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A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans by Jessica Pierce, Marc Bekoff
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From two of the world’s leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without people What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dog’s World imagines a post-human future for dogs, revealing how dogs would su ...Show more
Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human by Rob Dunn, Monica Sanchez
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A savoury account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolutionNature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavour. But what exactly are flavours? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such q ...Show more
Emigres - French Words That Turned English by Richard Scholar
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Category: Non Fiction | 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: No Category | 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 Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio: The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest by Andrew W. Lo, Stephen R. Foerster
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Category: Business, Economics and Law | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
How the greatest thinkers in finance changed the field and how their wisdom can help investors today.Is there an ideal portfolio of investment assets, one that perfectly balances risk and reward? In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio examines this question by profiling and interviewing ten of the most pro ...Show more
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag
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Category: No Category | 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
The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well by Julian Baggini
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosop ...Show more
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, A Philosophy, A Warning by Justin E. H. Smith
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
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.Many think of the internet as an unprecedented and overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology. But is it? In The Internet Is Not What Yo ...Show more
The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work by Jan Eeckhout
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Category: Business, Economics and Law | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power—and how it stifles workers around the world In an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world’s working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices are risi ...Show more
The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds by Mark Humphries
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains workWe see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage through ...Show more
Think Least of Death - Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die by Steven Nadler
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life's big questions In 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community for "abominable heresies" and "monstrous deeds," the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned his family's impo ...Show more
When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves by Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on ...Show more