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

In How to Change a Memory, neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social draws on his own memories to reveal how memory can be turned on and off like a switch, edited, and even constructed from nothing.

Available 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Neuroscience

How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past by Steve Ramirez. A disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 5h

Next week, Oct 15 at 6:00 pm BST, join Cheltenham Literature Festival in welcoming @fawazgerges.bsky.social and @valinasr.bsky.social for a conversation with Eugene Rogan about their books—The Great Betrayal and Iran's Grand Strategy, respectively—and the Middle East.

Register here: buff.ly/rHr2EOM

The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A. Gerges

Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History by Vali Nasr

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

Jay Garfield draws on both Buddhist philosophical traditions and Western thinkers to show that true care is motivated by an authentic desire to relieve the suffering of another. Read more in Ideas.

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

Congratulations to @okaysteve.bsky.social who, tomorrow (Oct 8) at 6:30pm CDT, will be delivering a sold-out talk on his book, How to Change a Memory, at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science as a part of the National Geographic Live Speaker Series!

Learn more about the event here: buff.ly/NTEWGMA

How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past by Steve Ramirez

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

We are honored to add the esteemed @islandpress.bsky.social list to our publishing program, effective January 1. Read more:

Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 19h

📚 A new chapter begins! Island Press will be joining @princetonupress.bsky.social in 2026 — uniting two mission-driven publishers dedicated to shaping a better planet.

Learn more about this historic collaboration: islandpress.org/PUP

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 18h

In her new book, ASA member Shannon Malone Gonzalez (UNC Chapel Hill) examines the pervasive and often invisible forms of everyday policing that render Black women’s stories missing from official data, headlines, and community conversations. @princetonupress.bsky.social

The Secrets of Silence

Why black women’s stories of encounters with the police are missing from official and unofficial accounts of police violence

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The Well-read Naturalist @wellreadnaturalist.bsky.social · 18h

Natural history and mythology and @amayor.bsky.social? 😲

Count me in! 🤓😍

#Booksky

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

From acclaimed folklorist & historian @amayor.bsky.social, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—& disasters—of the natural world.

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore is out now! Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Mythology

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore by Adrienne Mayor

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

@libraryjournal.bsky.social calls Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect “a noteworthy book, both as a biography of a woman architect and as a collaborative effort to accomplish a challenging research project.” Read the full review using this link:

Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect

Archives & Preservation

www.libraryjournal.com

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

@libraryjournal.bsky.social calls Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect “a noteworthy book, both as a biography of a woman architect and as a collaborative effort to accomplish a challenging research project.” Read the full review using this link:

Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect

Archives & Preservation

www.libraryjournal.com

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

Tomorrow (Oct 8th) at 4:00 pm CDT, see Susan C. Stokes in conversation with Marco Garrido at @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social, where she will discuss her book, The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies, followed by a book signing!

Learn about this in-person event: buff.ly/iQGYRPt.

The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies by Susan C. Stokes

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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 19h

📚 A new chapter begins! Island Press will be joining @princetonupress.bsky.social in 2026 — uniting two mission-driven publishers dedicated to shaping a better planet.

Learn more about this historic collaboration: islandpress.org/PUP

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

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—& a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter & Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century later.

@joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social's Police Against the Movement is now available: hubs.ly/Q03Mp5Ss0

Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis

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

From acclaimed folklorist & historian @amayor.bsky.social, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—& disasters—of the natural world.

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore is out now! Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#Mythology

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

Congratulations to @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social—their book AI Snake Oil is shortlisted for the getAbstract International Book Award in the Business Impact Category! These titles help people make better personal and professional decisions

See the full list here: buff.ly/wLf1rUD

I Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor

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

A groundbreaking history of Africa’s looted architectural heritage—and a bold proposal for the repatriation of the continent’s stolen cultural artifacts.

Africa's Buildings by Itohan I. Osayimwese is now available (2 Dec UK pub).

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage by Itohan I. Osayimwese

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Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · 21h

I know at least one person who would appreciate this as a gift!

Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts of the World: A Guide to Every Order
Joanna Wilbraham
August 2025. @princetonupress.bsky.social

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts of the World

A magnificently illustrated guide to the bryophyte species found across the world

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Musa al-Gharbi @musaalgharbi.bsky.social · 21h

If you enjoyed We Have Never Been Woke, stay tuned for my next book, Those People, slated in publication in late 2026 with @princetonupress.bsky.social: musaalgharbi.com/2025/06/16/b...

Book Announcement: Those People - Musa al-Gharbi

My second book, Those People, is now officially under contract with Princeton University Press -- slated for publication in late 2026.

musaalgharbi.com

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Arash Zeini @arashzeini.com · 22h

Took advantage of the @princetonupress.bsky.social's sales and purchased 2 books. One shall remain hidden until it has been referenced in my forthcoming book 🤲🏻 The visible one appears to serve well as a comfort read for the wounded and disillusioned soul of our times!!! #PhilSky #philosophy

The front cover of "The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay" by Stephen Gaukroger, published in 2020 by the Princeton University Press. Underneath this book is hidden another book with a dark blue cover of which we only see the corners. Both books are on a wooden table.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21h

Congratulations to Anne O’Donnell, whose book Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution won the @aseees.bsky.social's Ed A. Hewett Book Prize for outstanding publication on the political economy of Russia, Eurasia, and/or Eastern Europe!

Read about her book here: hubs.ly/Q03LB1yv0

Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution by Anne O'Donnell

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 22h

Tomorrow (October 8th) at 12:15 pm EDT, please join Princeton University's Griswold Center in welcoming @danawrey.bsky.social for a discussion of his book, Beyond Banks: Technology, Regulation, and the Future of Money.

Learn more about this in-person and virtual event here: buff.ly/opvnNPz.

Beyond Banks: Technology, Regulation, and the Future of Money by Dan Awrey

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Princeton Audio @princetonaudio.bsky.social · 22h

One Man’s Freedom by Nicholas Buccola tells the compelling story of Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr.’s dramatic decade-long debate over the meaning of an all-important American ideal.

The #audiobook, read by Bruce Lester Johnson, is out now!

🎧: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...

Audiobook cover of One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal by Nicholas Buccola, read by Bruce Lester Johnson

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Rebecca Brennan @rebeccabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Happy publication day to Melissa Leach & James Fairhead for 'Naturekind'! It introduces a new paradigm for human & nonhuman communication from @princetonupress.bsky.social

Innovative & provocative, as reviewer @erleellis.bsky.social says,"nature is talking, & people need to listen"
bit.ly/4mYPQgB

Naturekind

A new paradigm that integrates human and nonhuman communication and culture

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 23h

How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged.

@musaalgharbi.bsky.social's We Have Never Been Woke is now available in #paperback: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Paperback cover of We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow (Oct 8th) at 10:30 am EDT, please join the Hudson Institute in welcoming A. Wess Mitchell in conversation with Peter Rough regarding his book, Great Power Diplomacy, how it applies to the present, and what it means for the future.

Learn about this free, in-person event: buff.ly/LzFP71f.

Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger by A. Wess Mitchell

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

In One Man’s Freedom, Nicholas Buccola tells the compelling story of Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr.’s dramatic decade-long debate over the meaning of an all-important American ideal.

Now available (2 December UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History

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