Princeton University Press
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India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
$39.95 Add to cartA dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context–from antiquity to today
Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subc- Author: Truschke, Audrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 712
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 691221227
- Language: English
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As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West
$22.95 Add to cart“In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!”–Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
A sweepi- Author: Alfani, Guido
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 069122711X
- Language: English
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Indigenous Tattoo Traditions: Humanity Through Skin and Ink
$39.95 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated history of Indigenous tattooing practices around the world
Tattooing within Indigenous communities is a time-honored practice that binds the tattoo recipient to a deeply felt- Author: Krutak, Lars
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 691255393
- Language: English
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King Tyrant: A Natural History of Tyrannosaurus Rex
$39.95 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated look at everything we now know about the fearsome king of the dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus rex is the world’s favorite dinosaur, adored by the public and the subject of intense st- Author: Witton, Mark P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 691245584
- Language: English
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Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
$18.95 Add to cartA passionate defense of the humanities from one of today’s foremost public intellectuals
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the impo- Author: Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0691264392
- Language: English
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The Lives of Bats: A Natural History
$35.00 Add to cartA wonderfully illustrated guide to the natural history of the world’s bats
Bats are the second-largest order of mammals and inhabit almost every corner of the globe, but these secretive creatures are- Series: Lives of the Natural World
- Author: Reeder, Deeann M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0691257620
- Language: English
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Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
$27.95 Add to cartA biologist’s firsthand account of the hunt for life beneath earth’s surface–and how new discoveries are challenging our most basic assumptions about the nature of life on Earth
Life thrives in the d- Author: Lloyd, Karen G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 691236119
- Language: English
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The Lives of Snakes: A Natural History of the World’s Snakes
$35.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated introduction to the marvelous world of snakes
Descended from prehistoric lizards, snakes have been slithering across the earth for more than a hundred million years. There are som- Series: Lives of the Natural World
- Author: Mattison, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 069125060X
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Middle: A Recovered History of the American West
$32.00 Add to cartA haunting image of an unnamed Native child and a recovered story of the American West
In 1868, celebrated Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner traveled to Fort Laramie to document the federal gov- Author: Sandweiss, Martha A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0691238413
- Language: English
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Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present
$29.95 Add to cartA concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the tradition
Today’s Muslim world is in upheaval: lega- Author: Tolan, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0691263531
- Language: English
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Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James
$17.95 Add to cartA compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William James
William James–psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker–is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfull- Author: James, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0691215375
- Language: English
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Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary
$24.95 Add to cartWhy human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male
Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important diffe- Author: Fuentes, Agust?n
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0691249415
- Language: English
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The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters
$29.95 Add to cartWhy do we use eighty-year-old metrics to understand today’s economy?
The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were- Author: Coyle, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0691179026
- Language: English
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I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer: Letters on Love and Marriage from the World’s First Personal Advice Column
$24.95 Add to cartA fascinating collection of questions and answers–about courtship, marriage, love, and sex–from a seventeenth-century periodical
The Athenian Mercury–a one-page, two-sided periodical published in- Author: Norton, Mary Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691253994
- Language: English
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Habitats of Africa: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists
$35.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated field guide to all of Africa’s major habitats–packed with invaluable information to help you understand these habitats and their wildlife
With breathtaking wildlife and stunningl- Series: Habitats of the World
- Author: Behrens, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0691244766
- Language: English
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How Propaganda Works
$19.95 Add to cartHow propaganda undermines democracy and why we need to pay attention
Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to- Author: Stanley, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: December 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0691173427
- Language: English
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Ancient Africa: A Global History, to 300 CE
$19.95 Add to cartA panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world history
This book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa,- Author: Ehret, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691244863
- Language: English
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The Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are
$18.95 Add to cartWhy human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon–and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselves
In The Entanglement, philosopher Alva No? explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosop- Author: No?, Alva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0691249571
- Language: English
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Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination
$27.95 Add to cartA mind-expanding exploration of the ethical bonds we share with the nonhuman
Moral relationships saturate the living world, and the line between the human and nonhuman is blurrier than we might think.- Author: Keane, Webb
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691270937
- Language: English
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Moths of the World: A Natural History
$29.95 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated guide to the world’s moths
With more than 160,000 named species, moths are a familiar sight to most of us, flickering around lights, pollinating wildflowers about meadows and- Series: Guide to Every Family #11
- Author: Wagner, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691248281
- Language: English
