Spring 2022

From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today’s intangible economy

How the “First State” has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of us

Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translator

Revelatory talks about art and life with internationally acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the heart of science can help you get the most out of life

An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globe

New York Times bestseller
Journey into the universe through the most spectacular sights in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D

A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees

A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming

How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds

Enduring lessons from the desert soundscapes that shaped the Christian monastic tradition

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers

From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores

A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers

A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel

What an intensely divisive election means for American politics

A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy’s greatest champions

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography

A double portrait of two of America’s most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between them—and their uncanny relevance to our age of crisis

How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious society

A captivating history of London as told through objects recovered from the muddy banks of the Thames and the lives of the people who owned them

A kaleidoscopic history of how the 1960s and 1970s changed London forever

How new parents in low-wage jobs juggle the demands of work and childcare, and the easy ways employers can help

How social status shapes our dreams of the future and inhibits the lives we envision for ourselves

How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity

An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it—and explains why they have died today

A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern world

A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels—and the surprising truths behind them

From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays

A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature—featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka’s acclaimed biographer

Prescient essays about the state of our politics from the philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue would become president of the United States

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
An Atlantic Best Book of the Year

An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politician

An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle’s complete Poetics—the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories

The definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history

The first of two volumes of the eagerly anticipated first complete edition of Auden’s poems—including some that have never been published before

The second of two volumes of the eagerly anticipated first complete edition of Auden’s poems—including some that have never been published before

From the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a complete verse translation of a spirited and humorous medieval English poem

From the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator, a spirited book that demystifies and celebrates the art of poetry today

A bilingual volume that reveals an intriguing world of courtly love and satire in medieval Portugal and Spain

A delightful collection of modern Chinese tales

A garden of geologic delights for all Earthlings

A fun and fact-filled A–Z treasury for the insect lover in all of us

How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze us

A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyond

A fascinating exploration of the pentagon and its role in various cultures

The definitive single-volume compendium of all things Princeton

Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injustice

How campus communities of every kind can transform themselves from good to great

A practical and compact guide to writing for professionals

The unwritten rules of success that every student must follow to thrive in college

A panoramic history of rules in the Western world

Leading historians provide perspective on Trump’s four turbulent years in the White House

How Brazil’s long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country’s present crises and epidemic of violence

A compelling account of South Africa’s post-Apartheid democracy

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richer

An innovative framework for advancing human rights

As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price

How Social Security has shaped American politics—and why it faces insolvency

A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America—and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-nots

One of the world’s preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other cultures

The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural era

From the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural science

Why you don’t have a self—and why that’s a good thing

How Robespierre’s career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracy

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age

From acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler's quest for power

A unique look at Thomas Mann’s intellectual and political transformation during the crucial years of his exile in the United States

The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life

A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement

How ordinary urban objects influence our behavior, exacerbate inequality, and encourage social change

A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds

A look at how ideas of translation, migration, and displacement are embedded in the works of prominent artists, from Ovid to Tacita Dean

The case for race-conscious education policy

An honest confrontation of systemic racism in faculty hiring—and what to do about it

A diverse set of contributions to the expanding field of ecocritical studies

A timely story of a forgotten emotion

An examination of how modern art was impacted by the concept of prehistory and the prehistoric

A deep investigation of neoliberalism's proselytizers in Eastern Europe and the Global South

A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire

A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war

A vivid portrait of the early years of biblical archaeology from the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

A landmark book that changed the story of Poland’s role in the Holocaust

The fascinating untold story of how Nazi architects and planners envisioned and began to build a model “Aryan” society in Norway during World War II

A spellbinding new biography of Stalin in his formative years

A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people

From the author of Wittgenstein's Poker and Would You Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an extraordinary group of philosophers during a dark chapter in Europe's history

From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life’s big questions

How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today

Bestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith's charming account of how the poet W. H. Auden has helped guide his life—and how he might guide yours, too

A vivid and original account of one of Ireland’s greatest poets by an acclaimed Irish historian and literary biographer

A fresh and sharp-eyed history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s hard Right

Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome’s Great Fire—and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman Empire

Contemporary translations and adaptations of ancient Greek poet Callimachus by noted writer and critic Stephanie Burt

An engaging and enlightening account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages

A radical new approach to economic policy that addresses the symptoms and causes of inequality in Western society today

"Fascinating and exhilarating—Sean B. Carroll at his very best."—Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants

From acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world

The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era

Notable writers—including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow—celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past

The fascinating history of French words that have entered the English language and the fertile but fraught relationship between English- and French-speaking cultures across the world

Why people are not as gullible as we think

A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions—and how this shapes our everyday lives

The riveting quest to construct the machine that would take on the world’s greatest human chess player—told by the man who built it

A practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing data

An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable

A rare behind-the-scenes look at the work of forensic scientists

The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith

"This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement."—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes
A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present

From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objects

An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings

“The most remarkable history of biology that has ever been written.”—Michel Foucault

The now-classic exploration of the role of women and the feminine in Buddhist Tantra

A landmark work of political theory on the central importance of group identity and cultural pluralism in political life

A definitive intellectual history of landscape urbanism

How international relations theory can be applied to a zombie invasion

Why federalism is pulling America apart—and how the system can be reformed

How referendums can diffuse populist tensions by putting power back into the hands of the people

Vital perspectives for the divided Trump era on what the Constitution's framers intended when they defined the extent—and limits—of presidential power

How political protests and activism influence voters and candidates

A bold new interpretation of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion that stunned the American South

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world’s first genuinely global order

A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth century

A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in Prague

A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technology

From Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today

A major new history of the race between two geniuses to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Europe

From the author of the definitive biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky, never-before-published lectures that provide an accessible introduction to the Russian writer's major works

From a leading figure in comparative literature, a major new survey of the field that points the way forward for a discipline undergoing rapid changes

A revealing look at Jewish men and women who secretly explore the outside world, in person and online, while remaining in their ultra-Orthodox religious communities

"A stunning and ambitious origins story."—Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning and #1 New York Times–bestselling author

The remarkable history of how college presidents shaped the struggle for racial equality

How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of society

"Open Democracy envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like."—Nathan Heller, New Yorker
How a new model of democracy that opens up power to ordinary citizens could strengthen inclusiveness, responsiveness, and accountability in modern societies

A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the political

Why the number of young Americans from mixed families is surging and what this means for the country’s future

An urgent look at the relationship between guns, the police, and race

"A must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America’s housing crisis."—Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
An in-depth look at America’s largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives...

How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court—and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of color

Why most modern revolutions have ended in bloodshed and failure—and what lessons they hold for today's world of growing extremism

How China is using the US-led war on terror to erase the cultural identity of its Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region

How transatlantic thinkers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries promoted the unification of Britain and the United States

A cultural history of the concept of pharmacy, both the material nature of drugs and the trade in medicine, in early modern China

The starkly different ways that American and French online news companies respond to audience analytics and what this means for the future of news

The first comprehensive look at how Victorian fiction and British psychoanalysis shaped each other

Why government outsourcing of public powers is making us less free

A leading political theorist’s groundbreaking defense of ideal conceptions of justice in political philosophy

Why there should be a larger role for the judiciary in American foreign relations

How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel

An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson’s influential “Freedom and Resentment”

How craigslist champions openness, democracy, and other vanishing principles of the early web

A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic world

How the science of urban planning can make our cities healthier, safer, and more livable

The first book to explore how African American writing and art engaged with visions of Ethiopia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

A bold new approach to combatting the inherent corruption of representative democracy

A detailed historical look at how copyright was negotiated and protected by authors, publishers, and the state in late imperial and modern China

This audiobook brings together original pieces on Thoreau by twenty-seven of today's leading writers
With narration by William Hope, Barbara Barnes, Kaliswa Brewster, Kate Harper, Peter Marinker, and Ako Mitchell

Features essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan • Kristen Case •...

This audiobook narrated by bestselling author Mary Beard explores how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power

This audiobook narrated by Kelly Burke takes listeners on a mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary life

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics

This audiobook narrated by Nancy Crane traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home

This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton makes a provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society

This poignant audiobook narrated by Laurel Lefkow exposes America’s troubled history of injustice to Indigenous people

This audiobook narrated by Dominican-born scholar Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds

This audiobook narrated by Anand Jagatia reveals the hidden unity behind nature’s breathtaking complexity

Peter Marinker narrates a new translation of Felix Salten’s celebrated novel Bambi, capturing the emotional impact and rich meanings of the original story
With a preface read by John Chancer

This audiobook narrated by acclaimed author Anne-Marie Slaughter tells a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political lives

This audiobook narrated by Jemma Wadham gives a passionate eyewitness account of the mysteries and looming demise of glaciers—and what their fate means for our shared future

This audiobook narrated by Mike Wells traces the history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world

An updated and expanded edition of the acclaimed writing guide for scientists

Simple but powerful strategies for increasing your success by improving your thinking

A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse

A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley

A stunning anniversary edition of Alice's adventures, illustrated by Salvador Dalí

This bilingual edition of the Qur'an, the Holy Book of Islam, was first published in the United States in 1988. Ahmed Ali, the distinguished Pakistani novelist, poet, critic, and diplomat, presents this elegant and poetic translation in...

A series of beginner-to-novice birding books, All About Backyard Birds is based on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s number one birding website allaboutbirds.org, which has had more than 21 million unique users to date.

All About...

A series of beginner-to-novice birding books, All About Backyard Birds is based on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s number one birding website allaboutbirds.org, which has had more than 21 million unique users to date.

All About...

Backyard Birds Flash Cards, designed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, makes bird watching even more fun! This lavish boxed set focuses on the birds in eastern and central North America, helping you to maximize your chances of...

The ultimate bee book for bee enthusiasts and experts alike

The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories—from myths and fairy tales to jokes

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...

A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestseller

A groundbreaking and accessible field guide to the birds of Britain and Ireland

A New York Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020

An illustrated record book of theropod facts and figures—from the biggest to the fastest to the smartest

How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient world

Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Søren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality. Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death established Kierkegaard...

The surprising story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson came to despair for the future of the nation they had created

An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad school

How the legendary debate between a civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism illuminates America's racial divide

A guide to the early decisions that can make or break startup ventures

An updated edition of the most complete resource on backyard insects available

The definitive guide to botanical Latin

How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history

How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany

How honeybees make collective decisions—and what we can learn from this amazing democratic process

How propaganda undermines democracy and why we need to pay attention

The bestselling book that has helped millions of readers solve any problem

The bestselling English translation of the ancient classic of Chinese divination that has inspired millions with its timeless insights into the changing nature of all existence

Why the irrational exuberance of investors hasn't disappeared since the financial crisis

A masterful new translation of one of Kierkegaard's most engaging works

How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world’s managed bee colonies

How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy—and what can be done about it

We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases...

From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s. Investigating the popularity of the low-budget tradition...

The classic book that has taught generations how to read Western literature

The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work...

"A poetic and remarkably fertile exploration of the relationship between human beings and the natural environment."—Pankaj Mishra, The Guardian
"I'm very grateful to have this book."—Ursula K. Le Guin
The acclaimed and award-winning book about what a rare mushroom can teach...

From Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a groundbreaking account of how stories help drive economic events—and why financial panics can spread like epidemic viruses

A gorgeous expanded edition of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, a landmark reference book on color and its origins in nature

An intimate portrait of the Big Apple

A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

#1 New York Times bestseller
Featured on The Daily Show and 60 Minutes
The acclaimed book that illuminates our world and its politics by revealing why bullshit is more dangerous than lying

The original version of the Grimms' tales in English for the first time—in an acclaimed, illustrated edition

The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G....

Feynman’s bestselling introduction to the mind-blowing physics of QED—presented with humor, not mathematics

A handsome annotated edition of Einstein’s celebrated book on relativity

How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosper

A stunningly illustrated natural history of spiders

Jung 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 Einstein before World War I, but...

“The gold standard for Tesla biography.”—Science
“Superb.”—Nature

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling history of financial crises

Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survival

An informative, richly illustrated book about eighty of the world’s most important and remarkable trees

These two essays, written late in Jung's life, reflect his responses to the shattering experience of World War II and the dawn of mass society. Among his most influential works, "The Undiscovered Self" is a plea for his generation--and...

The New York Times bestselling tour of the cosmos from three of today's leading astrophysicists

The racist legacy behind the Western idea of freedom

Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy

"Fascinating, gorgeously illustrated and thought-provoking. . . . [A] masterful book."—Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post

A lavishly illustrated look at the locales familiar to J. R. R. Tolkien, the creator of Middle-earth

An up-close account of how Nigerians’ self-reliance in the absence of reliable government services enables official dysfunction to strengthen state power

How evangelical churches in the United States convert migrant distress into positive religious devotion

A powerful photographic survey of the impact of irrigation systems on the landscape of the United States

An exploration of the personal and artistic connections between two icons of twentieth-century art

Featuring never-before-seen drawings by the renowned contemporary artist, a beautiful facsimile edition that reveals the working process of an extraordinary creative mind

A new look at the interrelationship of architecture and sculpture during one of the richest periods of American modern design

A unique collection of brilliant quotations from the legendary Pop artist

A groundbreaking examination of the “double” in modern and contemporary art

How the urban spectator became the archetypal modern viewer and a central subject in late nineteenth-century French art

A sweeping look at Chinese art across the millennia that upends traditional perspectives and offers new pathways for art history

A richly illustrated history of textiles in the Mughal Empire

A groundbreaking work of scholarship that sheds critical new light on the urban renewal of Paris under Napoleon III

A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquity

A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn’t absent from—but rather was at the heart of—Roman religion

How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman Empire

The first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elder’s economic thought—and its implications for understanding the Roman Empire’s constrained innovation and economic growth

A quantitative, broad, hands-on introduction to the cutting-edge science of global warming

A comprehensive framework for understanding species coexistence

A comprehensive overview of symbiotic relationships between insects and microbes

A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscape

How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crises

A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

The little-known history of public school teachers across the Arab world—and how they wielded an unlikely influence over the modern Middle East

A new definitive volume of the retirement papers of Thomas Jefferson

Why a monumental diary by an aunt and niece who published poetry together as “Michael Field”—and who were partners and lovers for decades—is one of the great unknown works of late-Victorian and early modernist literature

A groundbreaking account of translation and identity in the Chinese literary tradition before 1850—with important ramifications for today

How English has become a language of the people in India—one that enables the state but also empowers protests against it

A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists

A meticulously researched history on the development of American mathematics in the three decades following World War I

New mathematical research in arithmetic dynamics

A definitive proof of global nonlinear stability of Minkowski space-time as a solution of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations

A marvelously illustrated look at the world’s diverse forests and their ecosystems

A lavishly illustrated exploration of the mysterious, hidden world of forest-dwelling wild honey bees—with new insights that promise to revolutionize conservation and beekeeping

An accessible field guide to more than 500 of the most commonly found spider species in North America

A richly illustrated look at the natural history of moths

A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of fungi

An illustrated look at the art and science of paleontology from its origins to today

The most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million years

An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds—now in a new, updated edition

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the ways birds cohabit

An exploration of the causes and patterns of avian vagrancy

A richly illustrated guide to the gemstones of the world

The classic guide to the birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti—now fully revised and updated

A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western Palearctic

A comprehensive and user-friendly photographic field guide covering more than 1,000 birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, and plants

A richly illustrated guide to the wildflowers and other flora of coastal Britain, Ireland and Northwest Europe

An argument for why Plato’s Laws can be considered his most important political dialogue

Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s

A bold new interpretation of Augustine’s virtue of hope and its place in political life

An original, unified reconstruction of Mill’s moral and political philosophy—one that finally reveals its consistency and full power

A radical reinterpretation of Adam Smith that challenges economists, moral philosophers, political theorists, and intellectual historians to rethink him—and why he matters

A modern approach to classical electromagnetism

The essential introduction to magnetic reconnection—written by a leading pioneer of the field

What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discover

A concise, beginner-friendly introduction to quantum field theory

How to study the past using data

A comprehensive account of the media's coverage of social movements in the United States

How and why cities have become the predominant sites for revolutionary upheavals in the contemporary world

How and why NGOs are increasingly taking independent and direct action in global law enforcement, from human rights to the environment

An exploration of early modern accounts of sickness and disability—and what they tell us about our own approach to bodily difference

How states deny the full potential of refugees as people and perpetuate social inequality

How privileged adolescents in China acquire status and why this helps them succeed

Bridging the social and life sciences to unlock the mystery of how cities shape mental health and illness