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A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll
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Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From acclaimed writer and biologist Sean Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians ha ...Show more
Alien Oceans - The Search for Life in the Depths of Space by Kevin Hand
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Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable re ...Show more
Cheating Cell, The by Athena Aktipis
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Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (PB) by Anne Case; Angus Deaton
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Category: No Category | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
New York Times BestsellerWall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working classLife expectancy in the United States has recently ...Show more
Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon by Eric H. Cline
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Category: No Category | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A vivid portrait of the early years of biblical archaeology from the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed In 1925, James Henry Breasted, famed Egyptologist and director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, sent a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to exc ...Show more
Emigres - French Words That Turned English by Richard Scholar
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Category: Reference | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
English has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. French words and phrases-such as a la mode, ennui, naivete and caprice-lend English a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that would otherwise elude the language. Richard Scholar examines the continuing history of untranslated ...Show more
How to Think Like Shakespeare - Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott L. Newstok
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Category: Popular History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Think like Shakespeare offers an enlightening and entertaining guide to the craft of thought — one that demonstrates what we've lost in education today, and how ...Show more
In Search of the Soul - A Philosophical Essay by John Cottingham
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today The concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times. What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold any r ...Show more
Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States Made the Modern World by Andrew Phillips, J. C. Sharman
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Category: History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global order From Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building has focused on the rival ambitions of competing states. But as Outsourcing Empire sh ...Show more
Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel, Stian Westlake
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Category: Business Economics Finance Management | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today’s intangible economyThe past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ills that have left people wondering what has ha ...Show more
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William James In 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical que ...Show more
Sunnis and Shi'a: A Political History by Laurence Louër
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Category: Politics | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic world A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic world When Muhammad died in 632 without a male heir, Sunnis contended that the choice of a successor should fall to his closest companions ...Show more