The Penn Press spring 2008 catalog announces Against the Wall, a wide-ranging series of essays, edited by Elijah Anderson, that look at the plight and prospects of young black urban men; Mapping Decline, by Colin Gordon, an illustrated history of urban decay in St. Louis; and Almost a Dynasty, by William Kashatus, about the world champion 1980 Philadelphia Phillies. Among many other notable new titles for the season are these: new editions of The Business of Sports Agents and The Academic Job Search Handbook; Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe; and Place and Memory in the Singing Crane Garden.
New and forthcoming titles from the Penn Press current seasonal catalog.
Baridon/Mason, A History of the Gardens of Versailles (Jun 2008)
Giannetto, Medici Gardens: From Making to Design (Mar 2008)
Katz, The Jew in the Art of the Italian Renaissance (May 2008)
Kimmerle, Elsie Driggs: The Quick and the Classical (Jan 2008)
Perryman, Smoke Firing: Contemporary Artists and Approaches (Feb 2008)
Ruggles, Islamic Gardens and Landscapes (Jan 2008)
Schwarcz, Place and Memory in the Singing Crane Garden (Mar 2008)
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