Literatura obcojęzyczna Princeton University Press

The first field guide to all of the world’s major land habitats―richly illustrated and packed with essential information to help you get...

This is the acclaimed central volume of the definitive biography of Franz Kafka. Reiner Stach spent more than a decade working with over...

The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural...

Democracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all$627...

When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published - "godless,"...

Here Kristin Thompson 'defamiliarizes' the reader with eleven different films. Developing the technique formulated in her Eisenstein's 'Ivan...

Game Theory in Action is an undergraduate textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents...

This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth...

'Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition...Corbin, like Scholem and Jonas, is remembered as a scholar of genius....

A new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotions in humans and animalsThe Neuroscience of Emotion presents a new framework for...

These essays żeby the famous analytical psychologist and student of creativity, Erich Neumann belong in the context of the depth psychology...

This illustrated book vividly depicts the most endangered birds in the world and provides the latest information on the threats each species...

Originally delivered as the prestigious Mellon Lectures on the Fine Arts in 1995, After the End of Art remains a classic of art criticism...

The go-to photographic guide to all the damselflies and dragonflies recorded in Europe, including the Macaronesian Islands and western TurkeyEurope's...

Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper...

Since its first publication in 1990, "Brahms and His World" has become a key text for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in...

A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in Prague In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to...

If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we...

Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as the most important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter...

In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand....

The West Indies, stretching from Grand Bahama in the north to Grenada in the south, is home to more than 550 bird species. "Birds of the...

The description for this book, A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law, will be forthcoming.

In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion,...

Prudentius' Psychomachia, written about A.D. 405, has been studied aby classicists, medievalists, and general literary historians. Nevertheless,...

This pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using innovative...

The essential lifesaver for students who want to master probabilityFor students learning probability, its numerous applications, techniques,...

One of the century's most influential philosophers assesses a movement that changed the course of history in this unedited transcript of...

Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics. But how many people realize that physics can be used to produce many astonishing...

As the current recession ends, many workers will not be returning to the jobs they once held - those jobs are gone. In "The New Division...

Music is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said "musical...

The Description for this book, Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception, will be forthcoming.

Elements of Mathematics takes readers on a fascinating tour that begins in elementary mathematics - but, as John Stillwell shows, this subject...

"On War" is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy....

Here is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired aby the enormously popular introductory...

The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States....

When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic...

An acclaimed illustrated guide to the world's carnivores--now in an expanded and thoroughly updated new editionThis is an expanded and fully...

An essential introduction to the theory of exoplanetary atmospheresThe study of exoplanetary atmospheres--that is, of planets orbiting stars...

Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence...

Financial market behavior and key trading strategies-illuminated aby interviews with top hedge fund experts Efficiently Inefficient describes...

In August 1938 George F. Kennan was assigned as Secretary of Legation in Prague. After the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939,...

A dollar is a dollar--or so most of us believe. Indeed, it is part of the ideology of our time that money is a single, impersonal instrument...

What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? These questions are vital to...

Fredric Jameson's survey of Structuralism and Russian Formalism is, at the same time, a critique of their basic methodology. He lays bare...

What modern economics can tell us about ancient Rome The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably...

The dead tell no tales. Or do they? In this fascinating book, Clark Spencer Larsen shows that the dead can speak to us - about their lives,...

The description for this book, The League of Arab States: A Study in Dynamics of Regional Organization, will be forthcoming.

What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke...

The description for this book, Solid Propellant Rockets, will be forthcoming.

From one of the great modern writers, the acclaimed lectures in which he draws on a lifetime of experience to take the measure of Shakespeare's...

In brute-force struggles for survival, such as the two World Wars, disorganization and divisions within an enemy alliance are to one's own...

Real analysis is difficult. For most students, in addition to learning new material about real numbers, topology, and sequences, they are...

A landmark work of literary criticismNorthrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism is the magnum opus of one of the most important and influential...

Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any...

Niccolň Machiavelli (1469-1527) is the father of modern political thought, but he is also one of the greatest writers of the Renaissance...

Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government,...

The description for this book, The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition, will be forthcoming.

"How to Win an Election" is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist...

Containing 146 stunning color photos, Animals of the Serengeti is a remarkable look at the mammals and reptiles most likely to be encountered...

In this groundbreaking book, renowned art historian Hans Belting proposes a new anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making....

The essential primer for physics students who want to build their physical intuitionPresented in A. Zee's incomparably engaging style, this...

Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government,...

An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic żeby a leading figure of film criticism First published in 1947, From...

The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than...

New Guinea, the largest tropical island, supports a spectacular bird fauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, kingfishers,...

The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise...

The Sorcerer's Apprentice might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter. As this anthology reveals,...

In this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field--its principal achievements,...

The description for this book, The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology, will be forthcoming.

Western Ecuador is famed for its astonishingly diverse birdlife, from colorful hummingbirds and outrageous toucans to more difficult groups...

When fairy tales moved from workrooms, taverns, and the fireside into the nursery, they not only lost much of their irreverent, earthy humor...

Why we need to stop wasting public funds on educationDespite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative--education is grossly overrated....

What Can Be Computed$86 is a uniquely accessible yet rigorous introduction to the most profound ideas at the heart of computer science....

An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides's History that takes readers to...

Ideal for the nature-loving traveler, Wildlife of Australia is a handy photographic pocket guide to the most widely seen birds, mammals,...

Using clear, sharp analysis and comprehensive data, Reinhart and Rogoff document that financial fallouts occur in clusters and strike with...

An essential introduction to the philosophy of biologyThis is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of...

Game theory, the formalized study of strategy, began in the 1940s by asking how emotionless geniuses should play games, but ignored until...

A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful...

In this title, Jan Gross describes the terrors of the Soviet occupation of the lands that made up eastern Poland between the two world wars:...

The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universeThe Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe...

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics...

Revised and updated second edition of this beautifully illustrated photographic field guide. Accessible, authoriative and easy to use.

The description for this book, A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic, will be forthcoming.

Translation of: Kafka, die Jahre der Erkenntnis.

This book shows that the secret of our success lies not in our innate intelligence, but in our collective brains - on the ability of human...

This is the best-selling field guide that 'sets new standards' ("New Scientist") and 'makes all other field guides for mammals of the United...

The fascinating untold story of how Nazi architects and planners envisioned and began to build a model "Aryan" society in Norway during...

In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and...

Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking...

From Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a groundbreaking account of how stories help drive...

Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country...

The last decade has brought dramatic changes in the way that researchers analyze economic and financial time series. This book synthesizes...

The modern ecologist usually works in both the field and laboratory, uses statistics and computers, and often works with ecological concepts...

Essential reading for understanding the international economy--now thoroughly updated Lucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly...

Alban Berg and His World is a collection of essays and source material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese musical modernism....

The Description for this book, Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History, will be forthcoming.

A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. A Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. Saddam Hussein chooses Frank Sinatra's "My Way" as the theme song...

Mainland Ecuador's spectacular wildlife makes it a magnet for nature tourists, but until now there hasn't been a go-to, all-in-one guide...

The description for this book, Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, will be forthcoming.

Most attempts to explain market failures seek to pinpoint triggering mechanisms that occur hours, days, or weeks before the collapse. Sornette...

Dintersmith offers an inspiring vision of what teachers and students can accomplish if trusted with the challenge of developing the skills...

Describing dreams as communications from the unconscious, this title explains how the symbols that occur in dreams compensate for repressed...

Ever since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible...

This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs...

From Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a new way to think about how popular stories help...

Timeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman Seneca In his essay "On...

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately...

Putting his feet to the test, he decided that the only way to truly understand New York was to walk virtually every block of all five boroughs...

Scattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus--and...

In this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned...

When John Nash won the Nobel prize in economics in 1994, many people were surprised to learn that he was alive and well. Since then, Sylvia...

This book provides the first clear, comprehensive, and accessible account of complex adaptive social systems, aby two of the field's leading...

The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's...

This is the most comprehensive anthology of Sren Kierkegaard's works ever assembled in English. Drawn from the volumes of Princeton's authoritative...

The most complete and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world's canidsThis stunningly illustrated and easy-to-use field guide...

An original history of psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs and the people who made them Advances in...

Bovids are a diverse group of ruminant mammals that have hooves and unbranched hollow horns. Bovids of the World is the first comprehensive...

Illustrates and describes 1,250 bird species of South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe....