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Fabulous Finds for Fans of Facts or Fiction |
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November 24, 2015, Volume 62, No. 15 |
Want special gifts for the book-lovers on your holiday gift list? Well, there are numerous new books hot off the press again this year by Penn-affiliated authors. The Penn Bookstore has many to choose from—factual and fictional, personal and pictorial, historical and innovative. These are some of the many new books by Penn authors, including faculty and alumni. Not only are there books from Penn Press and then Penn Museum, but there’s an option from Wharton Digital Press as well. To preview the collections of Penn Press, visit www.upenn.edu/pennpress before visiting the Bookstore. Print books and ebooks from Wharton Digital Press are available at http://wdp.wharton.upenn.edu
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Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950-2000; John L. Puckett, professor of education; Mark Frazier Lloyd, director, University Archives & Records Center; recounts the shared history of University politics and urban policy as the campus grappled with 20th-century racial tensions, gender inequality, labor conflicts and economic retrenchment; Penn Press. Hardcover, $49.95. |
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Vasily Zhukovsky’s Romanticism and the Emotional History of Russia; Ilya Vinitsky, professor and chair, department of Slavic languages and literatures; the first major study in English of Vasily Zhukovsky—poet, translator of German romantic verse and mentor of Pushkin. Paperback, $39.95. |
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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults; Frances E. Jensen, professor and chair, neurology; Amy Ellis Nutt; offers a revolutionary look at the science of the adolescent brain, providing insights that translate into practical advice for parents and teenagers. Hardcover, $27.99. |
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A Tale of Two Plantations: Slave Life and Labor in Jamaica and Virginia; Richard S. Dunn, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor Emeritus of American History, founding director, McNeil Center for Early American Studies; reconstructs the individual lives and collective experiences of three generations of slaves on the Mesopotamia sugar estate in Jamaica and the Mount Airy plantation in tidewater Virginia. Hardcover, $39.95. |
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Legacies of the Rue Morgue: Science, Space, and Crime Fiction in France; Andrea Goulet, associate professor of French; traces shifting representations of violence, space and nation in French crime fiction, from serial novels of the 1860s to cyberpunk fictions today; Penn Press. Hardcover, $65.00. |
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Gonzo Girl: A Novel; Cheryl Della Pietra, C’91; inspired by the author’s time as Hunter S. Thompson’s assistant, this novel follows a recent college grad desperate to make it in the grueling world of New York publishing. Hardcover, $24.99. |
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From Mulberry Leaves to Silk Scrolls: New Approaches to the Study of Asian Manuscript Traditions; edited by Justin Thomas McDaniel, professor of Buddhist studies, chair of religious studies; Lynn Ransom, curator, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Penn Libraries; ten essays that look closely at a wide variety of manuscript traditions with a special focus on their history and the ways they can be studied; Penn Press. Hardcover, $49.95. |
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Out of Bounds; Fred Bowen, C’75; eighth-grader Nate has to decide between going for a goal after a player on the rival team gets injured, or kicking the ball out of bounds as an act of good sportsmanship. Hardcover, $14.95. |
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Topographical Stories: Studies in Landscape and Architecture; David Leatherbarrow, professor of architecture, chair, Graduate Group in Architecture; redefines landscape architecture and architecture as topographical arts, the shared task of which is to accommodate and express the patterns of our lives; Penn Press. Paperback, $29.95. |
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Sport Matters: Leadership, Power, and the Quest for Respect in Sports; Kenneth L. Shropshire, David W. Hauck Professor, the Wharton School, faculty director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative, professor of Africana studies; uses recent sports controversies as a prism for exploring the leadership challenges facing team owners, management, players and fans; Wharton Digital Press. Paperback, $15.99. |
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Capital: New York, Capital of the 20th Century; Kenneth Goldsmith, lecturer, Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing; a kaleidoscopic assemblage and poetic history of New York, composed entirely of quotations drawn from histories, memoirs, newspaper articles, novels, government documents and emails. Hardcover, $49.95. |
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Taxonomies of Knowledge: Information and Order in Medieval Manuscripts; edited by Emily Steiner, professor of English; Lynn Ransom, curator, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Penn Libraries; six essays that consider the role of the manuscript book in organizing and classifying knowledge; Penn Press. Hardcover, $45.00. |
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Scorpyn Odes; Laynie Browne, lecturer, creative writing; verse odes interspersed with prose departures explore the iconic history of the scorpion in literature and mythology, as demon, poison and guardian. Paperback, $15.95. |
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Does Regulation Kill Jobs?; edited by Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law, director, Penn Program on Regulation; Adam M. Finkel, senior fellow, executive director, Penn Program on Regulation; Christopher Carrigan; essays by legal scholars, economists, political scientists and policy analysts that reveal the complex reality of regulation; Penn Press. Hardcover, $49.95. |
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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction; Philip E. Tetlock, Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor, Leonore Annenberg University Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, professor of psychology, professor of management; Dan Gardner; offers the first demonstrably effective way to improve our ability to predict the future—whether in business, finance, politics, international affairs or daily life. Hardcover, $28.00. |
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Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority-Serving Institutions; Clifton Conrad; Marybeth Gasman, professor of higher education, director, Penn’s Center for Minority-Serving Institutions; turns a spotlight on the challenges facing nontraditional college students and highlights innovative programs and practices that are advancing students’ persistence and learning. Hardcover, $35.00. |
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The Sphinx That Traveled to Philadelphia: The Story of the Colossal Sphinx in the Penn Museum; Josef Wegner and Jennifer Houser Wegner, associate curators, Egyptian section; tells the fascinating story of the colossal sphinx that is a highlight of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries and an iconic object for the Museum; Penn Museum. Hardcover, $29.95.
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Valley Fever; Julia Bloch, Gr’11, director, creative writing program; poetry that links language with the California landscape. Paperback, $15.00. |
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Allegiance: A Novel; Kermit Roosevelt, professor of law; a legal thriller that plunges readers into the debate within the US government surrounding the imprisonment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Hardcover, $27.95. |
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Of Gardens and Graves: Essays on Kashmir | Poems in Translation; Suvir Kaul, A. M. Rosenthal Professor of English; the textures of everyday life in Kashmir after 1990. Paperback, $25.00. |
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The Global Transformation of Time; Vanessa Ogle, Julie and Martin Franklin Assistant Professor of History; chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 that highlights the hurdles faced by proponents of uniformity. Hardcover, $39.95. |
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Galápagos Regained; James Morrow, C’69; an unemployed Victorian actress finds work on Charles Darwin’s estate, then sets out to disprove the existence of a Supreme Being to win a £10,000 prize. Hardcover, $28.99. |
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Picture Freedom: Remaking Black Visuality in the Early Nineteenth Century; Jasmine Nichole Cobb, ASC’09; examines portraiture as a means to seize control over representation of the free Black body and reimagine Black visuality divorced from the cultural logics of slavery. Paperback, $27.00. |
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Globalization: The Crucial Phase; edited by Brian Spooner, professor of anthropology; scholars of anthropology, social science, law and medicine present a holistic and comprehensive understanding of the way the world is changing; Penn Museum. Hardcover, $69.95. |
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