The Anatomy Murders—Now Available
10/08/2009
The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most… READ MORE
Category: European & World History
A New Penn Press Podcast–The Anatomy Murders: The Myths and Realities of the Burke and Hare Case
10/01/2009
We're kicking off the second season of Penn Press podcasts with Lisa Rosner, author of The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare… READ MORE
A Just Withdrawal: Walzer and Mills on Getting Out of Iraq in The New Republic
09/25/2009
Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills co-wrote a piece for today’s issue of Tne New Republic entitled A Just Withdrawal. In it, they share their guidelines for an ethical withdrawal from… READ MORE
Murderous Musical YouTube take on the Burke and Hare Case
09/22/2009
Sometimes fiction is stranger than the truth. Lisa Rosner, author of The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh’s Notorious Burke and Hare, and of the Man… READ MORE
Hitler’s Face: The Biography of an Image–Now in Paperback
09/16/2009
Hitler’s Face: The Biography of an Image Claudia Schmölders. Translated by Adrian Daub 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 91 illus. Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2081-0 | $24.95 |… READ MORE
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East–Now in Paperback
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance Christopher MacEvitt 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4050-4 | $49.95 |… READ MORE
Used Books: Marking Readers in Renaissance England–Now in Paperback
09/15/2009
Used Books: Marking Readers in Renaissance England William H. Sherman 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 36 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4043-6 | $45.00 | £29.50 Paper 2009… READ MORE
2 Scary Books by David D. Gilmore now in Paperback–Monsters and Misogyny
Misogyny: The Male Malady David D. Gilmore 272 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1770-4 | $22.50 | £15.00 David D. Gilmore studies the phenomenon of women-hating,… READ MORE
The New York Review of Books on Hidden War in the Congo
09/10/2009
In the September 24 issue of The New York Review of Books, Howard W. French examines three recent studies of violence in Central Africa: René Lemarchand's The Dynamics of Violence… READ MORE
Women’s Human Rights: The International and Comparative Law Casebook–Now in Paperback
09/09/2009
Women's Human Rights: The International and Comparative Law Casebook Susan Deller Ross 704 pages | 7 x 10 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4067-2 | $135.00 | £88.00 Paper 2009 |… READ MORE
