Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all--from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel.
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. Drawing on previously neglected sources, economist Marc Levinson shows how the container transformed economic geography, devastating traditional ports such as New York and London and fueling the growth of previously obscure ones, such as Oakland. By making shipping so cheap that industry could locate factories far from its customers, the container paved the way for Asia to become the world's workshop and brought consumers a previously unimaginable variety of low-cost products from around the globe.
String beans, spaghetti, ZOOOOP, roast beef, fresh fish, chicken and ice cream are the delicious fare during the week in this popular children's song. Until Sunday. Then, all the world's children are invited to come together and share in the meal. Celebrated artist Eric Carle brings new energy to these much-loved verses as lively animals parade across the page, munching on favorite dishes, and introducing young readers to the names of the days of the week. Both art and song invite children to join in the procession and sing along.
The great modern classic of a brilliant rebel's personal exploration into the nature of consciousnessFeaturing a New Introduction by John Higgs"Cosmic Trigger deals with a process of deliberately induced brain change. This process
Discover the healing power of art therapyThe purposeful act of making art can be more than a creative outlet. It can also help individuals gain self-awareness, process difficult thoughts, and even ease the effects of past traumas. Essential Art Therapy Exercises, a cognitive behavioral therapy workbook, offers a range of creative activities to help you better understand yourself, develop control over your emotions, and aid the healing process.This well-reviewed art therapy workbook includes:Exercises for healing and self-discovery―75 strategic art therapy activities offer new opportunities for self-expression and tools for coping with mood and personality disorders.Supportive prompts and interactions―Each exercise includes an explanation of its purpose and potential outcomes along with a series of insightful post-activity questions.Judgment-free guidance―Learn the basics of different artistic techniques and mediums, like drawing, painting, and sculpting―no previous art experience necessary.Helpful supply lists and tips―Includes a complete list of the art supplies you’ll need for each art therapy project and advice on creating your own healing space.Find new peace and positivity with Essential Art Therapy Exercises.
Here Nobel laureate Feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to QED (namely, quantum electrodynamics), that part of quantum field theory describing the interactions of light with charged particles. Using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations, and his renowned "Feynman diagrams" instead of advanced mathematics, Feynman clearly and humorously communicates both the substance and spirit of QED to the layperson. A. Zee's introduction places Feynman's book and his seminal contribution to QED in historical context and further highlights Feynman's uniquely appealing and illuminating style.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 424, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Amy B. Zegart, ISBN-13: 9780691223070, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 224, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Verity Harding, ISBN-13: 9780691244877, Date of issue: 2024
The definitive history of Iran, from the ancient Persian empires to todayIran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. Iran's religious culture encompasses
Joyroom S-A42 USB-C USB-C cable 60W 1.2m blackThe Joyroom S-A42 cable is a gadget that stands out for its fast charging speed, durability and safe use. Its advanced design, damage resistance and intelligent voltage regulation make it a reliable choice for both home and office use. If you want fast, safe and long-lasting charging, the Joyroom S-A42 cable is an excellent choice.Fast chargingWith 60W Power Delivery (PD) technology, the Joyroom S-A42 cable allows you to quickly charge devices such as iPhone 15s, Samsung phones and tablets. Enjoy a full charge in a short period of time, saving your precious time and energy.Unmatched durability and flexibilityThe cable has undergone an advanced gradient coating process for added flexibility and resistance to damage. It has also been tested for more than 10,000 bends, proving its durability. Made from a 48-fiber nylon weave, the cable is resistant to snags and abrasion, offering up to 10 times the durability of standard cables.Advanced technology and performanceThe Joyroom S-A42 cable features a thicker copper core for express charging - up to six times faster than traditional cables. In addition, a smart chip built into the cable automatically regulates voltage and current, which minimizes heat generation, ensuring safety during charging.Safety at every stage of useAll components of the cable have been designed with user safety in mind. The terminals used have special protection against oxidation, and the cable features great durability. It supports a load of up to 7 kg, which provides additional stability and strength, even under heavy use. ManufacturerJoyroomModelS-A42Connector typeUSB-C to USB-CFunctioncharging/transmittingPowerPD 60WTransmission speed480MbpsMaterialABS + braided nylonCable length1.2 mColorBlack
"This little book is big fun."--Michael PollanAn illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy ringsFungipedia presents a delightful A-Z treasury of
Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. To the people who lived in that system the collapse seemed both completely unexpected and completely unsurprising. At the moment of collapse it suddenly became obvious that Soviet life had always seemed simultaneously eternal and stagnating, vigorous and ailing, bleak and full of promise. Although these characteristics may appear mutually exclusive, in fact they were mutually constitutive. This book explores the paradoxes of Soviet life during the period of 'late socialism' (1960's - 1980's) through the eyes of the last Soviet generation.Focusing on the major transformation of the 1950's at the level of discourse, ideology, language, and ritual, Alexei Yurchak traces the emergence of multiple unanticipated meanings, communities, relations, ideals, and pursuits that this transformation subsequently enabled. His historical, anthropological, and linguistic analysis draws on rich ethnographic material from Late Socialism and the post-Soviet period.The model of Soviet socialism that emerges provides an alternative to binary accounts that describe that system as a dichotomy of official culture and unofficial culture, the state and the people, public self and private self, truth and lie - and ignore the crucial fact that, for many Soviet citizens, the fundamental values, ideals, and realities of socialism were genuinely important, although they routinely transgressed and reinterpreted the norms and rules of the socialist state.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 224, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Tom Jackson,Andrew Hirst, ISBN-13: 9780691255996, Date of issue: 2024
Byron Barton introduces young readers to all different kinds of boats in this bold and colorful board book. With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers will learn about transportation by boat.Fishing boats and ferryboats.Sailboats and tugs.Boats on the water.Come aboard.Supports the Common Core State Standards.
What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a human pair? C. Kerenyi fills a gap in our knowledge of the religious history of Europe by responding to these questions. Examining the w
Children explore the many ways we use airplanes, from seaplanes to crop dusters to planes that write messages in the sky. With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers will learn about transportation by plane. Byron Barton's Planes "will delight the youngest, and have enough meat for older preschoolers and beginning readers."--Kirkus ReviewsSupports the Common Core State Standards
"Pale Fire" is regarded by many as Vladimir Nabokov's masterpiece. The novel has been hailed as one of the most striking early examples of postmodernism and has become a famous test case for theories about reading because of the apparent impossibility of deciding between several radically different interpretations. Does the book have two narrators, as it first appears, or one? How much is fantasy and how much is reality? Whose fantasy and whose reality are they? Brian Boyd, Nabokov's biographer and hitherto the foremost proponent of the idea that "Pale Fire" has one narrator, John Shade, now rejects this position and presents a new and startlingly different solution that will permanently shift the nature of critical debate on the novel. Boyd argues that the book does indeed have two narrators, Shade and Charles Kinbote, but reveals that Kinbote had some strange and highly surprising help in writing his sections. In light of this interpretation, "Pale Fire" now looks distinctly less postmodern - and more interesting than ever.In presenting his arguments, Boyd shows how Nabokov designed "Pale Fire" for readers to make surprising discoveries on a first reading and even more surprising discoveries on subsequent readings by following carefully prepared clues within the novel. Boyd leads the reader step-by-step through the book, gradually revealing the profound relationship between Nabokov's ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and metaphysics. If Nabokov has generously planned the novel to be accessible on a first reading and yet to incorporate successive vistas of surprise, Boyd argues, it is because he thinks a deep generosity lies behind the inexhaustibility, complexity, and mystery of the world. Boyd also shows how Nabokov's interest in discovery springs in part from his work as a scientist and scholar, and draws comparisons between the processes of readerly and scientific discovery. This is a profound, provocative, and compelling reinterpretation of one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 296, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Klaus Masuch,Luis Garicano, ISBN-13: 9780691271606, Date of issue: 2025
At the construction site the workers gather, their machines ready and waiting. A busy day is about to begin. Rhythmic text and bold, graphic illustrations convey all the energy and excitement of the day. Full color.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 432, Publishers: Seven Seas, Author: Tomoseshunsaku, ISBN-13: 9798893737998, Date of issue: 2026
This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. Kaufmann rehabilitated Nietzsche nearly single-handedly, presenting his works as one of the great achievements of Western philosophy. Responding to the powerful myths and countermyths that had sprung up around Nietzsche, Kaufmann offered a patient, evenhanded account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Without ignoring or downplaying the ugliness of many of Nietzsche's proclamations, he set them in the context of his work as a whole and of the counterexamples yielded by a responsible reading of his books. More positively, he presented Nietzsche's ideas about power as one of the great accomplishments of modern philosophy, arguing that his conception of the "will to power" was not a crude apology for ruthless self-assertion but must be linked to Nietzsche's equally profound ideas about sublimation.He also presented Nietzsche as a pioneer of modern psychology and argued that a key to understanding his overall philosophy is to see it as a reaction against Christianity. Many scholars in the past half century have taken issue with some of Kaufmann's interpretations, but the book ranks as one of the most influential accounts ever written of any major Western thinker. Featuring a new foreword by Alexander Nehamas, this Princeton Classics edition of Nietzsche introduces a new generation of readers to one the most influential accounts ever written of any major Western thinker.
Beside the sea, there once lived a cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a tiny little mouse. One warm, sunny morning--for no particular reason--they decided to go for a row in the bay. Do you know who sank the boat? "Funny . . . just right for the very young".--The New Yorker. An American Bookseller Pick of the List Book. Library of Congress Books for Children. Full color.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 144, Publishers: Image Comics, Author: Chris Condon, ISBN-13: 9781534318069, Date of issue: 2021
The first authoritative collection of drawings by legendary modern architect Lina Bo BardiLina Bo Bardi (1914-92) was one of the most prolific and visionary architects of the twentieth century. Raised in Italy under Mussolini's Fascist reg
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 928, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Karl Schlögel,Rodney Livingstone, ISBN-13: 9780691183749, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 392, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Mary Beard, ISBN-13: 9780691222363, Date of issue: 2021
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 416, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Christopher I. Beckwith, ISBN-13: 9780691240534, Date of issue: 2023
Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the decorative arts. In this important book, Roger Scruton calls for a return to first principles in contemporary architectural theory, contending that the aesthetic of architecture is, in its very essence, an aesthetic of everyday life. Aesthetic understanding is inseparable from a sense of detail and style, from which the appropriate, the expressive, the beautiful, and the proportionate take their meaning. Scruton provides incisive critiques of the romantic, functionalist, and rationalist theories of design, and of the Freudian, Marxist, and semiological approaches to aesthetic value. In a new introduction, Scruton discusses how his ideas have developed since the book's original publication thirty years ago, and he assesses the continuing relevance of his argument for the twenty-first century.
An illustrated guide to one of the most enduring masterworks of world literatureWritten in the eleventh century by the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a masterpiece of prose and poetry that is widely consi
From the best selling novel series by renouned author NISIOISIN, comes the manga adaptation of the Monogatari Series Artwork by Oh great. Koyomi Araragi and Kanbaru Suruga visit a shrine where they meet Nadeko Sengoku, a class mate of his sist
