that the French poet Mallarme repeatedly used the 100 or so words in the French language that have no rhyme, this work argues that Mallarme's poems make sense as allegorical tales of their own creation.

Unlocking Mallarme

Robb, Graham

A distinguished Oxford historian presents an absorbing study of the main personalities and the influences that molded the history of Western Europe from the late tenth to the early thirteenth century, describing the chief forms of social, political, and religious organization. “A book of rare value.”―Sidney Painter, American Historical Review

Making of Middle Ages

Southern, R. W.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, china is poised to become a major global power though much has been written of its rise, a key aspect of this transformation has gone largely unnoticed: the way china is using soft power and diplomacy to appeal to its neighbours and distant countries alike this fascinating book examines the significance of chinas recent reliance on soft power--diplomacy, trade incentives, cultural and educational exchange opportunities, and other techniques--to project a benign national image, position itself as a model of social and economic success, and develop stronger international alliances drawing on years of on-the-ground experience tracking chinas policies in southeast asia, latin america, and africa, kurlantzick shows how china has wooed the world with a charm offensive that has largely escaped the attention of the world kurlantzick discusses beijings new diplomacy and how it has altered the international political landscape, changing the dynamics of chinas relationships with other countries he analyses how these initiatives have played out, finding both diplomatic successes and failures in a provocative conclusion, he considers a future in which china may be the first nation since the soviet union to rival the united states in international influence this stimulating book will interest foreign policy experts, trade analysts, and students of international relations in india general readers interested in changing global dynamics and the emergence of china will also find it informative

Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World (A New Republic Book)

Kurlantzick, Joshua

Asia

One of the last plays Shakespeare penned on his own, The Winter's Tale is a transcendent work of death and rebirth, exploring irrational sexual jealousy, the redemptive world of nature, and the magical power of art.

The Winter's Tale: The Yale Shakespeare

Literature & Fiction

Shakespeare., William

History & Criticism

This brilliant new work by the author of the best-selling Five Days in London, May 1940 is an unparalleled drama of two great leaders confronting each other in June 1941. It describes Hitler and Stalin’s strange, calculating, and miscalculating relationship before the German invasion of Soviet Russia, with its gigantic (and unintended) consequences. John Lukacs questions many long-held beliefs; he suggests, for example, that among other things Hitler’s first purpose involved England: if Stalin’s Communist Russia were to be defeated, Hitler’s Third Reich would be well-nigh invincible, and the British and American peoples would be forced to rethink the war against Hitler.  The book offers penetrating insights and a new portrait of Hitler and Stalin, moved by their long-lasting inclinations. Yet among other things, Lukacs presents evidence that Hitler (rather than his generals) had moments of dark foreboding before the invasion. Stalin could not, because he wished not, believe that Hitler would choose the risk of a two-front war by attacking him; he was stunned and shocked and came close to a breakdown. But he recovered, grew into a statesman, and eventually became a prime victor of the Second World War. Such are the ironies of history; John Lukacs paints them with a shining narrative skill.

June 1941 Hitler & Stalin

John, Lukacs

The Early Days of Joel Barlow: A Connecticut Wit - Yale Graduate, Editor, Lawyer and Poet Chaplain During the Revolutionary War

Theodore Albert Zunder

The prose style of Samuel Johnson, (Yale studies in English, v. 94)

Wimsatt, W. K. [Kurtz]

Civilization and climate

Huntington, Ellsworth

O'Neill, Eugene, Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

O’Neill, Eugene

Dramas & Plays

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