The @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast celebrates it's 30,000th episode with Michael L. Satlow, author of An Enchanted World! Check out their discussion here:

A letter from Ingrid Gnerlich, Publisher for the Sciences, to readers of On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick by Jim Al-Khalili.

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Brilliant book, Žižek's endorsement notwithstanding. It discusses the conditions making a major, revolutionary change possible, without making it anticipated. No wonder it is being republished now

Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba by Steffen Köhn

In Island in the Net, Steffen Köhn examines Cuba’s nascent digital culture and how it has reconfigured the relationship between the state and its citizens.

Out now! Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Sociology #Technology #DigitalCulture #Tech

Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States by Emilie Connolly. Winner of the 2026 Bancroft Prize.

Emilie Connolly

Congratulations to historian Emilie Connolly, who has been awarded the 2026 Bancroft Prize for her book Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States.

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Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World by Steven Weitzman Tuesday, March 17th. 6:00 pm at Labyrinth Books Co-sponsors: Princeton University Press

Go to Labyrinth Books tomorrow (Mar 17) at 6:00 pm EDT, to see Steven Weitzman discuss his new book, Disasters of Biblical Proportions! His work explores how people have reimagined the story of the ten plagues of Egypt, from antiquity to our era of relentless catastrophe

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The Jewish South: An American History by Shari Rabin

Shari Rabin

Next week, March 24th at 7:00 pm EDT, please join the Jewish for Good Book Festival in welcoming Shari Rabin for a virtual event on her book, The Jewish South!

Register for this free event and explore the full list of speakers here: www.jewishforgood.org/book-festival

Discover books by and about women who have pushed boundaries, effected change, redefined roles, and complicated our understanding of what it means to be powerful. Please enjoy 30% off with code PUP30.

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Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

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Charlotte Coyne

Congratulations to PUP publicist Charlotte Coyne (@charlottecoyne.bsky.social), who's been shortlisted for a Publishers Publicity Circle Award for her work on The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom by David Woodman! 🎉

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Congrats to Princeton authors @miriamudel.bsky.social, Shari Rabin, Debra Kaplan & Elisheva Carlebach, and Mostafa Hussein! @princetonupress.bsky.social

Have We Ever Really Read Jung? Sonu Shamdasani on the Collected Works Crisis ✨ The Gift of Dreamwork: Join This Jungian Life Dream School with 10% off from now until December 31st. Just use code HOLIDAY2025 when you purchase Dream School for yourself or as a gift. Visit…

Last month lead editor of our Jung Critical Edition Sonu Shamdasani was invited by the presenters of @thisjungianlife podcast to discuss the project which not so long ago seemed like an impossible dream!

if you'd like to hear @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me talk tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan 14) on zoom about our book Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, Patricia McManus is hosting us and said I can publicize with her flyer here --

Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World by Steven Weitzman University of Pennsylvania religion professor Weitzman (The Origin of the Jews) traces in this sweeping account how the story of...

.@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls Steven Weitzman’s Disasters of Biblical Proportions “a comprehensive overview of a foundational biblical narrative and its complex legacies.” Read the full review: www.publishersweekly.com/9780691270463

Jung's Life and Work: Interviews for Memories, Dreams, Reflections with Aniela Jaffé by C. G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé, edited by Sonu Shamdasani

The complete interviews that served as the basis for Jung’s bestselling memoir Memories, Dreams, Reflections.

Jung's Life and Work is now available in hardcover, ebook & #audiobook editions (27 UK pub).

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Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History by Thomas Barfield

Shadow Empires by Thomas J. Barfield is now available in #paperback!

This book provides an original account of empire formation from the ancient world to the early modern period.

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#History #ReadUP

Miriam Udel on 'worldmaking' through Yiddish children's literature On this week's 51%, we speak with Emory University Professor Miriam Udel about how a 20th Century movement of Yiddish literature strived to help Jewish children make sense of a tumultuous world and…

How did a 20th-century movement of Yiddish literature help Jewish children make sense of a tumultuous world and shape the future of Jewish culture? Listen to this WAMC 51% episode with @miriamudel.bsky.social, author of Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature:

American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews by Andrew Porwancher

Andrew Porwancher

Next week, Jan 11 at 11:00 am EST, join Congregation Beth El for a virtual event with Andrew Porwancher, author of American Maccabee! He will be in conversation with Michael Zeldin regarding the complex and surprising relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews.

Register: buff.ly/YYFMl46

How to Feel: An Ancient Guide to Minding Our Emotions by The Buddha, edited and translated by Maria Heim

In How to Feel, Maria Heim provides new translations of essential early Buddhist teachings on #mindfulness meditation & connects them to recent findings in #psychology & #neuroscience.

Available worldwide!

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The Criminal Record Complex: Risk, Race, and the Struggle for Work in America by Melissa Burch

In The Criminal Record Complex, Melissa Burch reveals how a convergence of policy, law, and profit drives the use of criminal background checks in hiring.

Now available (6 Jan UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Anthropology #History

Seen on CMU campus ❤️

A figure holding a broom regards a store front with broken glass.

In the Yiddish schools of the Americas, waiting til “later” to discuss the Holocaust was not an option. Stories helped school-aged children metabolize the violence to their European cousins and grow into ethical witnesses to the destruction. #sparklingsentences @princetonupress.bsky.social

Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History by Thomas Barfield. An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times.

Now in #paperback, Thomas J. Barfield's Shadow Empires is an original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times.

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#History #ReadUP

The Jefferson Bible: A Biography by Peter Manseau. The life and times of a uniquely American testament.

The life and times of a uniquely American testament.

The Jefferson Bible by @petermanseau.bsky.social is now available in #paperback!

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#ThomasJefferson #History

The holidays are almost here! Explore our gift guides and find something for everyone on your list. 🎁

From inspiring advice for living well to bite-sized books packed with big ideas, you’re sure to find the perfect gift every time:

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#GiftGuides #Books #ReadUP

Revisiting this very interesting book.

Code Work How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences

Congratulations to the winner of 2025 @saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social Book Prize
Hector Beltran's
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Code Work: Hacking Across US-Mexico Techno Borderlands!
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How to Cope: An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship by Boethius, edited and translated by Philip Freeman

In How to Cope, Philip Freeman presents a vivid and accessible new translation of essential selections from Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy—a moving classic about facing life’s worst events with courage and hope.

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#Boethius #Philosophy

How Tradwives Use Sexism, Racism, and Transphobia to Police Other Women - read a @teenvogue.com excerpt from Man Up, an urgent new book from extremism expert @milleridriss.bsky.social

The Closed Book: How the Rabbis Taught the Jews (Not) to Read the Bible by Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg

A groundbreaking reinterpretation of early Judaism, during the millennium before the study of the Bible took center stage.

Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg's The Closed Book is now available in #paperback. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...