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New Sociology Catalog

August 13, 2012 by

sociology catalog coverWe invite you to browse and download our new sociology catalog.
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/socio12.pdf

Be sure to check out John F. Padgett & Walter W. Powell’s The Emergence of Organizations and Markets, Peter V. Marsden’s findings from the General Social Survey since 1972 in Social Trends in American Life and Harvey Molotch’s Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger. There are many great books by great authors not to be missed in the catalog.

We hope to see you soon at the upcoming ASA annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. We’ll be at booth no. 802 in the exhibit area.  Gina Neff and Jennifer Lena invite you to a party to celebrate the publication of Venture Labor: Work and the Burden of Risk in Innovative Industries (MIT Press) and Banding Together: How Communities Create Genres in Popular Music (Princeton University Press). We hope to see you there, party is open. Details:

Saturday, August 18th, 2012
8-10 p.m.
Harry’s Bar in the lobby of the Magnolia Hotel
818 17th Street between Stout and Champa Streets (just 2.5 blocks from the convention center)

Stop by to celebrate with our authors and meet PUP Editor of Sociology & Cognitive Science, Eric Schwartz. Rumor has it that Eric will be producing another video documenting this year’s meeting. Make sure he gets your “good side” when filming.

 

You can also learn about new sociology books by joining our e-mail list at:
http://press.princeton.edu/subscribe/

 

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New Biology Catalog

June 22, 2012 by

We invite you to download and browse our 2012-2013 Biology catalog:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/bio12.pdf

Be on the lookout for these new and forthcoming titles (just to name a few):

Nature’s Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation
by James L. Gould & Carol Grant Gould

Cells to Civilizations: The Principles of Change That Shape Life
by Enrico Coen

Darwinian Agriculture: How Understanding Evolution Can Improve Agriculture
by R. Ford Denison

Solid Biomechanics
by Roland Ennos

How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin’s Finches
by Peter R. Grant & B. Rosemary Grant

Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate
 by David Randall

The World’s Rarest Birds
by Erik Hirschfeld, Andy Swash & Robert Still

and more. There are too many great titles to list here. You’re just going to have to check it out online: http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/bio12.pdf

If you are attending the First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology in Ottawa, stop by and visit us at booth #105!

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New Catalog – Fall 2012 Seasonal Announcement Catalog

April 27, 2012 by

The Princeton University Press sales conference wrapped up this week and you can see what the buzz is all about by checking out our new Fall 2012 seasonal announcement catalog:

PDF file: http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/F12Seasonal.pdf

HTML: http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/F12trade.html

We thank PUP authors Edward B. Burger and Peter Brown for their wonderful presentations during sales conference. You can be among the first to check out their new forthcoming books (available in September):

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
By Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird

Through the Eye of a Needle:
Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
By Peter Brown

The catalog is full of great books by great authors. Start browsing!

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New Art & Architecture Catalog

February 16, 2012 by

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We invite you to download and browse our 2012 Art & Architecture catalog at:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/art12.pdf

Of special interest this year is a major new take on Pop art from esteemed critic Hal Foster, The First Pop Age. If you are attending the College Art Association’s annual meeting in L.A., please join us at the PUP booth #102 for a champagne toast and book signing. Hal Foster will be signing copies of his new book at 12:30 pm on Thursday, February 23rd. We hope to see you there.

You will also find many more great books by great authors in the catalog including; Sylvia Lavin’s Kissing Architecture, Wu Hung’s A Story of Ruins, Johanna G. Seasonwein’s Princeton and the Gothic Revival, and Meaning in Motion edited by Nino Zchomelidse & Giovanni Freni – just to name a few. You will also find many of your favorites now in paperback. Enjoy browsing.

 

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New Mathematics Catalog

January 9, 2012 by

We invite you to view our new 2012 mathematics catalog at:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/math12.pdf

Be sure to check out our great selection of graduate and undergraduate textbooks—including Elias M. Stein & Rami Shakarchi’s Functional Analysis, Daniel Liberzon’s Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory, and Alexander J. Hahn’s Mathematical Excursions to the World’s Great Buildings. New and forthcoming titles such as Persi Diaconis & Ron Graham’s Magical Mathematics, Donald J. Albers & Gerald L. Alexanderson’s Fascinating Mathematical People, Amy N. Langville & Carl D. Meyer’s Google’s PageRank and Beyond, John MacCormick’s Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future, and much more. Many new paperbacks and ebooks are also available. It’s easy to download the catalog to your smartphone or tablet for browsing.

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New Physics & Astrophysics Catalog

January 9, 2012 by

We invite you to view our new 2012 physics and astrophysics catalog at:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/physics12.pdf

Be sure to check out all of the wonderful series featured in this catalog, including In a Nutshell and Princeton Frontiers in Physics, as well as our great textbook options. New and forthcoming titles include How to Build a Habitable Planet by Charles H. Langmuir & Wally Broecker, Strange New Worlds by Ray Jayawardhana, Reinventing Discovery by Michael Nielsen, The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science by Neil A. Downie, and more. Many new paperbacks and ebooks are also available. It’s easy to download the catalog to your smartphone or tablet for browsing.

We’re at this year’s AAS meeting in Austin, TX. Stop by and visit us at booth #211.

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New Economics & Finance Catalog

January 6, 2012 by

We invite you to check out our new 2012 economics & finance catalog at:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/econ12.pdf

Be sure to check out Robert Shiller’s latest book, Finance and the Good Society, Robert Frank’s The Darwin Economy, and Daniel Hamermesh’s Beauty Pays. We’re also featuring 2 of our Princeton Shorts titles—The Second Great Contraction (from This Time is Different) and The Five Habits of Highly Effective Honeybees (and What We Can Learn from Them) (from Honeybee Democracy). Many new paperbacks and ebooks are also available. It’s easy to download the catalog to your smartphone or tablet for browsing.

We’re at this year’s ASSA meeting, which started today in Chicago. Stop by and visit us at booth #714.

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New Ancient World Catalog

January 6, 2012 by

We invite you to check out our new 2012 ancient world catalog at:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/ancient12.pdf

New titles include Quintus Cicero’s How to Win an Election, Simon Goldhill’s Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity, Melissa Lane’s Eco-Reupblic, Harriet Flower’s Roman Republics, John Haywood’s The New Atlas of World History, and more.

We’re at the AIA and APA joint meeting, happening now in Philadelphia. Stop by and visit us at booth #505.

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New Literature Catalog

January 6, 2012 by

We invite you to check out our new 2012 literature catalog at: http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/lit12.pdf

You will find new books such as The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Michelangelo, Enigmas of Identity, Whatever Gets You through the Night, and more. New paperbacks are also available—great titles such as Allegory, Lincoln on Race and Slavery, and Not for Profit.

The MLA meeting is going on now in Seattle. We’re there at booth no. 408. Stop by to say hello and browse new books.

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New History Catalog

January 6, 2012 by

We invite you to check out our new 2012 history catalog at: http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/history12.pdf

You will find books by Emma Rothschild, Sheldon Garon, Tonio Andrade, Andrei Codrescu, Jill Lepore, Jim Kloppenberg, David Scheffer and many more. New paperbacks and ebooks are also available.

The 126th annual meeting of the American Historical Association is going on now in Chicago. We’re there at booth no. 313. Stop by to say hello and browse new books.

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New Philosophy Catalog

December 20, 2011 by

We invite you to check out our new 2012 philosophy catalog at:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/phil12.pdf

You will find books by Martha C. Nussbaum, Peter Singer, Steven Nadler, John M. Cooper, Emrys Westacott, Patricia S. Churchland, Pascal Bruckner and many more. Many new paperbacks and ebooks are also available. It’s easy to download the catalog to your smartphone or tablet for browsing.

Will we see you in D.C. at the annual American Philosophical Association meeting? We’ll be there in the exhibit hall (booth no. 103). Stop by to say hello and browse new books.

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New Earth Science Catalog

December 5, 2011 by

catalog coverWe invite you to be among the first to download and browse our 2012 Earth Science catalog at:
http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/earth12.pdf

Check out what is new in our Princeton Primers in Climate series. You will find books by Geoffrey K. Vallis, Shawn J. Marshall, David Randall and David Archer. Princeton Primers in Climate is a new series of short, authoritative books that explain the state of the art in climate-science research. Written specifically for students, researchers, and scientifically minded general readers looking for succinct and readable books on this frequently misunderstood subject, these primers reveal the physical workings of the global climate system with unmatched accessibility and detail.

We are celebrating the new series at the AGU annual meeting in San Francisco on Tuesday, December 6th.  You are invited to join us at our exhibit booth (no. 1449) at 3:30 p.m. for the party.  We hope to see you there.

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