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It’s our last day at #AAA2025, hosted by @americananthro.bsky.social, but you still have time to stop by our booth (221)! We have fascinating new anthropology titles for you to browse and we’re giving out code EXH30 for 30% off (in the US & Canada) through 12/15! #Anthropology #AnthropologyInAction
Princeton University Press at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting 2025, booth 221
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We are thrilled to be in Boston for the @aarweb.bsky.social & @sblsite.bsky.social Annual Meeting! Come say hi to us at booth 704 and check out our latest religion titles. Plus, we're giving away code EXH30 for 30% off (in the US & Canada), valid through 12/15! #AARSBL25
Princeton University Press American Academy of Religion Conference, A Woman is Responsible for Everything, The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies, The Jewish South, Haman: A Biography, Islam: A New History
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Next week, 27 Nov at 7:30 pm GMT, see Sophie Maycock with @brighthink.bsky.social! She'll discuss her book, Shark, and her research into these misunderstood creatures, examining their biology, behavior, and cultural role in human history.

Get tickets for this in-person event! buff.ly/2oT3nI5
Shark: The Illustrated Biography by Daniel Abel and Sophie A. Maycock Sophie A. Maycock
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Australia friends! Head to @gleebooks.bsky.social next week, 28 Nov at 6:00pm AEDT, to hear @milleridriss.bsky.social talk with Zac Seidler about her book Man Up! Don't miss this opportunity to hear about one of our most pressing problems from an extremism expert.

RSVP is required: buff.ly/5ofLWWm
Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violet Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Book Launch with Zac Seidler, 28 November at 6:00 pm, Gleebooks Sydney
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Congratulations to Joseph Leo Koerner, whose book Art in a State of Siege was shortlisted for @apollo-magazine.com's Book of the Year award! This exceptional work explores how artists harness creativity to confront extreme cases of collective experience and conflict. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q03Vr2R30
Art in a State of Siege by Joseph Leo Koerner Joseph Leo Koerner
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Graveyards by @theprofrog.bsky.social is a lyrical, frequently unexpected account of the grave as a signpost to the afterlife, a site of remembrance and self-reflection, and an object of enduring fascination.

Out now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Heading to see Wicked: For Good today? 🩷💚

In honor of Oz's most famous duo, we've pulled together a few of our pink and green titles. Explore these—and many more—here:

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#Wicked #WickedForGood #Elphaba #Glinda #ReadUP
Two stacks of PUP books side by side. On the left is a stack of pink PUP books. On the right is a stack of green PUP books
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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In The Wake of HMS Challenger, Gillen D’Arcy Wood looks afresh at this legendary scientific odyssey and shows why, 150 years later, its legacy looms larger than ever.

Now available.

You can read a free preview of this lyrical and elegiac book here: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans' Decline by Gillen D’Arcy Wood
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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We're so excited to attend the @aarweb.bsky.social & @sblsite.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Boston, tomorrow through 11/25! Stop by booth 704 to browse our latest selection of religion books. Plus, enjoy 30% off (in the US & Canada) through 12/15 with code EXH30. We hope to see you there! #AARSBL25
Princeton University Press American Academy of Religion Conference, A Woman is Responsible for Everything, The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies, The Jewish South, Haman: A Biography, Islam: A New History
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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In Fixed, leading economists John Y. Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai reveal why today’s personal finance markets are rigged against us and offer practical steps to fix them.

Now available. Explore a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Economics #Finance #Econ
Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone by John Y. Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The holidays are almost here! Explore our gift guides and find something for everyone on your list. 🎁

From inspiring advice for living well to bite-sized books packed with big ideas, you’re sure to find the perfect gift every time:

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#GiftGuides #Books #ReadUP
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Head to @ucl-ias.bsky.social next week, 26 Nov at 6:00pm GMT, to hear Richard Ellis discuss his book, When Galaxies Were Born, a firsthand account of how scientists harnessed the world’s largest telescopes to decipher the history of the universe and witness cosmic dawn.

Learn more: buff.ly/MoKWGpL
When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn by Richard S. Ellis Richard S. Ellis
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Congratulations to @teflonbeltran.bsky.social, whose book, Code Work: Hacking across the US/México Techno-Borderlands, won the @saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social Book Prize! This award honors outstanding contributions to the anthropology of work.

Explore this groundbreaking title here: hubs.ly/Q03V2pHz0
Code Work: Hacking across the US/México Techno-Borderlands by Héctor Beltrán Héctor Beltrán
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The complete interviews that served as the basis for Jung’s bestselling memoir Memories, Dreams, Reflections.

Jung's Life and Work by C. G. Jung & Aniela Jaffé arrives December 2 (27 Jan UK pub).

Learn more & preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Jung #CGJung #Psychology
Jung's Life and Work: Interviews for Memories, Dreams, Reflections with Aniela Jaffé by C. G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé. Features a significant amount of material withheld from the original book. The complete interviews that served as the basis for Jung’s bestselling memoir Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Newly translated and thoroughly annotated by world-renowned Jung expert Sonu Shamdasani.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Peter Dear's The World as We Know It is a monumental historical account of how we came to see the world through the lens of science.

Out now (6 Jan UK pub).

Explore a free preview of this panoramic book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History #Science #Philosophy
The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science by Peter Dear. From the award-winning author of Revolutionizing the Sciences, a monumental historical account of how we came to see the world through the lens of science.
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Tomorrow (November 21st) at 12:30 pm EST, @nyu.edu's Remarque Institute welcomes @alybatt.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Free Gifts. Come have lunch and hear about capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature.

RSVP is required for this in-person event: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature by Alyssa Battistoni Alyssa Battistoni
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The courtroom drama that denied the legitimacy of slavery in late medieval Europe.

Magdalena Coline by Daniel Lord Smail is now available (13 Jan UK pub).

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History
Magdalena Coline: A Life Beyond Slavery in Mediterranean Europe by Daniel Lord Smail
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Next week, 25 Nov at 2:00 pm GMT, @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social welcomes Amanda Rubin for a discussion with Devorah Baum on The Third Reich of Dreams, Charlotte Beradt’s archive of the dreams of Berliners living under the Nazi regime.

This is a free, hybrid event. Register here: buff.ly/sRf2RLR
The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation by Charlotte Beradt
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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In Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time, Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides the definitive biography of this exceptional empress, situating her within her time while dispelling the myths surrounding her.

Now in #paperback. Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. "A monumental feat of scholarship that represents the first comprehensive reappraisal of the empress' life and legacy since the mid-19th century." - A. Wess Mitchell, Wall Street Journal
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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We are thrilled to be in New Orleans for the @americananthro.bsky.social Annual Meeting #AAA2025! Come say hi to us at booth 221 and check out our latest anthropology titles. Plus, we're giving away code EXH30 for 30% off (in the US & Canada), valid through 12/15! #Anthropology #AnthropologyInAction
Princeton University Press at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2025, The Anthropology of White Supremacy, Native America, The Criminal Record Complex, Sex is a Spectrum, Animals Robots Gods.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The #paperback edition of Maria Theresa by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is now available worldwide!

This book is a major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.

Learn more:
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#History #MariaTheresa
Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. "A monumental feat of scholarship that represents the first comprehensive reappraisal of the empress' life and legacy since the mid-19th century." - A. Wess Mitchell, Wall Street Journal
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Congratulations to Dagmar Herzog, whose book The Question of Unworthy Life won the @disability-history.bsky.social's Outstanding Book Award! This title exposes the dark history of eugenic thought in Germany from the nineteenth century to today—and the courageous countervoices

Read more: dishist.org
The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century by Dagmar Herzog Dagmar Herzog
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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How late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities and formed village clans.

Becoming Arab by Yossef Rapoport is now available (13 Jan UK pub).

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History
Becoming Arab: The Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East by Yossef Rapoport
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Uncover the captivating story behind a single photograph—a child named Sophie Mousseau at the heart of a famous moment in #American #history. Martha A. Sandweiss spent years piecing together Sophie’s identity and journey.

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November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The intellectual biography of a Victorian Liberal polymath.

Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect by H. S. Jones is out now (13 Jan UK pub).

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History #JamesBryce #Biography
Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect by H.S. Jones
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM