A Voice for Human Rights–Now in Paperback
08/02/2007
A Voice for Human Rights Mary Robinson. Kevin Boyle, Editor. Foreword by Kofi Annan. Afterword by Louise Arbour 456 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2005 | ISBN… READ MORE
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Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic–Now Available
08/01/2007
Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic: A Complete Reference Manual John H. Rappole 384 pages | 8 x 10 | 1040 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3982-9 | $49.95 | £32.50 This… READ MORE
Columnist Praises Rodin for Community Engagement
07/31/2007
"The message to all universities is clear: Your time for leadership has arrived; being a constructive, good neighbor isn’t fluff — it’s absolutely critical," writes syndicated columnist Neal Peirce in… READ MORE
ALA’s “Best of the Best” on C-SPAN’s BookTV
07/27/2007
The American Library Association’s "The Best of the Best of the University Presses: Books You Should Know About" presentation, which took place on June 24th at the annual ALA conference… READ MORE
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
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
