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Senior Commissioning Editor, Modern History and Current Affairs at Yale University Press London (views my own)

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COVER REVEAL. Really excited to show off the fantastic cover for my new book Sniff from @yalebooks.bsky.social. It’s a history of smells across time and space and hits the shelves on the 8th September. Pre-order from Yale, your local bookshop, or the usual suspects! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

08.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
After the Cold War ended, the West thought of Russia as a potential ally, a protégé nation ripe for liberal democracy. How wrong we were. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss how things really played out ➑️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

#Russia #Putin #PoliticsPodcast

20.01.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

There’s just one week of our @yalebooks.bsky.social half price sale left - must end 30th November!

24.11.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Our extraordinary winter offer is live - get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage!

Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in November
Includes all books except those priced Β£100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ

#booksale #universitypress

03.11.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Home - Yale University Press London Welcome to the Yale University Press London home page: explore our books, meet our authors, find out about our publishing mission.

Yale University Press London (@yalebooks.bsky.social) are having a 50% off sale for the month of November, which is ideal for early Christmas shopping (and enables you to purchase OUR NHS for Β£5.99 - or 1.61 pence per page):

yalebooks.co.uk

03.11.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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James Rodgers: books, biography, latest update Follow James Rodgers and explore their bibliography from Amazon's James Rodgers Author Page.

The final draft of my next book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' has now gone to @yalebooks.bsky.social .
I have added it to my Amazon author page for anyone interested in pre-ordering from there.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...

09.09.2025 08:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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At a time when politics feels bleak and frustrating, I wrote a book on empathy and politics to inject much needed hope into the conversation and offer some ideas for change.

Out soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social and available for preorder now πŸ“š

#Empathy #Politics #Leadership

18.08.2025 11:18 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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This month’s best paperbacks: Hanif Kureishi, Alexei Navalny and more Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from moving memoirs to sequels of beloved novels

Braw’s timely study charts the rise of globalisation from the optimism of the late 1980s to the current realism. A pacy & human story, it weaves economics and history into a compelling geopolitical narrative of the last three decades. @yalebooks.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

11.06.2025 08:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fantastic to be at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine for the official paperback launch of #NormandySailora @yalebooks.bsky.social @jogodfrey.bsky.social

08.05.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights Book highlights performer’s wartime contribution and how she used her fame to provide cover and promote equal rights

Warm thanks to @jonhenley.bsky.social for this feature on my book - out on Tuesday in the UK! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

06.04.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights Book highlights performer’s wartime contribution and how she used her fame to provide cover and promote equal rights

Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

06.04.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Our bestselling Little Histories series is getting a new look! The colourful paperbacks and elegant new hardbacks are coming to all good booksellers very soon...

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ 8 April
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 13 May

@nigelwarburton.bsky.social @snezanalawrence.bsky.social
Discover the series: yalebooks.co.uk/little-histo...

19.03.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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So this is EXCITING! So thrilled with the paperback edition of #NormandySailors Fab job from @jogodfrey.bsky.social and the @yalebooks.bsky.social team. What do y’all think? I’m loving the blue, I guess I’m just a stereotype #navalhistorian out for preorder now!

17.03.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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1. I’m not sure this will be much of an escape from the horror of global events – sorry! But it is World Book Day & the advance copies of my @yalebooks.bsky.social are here: tinyurl.com/4v2w2x95

06.03.2025 06:47 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’₯Cover revealπŸ’₯
I’m excited to announce that my book β€˜Josephine Baker’s Secret War’ will be published by @yalebooks.bsky.social this spring and is available to preorder now.

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

06.03.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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Normandy: the Sailors' Story - Yale University Press London The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign Β  The Allied liberation ...

Sooo this is exciting! The paperback edition of #NormandySailors will be out VERY soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @jogodfrey.bsky.social Links to πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ editions below!

yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

05.03.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Cover of the book The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History

Cover of the book The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History

The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is celebrating its publication day! Huge thanks to the many people who have helped me along the way @jogodfrey.bsky.social @katie-urquhart.bsky.social @chloe-bookpr.bsky.social @drtermagant.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #DeadSea πŸ—ƒοΈ

21.01.2025 11:21 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Pic of me holding a beautiful drawing of Grainne O Malley (my eyes are peeping over the top of it)

Pic of me holding a beautiful drawing of Grainne O Malley (my eyes are peeping over the top of it)

Contract signed so I can tell! I will be writing a new biography of GrΓ‘inne O Malley aka Granuaile/the Pirate Queen for Yale @yalebooks.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social

Looking forward to working on it with the fab @jogodfrey.bsky.social

GrΓ‘inne image @ciaraioch.bsky.social

09.01.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 210 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4