03/05/2007
William F. Schulz, past president of Amnesty International and editor of the forthcoming The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary, will speak at the Drexel University campus in Philadelphia today…. READ MORE
02/28/2007
The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association has awarded Katherine J. Parkin’s Food is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America, the Emily Toth Award for the best book in… READ MORE
02/16/2007
Two Penn Press authors and a series editor recently lent their expertize to news and documentary productions on a wide range of subjects. This Thursday, Eric Stover, author of The… READ MORE
02/09/2007
As schools, universities, museums and (yes) churches around the world prepare to celebrate Darwin Day, it’s a great time to study the evolution of the book that started it all… READ MORE
01/11/2007
Since Felipe Fernandez-Armesto wrote Before Columbus Exploration and Colonization from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1229-1492, he has gone on to great fame in his field. Thanks to an encounter… READ MORE
12/11/2006
Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground Erin Daly and Jeremy Sarkin 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3976-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in… READ MORE
11/21/2006
Two University of Pennsylvania publications focus on professor and government consultant Ian Lustick this month. A article on Lustick appears in the current Penn Arts and Sciences Magazine, while The… READ MORE
09/15/2006
History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism Judith M. Bennett 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3946-6 | $49.95 | £32.50 Not for sale in… READ MORE
08/09/2006
Philadelphia Inquirer critic Carlin Romano praises the book Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the Presence of the Past by Steven Conn. "Incisive, quirky, wry and boosterish without pulling appropriate punches, Metropolitan… READ MORE
