Wildlife of the Week: Big-eared Bats
07/26/2007
It’s hard to be neutral about the looks of this week’s featured animals, Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat (pictured on the left) and Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (pictured below) . They are either … READ MORE
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Reading the Qur’an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560–Now Available
07/26/2007
Reading the Qur’an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 Thomas E. Burman 328 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Cloth Aug 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4018-4 | $59.95 | £39.00 A… READ MORE
The University and Urban Revival–Now Available
07/25/2007
The University and Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets Judith Rodin 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4022-1… READ MORE
Strictly Fiction No Longer: A Post from a Penn Press Intern
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
AAR Award for Bynum’s Wonderful Blood
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
Wildlife of the Week: The Eastern Fence Lizard
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
Colonial Botany–Now in Paperback
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
The Reformation of American Quakerism–Now in Paperback
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
Blum’s History News Network Editorial
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
Textile Surface Decoration–Now Available
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
