 | New Haven figures prominently in Alice Mattison's new novel about a middle-aged woman still discovering who she really is. |
The following is a list of books recently or soon-to-be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers.
A collection of nine original essays by a multinational group of scholars, "Tropical Babylons" re-evaluates the idea that sugar, plantations, slavery and capitalism were all present at the birth of the Atlantic world. This comparative study of early Atlantic sugar economies focuses on the areas colonized by Spain and Portugal and demonstrates the similarities and differences between the plantation colonies. It questions the very idea of a sugar revolution, and shows how the specific conditions in each colony influenced the way sugar was produced, as well as the impact of that crop on the formation of "tropical Babylons," multiracial societies of great oppression.
This second version of "A Woman's Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause" has been revised to include recent research and new information on the topic. The original edition was published a decade ago. The book considers all the new findings, details what is known about menopause and its treatment, and offers guidance for women dealing with the physical and emotional health issues surrounding menopause. Topics covered include hormone replacement therapy; controlling symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome; treatments for hot flashes, insomnia and depression; menopause and sexuality; osteoporosis; prevention of cancer of the reproductive organs; and healthy lifestyle choices for menopausal women.
In her new novel, Alice Mattison revisits Daisy Andalusia, a character from an earlier collection of her short stories called "Men Giving Money, Women Yelling." Now a married woman in her fifties and living in New Haven, Daisy earns her living organizing other people's clutter. Her business leads her into an affair with a Yale professor, who shows her a newspaper headline about the wedding of a two-headed woman. The headline becomes the subject of a play by an eccentric community theater group with which Daisy has become involved. An unsolved murder and sexual intrigue are woven into the plot in which a shaken Daisy gains a new perspective on her life and herself.
This volume, part of the Oxidative Stress and Disease Series, covers the effects of carotenoids on cellular processes such as signaling, gene regulation and proliferation, and assesses the basic chemistry of carotenoids to HPLC analysis of human carotenoids. Among the subjects discussed in the book are carotenoid metabolism, sources of carotenoids, relationships between carotenoids and cancer, and eye diseases, dermatological photoprotection and therapeutic uses.
In this clinician's guide, 32 experts on gambling detail the clinical phenomenology, etiology and treatment of pathological gambling, highlighting the current clinical approaches most likely to lead to early identification, symptom remission and improvement maintenance. The book examines the roles of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in treatment, detailing particular interventions for adolescents, adults and older adults.
In his newest work, literary critic Harold Bloom discusses literature that, he believes, has informed our lives. Through comparisons of the biblical Book of Job and Ecclesiastes; Plato and Homer; Cervantes and Shakespeare; Montaigne and Bacon; Johnson and Goethe; Emerson and Nietzsche; Freud and Proust; and in a discussion of the Gospel of Thomas and St. Augustine, Bloom examines the various forms of wisdom that have shaped human thought and society.
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Yale Books in Brief
Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680
Edited by Stuart B. Schwartz,
the George Burton Adams Professor of History and master of Ezra Stiles College
(University of North Carolina Press)
A Woman's Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause
Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Carol
V. Wright
(Yale University Press)
The Wedding of the Two-Headed Woman
Alice Mattison, lecturer in English
(William Morrow)
Carotenoids in Health and Disease
Edited by Susan T. Mayne, associate professor of epidemiology and public health, Norman Krinsky and Helmut Sies
(Marcel Dekker)
Pathological Gambling: A Clinical Guide to Treatment
Edited by Dr. Marc N. Potenza,
assistant professor of psychiatry, and
Dr. Jon E. Grant
(American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.)
Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities and English
(Riverhead Books)
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Scientists discover fossil of ancient sea spider species
Center to continue studies on smoking with $9 million grant
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Scholar has advised politicians on how to 'get out the vote'
Yale debate champ tapped to assess candidates' face-offs
Grant supports F&ES students from underrepresented areas
Study finds that estrogen does not always help memory
Scientists devise a method to measure the age of Martian meteorites
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Performance at Long Wharf marks launch of O'Neill at Yale project
Beekman Cannon, advocate of musical life at Yale
Divinity School alumni are honored for ministry and service
Yale Books in Brief
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