Princeton University Press Blog
Mind over chatter since 1905
This is some heavy reading – especially if you love dogs – but Colin Dayan, author of this season’s The Law is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons isn’t afraid to explore the often unpleasant treatment of canines in literature and society. Check out her latest piece in the July/August issue of The Boston Review for a preview of what you’ll find in her engrossing and disturbing book.
At Goodreads, enter for a chance to win Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson.
This major biography sheds new light on Tesla’s visionary approach to invention and the business strategies behind his most important technological breakthroughs.
Enter by May 28, 2013 for a chance to win!
Good luck!
These are the best-selling books for the past week.
![j9925[1]](http://blog.press.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/j99251.gif) |
The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order by Benn Steil |
![j9929[1]](http://blog.press.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/j992911.gif) |
The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It by Anat Admati & Martin Hellwig |
 |
The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors by Richard Crossley, Jerry Liguori, & Brian Sullivan |
 |
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird |
![j10053[1]](http://press.princeton.edu/images/j10053.gif) |
Higher Education in the Digital Age by William G. Bowen |
 |
Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman |
 |
The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible by Lance Fortnow |
 |
On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt |
 |
Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell by A. Zee |
 |
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson |
![j9924[1]](http://blog.press.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/j99241.gif)
![j9843[1]](http://blog.press.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/j98431.gif)
![j9817[1]](http://blog.press.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/j98171.gif)
![j9816[1]](http://blog.press.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/j98161.gif)
