HOW TO BE NOBLE: An Ancient Guide to Celtic Wisdom, Philip Freeman
A new translation of seven surviving Old Irish Celtic texts, collected together for the first time, illustrating the moral and political wisdom of the ancient Celts, part of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times series. (Princeton University Press, World Rights, Fall 2027)
Publishers Weekly Celebrates Princeton University Press “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times” Series
Thanks to Rob Tempio, editor extraordinaire, who first acquired Philip Freeman’s HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION, launching a series of gems from the great ancient philosophers in small precious volumes in translation with commentary. Thanks to Philip’s concept and Rob’s visionary packaging, the series now includes scores of books in beautiful hard cases that have […]
HOW TO GO WITH THE FLOW, M.D. Usher (Translator)
An ancient guide to change, drawing on the writings of Heraclitus, for the “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers” series by Professor of Classics at the University of Vermont, and author of Following Nature’s Lead (Princeton University Press, World Rights, 2027)
FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World, Mark D. Usher
In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful, a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what ancient ideas and ways of living can teach us about creating a more sustainable world How should we think and live in a world facing environmental catastrophe? In this urgent, original, and wide-ranging book, classicist and farmer M. D. […]
THE BEAUTIFUL ONE: The Life and Legacy of Plotinus, Mark D. Usher
The first biography to explore the ideas of the Platonist philosopher who believed that humanity can live in productive harmony with one another and nature. His far-reaching influence on thinkers, writers and poets has lasted for centuries and couldn’t be more applicable to our world today. (World Rights, Princeton University Press, 2026)
How to Travel: An Ancient Guide for Modern Tourists, M.D. Usher
A compendium of Greek and Roman texts, newly translated, highlighting what the ancients can teach us about traveling and how to think about the places, people, and practices we encounter along the way to (Princeton University Press’ Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series/World Rights/Fall 2025).
FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD, M.D. Usher
Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Vermont M. D. Usher’s FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD, ancient ways of living in a dying world, drawing on the best lessons from antiquity: How can older ways of thinking help us to solve the modern world’s ecological and economic challenges? What can we learn from […]
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Scott Peeples Scott Peeples is Professor of English at the College of Charleston. He has published extensively on nineteenth-century American literature, most recently the books The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City (Princeton Univ. Press) and The Oxford Companion to Edgar Allan Poe (co-edited with J. Gerald Kennedy). Follow him on Twitter View all […]
The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City, by Scott Peeples with photographs by Michelle Van Parys
“Scott Peeples has plumbed the deep psychic landscape of Poe with passion and skill, bringing us back to his writing again and again with fresh insights. The Man of the Crowd is beautifully written and remarkably adroit. A major accomplishment.” — Jay Parini, author of Robert Frost and Empire of Self: A Life of Fore Vidal How four American […]
THE WANDERER: Edgar Allan Poe and the City by Scott Peeples with photos by Michelle Van Parys
University of Charleston English professor, Scott Peeples, with University of Charleston photography professor Michelle Van Parys offer a reexamination of Poe, who changed addresses on average once a year throughout his adult life, through the lens of the American cities that shaped his life and writing. (Princeton University Press/World Rights/Spring 2019)