-Titulo Original : Ravenna Capital Of Empire, Crucible Of Europe-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Winner of the Pol Roger Duff Cooper PrizeWinner of the PROSE Award in European History, Association of American PublishersShortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, Wolfson FoundationShortlisted for the London Hellenic Prize, The Hellenic CentreLonglisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill UniversityJudith Herrin explains in her lively, startling book, Ravenna really did deserve ‘the most noble’ title bestowed by this anonymous admirer. From its origins as a refuge in a dying empire, it went on to host kings and prelates, physicians and lawyers and ultimately help shape Europe. The EconomistThe book is absolutely gorgeous, with magnificent colour reproductions of Ravennas churches and mosaics. Relics of an age that seems almost impossibly remote, they are the foundations on which modern Europe stands.---Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times[E]minently worth reading. The colour plates are so sumptuous that the Ravenna mosaics fairly glow on the page. History teaches us that it is on the margins that the greatest change often occurs. Ravenna was on such a margin. Now, perhaps for the first time, the city emerges triumphant from the shadow of the so-called Dark Ages.---Ian Thomson, The SpectatorAficionados of early medieval history and of course Ravenna itself will learn much from Herrin’s work. Kirkus ReviewsBeautifully illustrated, impeccably researched and accessibly presented, it traces Ravennas career as the capital of the Roman empire in the west. . . . Buildings are also brought to life alongside the people who built and used them. . . . It is this linking of tangible remains and historical record that is the books great strength.---Jonathan Harris, BBC History MagazineHerrin tells the changing story of Ravenna as it unfolds from the end of the fourth century to the ninth in a series of short, accessible sections with the aid of luscious illustrations.---Averil Cameron, History TodayJudith Herrin’s book [Ravenna] explains by recounting the city’s life from 402, when it became the capital of the Roman Empire in the West, to 751, when the Lombards took over. The story is not, she emphasises, one of decline, but of rebirth, for Ravenna established what European Christendom could become. . . . By the time we can easily visit Ravenna the city again it should be with the advantage of having read Ravenna the book.---Christopher Howse, The Telegraph[Ravenna] is absolutely gorgeous, with magnificent colour reproductions of Ravenna’s churches and mosaics. Relics of an age that seems almost impossibly remote, they are the foundations on which modern Europe stands.---Dominic Sandbrook, The TimesBold. . . . elegantly argue[d]. New YorkerMagnificent. . . recaptures the excitement of discovering the history of a city where East Rome and Latin Europe joined for many centuries in ways that defy our neat divisions between ancient and medieval; Romans, Greeks, and barbarians; East and West.---Peter Brown, New York Review of BooksA sweeping and engrossing history . . . an accessible narrative that brings to life the men and women who created the city during this period and who fashioned its hybrid Christian culture of Latin, Greek and Gothic elements. The narrative is periodically elevated by discussions of the city’s most famous attractions and its glorious churches, brilliantly illustrated in the book’s 62 color plates. It is also enlivened by recurring digressions on daily life in the city at each phase in its history.---Anthony Kaldellis, Wall Street Journal[T]ake [Judith] Herrin’s book slowly. It’s not a skimmer. There’s a lot to absorb. A careful, patient read best reveals the book’s richness.---Brian T. Allen, National ReviewJudith Herrin’s Ravenna sparkles like the city’s world-heritage mosaics . . . [this] sweeping social and cultural history is presented in easily digestible sections and augmented with lavish illustrations.---Michael Champion, Australian Book ReviewA masterwork...

-Titulo Original : The Wordhord Daily Life In Old English-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Videen is both a passionate medievalist and a relaxed, lucid writer; the pleasure she takes in her subject is infectious . . . . There are enough literary snippets here to suggest why Old English has enchanted so many authors.---Henry Hitchings, Wall Street JournalA marvelous book.---Neil Gaiman, [An] entertaining linguistic history. . . . Well researched and cannily written, this smart survey makes the old feel new. Publishers WeeklyEngaging, conversational, humorous, and full of surprising revelations. . . . A specialized but delightful book that is essential for undergraduate students of linguistics, literature, and history and will appeal to anyone with a yen for history or language. Library JournalRemarkable. . . . Videen beautifully captures the everyday life of Old English speakers.---Margot Enns, American Conservative An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakersOld English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English the language of Beowulf defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith.The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord” a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations.Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at or speak English in the same way again. Review “The perfect way to be introduced to Old English. There is insight on every page.” David Crystal, author of The Stories of English“A rich meditation on words, a thoughtful cultural history, and a delicious box of delights to dip into during stolen moments. I loved this book and learnt more from it than from any number of solemn language primers. Hana Videen has created a marvel.” Nicola Griffith, author of Hild“A wonderful book heaving with linguistic treasure, a joyfully clever exploration of early medieval life.” Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of The Madman’s Library About the Author Hana Videen has been hoarding Old English words since 2013, when she began tweeting one a day. Now more 20,000 people follow these gems from her wordhord. A writer and blogger, she holds a PhD in Old English from King’s College London and lives in Toronto. Website oldenglishwordhord Twitter @OEWordhor...

-Titulo Original : The Princeton Field Guide To Mesozoic Sea Reptiles-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: About the Author Gregory S. Paul is a renowned researcher and illustrator who helped establish the “new look” of pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and other Mesozoic creatures seen in contemporary movies and documentaries. His books include The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs and The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (both Princeton). His work has appeared in leading publications such as National Geographic, Scientific American, Nature, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, and Natural History. An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million years New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery habitats and climates, including polar winters. The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the great Mesozoic groups that commanded the seas for tens of millions of years. This incredible field guide covers 435 species and features stunning illustrations of swimming reptiles ranging in size from little lizards to others with great necks longer than their bodies. It discusses the history of sea reptiles through 185 million years of the Mesozoic, their anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction and growth, and extinction, and even gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the Mesozoic. This one-of-a-kind guide also challenges the common image of these reptiles as giants of the prehistoric waters, showing how the largest weighed far less than today’s biggest whales. Features detailed species accounts of 435 different kinds of sea reptiles, with the latest size and mass estimates Written and illustrated by the acclaimed researcher and artist who helped to redefine our understanding of dinosaur anatomy Describes placodonts, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, sea snakes, sea turtles, marine crocs, and more Covers everything from biology to the colorful history of sea reptile paleontology Includes dozens of original skeletal drawings and full-color life scene...

-Titulo Original : 1177 B.c. The Year Civilization Collapsed Revised And Updated (turning Points In Ancient History, 6)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review The memorable thing about Clines book is the strangely recognizable picture he paints of this very faraway time. . . . It was as globalized and cosmopolitan a time as any on record, albeit within a much smaller cosmos. The degree of interpenetration and of cultural sharing is astonishing.---Adam Gopnik, New Yorker A fascinating look at the Late Bronze Age, proving that whether for culture, war, economic fluctuations or grappling with technological advancement, the conundrums we face are never new, but merely renewed for a modern age.---Larry Getlen, New York Post Cline has created an excellent, concise survey of the major players of the time, the latest archaeological developments, and the major arguments, including his own theories, regarding the nature of the collapse that fundamentally altered the area around the Mediterranean and the Near East.---Evan M. Anderson, Library Journal A remarkable book that brings forth not just a piece of history, but also lessons from the past.---Mihai Andrei, ZME Science Fresh and engaging.---Andrew Robinson, Current World Archaeology The 12th century BCE is one of the watershed eras of world history. Empires and kingdoms that had dominated late Bronze Age western Asia and the eastern Mediterranean collapsed. Choice Cline explores a vast array of variables that could have led to the disruption of the society of this era, including earthquakes, famines, droughts, warfare, and, most notably, invasions by the Sea Peoples. Publishers Weekly A detailed but accessible synthesis. . . . [O]ffers students and the interested lay antiquarian a sense of the rich picture that is emerging from debates among the ruins.---Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed In this enjoyable new book, Eric H. Cline has set himself an ambitious task: Not only must he educate a popular audience about the wealth and power of the eastern Mediterranean civilizations of the Bronze Age, he must then make his readers care that, some time around the year 1200 B.C., these empires, kingdoms, and cities suffered a series of cataclysms from which they never recovered.---Susan Kristol, Weekly Standard [An] engaging book. . . . Cline builds a convincing case for his theory over a long and absorbing tour of the Late Bronze Age.”---Josephine Quinn, London Review of Books A wonderful example of scholarship written for the non-expert. Cline clearly pulls together the engaging story of the interactions among the major empires of the Late Bronze Age and puts forth a reasonable theory explaining why they seem to have evaporated as quickly as moisture on a hot afternoon.---Fred Reiss, San Diego Jewish World Clines work reveals eerie parallels between the geopolitics of the first years of 12th century B.C. and todays 21st century. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed is history, but reads like a good mystery novel. Cline draws readers into his tale, revealing surprises throughout. It is all the more fascinating for being true, and for its relevance to todays world.---Mark Lardas, Daily News Cline has written one of this years most interesting books.---Jona Lendering, NRC Handelsblad Extremely valuable for scholars, yet . . . easily understandable by general readers.---Richard A. Gabriel, Military History Quarterly Cline is clearly in command of the textual record and his reading of it is the books real strength.---A. Bernard Knapp, History Today Written in a lively, engaging style.---Michael McGaha, Middle East Media and Book Reviews 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed is a thoughtful analysis of one of the great mysteries of human history. . . . Highly recommended.---James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review [T]his work masterfully incorporates the present state of research into a welcome reevaluation of a period less known to the general public, the crisis of Late Bronze Age civilization. . . . [E}ven more brilliant is the spin on the similarities between the predicament o...

-Titulo Original : Synchronicity An Acausal Connecting Principle. (from Vol. 8. Of The Collected Works Of C. G. Jung) (jung Extracts, 36)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Jung was intrigued from early in his career with coincidences, especially those surprising juxtapositions that scientific rationality could not adequately explain. He discussed these ideas with Albert Einstein before World War I, but first used the term synchronicity in a 1930 lecture, in reference to the unusual psychological insights generated from consulting the I Ching. A long correspondence and friendship with the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli stimulated a final, mature statement of Jungs thinking on synchronicity, originally published in 1952 and reproduced here. Together with a wealth of historical and contemporary material, this essay describes an astrological experiment Jung conducted to test his theory. Synchronicity reveals the full extent of Jungs research into a wide range of psychic phenomena. This paperback edition of Jungs classic work includes a new foreword by Sonu Shamdasani, Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London...

-Titulo Original : Economics In America An Immigrant Economist Explores The Land Of Inequality-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: From the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craft When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America’s strengths and shocked by the extraordinary gaps he witnessed between people. Economics in America explains in clear terms how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our time-from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system-and narrates Deaton’s account of his experiences as a naturalized US citizen and academic economist. Deaton is witty and pulls no punches. In this incisive, candid, and funny book, he describes the everyday lives of working economists, recounting the triumphs as well as the disasters, and tells the inside story of the Nobel Prize in economics and the journey that led him to Stockholm to receive one. He discusses the ongoing tensions between economics and politics-and the extent to which economics has any content beyond the political prejudices of economists-and reflects on whether economists bear at least some responsibility for the growing despair and rising populism in America. Blending rare personal insights with illuminating perspectives on the social challenges that confront us today, Deaton offers a disarmingly frank critique of his own profession while shining a light on his adopted country’s policy accomplishments and failures...