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The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaurs In just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book...

How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people-as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has...

A concise introduction to logic that teaches you not only how reasoning works, but why it works How Logic Works is an introductory logic textbook that is different by design. Rather than teaching...

Author: Jonathan BatePublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Oct 13, 2020Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691210144ISBN-13: 9780691210148

How local contexts help us understand why White voters in America?s heartland are shifting to the right Over the past several decades, predominantly White, postindustrial cities in America?s...

How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves During the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been...

Mixing memoir and visionary science, a leading astrophysicist?s groundbreaking personal account of her life and ideas Is the universe infinite or just really big? With this question, cosmologist...

An examination of how the Jews?real and imagined?so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways In...

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was secretary of correspondence for the emperor Hadrian and author of the multi-part biography, Lives of the Caesars. A landmark in the development of realistic...

How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)Author: NAPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Nov 02, 2021Number of Pages: 272...

How To Be A Friend: An Ancient Guide To True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom For Modern Readers)Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Oct 09, 2018Number of...

The philosopher, statesman, and moralist Plutarch of Chaeronia (first and early second centuries CE) begins his essay Political Advice, wherein he advises a man about how to embark upon a career in...

The first guide to urban birding in the UK, from The Urban Birder himself, David Lindo Urban birding is fast becoming ornithology?s new rock ?n? roll. Birds and birding have never been cooler?and...

How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)Author: Horace, Stephen HarrisonPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Oct 20,...

A selection of texts from the ancient physician and medical writer Galen, focused on what he can still teach us today about being healthy in body and mind--Author: GalenPublisher: Princeton...

In recent years, sexual fluidity has increasingly entered mainstream consciousness. However, the ancient Greeks got there long ago, and often with little angst and much wit, insight, and depth...

Drawing on ancient writers, from Aesop to Ovid, classicist and working farmer, Mark Usher compiles in this book an anthology of Greco-Roman passages illustrating how they thought about animals and...

How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Princeton Science Library, 108)Author: Beth ShapiroPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Sep 08, 2020Number of Pages: 256...

Proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class,...

Timeless wisdom on death and dying from the celebrated Stoic philosopher Seneca "It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die," wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC?65 AD). He...

How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others?and ourselves?more fairly and mercifully There are times when we?ve all felt that we haven?t been treated as we deserve?that we?ve been...

A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet...

Aristotle?s essential guide to human flourishing?the Nicomachean Ethics?in a lively new abridged translation Aristotle?s Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever...

A new translation of selections from the 5th century monk John Cassian's writings on ways to avoid distraction and enhance our concentration. Distraction is not just an artifact of the digital age,...

The only how to get over a relationship" guide in all of the ancient world"--Author: OvidPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Jun 04, 2024Number of Pages: 184 pagesLanguage:...

How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)Author: SenecaPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Oct 20, 2020Number of Pages: 288...

An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved one In 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from...

Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and...

A vibrant new translation of Seneca?s ?On the Shortness of Life,? a pointed reminder to make the most of our time Who doesn?t worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of...

How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)Author: AristotlePublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Nov 02, 2021Number of Pages: 168...