Electing the President, 2012: The Insiders’ View; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School; a detailed look into the internal machinery of a presidential campaign and insight into the  principles that drive outcomes in a democratic election; Penn Press. Paperback $24.95.

Songs of Penn: Honoring Musical Tradition at the University of Pennsylvania; the Bruce Montgomery Foundation for the Arts; a collection of songs with historical annotation by the late Bruce Montgomery, long-time director of the Penn Glee Club. Hardcover $55.

Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success; G. Richard Shell, Thomas Gerritty Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Management, Wharton; explores the meaning of success through assessing the influence of media, family and culture; Hardcover $26.95.

Revitalizing American Cities; edited by Susan M. Wachter, Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management, professor of real estate and finance in Wharton and professor of city and regional planning in Penn Design; and Kimberly A. Zeuli, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City; explores the historical, regional and political factors that have allowed some small industrial cities to regain their footing in a changing economy and considers strategies cities can use for successful rebuilding; Penn Press. Cloth $69.95.

The Awe and the Awful: Poetry Compilation; Rev. Charles L. Howard, University Chaplain; reflections on the beauty and challenges of urban ministry. Paperback $20.

Adoption: A Brief Social and Cultural History; Peter Conn, Vartan Gregorian Professor of English, SAS; author draws upon philosophy, history, literary criticism and related fields to offer a fascinating narrative of the global history of adoption. Hardcover $45.

The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook: Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Enterprise; Ian MacMillan, Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Wharton; James Thompson, Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program; covers all three phases of the start-up to scale-up process, developed with reader feedback; Wharton Digital Press. Paperback $16.99, eBook $9.99.

The Greenest Home: Superinsulated and Passive House Design; Julie Torres Moskovitz, GAr’00; examination of 18 of the world’s most attractive Passive Houses—well insulated, virtually airtight buildings. Hardcover $45.

Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives; stories from childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Paperback $16.

Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success; Adam M. Grant, professor of management, Wharton; explores approaching success through networking and interactions with others; Hardcover $27.95.

Don’t Wear Polka-Dot Underwear with White Pants: (And Other Lessons I’ve Learned); Allison Gutknecht, C’05; chapter book series for children about eight year-old Mandy Berr learning life lessons with patriotic pizzazz. Paperback $5.99.

Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History; Glen Berger, C’89; story of a theatrical dream—or nightmare—come true. Hardcover $25.

Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir; Beth Kephart, lecturer in the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing; features work by Penn students as well as the work of classic memoirists. Paperback $16.

Brandywine Boy; Adrian R. Morrison, professor emeritus in the department of animal biology, Vet School; a memoir including relevant history, social history and explanations of some features of farm animals. Paperback $10.95.

Thin Description: Ethnography and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem; John L. Jackson Jr., Richard Perry University Professor of Communication, Africana Studies and Anthropology; provides an anthropological account of how race, religion and ethnographic representation must be understood anew in the twenty-first century. Hardcover $45.

On Grace; Susie Orman Schnall, C’92; by her 40th birthday party, Grace will realize who and what matter most. With laughter. With tears. With grace. Paperback $12.99.

Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys to Making Change Work; Greg Shea, adjunct professor of management, Wharton; Cassie Solomon, The New Group Consulting, Inc.; confronts with the real reasons change efforts fail and how that failure can be avoided; Wharton Digital Press. Paperback $15.99, eBook $9.99.

77 Questions for Skillful Living: A New Path to Extraordinary Health; Michael Finkelstein, C’82, M’86; blends aspects of holistic and conventional medicine and shares tools to manage various ailments and illnesses by guiding readers through 77 important medical questions. Hardcover $26.99.

Innovation Prowess: Leadership Strategies for Accelerating Growth; George Day, Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor of Marketing, Wharton; create an organization that can repeatedly innovate and challenge itself to change; Wharton Digital Press. Paperback $15.99, eBook $9.99.

Public Education Under Siege; edited by Michael B. Katz, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, SAS; and Mike Rose, UCLA; argues for a democratic and egalitarian alternative to the test-driven, market-oriented core of current education reform; Penn Press. Cloth $55.

Jews, Christians and the Roman Empire; edited by Natalie B. Dohrmann, associate director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, adjunct professor of religious studies and Jewish studies, SAS; Annette Yoshiko Reed, M. Mark and Esther K. Watkins Assistant Professor of Humanities, SAS; brings Jewish perspectives to bear on longstanding debates concerning Romanization, Christianization and late antiquity; Penn Press. Cloth $69.95.

Accused: A Rosato and Associates Novel; Lisa Scottoline, C’77, L’81; crime fiction about an all-female law firm with twists and fast-paced plots. Hardcover $27.99.

Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776; Richard R. Beeman, John Welsh Centennial Professor of History, SAS; an examination of the grueling 22-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774 and the audacious decision for independence in July of 1776. Hardcover $29.99.

Big Sister, Little Sister; Yanatha Desouvre, IT support specialist in College House Computing, with daughter Reanna; expresses the deep love that is felt between sisters. Paperback $9.99.

Experiencing Power, Generating Authority: Cosmos, Politics and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia; Jane Hill, director of the Predynastic Egyptian Collections Project, Penn Museum; Philip Jones, associate curator, Penn Museum; Antonio Morales, Freie Universität Berlin; a cross-cultural comparison of the cosmic ideology and political structure of kingship in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia; Penn Press. Cloth $69.95.