11/10/2011
The literary and intellectual online magazine Berfrois recently published two new essays by Penn Press authors Michael B. Katz and Eric C. Schneider. Katz's essay, "Where's the Violence?," compares manifestations… READ MORE
Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources Edited by Olivia Remie Constable Second Edition 624 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 30 illus. Paper 2011 |… READ MORE
11/05/2011
Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800 Erik R. Seeman 384 pages | 6 x 9 | 28 b/w Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4229-4 | $45.00 | £29.50 Paper… READ MORE
11/03/2011
Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered Edited by Heather Campbell Coyle 192 pages | 9 x 11 | 129 color illus. Paper 2011 | ISBN 978-0-9771644-3-1 | $45.00 | £29.50 This… READ MORE
11/02/2011
Jeffrey Friedman, coauthor with Wladimir Kraus of Engineering the Financial Crisis: Systemic Risk and the Failure of Regulation, spoke at a Cato Institute event on October 27, 2011. Here's a… READ MORE
11/01/2011
The Catholic Calumet: Colonial Conversions in French and Indian North America Tracy Neal Leavelle 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 illus Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4377-2 | $39.95… READ MORE
For the November podcast, we dip into the archives for a second listen to Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology… READ MORE
Virtuosity in Business: Invisible Law Guiding the Invisible Hand Kevin T. Jackson 376 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4376-5 | $79.95 | £52.00 Virtuosity in Business… READ MORE
When we condone myths about Shakespeare, or actually promote them, we create the fertile ground where conspiracy theories grow.
10/31/2011
My textbook’s translation from Old English seemed entirely cryptic, despite my painstaking efforts to parse out the intended meaning of the thousand-year-old work. As a result, I admit that I have since held a grudge against all things Beowulf.
