07/23/2007
In the following post, Penn Press intern and rising sophomore Jenn Dearden shares her budding interest in scholarly books. Beyond the Fiction Section Whenever I go into a bookstore, I… READ MORE
07/20/2007
Caroline Walker Bynum’s Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond has been selected to receive the American Academy of Religion’s Award for Excellence in the… READ MORE
07/20/2007
Today’s Wildlife of the Week, the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), might be living in your backyard but you’d probably never notice, because this reptile is a bit of a… READ MORE
07/18/2007
Colonial Botany: Science, Commerce, and Politics in the Early Modern World Londa Schiebinger and Claudia Swan, Editors 352 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 54 illus. Cloth 2004… READ MORE
07/17/2007
The Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783 Jack D. Marietta 376 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1989-0 | $24.95 | £16.50 "Exhaustively researched, clearly written, and provocative."–American… READ MORE
07/16/2007
"If Democrats and Barack Obama want to ‘get religion’ and if historians want to witness a deep commitment to leftist politics and spirituality, they should get to know the spiritual… READ MORE
07/13/2007
Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet Margo Singer 112 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 100 color illus. Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2000-1 | $26.50 | £17.50 A… READ MORE
07/12/2007
Wildlife of the Week returns to Penn Press Log with a question. Since wild animals have no use for citizenship status and state issued drivers licenses, how do non-native species… READ MORE
07/11/2007
The Censor, the Editor, and the Text: The Catholic Church and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon in the Sixteenth Century Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin. Jackie Feldman, Translator 328 pages | 6… READ MORE
07/10/2007
Chechnya: From Nationalism to Jihad James Hughes 296 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4013-9 | $55.00 | £36.00 A volume in the National… READ MORE
