Author: Penn State Press
Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
Keywords: park, campus, university, guide, state, insider, penn
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-09-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0271027207
ISBN-13: 9780271027203

Hundreds of buildings, thousands of people, countless stories--there’s always more to learn about Penn State, no matter how much time you’ve spent there. This Is Penn State: An Insider’s Guide to the University Park Campus will enlighten anyone with an interest in the University, from visiting parents to lifelong State College residents. This Is Penn State documents the rich history beneath the surface of the Penn State experience, offering facts and figures, essays and anecdotes, obscure trivia, notable quotations, and a wealth of other information about Penn State’s

Authors:Irving Penn, John Szarkowski,
Publisher: Bulfinch
Keywords: photographs, penn, irving, life
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2001-09-07
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0821227025
ISBN-13: 9780821227022

Irving Penn is one of the leading photographers of the 20th century. His elegant and innovative photographs are the subject of this volume. It includes some 200 images.

Author: Penn St Univ/Univs Penn St Univ/Univs
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: sound, collections, discographic, reference, recorded, association, waring, discography, discographies, fred
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1996-04-30
List price: $101.95
ISBN-10: 0313299102
ISBN-13: 9780313299100

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians entertained America for 69 years. They were successful pioneers in many aspects of the entertainment business: stage shows, radio, television, movies, concerts, and recordings. Waring and his group made over a thousand commerical recordings starting in 1923 for the Victor Talking Machine Company and then continued with Decca Records, Capitol, Reprise, and Mega labels. This discography documents each one of the recordings as well as the transcriptions that the Pennsylvanians recorded for various program services. It is an invaluable research resource for recor

Authors:Robert Penn Warren, John Burt,
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: warren, penn, robert, poems, collected
Number of Pages: 830
Published: 1998-10
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0807123331
ISBN-13: 9780807123331

In this indispensable volume, John Burt has assembled every poem (with the exception of "Brother to Dragons") ever published by Robert Penn Warren, the first Poet Laureate of the United States.

Author: Audrey Penn
Publisher: Tanglewood Press
Keywords: sassafras
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-05-25
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 193371803X
ISBN-13: 9781933718033

Poor Sassafras is self conscious of his stinky smell but his friends help him discover that his smell is what makes him special.

Author: William Low
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Keywords: station, penn, old
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2007-04-03
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0805079254
ISBN-13: 9780805079258

A beautiful tribute to the glory of the original Pennsylvania Railroad Station During the first half of the 20th century, the original Pennsylvania Station was one of New York City’s grandest landmarks, a palace in the middle of Manhattan. William Low’s glorious illustrations pay close attention to detail while still encompassing the large-scale grandeur of Penn Station.   Old Penn Station follows a very specific piece of New York City history, but it’s not just a New York book.  The author’s research carefully addresses the whole history of the building, from cons

Author: Margaret Penn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: virgin, foolish
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1981-04-30
List price: $36.99
ISBN-10: 0521282977
ISBN-13: 9780521282970

The Foolish Virgin is a biographical sequel to Manchester Fourteen Miles, in which Margaret Penn describes her childhood in a Lancashire labourer’s family at the turn of the century. The sequel begins where the earlier book leaves off with Hilda Winstanley (alias Margaret Penn) arriving in London to live with her real father’s family. It is a moving and humorous account of a young girl’s reaction to being taken from a highly traditional rural working-class family and plunged into the sophisticated and active life of a middle-class professional family. By the end of the book H