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On Pedantry – reviewed in the Daily Mail

A lively and entertaining cultural history of a supremely annoying intellectual vice - reviewed in the Daily Mail.

Fair Doses – reviewed on NPR

An Economist Best Book of 2025 "Fair Doses is an unflinching insider account of how science, politics, and human nature collided in the battle to vaccinate the world." —Atul Gawande, surgeon and author of Being Mortal How vaccines became the world's most powerful and...

Bullshit Jobs – latest title in the Eris Gems series

What if the modern economy is full of jobs that everyone secretly knows are meaningless—but no one is allowed to admit it? In this incendiary and darkly funny essay, anthropologist David Graeber takes a flamethrower to the world of pointless bureaucracy, soul-crushing...

We See Things They’ll Never See

We See Things They'll Never See, How neurotypical hegemony reproduces a culture of exclusion—and how to overcome this with love, hope, and solidarity. Reviewed in the Sociological Review

The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs

The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs, reviewed by the Inquisitive Biologist

The Life of Violet – Reviewed in the Guardian

Life of Violet, Virginia Woolf’s first fully realized work of fiction—reviewed in the Guardian

The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

David Woodman, the author of The First King of England, was featured on BBC Radio 4's PM program, (interview starts at 52:01) with Tom Holland, discussing the importance of Aethelstan in English History.

How Progress Ends – shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025

How Progress Ends was shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025, please click on the links below for more information.

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Our Presses

University of California Press is one of the most forward-thinking scholarly publishers, committed to influencing public discourse and challenging the status quo. At a time of dramatic change for scholarship and publishing, we collaborate with faculty, librarians, authors, and students to stay ahead of today’s knowledge demands and shape the future of publishing.

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Columbia University Press advances knowledge about our world through essential writing and research focusing on the global, the urban, and the contemporary. For more than 125 years, our widely reviewed and award-winning books have brought new ideas and foundational understanding to students, academics across different disciplines, policy makers, and general readers around the world. Through our publishing program, we embody our parent institution’s educational and research mission as well as its international reputation.

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Princeton University Press brings scholarly ideas to the world. We publish peer-reviewed books that connect authors and readers across spheres of knowledge to advance and enrich the global conversation. We embrace the highest standards of scholarship, inclusivity, and diversity in our publishing. In keeping with Princeton University’s commitment to serve the nation and the world, we publish for scholars, students, and engaged readers everywhere.

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The University Press Group (UPG) is jointly owned by the University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton and is responsible for the sales of their print books in the UK and Ireland, Europe, The Middle East and Africa.

This website has information on the three presses and links to their sites. You can also download subject and seasonal catalogues, as well as lists of available titles. Please get in touch if you would like any more information, or if you would like to open an account.