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A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll
$25.00 AUD
Category: Climate | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From acclaimed writer and biologist Sean Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians ha ...Show more
Arab Winter A Tragedy by Noah Feldman
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Category: Middle East | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWhy the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrong The Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Middle East. Yet everywhere except Tunisia it led to either renewed dictatorship, civil war, extremist te ...Show more
Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing by Christopher A. Bail
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Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A revealing look at how user behaviour is powering deep social divisions online — and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social mediaIn an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use socia ...Show more
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (PB) by Anne Case; Angus Deaton
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Category: Business & Economics | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
New York Times BestsellerWall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working classLife expectancy in the United States has recently ...Show more
Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human by Rob Dunn, Monica Sanchez
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Category: Food | 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: European | 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
Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons - From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable by Paul J. Nahin
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable Heat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world and universe, from how milk dissolves in coffee to how molten planets cool. The heat equation, a cor ...Show more
Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel, Stian Westlake
$35.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today’s intangible economyThe past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ills that have left people wondering what has ha ...Show more
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag
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Category: Philosophy | 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
$33.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | 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: Contemporary Thought | 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 | 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