Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience, including classicists, essayists, poets, and general readers. Beginning with the poet Sappho's invention of the word "bittersweet" to describe Eros, Carson's original and beautifully written book is a wide-ranging reflection on the conflicted nature of romantic love, which is both "miserable" and "one of the greatest pleasures we have."
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 416, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Keith Barnes,Iain Campbell, ISBN-13: 9780691244761, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 144, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Damion Searls, ISBN-13: 9780691243511, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 288, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Danna Staaf, ISBN-13: 9780691244303, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 224, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Peter J. F. Davie, ISBN-13: 9780691201719, Date of issue: 2021
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 208, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Julius Csotonyl,Sante Mazzei,Shuyu Hsu, ISBN-13: 9780691272436, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 240, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Shinichi Nakahara, ISBN-13: 9780691265209, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 464, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Egidio Viola, ISBN-13: 9780691250250, Date of issue: 2026
A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western PalearcticGulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have been relatively neglected in the ornithological literature. Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East offers the most up-to-date guide for gull identification in Europe and beyond. With a direct and visual approach, and an abundance of beautiful color photographs, this book provides thorough accounts of all species and subspecies of gulls found in the Western Palearctic. The guide compares similar taxa and addresses the complexities of identifying hybrids. Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East will be the standard work for identifying these birds for some time to come.Richly illustrated with nearly 1,400 color photographsThorough accounts of all species and subspecies of gulls found in the Western PalearcticUp-to-date information for easy and accurate identification of 45 species
The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life--and even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was cre
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 384, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: David Andrews,Tobias Uller,Nathalie Feiner,Marcus Feldman,Scott F. Gilbert, ISBN-13: 9780691262413, Date of issue: 2024
Easy escape into nature - 60 achivable walks with mapsLonely Planet's Best Day Hikes Spain is your passport to 60 easy escapes into nature. Stretch your legs away from the city by picking a hike that works for you, from just a couple of hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Explore the Pyrenees, hike along the coast, and marvel at Mallorca. Get to the heart of Spain and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet's Best Day Hikes Spain Travel Guide:Color maps and images throughoutSpecial features - on Spain's highlights for hikers, kid-friendly hikes, accessible trails and what to takeBest for... section helps you plan your trip and select hikes that appeal to your interestsRegion profiles cover when to go, where to stay, what's on, cultural insights, and local food and drink recommendations to refuel and refresh. Featured regions include:Pyrenees, Picos & Northern Spain, Galicia, the Mediterranean Coast, Central Spain, Andalucia, Mallorca & MenorcaEssential infoat your fingertips - hiking itineraries accompanied by illustrative maps are combined with details about hike duration, distance, terrain, start/end locations and difficulty (classified as easy, easy-moderate, moderate, moderate-hard, or hard)Over 60 mapsThe Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Best Day Hikes Spain, our most comprehensive guide to hiking in Spain, is perfect for those planning to explore Spain on foot.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 272, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: John Cassian,Jamie Kreiner, ISBN-13: 9780691208084, Date of issue: 2024
'The modern master of the hook and twist' Dan Brown'One of the world's finest thriller writers' Peter JamesA suburban wife and mother of two - with a dark and dangerous past. A promising photographer who now panders to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. A detective who can't let go of a cold case .. . Three ordinary people, who discover that when the past refuses to stay buried, the American dream can be a nightmare .
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 848, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Michael Cook, ISBN-13: 9780691236575, Date of issue: 2024
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 208, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Jhumpa Lahiri, ISBN-13: 9780691238616, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 288, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Andrei Sourakov,Rachel Warren Chadd, ISBN-13: 9780691228563, Date of issue: 2022
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 264, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Ben Yagoda, ISBN-13: 9780691262291, Date of issue: 2024
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 248, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Manon Garcia, ISBN-13: 9780691223209, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 216, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Darren Naish, ISBN-13: 9780691212029, Date of issue: 2021
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 400, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Guido Alfani, ISBN-13: 9780691215730, Date of issue: 2023
How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it ha
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 208, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Marshall Sahlins, ISBN-13: 9780691215921, Date of issue: 2022
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 160, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Robert Young, ISBN-13: 9780691260129, Date of issue: 2024
The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton Classics paperbackShamanism is an essential work on the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The founder of the modern study of the history of religion,
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 192, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Stephen Whitefield, ISBN-13: 9780691258645, Date of issue: 2025
A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealthWhat is it that transforms a simple object, an idea, or a promise to pay into an asset that creates wealth? Katharina Pistor explains how, behind closed doors in the
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 240, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: M Teague O'Mara, ISBN-13: 9780691265216, Date of issue: 2026
From the world’s leading expert on negotiation, an essential guide to negotiating in any situation—whether over Zoom, across political and cultural divides, or during a supply chain crisisThe world has changed dramatically in just the past few years—and so has the game of negotiation. COVID-19, Zoom, political polarization, the online economy, increasing economic globalization, and greater workplace diversity—all have transformed the who, what, where, and how of negotiation. Today, traditional negotiating tactics, while still effective, need to be tailored to vastly different situations and circumstances.In Negotiation: The Game Has Changed, legendary Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman, a pioneer in the field of negotiation, shows you how to negotiate successfully today by adapting proven negotiation principles and strategies to the challenging new contexts you face—from negotiating across cultural and political differences to trying to reach an agreement over Zoom or during a supply chain crisis. Negotiation offers a groundbreaking new way of thinking about the importance of the unique context of any negotiation—and when and how it should influence how you negotiate. At the same time, the book provides a concise and expert overview of essential negotiating techniques for anyone new to the subject or who wants a refresher.The result is a must-read—a powerful toolkit for successfully negotiating in a world where the game of negotiation has changed.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 256, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Eric H. Cline,Glynnis Fawkes, ISBN-13: 9780691213026, Date of issue: 2024
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 312, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Christopher Clark, ISBN-13: 9780691217321, Date of issue: 2021
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? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity's funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him "the stand-up Consul." How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero's essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide to how a well-timed joke can win over any audience. As powerful as jokes can be, they are also hugely risky. The line between a witty joke and an offensive one isn't always clear. Cross it and you'll look like a clown, or worse. Here, Cicero and Quintilian explore every aspect of telling jokes-while avoiding costly mistakes. Presenting the sections on humor in Cicero's On the Ideal Orator and Quintilian's The Education of the Orator, complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke examines the risks and rewards of humor and analyzes basic types that readers can use to write their own jokes. Filled with insight, wit, and examples, including more than a few lawyer jokes, How to Tell a Joke will appeal to anyone interested in humor or the art of public speaking.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 344, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, ISBN-13: 9780691263519, Date of issue: 2024
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern. We have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves. And we lack a conscientiously developed appreciation of what it means to us. In other words, as Harry Frankfurt writes, "we have no theory." Frankfurt, one of the world's most influential moral philosophers, attempts to build such a theory here. With his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity, psychological insight, and wry humor, Frankfurt proceeds by exploring how bullshit and the related concept of humbug are distinct from lying. He argues that bullshitters misrepresent themselves to their audience not as liars do, that is, by deliberately making false claims about what is true. In fact, bullshit need not be untrue at all. Rather, bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true. They quietly change the rules governing their end of the conversation so that claims about truth and falsity are irrelevant. Frankfurt concludes that although bullshit can take many innocent forms, excessive indulgence in it can eventually undermine the practitioner's capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying does not. Liars at least acknowledge that it matters what is true. By virtue of this, Frankfurt writes, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.
Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardHow 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapseIn How Progress Ends, Carl Benedikt Frey challenges the conventional belief that economic and technological progress is inevitable. For most of human history, stagnation was the norm, and even today progress and prosperity in the world’s largest, most advanced economies—the United States and China—have fallen short of expectations. To appreciate why we cannot depend on any AI-fueled great leap forward, Frey offers a remarkable and fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change.By examining key historical moments—from the rise of the steam engine to the dawn of AI—Frey shows why technological shifts have shaped, and sometimes destabilized, entire civilizations. He explores why some leading technological powers of the past—such as Song China, the Dutch Republic, and Victorian Britain—ultimately lost their innovative edge, why some modern nations such as Japan had periods of rapid growth followed by stagnation, and why planned economies like the Soviet Union collapsed after brief surges of progress. Frey uncovers a recurring tension in history: while decentralization fosters the exploration of new technologies, bureaucracy is crucial for scaling them.When institutions fail to adapt to technological change, stagnation inevitably follows. Only by carefully balancing decentralization and bureaucracy can nations innovate and grow over the long term—findings that have worrying implications for the United States, Europe, China, and other economies today. Through a rich narrative that weaves together history, economics, and technology, How Progress Ends reveals that managing the future requires us to draw the right lessons from the past.
This book is a guide to numerical methods for solving fluid dynamics problems. The most widely used discretization and solution methods, which are also found in most commercial CFD-programs, are described in detail. Some advanced topics, like moving grids, simulation of turbulence, computation of free-surface flows, multigrid methods and parallel computing, are also covered. Since CFD is a very broad field, we provide fundamental methods and ideas, with some illustrative examples, upon which more advanced techniques are built. Numerical accuracy and estimation of errors are important aspects and are discussed in many examples. Computer codes that include many of the methods described in the book can be obtained online. This 4th edition includes major revision of all chapters; some new methods are described and references to more recent publications with new approaches are included. Former Chapter 7 on solution of the Navier-Stokes equations has been split into two Chapters to allow for a more detailed description of several variants of the Fractional Step Method and a comparison with SIMPLE-like approaches. In Chapters 7 to 13, most examples have been replaced or recomputed, and hints regarding practical applications are made. Several new sections have been added, to cover, e.g., immersed-boundary methods, overset grids methods, fluid-structure interaction and conjugate heat transfer.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 304, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Donald Mackenzie, ISBN-13: 9780691217789, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 480, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Iain Campbell,Pete Morris, ISBN-13: 9780691245171, Date of issue: 2026
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 232, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Gillian Murphy, ISBN-13: 9780691257099, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 272, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Joshua N. Winn, ISBN-13: 9780691215471, Date of issue: 2023
