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The Dead Sea

a 10.000 year history

Arielli, Nir
Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A human history of one of the planet's most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly ...

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Ancient wisdom for polarized times

why humanity needs Herodotus, the man who invented history

Anhalt, Emily Katz
Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

How the wisdom of Herodotus can fortify us against political falsehoods and violent extremism Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Greek writer Herodotus introduced the concept of objective truth derived from factual investigation and empirical deduction. Writing just before the start of the catastrophic Peloponnesian ...

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Francis of Assisi

the life of a restless saint

Leppin, Volker
Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired generations of Christians and other spiritual seekers, from medieval ascetics to 1960s hippies ...

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The long death of Adolf Hitler

an investigative history

Sharples, Caroline
Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A fascinating exploration of why Hitler's death was only confirmed in 2018 Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficiency of the gun he put to his head in April 1945. Although eagerly anticipated around the world, there were ...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

philosophy in the age of airplanes

Gottlieb, Anthony
Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), philosophy is a "battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In the first biography of Wittgenstein in more than three decades ...

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The return of Russia

from Yeltsin to Putin, the story of a vengeful Kremlin

Rodgers, James
Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

An incisive and engaging account of post-Soviet Russia-showing how and why the country has come into confrontation with the West The escalation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered the most violent conflict seen on European soil for decades. Millions of people ...

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The life and death of states

Central Europe and the transformation of modern sovereignty

Wheatley, Natasha
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

An intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order Sprawled across the heartlands of Europe, the Habsburg Empire resisted all the standard theories of singular sovereignty. The 1848 revolutions sparked decades of heady constitutional experimentation ...

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The emperor and the elephant

Christians and Muslims in the age of Charlemagne

Ottewill-Soulsby, Sam
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources In the year 802, an elephant arrived at the court of the Emperor Charlemagne in Aachen, sent as a ...

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Journeys of the mind

a life in history

Brown, Peter
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world's most influential and distinguished historians The end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his career-long engagement ...

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The folds of Olympus

mountains in ancient Greek and Roman culture

König, Jason
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquity The mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The Folds of Olympus is a cultural and literary history that explores the important role ...

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Pox romana

the plague that shook the Roman world

Elliott, Colin
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacle In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory ...

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Native America

the story of the first peoples

Feder, Kenneth L.
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

An epic deep history of the Indigenous peoples of North America, covering more than 20,000 years of astonishing diversity, adaptation, resilience, and continuity Native America presents an infinitely surprising and fascinating deep history of the continent's Indigenous peoples. Kenneth Feder, a leading expert ...

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Modern Arab kingship

remaking the Ottoman political order in the interwar Middle East

Mestyan, Adam
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

How the "recycling" of the Ottoman Empire's uses of genealogy and religion created new political orders in the Middle East In this groundbreaking book, Adam Mestyan argues that post-Ottoman Arab political orders were not, as many historians believe, products of European colonialism but of ...

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Knowledge lost

a new view of early modern intellectual history

Mulsow, Martin
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment Until now the history of knowledge has largely been about formal and documented accumulation, concentrating on systems, collections, academies, and institutions. The central narrative has been one of advancement, refinement ...

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The first King of England

Aethelstan and the the birth of a kingdom

Woodman, David
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

From one of today's leading historians of the early medieval period, an enthralling chronicle of Aethelstan, England's founder king whose achievements of 927 rival the Norman Conquest of 1066 in shaping Britain as we know it The First King of England is a ...

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A history of the Muslim world

from its origins to the dawn of modernity

Cook, Michael
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muhammad to the birth of the modern era. This book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of ...

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Love, war, and diplomacy

the discovery of the Amarna letters and the Bronze Age world they revealed

Cline, Eric H.
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East In 1887, an Egyptian woman made an astonishing discovery among the ruins of the heretic king ...

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Intellectual property

learned slaves and educated freedmen in republican Rome

Flower, Harriet I.
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

The first in-depth account of the lives and careers of educated slaves and freedmen in ancient Rome Slaves and freedmen played an important yet understudied role in the literary culture of the Roman Republic. Though their work went largely uncredited, they fulfilled vital roles as ...

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Maria Theresa

the Habsburg empress in her time

Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, a ...

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A world safe for commerce

American foreign policy from the revolution to the rise of China

Copeland, Dale C.
Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

How commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war When the Cold War ended, many believed that expanding trade would usher in an era of peace. Yet today the United States finds itself confronting not just Russia in Europe but China in ...

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