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Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System – Updated and Expanded Edition
$22.95 Add to cartThe indispensable guide to the night sky–now in a newly updated and expanded edition
In this newly updated and expanded edition of their classic work, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion illuminate the night- Series: Princeton Field Guides #114
- Author: Ridpath, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 3, 2017
- ISBN10: 0691177880
- Language: English
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated
$18.95 Add to cartA bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the “Sea Peoples” invaded Egypt. The pharaoh’s army and navy managed to defeat them, but th- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #1
- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691208018
- Language: English
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Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World
$35.00 Read moreA riveting history of vampire panics across cultures and down through the millennia–and why killing the dead is better than killing the living
Killing the Dead provides the first in-depth, global acc- Author: Blair, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 069122479X
- Language: English
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AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
$16.95 Add to cartFrom two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI–and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products
Confused about AI and worried about what it means- Author: Narayanan, Arvind
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0691249148
- Language: English
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Zen and Japanese Culture
$27.95 Add to cartZen and Japanese Culture is a classic that has influenced generations of readers and played a major role in shaping conceptions of Zen’s influence on Japanese traditional arts. In simple and poetic la… [more below]
- Author: Jaffe, Richard M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0691182965
- Language: English
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Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians
$34.00 Add to cartA comprehensive guide to the mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians
This is the first book to help general readers recognize 200 common mosses of the Northeast and the Appalachian Mountains. With ju- Series: Princeton Field Guides #86
- Author: McKnight, Karl B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: February 25 2013
- ISBN10: 0691156964
- Language: English
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Gemstones: A Concise Reference Guide
$19.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated guide to the gemstones of the world
Gemstones have been a source of delight and fascination for thousands of years, from the icy brilliance of diamond and the soft iridescence of- Author: Hansen, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0691214484
- Language: English
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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory – 100th Anniversary Edition
$17.95 Add to cartA handsome annotated edition of Einstein’s celebrated book on relativity
After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote Relativity. Inte- Author: Einstein, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 12, 2019
- ISBN10: 0691191816
- Language: English
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Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle. (from Vol. 8. of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung)
$11.95 Add to cartJung was intrigued from early in his career with coincidences, especially those surprising juxtapositions that scientific rationality could not adequately explain. He discussed these ideas with Albert
- Series: Bollingen
- Author: Jung, C. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0691150508
- Language: English
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
$21.95 Add to cartThe original vision of Grimms’ tales in English for the first time
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children’s and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no- Author: Grimm, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: October 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0691173222
- Language: English
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Birds of Eastern North America: A Photographic Guide a Photographic Guide
$19.95 Read moreThe finest, most lavishly illustrated photographic guide to the birds of eastern North America
Combining informative and accessible text, up-to-date maps, and–above all–stunning color photographs, t- Series: Princeton Field Guides #55
- Author: Sterry, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 11, 2009
- ISBN10: 069113426X
- Language: English
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Joseph Beuys and History
$37.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking study of one of the most important and influential artists of the postwar period
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century–and one of- Author: Spaulding, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0691279543
- Language: English
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Wild Orcas: A Deep Dive Into the World of Killer Whales
$35.00 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated look at wild orcas
Of the world’s iconic predatory species, orcas are among the most fearsome. Their awesome physical power combined with their cooperative hunting skills and- Author: Strager, Hanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 069126984X
- Language: English
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Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945-50
$45.00 Add to cartA fascinating examination of a formative time in the iconic artist’s career
In 1948, Willem de Kooning held his first solo exhibition, at age forty-four, at the Charles Egan Gallery in New York City.- Series: Publications of the Art Museum, Princeton University
- Author: Elderfield, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 0691973962
- Language: English
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Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark
$29.95 Add to cart“A deeply stylish, astute, and illuminating portrait of a fascinating writer.”–Francesca Wade, author of Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife
A spiky and delicious new literary portrait of the great twentiet- Author: Bailey, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0691290172
- Language: English
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Wolf: The Illustrated Biography
$35.00 Read moreA stunningly illustrated exploration of the lives of wolves around the world
Hunted to near extinction, wolves evoke a sense of our planet’s dwindling wildernesses. Rather than fear them, we should be- Author: Smith, Douglas W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 069128167X
- Language: English
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The I Ching or Book of Changes
$24.95 Add to cartThe landmark translation that introduced an ancient Chinese Classic to the West–more than one million copies sold
The Wilhelm-Baynes translation of the I Ching, or Book of Changes, has inspired milli- Series: Bollingen
- Author: Jung, Carl Gustav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0691284571
- Language: English
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The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France
$39.95 Add to cartA new history of slavery and the French Revolution
The First Emancipation is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impa- Author: Popkin, Jeremy D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0691246920
- Language: English
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O’Keeffe-Isms
$16.95 Add to cartA collection of evocative quotations from the pioneering artist that offer insights into her ideas about art and the natural world
Georgia O’Keeffe was one of the most important and influential artist- Series: Isms
- Author: O’Keeffe, Georgia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0691284725
- Language: English
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The Fall of Republics: A History from Ancient Carthage to the American Constitution
$35.00 Add to cartWhat caused the world’s great republics to fall–and what their fate reveals about the dangers facing modern democracies today
In this timely book, distinguished historian Thomas Madden explores the p- Author: Madden, Thomas F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 069119582X
- Language: English
