Fea’s Presbyterians in Love
01/23/2008
In the January issue of Commonplace, John Fea explores a little known side of Philip Vickers Fithian, the early American diarist and Presbyterian minister perhaps best known for his descriptions… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
Smoke Firing–Now Available
01/23/2008
Smoke Firing: Contemporary Artists and Approaches Jane Perryman 176 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 190 color illus. Cloth Feb 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4089-4 | $49.95 | £32.50 Not… READ MORE
Elsie Driggs: The Quick and the Classical–Now Available
01/23/2008
Elsie Driggs: The Quick and the Classical Constance Kimmerle 160 pages | 9 x 12 | 77 color, 40 b/w illus. Cloth Jan 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4104-4 | $39.95 |… READ MORE
Sageman Offers “Common Sense”
01/22/2008
"[Marc] Sageman takes the common sense view that you can’t defeat an enemy until you know them and understand what drives them," writes David Isenberg in an Asia Times review… READ MORE
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
“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
