A Holiday for the Books Another year is in the books, and the holiday season is upon us! Penn Parents Who Lead; In the Dream House: A faculty, staff, alumni, and even a couple students have been busy writ- Alyssa Westring; Stew- Memoir; Carmen Maria ing books for all tastes, about all subjects, fiction and nonfiction, for art Friedman, Wharton; Machado, SAS; an en- any age group. Looking for gift ideas for that well-read friend or fam- advice for working par- grossing and wildly in- ily member? Look no further—a Penn author has written the perfect ents to lead more pur- novative account of a book! poseful lives, draw- relationship gone bad, More information is available on books from Penn Press at http:// ing on the authors’ and a bold dissection www.upenn.edu/pennpress/ and on books from Wharton School Press experience as research- of the mechanisms and at wsp.wharton.upenn.edu. 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Confronting the Mis- entific evidence, personal ex- Ezekiel Emanuel, Penn Medicine; compares the information Society; Victor periences from the authors, Pickard, Annenberg; calls and practical insights on how US with ten other health care systems around the attention to problems with you can successfully reframe journalism in the US and your relationship with food; world in pursuit of excel- lence; $18.99. presents a possible future $18.99. in which media is publicly Modern Architecture and Cli- owned and democratically mate: Design Before Air Con- Holding Fast: Resilience governed; $27.95. ditioning; Daniel Barber, and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants; Philadelphia Battlefields: Dis- Everything is Borrowed: Weitzman; a photo-packed A Novel; James McCann; Michael ruptive Campaigns and Upset Nathaniel Pop- exploration of how twenti- kin, C’91 GCP’95; an eth-century architects incor- Jones-Correa, SAS; origi- Elections in a Changing City; nal research examines Lat- John Kromer, Fels Institute; acclaimed architect is porated climate-mediating shown an earlier version strategies into their designs, in-Americans’ thoughts relates how upstart political about the US government candidates achieved spectac- of a building he is slated and how climate adaptabili- to remodel, teaching him ty was essential to the devel- and their perseverance ular successes over Philadel- through fear of deporta- phia’s entrenched political es- truths about the past and opment of modern architec- the present; $24.95. ture; $60. tion; $29.95. tablishment; $37.95. 8 www.upenn.edu/almanac ALMANAC November 24, 2020 ALMANAC November 24, 2020 www.upenn.edu/almanac 9