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Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
$17.95 Read moreA gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the world
Donald Trump’s election victory resulted in one of the most unexpected presidencies in history. Identity Crisis provides th- Author: Sides, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 13, 2019
- ISBN10: 0691196435
- Language: English
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
$19.95 Add to cartA landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly from the Sans
- Author: Zimmer, Heinrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0691176043
- Language: English
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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
$18.95 Add to cartAround 200,000 years ago, a man–identical to us in all important respects–lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up father of us all? What
- Series: Princeton Science Library #51
- Author: Wells, Spencer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0691176019
- Language: English
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Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale: The Bronzes
$49.95 Read moreA new retrospective of the work of trailblazing artist Barbara Chase-Riboud
Barbara Chase-Riboud is a bestselling novelist, an award-winning poet, and a renowned visual artist whose sculpture and draw- Author: Cherix, Christophe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0691244642
- Language: English
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The Best Writing on Mathematics 2021
$33.27 Add to cartThe year’s finest mathematical writing from around the world
This annual anthology brings together the year’s finest mathematics writing from around the world–and you don’t need to be a mathematician- Series: Best Writing on Mathematics #19
- Author: Pitici, Mircea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0691225702
- Language: English
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Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity
$22.95 Add to cartA comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematics
Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied- Author: Richeson, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691218722
- Language: English
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Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life
$49.92 Add to cartA fresh look at electricity and its powerful role in life on Earth
When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices–- Author: Jorgensen, Timothy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0691197830
- Language: English
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Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
$46.58 Read moreFinalist for the National Book Award
The Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia. But less tha
An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America’s heartland- Author: Bessire, Lucas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0691212643
- Language: English
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The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century
$49.92 Read moreHow the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people
Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, per- Author: Dickson, Bruce J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0691186642
- Language: English
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Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
$19.95 Add to cartFrom sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us-and always will be
In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to- Author: Smith-Ruiu, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0691210519
- Language: English
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The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today
$26.60 Add to cartWinner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies—an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today
American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent d- Author: Wertheimer, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 0691202516
- Language: English
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird
$24.95 Add to cartThe definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history
A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recogniti- Author: Jarrett, Gene Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0691254761
- Language: English
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The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
$27.95 Add to cartA world-renowned physicist seeks gravity’s true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life
Claudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with- Author: de Rham, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0691237484
- Language: English
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City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
$24.95 Add to cartA vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los Angeles
When Walter O’Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a- Author: Podair, Jerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192790
- Language: English
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Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
$30.60 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology–from its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today
In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun’s t- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0691183236
- Language: English
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Birds of the Greater Sundas, the Philippines, and Wallacea
$29.95 Add to cartA comprehensive illustrated guide to the birds of the Greater Sundas, the Philippines, and Wallacea
Birds of the Greater Sundas, the Philippines, and Wallacea is a comprehensive illustrated guide to t- Series: Princeton Illustrated Checklists
- Author: Arlott, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0691180628
- Language: English
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Symmetry
$18.95 Add to cartSymmetry is a classic study of symmetry in mathematics, the sciences, nature, and art from one of the twentieth century’s greatest mathematicians. Hermann Weyl explores the concept of symmetry beginni
- Series: Princeton Science Library #47
- Author: Weyl, Hermann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691173257
- Language: English
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The Analects: An Illustrated Edition
$22.95 Add to cartFor the first time in one volume, The Analects illustrated by bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai
C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold- Series: Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics #2
- Author: Confucius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 19 2018
- ISBN10: 0691179751
- Language: English
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Gamma: Exploring Euler’s Constant
$20.95 Add to cartAmong the many constants that appear in mathematics, π, e, and i are the most familiar. Following closely behind is y, or gamma, a constant that arises in many mathematical areas yet maintains a
- Series: Princeton Science Library #53
- Author: Havil, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0691178100
- Language: English
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Totally Random: Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics (a Serious Comic on Entanglement)
$22.95 Add to cartAn eccentric comic about the central mystery of quantum mechanics
Totally Random is a comic for the serious reader who wants to really understand the central mystery of quantum mechanics–entanglement- Author: Bub, Tanya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 0691176957
- Language: English
