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How an iconic bird?s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on...

In the Last Plantation, James Jones uses the plantation metaphor to investigate how Congress operates as a racialized governing institution, a state body organized through racism that imposes the...

A masterful new translation of one of Kierkegaard's most engaging works In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to let go of earthly concerns by considering the lilies of the field and...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-sized exploration of the world?s beetles Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly...

Author: Steven S. Gubser, Frans PretoriusPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Oct 10, 2017Number of Pages: 200 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 0691163723ISBN-13:...

The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universe The Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe on the grandest scales imaginable. Written by one of the...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of dinosaurs Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any dinosaur lover. Expertly written and...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world?s fungi Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-sized exploration of the world?s spiders Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly...

Author: Steven S. GubserPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Mar 18, 2010Number of Pages: 184 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 0691142890ISBN-13: 9780691142890

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-sized exploration of the world?s trees Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world?s weather Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile anyone who is curious about...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world?s whales Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly...

The Lives Of Animals (The University Center For Human Values Series, 43)Author: J. M. CoetzeePublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Oct 04, 2016Number of Pages: 144 pagesLanguage:...

A beautifully illustrated guide to the vibrant and richly diverse world of bees The Lives of Bees provides a one-of-a-kind look at the life and natural history of bees. Blending stunning photographs...

A beautifully illustrated introduction to the lives of butterflies around the world There are more than fifteen thousand butterfly species in the world, fluttering through a wide variety of habitats...

A richly illustrated guide to lichens and their biology Existing at the margins of life, lichens are the result of symbiotic relationships between fungi and photosynthesizing partners in the form of...

A passionate, wry, and personal book about how the greatest works of literature illuminate our lives Why do we read literature? For Arnold Weinstein, the answer is clear: literature allows us to...

A beautifully illustrated guide to the natural history and breathtaking diversity of spiders around the world Spiders are dominant predators in virtually every terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. A...

The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing The Next 100,000 Years Of Earth??º??s Climate (Princeton Science Library, 98)Author: David ArcherPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Mar 22,...

The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to today The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry?and...

A major new account of the most intensely creative years of Luther's career The Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and...

Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics--imagine where we'd be today if Einstein and Newton didn't have the math to back up their ideas. But how many people realize that physics...

How a modern radio works, told through mathematics, history, and selected puzzles The modern radio is a wonder, and behind that magic is mathematics. In The Mathematical Radio, Paul Nahin explains...

Explaining the mathematics of cryptography The Mathematics of Secrets takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematics behind cryptography?the science of sending secret messages. Using a wide...

The French folklorist and Breton-language poet François-Marie Luzel (1826-1895) published several volumes of Breton tales that he collected in Brittany and translated into French. Unlike many...

Since the beginning of the Black Lives Matter Movement in 2014, police brutality, police violence, and police reform have emerged as central public policy concerns, and throughout that time,...

What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world?and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the Northern...

First published in a slight different form in Great Britain in 2019 by Profile Books Ltd.--Title page verso.Author: John BurnsidePublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: April 06,...

Economics professor and amateur detective Henry Spearman tackles a mystery where the price of art is murder In The Mystery of the Invisible Hand, Henry Spearman, an economics professor with a knack...