Islamic Gardens and Landscapes–Now Available
01/22/2008
Islamic Gardens and Landscapes D. Fairchild Ruggles 296 pages | 7 1/2 x 10 | 28 color, 177 b/w illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4025-2 | $49.95 | £32.50 A… READ MORE
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“Human Rights and the 2008 Presidential Campaign” Video
01/17/2008
On January 9th, The Center for American Progress Action Fund and the University of Pennsylvania Press cosponsored a program called "Human Rights and the Presidential Campaign." William F. Schulz, coeditor… READ MORE
Jackson’s Book Part of new MLK “Scholarly Synthesis”
01/17/2008
As schools and other cultural institutions prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with service, ceremony, and perhaps a little sleeping in, "The Prophet Reconsidered," a book review in… READ MORE
An Election Year Quote from Ben Franklin
01/17/2008
In honor of Benjamin Franklin on his birthday, here’s a quote from his song "Fair Venus Calls." In Power is Pleasure, no Tongue can tell.By Crouds tho’ you’re teased, your… READ MORE
Death of Reading Greatly Exaggerated?
01/16/2008
Reading, Not So Dead After All, from The Chronicle of Higher Education, gives a snapshot of the blog battles surrounding the NEA’s "To Read or Not to Read" report.
Culture Front–Now Available
01/11/2008
Culture Front: Representing Jews in Eastern Europe Edited by Benjamin Nathans and Gabriella Safran 344 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4055-9 | $65.00 | £42.50 A… READ MORE
Shapira’s Allon Biography Raises Questions
01/10/2008
In a Daily Jewish Forward review of Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography, Miriam Shaviv asks why the former "golden boy" of Israel has faded into relative obscurity.
Fanny Kemble Makes Foreword’s Outstanding List
01/10/2008
Deirdre David’s Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life is number 6 in Foreword magazine’s annual list of Outstanding University Press Books. Critic Peter Skinner writes: David skillfully analyzes Kemble’s love-hate relationship… READ MORE
Schoolcraft Overshadowed No Longer
01/03/2008
The most recent volume of The Michigan Historical Review praises Robert Dale Parker, editor of The Sound the Stars Make Rushing through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft,… READ MORE
Singing the New Song–Now Available
01/02/2008
Singing the New Song: Literacy and Liturgy in Late Medieval England Katherine Zieman 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus. Cloth Dec 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4051-1 | $59.95… READ MORE
