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.
Auerbach, Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress (1999)
Doody, Tropic of Venice (2007)
Heilbrun, When Men Were the Only Models We Had: My Teachers Fadiman, Barzun, Trilling (2001)
Mulisch/Naborn, Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichmann: An Eyewitness Account (2005)
Showalter, Faculty Towers: The Academic Novel and Its Discontents (2005)
Tichi, Exposés and Excess: Muckraking in America, 1900 / 2000 (2003)
Westheimer, Musically Speaking: A Life Through Song (2003)
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