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scholarschoice.bsky.social @scholarschoice.bsky.social · 12h

Our @moderniststudies.bsky.social exhibit is open. We're front & center in the Liberty B room & have @uchicagopress.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social @uminnpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @uvapress.bsky.social @weslpress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social books & more! #msa2025

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 9h

"The interconnected stories in The Life of Violet blend comedy, satire and fantasy, celebrating a heroine who triumphs over sea monsters and stifling social traditions alike . . ."
This is really exciting. Nota Bene: The trio of stories is available now, published by PUP.

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 17d

Three lost Virginia Woolf stories, rediscovered. The Life of Violet is already making waves in @thetimes.com! Out on 7th October, this is one you won’t want to miss. Read more: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

The story behind Virginia Woolf’s lost book: ‘It was magical’

Written in her twenties and released next month, The Life of Violet is a tribute to a mentor and early proof of Woolf’s desire to revolutionise fiction

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 13h

In A Woman Is Responsible for Everything, Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach provide a groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life.

Available Oct 14 (9 Dec UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe by Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach. A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 14h

It's a star! Check out the STARRED review of When Worlds Quake in Kirkus Reviews, where they say, "the science is fascinating. . . . [and] the author's decades of research inform every page. " Read the full review: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

WHEN WORLDS QUAKE | Kirkus Reviews

The molten mystery beneath our feet.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 14h

Next week, on October 16th at 7:00 pm EDT, please join Siegel Lifelong Learning in welcoming Andrew Porwancher for a discussion of his book, American Maccabee, and the surprising relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and the Jewish community.

Register for this virtual event here: buff.ly/joNuPn2

American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews by Andrew Porwancher

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15h

In The Diversity of Morals, Steven Lukes explains how to make sense of the divergence between philosophers’ quest for a single morality and social scientists’ assumption that there are multiple moralities.

Out now (4 Nov UK pub). Explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Diversity of Morals by Steven Lukes. How to make sense of the divergence between philosophers’ quest for a single morality and social scientists’ assumption that there are multiple moralities.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15h

Next week, on October 16th at 6:00pm EDT, hear @alybatt.bsky.social discuss her novel theory on capitalism’s relationship to nature at Wooden Shoe Books, where she will be in conversation with Malcolm Harris regarding her book, Free Gifts.

Learn more about this in-person event here: buff.ly/9o4FQ8b

Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature by Alyssa Battistoni

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15h

In this edition of Ideas, Kenneth Feder discusses his new book, Native America, an epic deep history of the Indigenous peoples of North America, covering more than 20,000 years of astonishing diversity, adaptation, resilience, and continuity.

press.princeton.edu/ideas/uneart... #NativeAmerican

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15h

The first in-depth account of the lives and careers of educated slaves and freedmen in ancient Rome.

Intellectual Property by Harriet I. Flower is now available (2 Dec UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History #AncientRome #AncientHistory #AncientWorld #Rome

Intellectual Property: Learned Slaves and Educated Freedmen in Republican Rome by Harriet I. Flower

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16h

Next week, Oct 16 at 7:00 pm EDT, join The Center for Fiction in welcoming Urmila Seshagiri for a conversation with Anne Fernald on Virginia Woolf's first work of experimental fiction, The Life of Violet.

Learn more about the in-person or virtual event: buff.ly/skNckUg

The Life of Violet: Three Early Stories by Virginia Woolf, edited by Urmila Seshagiri

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16h

A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation.

Existential Politics by @greenprofgreen.bsky.social is out now. Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them by Jessica F. Green

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16h

Kirkus Reviews calls Michael L. Satlow's An Enchanted World "an interesting look at faith during a pivotal time in history." Read the full review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

AN ENCHANTED WORLD | Kirkus Reviews

The complex spiritual world of Late Antiquity.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 17h

Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award.

A novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world.

Paul Seabright's The Divine Economy is now available in #paperback! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People by Paul Seabright

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Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · 17h

In a @teenvogue.com excerpt from POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT from @princetonupress.bsky.social, Josh Clark Davis reveals how police departments illegally spied on civil rights activists—and then burned the records. www.teenvogue.com/story/police...

Police Departments Surveilled Activists in the 1960s and 70s — and Erased The Records

"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and At...

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 17h

Larry Warsh, editor of the Isms series, talks to Arroe Collins about Ono-isms, a newly released collection of powerful, provocative quotes from #YokoOno:

The Wisdom Of Yoko Ono Larry Warsh's Ono-isms - Arroe Collins Like It's Live | iHeart

Ono-isms is a collection of provocative and powerful quotations from influential artist, musician, songwriter, and peace activist Yoko Ono, providing a richer understanding of this important cultural…

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 18h

Leading extremism expert Cynthia Miller-Idriss speaks with @amyspitalnick.bsky.social, CEO of @thejcpa.bsky.social, about the rise of antisemitism and its intersection with misogyny, examining events like the 2017 Unite the Right rally through a new lens.

Listen: linktr.ee/manuppodcast

#Podcast

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 18h

Misogyny is a foundational aspect of many forms of hate — but it’s often overlooked, serving as a type of gendered blind spot. The first episode of "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age" with @milleridriss.bsky.social explores that blind spot through the issue of antisemitism.

A Long Story Short Media Podcast. Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age with Cynthia Miller-Idriss

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 18h

Congratulations to Benjamin Nathans, whose book To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause won the @aseees.bsky.social Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History, recognizing an outstanding history monograph published on Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia!

Explore his monumental work here: hubs.ly/Q03LzMJl0

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans

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scholarschoice.bsky.social @scholarschoice.bsky.social · 19h

Our American Society for Ethnohistory exhibit is open in the beautiful Coates Chapel. We've got books from University of Arizona Press, @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social , @pennpress.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social, @tamupress.bsky.social and more! #ASE2025

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations to @aspaglayan.bsky.social, whose book Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education was selected as a Winner of the @aesatalk.bsky.social's Critics' Choice Book Award!

Learn more about this fascinating history here: hubs.ly/Q03Myyn20

Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education by Agustina Paglayan

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Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 19h

Neeeeeeed!!!!!!

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 19h

Now available in #paperback, Volcanoes in Human History by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer & Donald Theodore Sanders is the classic account of how volcanism has shaped human culture & science, from the Bronze Age eruption that destroyed Minoan Crete to Mount St. Helens.

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders. The classic account of how volcanism has shaped human culture and science, from the Bronze Age eruption that destroyed Minoan Crete to Mount St. Helens.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 19h

Now available in #paperback, Volcanoes in Human History by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer & Donald Theodore Sanders is the classic account of how volcanism has shaped human culture & science, from the Bronze Age eruption that destroyed Minoan Crete to Mount St. Helens.

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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Roger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.social · 1d

Just sent some early reader reaction to my Graveyards book

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 20h

Next week, on Oct 16th at 9:00 am EDT, see Amel Ahmed as the keynote speaker at Georgetown University's inaugural Democracy Dialogue, where she will discuss her book, The Regime Question, and the multiple intersections between public opinion and democracy.

RSVP for this event here: buff.ly/C8h3LwD

The Regime Question: Foundations of Democratic Governance in Europe and the United States by Amel Ahmed

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 1d

My almost-published book on Bryce is reviewed in distinguished company by Greg Conti here doi.org/10.1080/0191...

Worlds of Liberalism

This essay analyses two outstanding recent books on the history of British Liberalism: H.S. Jones's “Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect” and Jonathan Parry's “Liberalism.” The...

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