Announcing our Fall 2014 catalog
06/04/2014
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2014 catalog. This season’s offerings include a beautifully illustrated volume exploring the rich history of the Brandywine Valley, home… READ MORE
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Presenting the Spring 2014 Catalog
11/25/2013
The Penn Press Spring 2014 catalog is now available. The catalog cover features an image of a banquet at the palace of the French King Charles V. Inside, there's a… READ MORE
Spotted: Penn Press Books at the National Building Museum
11/11/2013
In this post, Marketing Assistant Alex Beaton reveals that she can't stay away from Penn Press books, even when she goes out of town for the weekend. Last weekend, I… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Blind Impressions, The Breakthrough, and Toronto
09/27/2013
Blind Impressions: Methods and Mythologies in Book History Joseph A. Dane 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4549-3 | $65.00 | £42.50 A… READ MORE
Takedown Author Philip Mudd on the Colbert Report
09/13/2013
The staff at Penn Press cannot confirm or deny that both of his shoes are phones, but we're pleased to say that Philip Mudd, author of Takedown: Inside the Hunt… READ MORE
This Week’s New Book: Lucretia Mott’s Heresy, Now In Paperback
Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America Carol Faulkner 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4321-5 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
A Look Back on Media Coverage of the March on Washington
08/28/2013
"Collective memories and historical interpretations of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom run the spectrum from liberal triumphalism to radical disillusionment. Both views distort the multiple meanings… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books–Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States and The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm
07/05/2013
Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States: Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo Maria Koinova 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4522-6 |… READ MORE
A Visit to Midtown Scholar
06/10/2013
Last Friday, Penn Press Director Eric Halpern and Marketing Director Laura Waldron traveled out to Harrisburg, PA, to visit the Midtown Scholar bookstore. The owners, Cathy Lawrence and Eric Papenfuse,… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books–Locked In, Locked Out, Take Up Your Pen, and More
05/21/2013
Locked In, Locked Out: Gated Communities in a Puerto Rican City Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 19 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4513-4 | $65.00… READ MORE
