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Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image by Jack Hartnell

Jack Hartnell

Next week, 17 Nov at 6:00pm GMT, @oldoptheatre.bsky.social welcomes Jack Hartnell for a discussion of his book, Wound Man, tracing the emergence and endurance of this striking image, used as a visual guide to the treatment of many ailments.

Get tickets for this in-person event here: buff.ly/akqlTOO

Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

@milleridriss.bsky.social has free, English-language events in Germany this week! Come learn how misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence.

Tomorrow, 11 Nov, 7:00pm CET at @unituebingen.bsky.social: hubs.ly/Q03R6YGW0
16 Nov, 3:30pm CET with Amerikazentrum Hamburg: hubs.ly/Q03R6YL70

Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right by Laura K. Field

Laura K. Field

Next week, Nov 16 at 5:00pm EST, Busboys and Poets welcomes @lkatfield.bsky.social for a free, in-person discussion of her book Furious Minds. With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Field will explore the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump's agenda. RSVP: buff.ly/QNeevN6

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity by Michael A. Cook. A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era

Michael A. Cook's A History of the Muslim World is a panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era.

Now available in #paperback in North America (6 Jan UK pub).

Explore a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#History

The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation by Charlotte Beradt

Next week, 11/16 at 6:30pm EST, the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg welcomes Amanda Rubin for a talk on Charlotte Beradt's The Third Reich of Dreams.

Learn how Beradt's dream documentation during Hitler's rise allows entry into a traumatized nation's collective unconscious: buff.ly/K5GdeAt

Paperback cover of Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living by John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle

Henry at Work by John Kaag & Jonathan van Belle invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of #HenryDavidThoreau that has often been overlooked: Thoreau the worker.

Now in #paperback, read a free sample of this insightful book: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Thoreau

Proof that the less you know the smarter you are No one likes a know it all, and now we know why we find them quite so annoying

@arnoudvisser.bsky.social’s On Pedantry is “a useful warning for those inclined to advertise their own cleverness” says @dailymail.co.uk. Read more here:

The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People by Paul Seabright. A novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world.

Now in #paperback, Paul Seabright's The Divine Economy is a novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world.

Check out a free sample of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Sociology

Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature by Alyssa Battistoni

Alyssa Battistoni

Next week, 14-16 November, is Rebel's Marxism Conference! Don't miss PUP author @alybatt.bsky.social, who will speak on the 15th at 11:00 am GMT about her book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.

See the full lineup and get tickets here: rebelnews.ie/marxism-time...

Edina Paleviq's MUST READ: Patrica Owen's Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. It debunks the familiar portrayal of male thinkers in IR as only a partial story reflecting a structural distortion in how the discipline remembers its past.

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Don't miss @hyperallergic.com 's review of Roger Luckhurt's Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead.

@theprofrog.bsky.social #literature #gothic

A Brief Art History of Grief Scholar Roger Luckhurt’s richly illustrated book chronicles the ways we memorialize the dead across the world, tracing burial practices from Ancient Greece to the present day.

“Observed rituals give us a cultural framework in which to mourn the dead, but they are also there to stop us being pulled down into the earth with our beloved dead at our rawest moment of grief.” —Roger Luckhurt, author of Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead

The best of worlds when reviewers get your main point! Yes, OVERINVESTED shows that demands of modern parenting are unsustainable.
Very grateful to Kirkus Reviews. Book releases on January 20.
@princetonupress.bsky.social

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Why Squirrels Drive Us Absolutely Nuts | The Walrus They’re tiny agents of chaos and they know it

An excerpt from SQUIRREL - my latest (and first) nonfiction book for adult readers! Hope you enjoy this bite!

@islandpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
@andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🐿️🌍 Natural History

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This feels like a title I should add to my Anna Karenina Retelling research (so of course I'm gonna add it!)

Also, I just miss writing and talking all about such fun Astro things.

The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism by Minxin Pei

Minxin Pei

Tomorrow (November 9th) at 6:00 pm EST, head to JF Books to hear Minxin Pei discuss his book, The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism, and the country's great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping.

This event is free and in Chinese. RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Back to the Moon: The Next Giant Leap for Humankind by Joseph Silk. A scientist’s inspiring vision of our return to the Moon as humanity’s next thrilling step in space exploration.

Now in #paperback, Back to the Moon is astrophysicist Joseph Silk’s persuasive and impassioned case for putting scientific discovery at the forefront of lunar exploration.

Read a free preview of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Astronomy #Moon #Astrophysics

Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature by Miriam Udel

Miriam Udel

Miriam Udel, author of Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature, has two talks this week! Learn how these overlooked works shaped contemporary Jewish identity
Nov 9, 5:00pm EST at Lehrhaus: hubs.ly/Q03R6bbD0
Nov 11, 7:30pm EST at Congregation Shearith Israel: hubs.ly/Q03R6bRg0

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi. "Illuminating....a tightly argued case for how the “Great Awokening” is neither particularly novel nor particularly helpful to the marginalized and disenfranchised of American society."—Carrie McKean, Christianity Today.

We Have Never Been Woke is now available in #paperback!

In this book, Musa al-Gharbi reveals how a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged.

Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders—And How We Can Change That by Nicole C. Rust

Nicole C. Rust

Next week, Nov 15 at 2:00 pm PST, join the Burbank Public Library in welcoming @nicolecrust.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Elusive Cures, and what must change in order to find revolutionary treatments for brain disorders, in conversation with Markus Meister.

Learn more: buff.ly/KxWRFOu

Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland. Fifth Edition: Fully revised and updated by Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash

The fifth edition of Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland by Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash is now available worldwide!

Explore a free preview of this stunning book: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Nature #PUPNature #Dragonflies #ReadUP

Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, A Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need by David Edmonds

David Edmonds

Next week, 15 Nov at 11:00 am GMT, David Edmonds joins Blackwell's Bookshop for the Philosophy in the Bookshop series, where he'll discuss Singer's classic thought experiment and how it shapes how we live in a world in which terrible suffering persists.

Register for this free event: buff.ly/22yqqHO

The Diversity of Morals by Steven Lukes. How to make sense of the divergence between philosophers’ quest for a single morality and social scientists’ assumption that there are multiple moralities.

The Diversity of Morals is now available worldwide!

In this book, Steven Lukes examines how to make sense of the divergence between philosophers’ quest for a single morality & social scientists’ assumption that there are multiple moralities.

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

Anxiety over school admissions isn’t limited to college – parents of young children are also feeling pressure, some more acutely than others Women often see their choice of school as a reflection of whether they are good moms, while parents of color feel pressure to find a racially inclusive school.

Why does school choice create anxiety in parents, with some experiencing this pressure a bit more acutely than others? Read this piece by @bail3y.bsky.social, author of Kindergarten Panic, in @us.theconversation.com:

Devotion to the Administrative State: Religion and Social Order in Egypt by Mona Oraby

Mona Oraby

Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics by Toni Alimi

Toni Alimi

Congratulations Mona Oraby and Toni Alimi, who are finalists for @aarweb.bsky.social Book Awards!
Devotion to the Administrative State, Excellence in the Study of Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies: hubs.ly/Q03QP0030
Slaves of God, Best First Book in the History of Religions: hubs.ly/Q03QP0j50

Police Against the Movement w/ Joshua Clark Davis | KPFA On today’s show, we speak with Joshua Clark Davis, author of the book Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back– A bold retelling of the…

Listen: @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social, author of Police Against the Movement, speaks with Cat Brooks for @kpfa.org’s Law & Disorder: kpfa.org/episode/law-...

Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature by Alyssa Battistoni

Alyssa Battistoni

Next week, Nov 13 at 7:00 pm EST, @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social welcomes @alybatt.bsky.social, author of Free Gifts! She will be in conversation with Nafis Hasan and Ajay Singh Chaudhar about why capitalism regards nature as free for the taking.

RSVP for this free, in-person event: buff.ly/682aXCs

‘How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past,’ an excerpt Part scientific exploration, part memoir, Steve Ramirez’s new book delves into the study of memory manipulation and his personal journey of discovery, friendship and grief.

Enjoy a sneak peek of @okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory on @thetransmitter.bsky.social:

We're Hiring! featuring orange PUP logo

We're #hiring! PUP seeks a Publishing Manager (US – Remote or Hybrid) to oversee the full lifecycle of book projects, working closely with leaders & staff to ensure optimal publishing workflows, accurate data & schedules, & effective collaboration.

Apply today: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...