Princeton University Press
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The Key to Everything: May Swenson, a Writer’s Life
$29.95 Add to cartAn intimate portrait of the twentieth-century American poet
May Swenson (1913-1989) was one of the most important and original poets of the twentieth century. The Key to Everything is a biography of t- Author: Brucia, Margaret a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0691247234
- Language: English
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The West: The History of an Idea
$39.95 Add to cartA comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West
How did “the West” come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did “Westerners” beg- Author: Varouxakis, Georgios
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 069117718X
- Language: English
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On Elizabeth Bishop
$16.95 Add to cartA compelling portrait of a beloved poet from one of today’s most acclaimed novelists
In this book, novelist Colm T?ib?n offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most im- Series: Writers on Writers #7
- Author: TóibÃn, Colm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271046
- Language: English
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Fairey-Isms
$16.95 Add to cartA revealing collection of quotations from the world-renowned artist and political activist behind the iconic Obama “Hope” poster and the “Obey Giant” street-art campaign
Shepard Fairey is one of today- Series: Isms
- Author: Fairey, Shepard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271410
- Language: English
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Bugwatching: The Art, Joy, and Importance of Observing Insects
$22.95 Add to cartDiscover the pleasures of watching insects with this fun, informative, and marvelously illustrated how-to guide
Insects are the most abundant wildlife on the planet–but also the least observed. This- Author: Eaton, Eric R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691264007
- Language: English
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Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
$22.95 Add to cartA major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian ag- Author: Costa, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0691233802
- Language: English
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Ben Shahn, on Nonconformity
$45.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated new exploration of the painting, photography, and illustration of the politically progressive American artist
Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity offers a fresh and wide-ranging account- Author: Katzman, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 0691273111
- Language: English
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Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and Future of the Euro
$35.00 Add to cartHow the euro survived a series of crises, and how to make it more resilient
The euro has survived crises unimagined at its founding: the financial meltdown of 2007-2009, the sovereign debt crisis of 2- Author: Cochrane, John H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271607
- Language: English
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A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi
$19.95 Add to cartThe first book of poems by the great Japanese surrealist to be published in English
In 1923, Shuzo Takiguchi’s first year at Tokyo’s Keio University was cut short by the Great Kanto Earthquake, which- Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation #156
- Author: Takiguchi, Shuzo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691263884
- Language: English
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Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers
$24.95 Add to cartAn entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths
“This book is a triumph! . . . [A] magnificent retelling of the Greek myths.”–Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency ser- Author: Johnston, Sarah Iles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0691239878
- Language: English
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Leonardo Da Vinci: An Untraceable Life
$37.00 Add to cartHow our image of the Renaissance’s most famous artist is a modern myth
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) never signed a painting, and none of his supposed self-portraits can be securely ascribed to his ha- Author: Campbell, Stephen J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691193681
- Language: English
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The Artist’s Palette
$39.95 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated look at the paints and palettes used by many of the world’s greatest artists from the sixteenth century to today
What can the palette an artist used or depicted tell us about- Author: Loske, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691263965
- Language: English
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Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Biography
$24.95 Add to cartThe life and times of Dante’s soaring poetic allegory of the soul’s redemptive journey toward God
Written during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy describes t- Author: Luzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691156778
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Trees
$14.95 Add to cartA charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s trees
Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written- Series: Little Books of Nature
- Author: Shugart, Herman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0691251797
- Language: English
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The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics
$35.00 Add to cartA major history from the Founding to our embittered present that “explains the void” (Politico) at the center of America’s political parties
Featured on The Ezra Klein Show and The Weekly Show with Jon- Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics #200
- Author: Schlozman, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0691248559
- Language: English
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Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI
$27.95 Add to cartHow society can shape individual actions in times of uncertainty
When we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, “guardrails” that guide our decisions, like the laws and rules that- Author: Gasser, Urs
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691150680
- Language: English
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On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud
$29.95 Add to cartA collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers
With original contributions by Andr? Aciman – Sarah Boxer – Jennifer- Author: Blauner, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0691242437
- Language: English
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Ferns, Spikemosses, Clubmosses, and Quillworts of Eastern North America
$29.95 Add to cartA comprehensive, richly illustrated photographic field guide to the ferns and lycophytes of the eastern United States and Canada
This is a comprehensive photographic field guide to the ferns, spikemos- Series: Princeton Field Guides #150
- Author: Sessa, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691219451
- Language: English
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Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes
$29.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew Bible
Who wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, with Ezra as editor. An- Author: Schniedewind, William M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0691233179
- Language: English
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Liberalism as a Way of Life
$29.95 Add to cartWhy liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life–and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more seriously
Where do you get your v- Author: Lefebvre, Alexandre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691203741
- Language: English
