Virgil’s Eclogues–Now Available
03/15/2010
Virgil’s Eclogues Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro). Translated by Len Krisak. Introduction by Gregson Davis 112 pages | 5 1/4 x 8 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4225-6 | $29.95 | £19.50… READ MORE
Category: European & World History
London Review of Books on Robert Darnton’s Latest Book
03/12/2010
A meaty review of The Devil in the Holy Water, or, The Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon appears in the latest London Review of Books. "In political… READ MORE
Parrot Culture–Now in Paperback
03/11/2010
Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird Bruce Thomas Boehrer 224 pages | 6 x 9 | 49 illus. Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2104-6 | $22.50… READ MORE
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East–Now in Paperback
03/10/2010
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East Edited by Piotr Bienkowski and Alan Millard 352 pages | 7 x 10 | 350 illus. Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2115-2 | $34.95 |… READ MORE
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia–Now Available
03/08/2010
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia: Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways Edited by Andrzej Weber, M. Anne Katzenberg, and Theodore G. Schurr 344 pages | 6 x 9… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–George Cotkin on Morality’s Muddy Waters
03/03/2010
In the March podcast, noted cultural historian George Cotkin plumbs the depths of some of America's greatest ethical challenges of the past century–including the My Lai massacre, the debate over… READ MORE
Robert Darnton Makes the Case for Three Books on C-SPAN
02/23/2010
C-Span’s Book TV recently presented video of Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library and eminent historian of the book, giving a talk at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge,… READ MORE
Bloody Valentines: Two UK reviews of The Anatomy Murders
02/15/2010
This past weekend, both the Scotsman and BBC History Magazine showed some love for Lisa Rosner's The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and… READ MORE
Chivalry, at Least Talk of It, Is Alive: Richard Kaeuper speaks on ChivalryToday.com
02/03/2010
Richard Kaeuper, author of Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry, speaks to Chivalry Today's Scott Farrell about the spiritual side of chivalry in the middle ages. Farrell calls Professor… READ MORE
The Essential Dürer–Now Available
01/28/2010
The Essential Dürer Edited by Larry Silver and Jeffrey Chipps Smith 304 pages | 6 x 9 | 88 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4187-7 | $55.00 | £36.00 The… READ MORE
