We're in beautiful La Jolla, CA this week for the fall APS Member Meeting, ready to talk books and journals! You don't have to be an elected Member to watch talks on space, longevity, poetry, cancer, democracy, and more. See the program and livestream link here: www.amphilsoc.org/members/meet...

Vote for Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge by Edward Tenner!

Read now with your Project MUSE subscription! Proceedings Vol 166 # 3 includes a 1998 essay by Roland Frye on Macbeth and totalitarianism that is recontextualized by editor and scholar Annalisa Zox-Weaver. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55675

Out now! Imperfect Oracle by @casssunstein.bsky.social. Buy the book Richard Revesz calls "a must read for anyone who wants to develop an intelligent and informed perspective on this critically important topic—which should be everyone." www.pennpress.org/978160618137... #artificialintelligence

Register to join an engaging seminar with renowned legal scholar, behavioural economist & bestselling author, @casssunstein.bsky.social, as he delves into the thought-provoking themes of his latest book IMPERFECT ORACLE buff.ly/mRfd3NH @amphilpress.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social

@casssunstein.bsky.social's book, Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do, is coming on 10/14! In the meantime, read his words on what AI cannot do in the fall issue of Liberties Journal. Order the book: www.pennpress.org/978160618137... #casssunstein #artificialintelligence #libertiesjournal

Register to attend a free evening of refreshments, networking, and a panel discussion on developmental editing with four knowledgeable editors from the Philly area. This event is in person in Philadelphia. Register here: www.amphilsoc.org/events/publi...

Out now! Proceedings of the APS Vol. 166 No. 2. Read on Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55607

TONIGHT! At 6 p.m. ET, livestreaming and in person in Philadelphia, APS Press author Thomas E. Chávez is part of a roundtable on Spain and the War for American Independence. Register online at www.amphilsoc.org/events/spain... and purchase your copy of the book at www.pennpress.org/978160618897...

Out now! A new edition of The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought by Robert Nisbet, with a new foreword by Luke Sheahan. Buy the book Daniel J. Mahoney calls "a feast for the mind and a joy to read" at the link: www.pennpress.org/978160618038...

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week at our fourth APS Press publishing salon! The insightful panelists got us thinking, talking, and laughing about book reviewing. Ben Yagoda Paula Marantz Cohen Damon Linker Ann de Forest Autumn Konopka Kristen Brida Our next salon will be in October!

Browse the latest catalog from our distribution partner Penn Press! You'll see exciting new APS Press titles like The Social Philosophers by Robert Nisbet with a new foreword by Luke Sheahan (Sept. 2) and Imperfect Oracle by Cass Sunstein (Oct. 14)

Out now! Alexander von Humboldt: Writings in English, Parts I & II. Presenting the 250 texts the “father of environmentalism” wrote in English, unabridged in their original form. Buy the set of two and save! Individual volumes are $45 and the set is $75. www.pennpress.org/978160618080...

New on the @amphilsociety.bsky.social blog, Penn Press Acquisitions Assistant Jon Repetti dives deep into the 1964 @amphilpress.bsky.social title Fish-Shape Paumanok, in which author Robert Cushman Murphy contemplates the relationship between man and nature on his native Long Island: bit.ly/4oxy9Xg

Talk book reviewing with us at our next publishing salon in Philadelphia! We'll be discussing the review process with panelists who know it well. Readers, writers, publishers, and anyone interested in book reviewing are invited to join us. Register to attend (for free) at the link: bit.ly/40RR70P

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📣 Call for Papers: Why Does the English Department Matter Today? 📣 Submission deadline: October 10, 2025 Details: www.amphilsoc.org/call-papers-... #CFP #CallforPapers #EnglishDepartment #HigherEd

See the latest from APS Press author Edward Tenner in the Milken Review. The essays in Ed's book, Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge, are just as entertaining and informative as this review. Order a copy at your local bookstore or online: www.pennpress.org/978160618027...

The current APS Museum exhibition: Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City, was recently reviewed in Journal of the American Revolution. Visit the APS Museum by 12/28/25 to enjoy the exhibition. You can buy a catalog there or online at www.pennpress.org/978160618122...

Listen to Edward Tenner discuss his new book, Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences, on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

In the July 24 issue of the New York Review of Books: Ruth Bernard Yeazell writes about Albert C. Barnes, describing Neil L. Rudenstine's account of the aftermath of the Barnes Foundation's move to Philadelphia as "meticulously documented." Buy The House of Barnes here: bit.ly/45TOvCV

Today on arcmag.org: Mark Oppenheimer discusses campus politics with Neil L. Rudenstine, author of Our Contentious Universities: A Personal History (March 2025). Buy your copy here: www.pennpress.org/978160618007...

Out now online and in print! Proceedings Volume 166 Number 1 covers a breadth of content ranging from field reports and biographical memoirs to Richard Price and autobiographies. Read and subscribe to the digital journal at Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55078

"Mr. Conn’s book will be a useful guide to anyone hoping to catch a glimpse of the Liberty Bell during the semiquincentennial." Read D.G. Hart's @wsj.com review of Thomas Sully's Philadelphians by Peter Conn at the link. #philadelphiahistory #semiquincentennial #America250 #thomassully

Peter Conn's "delightful book" THOMAS SULLY'S PHILADELPHIANS, new from @amphilpress.bsky.social, explores 20 of the titular painter's portraits that offer a glimpse of Philadelphia's early national history. Learn more in the Pennsylvania Gazette's review:

“We’re coming up on our 250th birthday as a country, the association’s about to turn 150, & we’ll be meeting in our nation’s first capital. It feels momentous in a way that I’m not sure it would have in a different year.” President-elect Sam Helmick #ALAAC25 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

We're excited to welcome librarians and friends to Philly next week for the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition! Find us at Booth 1562. We'd love to talk to you about the APS Press, APS Library, and Philadelphia! Stop by and say hello. #ALAAC25

Out now! Philadelphia, the Revolutionary City, a catalog accompanying the museum exhibition of the same title (visit now through Dec. 28 during APS Museum hours!) Buy your copy at the link: www.pennpress.org/978160618122...

10 Philly authors. 5 minutes each. Last night at the APS! We had so much fun getting to know accomplished local authors across genres. Thank you to everyone who joined us! If you would like to receive emails about upcoming publishing salons, send us a DM with your email address.

New issue of Transactions out now! Vol. 114 No. 2 revisits a 1939 symposium hosted by the APS on the totalitarian state. The foreword, written by APS Member Rogers Smith, is free to read for the time being on Project MUSE--don't miss out! Read & Subscribe: www.pennpress.org/journals/jou...

Today on TAPinto Princeton, Richard K. Rein describes author Edward Tenner as "a bear of a researcher and a thoroughbred writer." Read more at the link, and catch Ed tonight (June 4) at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. Details here: princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/13683416

The latest issue of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, the journal from our friends at @amphilpress.bsky.social, reprints a 1939 symposium on totalitarianism. Read the introduction now, free for a limited time via @projectmuse.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

June 3, 1769 David Rittenhouse observed the transit of Venus, an event that was described in the first volume of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, a journal we still publish today. #onthisday

This Wednesday in Princeton! Author Edward Tenner in conversation with Peter Dougherty about his latest book, Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge.

On 6/11 we're hosting Local Author Speed Dating! Join us in Philly for refreshments, networking, and a slew of local authors who will each have a few short minutes to share their exciting work. Books will be sold on site by Head House Books. Register here: www.amphilsoc.org/events/publi...

Out now! A packed double issue of Proceedings, with articles on the APS, bat extinction, David Rittenhouse, Renaissance Florence, Gilded-Age Buffalo, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, retroactive justice, higher education, and more. Read & subscribe here: Vol. 165 Nos. 3&4 www.pennpress.org/journals/jou...

"Mr. Rudenstine writes cogently about the problems besetting higher education." Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal: Our Contentious Universities by Neil L. Rudenstine. #neilrudenstine #ourcontentiousuniversities #highereducation #campusprotest

Author Bob Frishman recently joined host Terri Kelley on Andover TV's Books! to discuss his book Edward Duffield. Watch the recorded conversation here: cloud.castus.tv/vod/andover/...

APS Press author Bob Frishman (and his book, Edward Duffield) recently appeared in Antiques and the Arts Weekly. www.antiquesandthearts.com

Frankie stopped by the office to admire the latest APS Press book: Thomas Sully's Philadelphians by Peter Conn. She would have liked to see more canine subjects, but still recommends the book to humans everywhere. www.pennpress.org/978160618049... #thomassully

Award-winning author Bob Frishman will be on the road in the US and UK this year discussing his book, Edward Duffield. Join him for public lectures and book signings sure to inform and entertain. See the full events list at edwardduffield.com #edwardduffield #horology

Check out the latest issue of Transactions, which dives into Living with Climate Change. Read and subscribe at the link: www.pennpress.org/journals/jou...

"Paradoxically, I find cause for hope in the idea that what left- and right-wing partisans see as powerful trends are, in fact, merely the cumulative results of a chaotic sequence of chance events." Read more from APS Press author Edward Tenner in Project Syndicate today

Congratulations to author Bob Frishman, winner of the John Frederick Lewis Award for his book, Edward Duffield: Philadelphia Clockmaker, Citizen, Gentleman, 1730-1803!

The APS Press is happy to display our books at the April Meeting this week. Tune in to the live stream this afternoon to see author Bob Frishman accept the John Frederick Lewis award for his book, Edward Duffield: Philadelphia Clockmaker, Citizen, Gentleman, 1730-1803.

"An open pack of premium cigarettes was thus a centerpiece of Hindenburg advertisements." -Ed Tenner Read more from Stuart Mitchner in Princeton Town Topics on Edward Tenner's new book, Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge.

Out today! Thomas Sully's Philadelphians: Painting the Athens of America by Peter Conn, a book Michael Zuckerman called "a work like no other." Buy your copy at the link below, or order from your favorite bookstore. www.pennpress.org/978160618049... #thomassully #philadelphia #philadelphiahistory

Last night we talked book clubs with the people who know about them! Thanks to all who joined us, especially our panelists. Our next salon will be in June. Stay tuned for details on social media and the APS events calendar at amphilsoc.org.

Don't miss Edward Tenner's upcoming book launch event! Register to join us at the APS in Philadelphia on April 17th.

Out today! Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences by Edward Tenner. Buy the book Sherry Turkle called "a masterclass in the complexities of human/machine entanglement" at www.pennpress.org/978160618027...