Literatura obcojęzyczna Princeton University Press

The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science...

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments$2047and why we can't see it One in four American workers says their workplace is...

The renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius' second-century Latin novel "The Golden Ass", is one of the most charming fragments...

The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life--and even invented real automated machines...

This book presents the radically new theory of subjectivity found in the work of Jacques Lacan. Against the tide of post-structuralist thinkers...

A full-color illustrated guide to the natural history of the most poisonous plants on earthThis richly illustrated book provides an in-depth...

How America's vulnerable frontier allies--and American power--are being targeted żeby rival nationsFrom the Baltic to the South China Sea,...

Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought żeby nation-states,...

This revised, updated, and expanded second edition includes two new chapters on the political economy of the Obama era. One presents the...

In "It's About Time", N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education - after all, it is largely...

In this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Koerner casts the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and...

Mircea Eliade - one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic - shows that myth and symbol constitute...

Our universe seems strangely ''biophilic,'' or hospitable to life. Is this happenstance, providence, or coincidence$580 According to cosmologist...

Australia is home to a spectacular diversity of birdlife, from parrots and penguins to emus and vibrant passerines. Birds of Australia covers...

"Poems Under Saturn" is the first complete English translation of the collection that announced Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) as a poet of promise...

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West żeby imperial decree. During that time, a unique...

A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the YearNow in a comprehensively...

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

Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" is one of the most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this classic can be daunting...

Arguing that the ultimate resource is the human imagination coupled to the human spirit, Julian Simon led a vigorous challenge to conventional...

Why Piranesi's greatest works weren't his famous prints but rather the books for which he made themA draftsman, printmaker, architect, and...

China's breathtaking diversity of natural habitats--from mountains and deserts to grasslands and lush tropical forests--is home to more...

This landmark book explores the Great Mother as a primordial image of the human psyche. Here the renowned analytical psychologist Erich...

A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements...

The Description for this book, The Quotable Feynman, will be forthcoming.

How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens business, medicine, education, government "and the quality of our lives Today,...

The go-to photographic guide to all the insect orders of Britain and IrelandBritain's Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed...

How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens our schools, medical care, businesses, and governmentToday, organizations...

"Identity Economics" provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities - and not just...

A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever writtenIn a world where social media, online relationships, and...

This is the definitive treatment of the phenomenology of galaxies - a clear and comprehensive volume that takes full account of the extraordinary...

A comprehensive photographic guide to the world's gull speciesWith more than 50 gull species in the world, this family of seabirds poses...

The Neanderthals populated western Europe from nearly 250,000 to 30,000 years ago when they disappeared from the archaeological record....

In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval...

Revealing bold new ways to structure markets for the good of everyone, this book shows how the emancipatory force of genuinely open, free,...

"Early Modern Jewry" boldly offers a new history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam and Smyrna,...

Creativity, Competition, and the Partial Productivity of Constructions Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We...

A political history of environmental policy and regulation in California, from the Gold Rush to the presentOver the course of its 150-year...

According to Xenophon, Socrates tried to persuade his associate Aristippus to moderate his excessive indulgence in wine, women, and food,...

The sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic sociology's nineteenth-century...

In some religious countries, churches have drafted constitutions, restricted abortion, and controlled education. In others, church influence...

Applied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect...

Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership...

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What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many...

For many students, calculus can be the most mystifying and frustrating course they will ever take. "The Calculus Lifesaver" provides students...

This provocative book shows that Europe in the Middle Ages was as much a product of a process of conquest and colonization as it was later...

On a rainy day in May 1988, a lowland gorilla named Willie B. Stepped outdoors for the first time in twenty-seven years, into a new landscape...

The fungi realm has been called the "hidden kingdom," a mysterious world populated by microscopic dużes, gigantic mushrooms and toadstools,...

In 2009, Harper's Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest case ever to arise...

How important is luck in economic success$1045 No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly...

A major new collection from the winner of the 2019 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry Before Our Eyes gathers...

A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society In recent years, scientists...

Many historical processes are dynamic. Populations grow and decline. Empires expand and collapse. Religions spread and wither. Natural scientists...

Many blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market,...

How honeybees make collective decisions, and what humans can learn from this amazing democratic process.

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How referendums can diffuse populist tensions żeby putting power back into the hands of the people Propelled aby the belief that government...

In 1932, Wolfgang Pauli was a world-renowned physicist and had already done the work that would win him the 1945 Nobel Prize. He was also...

In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of...

Again available in paperback, this definitive work on the genius of Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is the result of twelve years of devoted...

Why people are not as gullible as we think. Not Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe-and argues...

We are taught to believe in originals. In art and architecture in particular, original objects vouch for authenticity, value, and truth,...

Antarctic Wildlife is the definitive identification guide to the birds and marine mammals of the Antarctic Peninsula, Drake Passage, and...

James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding...

Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election?...

The first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South AsiaThe first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was...

This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way...

Our economy may have recovered from the Great Recession--but not our economics. In The End of Theory, Richard Bookstaber, one of the world's...

A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly...

At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the...

The description for this book, Against Democracy, will be forthcoming.

Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient,...

Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story...

Since the Holocaust and the end of World War II, Europeans in particular have been consumed by remorse. But Pascal Bruckner argues that...

In the 1930s C. G. Jung embarked upon a bold investigation into childhood dreams as remembered by adults to better understand their significance...

A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behavior Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can...

A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's...

Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together aby their common concern for...

During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread...

The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety...

In Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of law--an issue...

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...

Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever...

The book presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective. Originally...

A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society In recent years, scientists...

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

A perennial bestseller aby eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid...

A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealthWhat is it that transforms a simple object, an idea, or a promise...

Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most important figures of the Renaissance....

Dream analysis is a distinctive and foundational part of analytical psychology, the school of psychology founded by C G Jung and his successors....

Art today is defined aby its relationship to money as never before. Prices have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional boundaries...

How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation...

In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's...

How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognition At the heart of human intelligence rests a fundamental...

The concept of opposing forces of good and evil expressed in a range of moral qualities - virtues and vices - is one of the dominant themes...

How does life work$277 How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean$278 How...

How to overcome barriers to the long-term investments that are essential for solving the world's biggest problems There has never been a...

More than half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to three-quarters żeby 2050. Urbanization...

Scott Page, a leading thinker, writer, and speaker whose ideas and advice are sought after aby corporations, nonprofits, universities, and...

From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions...

Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face:...

A new, improved and thoroughly updated edition of the bestselling photographic guide--the only one to cover every bird, in every plumage,...

In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the...

"In the vast literature of love, The Seducer's Diary is an intricate curiosity--a feverishly intellectual attempt to reconstruct an erotic...

Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power....

A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonIn this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher...

In The Soul of the World, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends the experience of the sacred against todays fashionable forms of atheism....

In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting...

"Guesstimation 2.0" reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything - quickly - and illustrates them using...

The ancient practice of alchemy thrived in Europe until the seventeenth century. CG Jung first turned to alchemy for personal illumination...

Picasso and Truth offers a breathtaking and original new look at the most significant artist of the modern era. From Pablo Picasso's early...

Sphinxes, hydras, chimeras, dragons, unicorns, griffins, sirens, and centaurs - fantastic animals can be found in works from Greek vases...

A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of beesMost of us are aware of the hive mind―the power of bees as an amazing collective....

In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci,...

The Quotable Jung is the single most comprehensive collection of Jung quotations ever assembled. It is the essential introduction for anyone...

The Story of Hebrew explores the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have invested it with a symbolic power...

China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another...

This is the first modern-style photographic field guide to the birds of Chile, an increasingly popular destination with birders and naturalists....

On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived...