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Give the gift of ideas this holiday season!

Find the perfect read for everyone on your list—including yourself. Browse our Holiday Gift Guide below to get started, and use promo code HOL25 at checkout to get 40% off all books from Penn State University Press! Sale ends 12/19.

 

For PA history buffs

If you like these, check out our Keystone Books Series.

Thrill Ride

The Transformation of Hersheypark

John R. Haddad

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Was: $29.99 Sale price: $17.99 | Paperback Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-09992-7

288 pages
6" × 9"
32 b&w illustrations
2025

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An Uncommon Woman

The Life of Lydia Hamilton Smith

Mark Kelley

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Was: $24.95 Sale price: $14.97 | Paperback Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-09675-9

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280 pages
6" × 9"
27 b&w illustrations
2023
Co-published with LancasterHistory

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For Penn State fans

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Lair of the Lion

A History of Beaver Stadium

Lee Stout and Harry H. West

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Was: $29.95 Sale price: $17.97 | Hardcover Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-07776-5

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196 pages
10" × 9"
74 color/126 b&w illustrations
2017

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For art enthusiasts

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African Venice

A Guide to Art, Culture and People

Paul Kaplan and Shaul Bassi, Foreword by Igiaba Scego, and Afterword by Maaza Mengiste

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Was: $34.99 Sale price: $20.99 | Paperback Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-09993-4

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272 pages
5 1/2" × 8 1/4"
46 color illustrations/10 maps
2025

With Darkness Came Stars

A Memoir

Audrey Flack

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Was: $34.95 Sale price: $20.97 | Hardcover Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-09674-2

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296 pages
7.5" × 10"
32 color/67 b&w illustrations
2024

For Graphic Novel Fans

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Sleepless Planet

A Graphic Guide to Healing from Insomnia

Maureen Burdock

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Was: $27.99 Sale price: $16.79 | Paperback Edition
ISBN: 978-1-63779-093-9

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240 pages
6" × 9"
2025

Menopause

A Comic Treatment

Edited by MK Czerwiec

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Was: $29.95 Sale price: $17.97 | Hardcover Edition
ISBN: 978-1-63779-010-6

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144 pages
8" × 10"
2021

Marry Me a Little

A Graphic Memoir

Rob Kirby

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Was: $21.95 Sale price: $13.17 | Paperback Edition
ISBN: 978-1-63779-039-7

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112 pages
6.75" × 9.25"
106 color illustrations
2023

Hakim’s Odyssey

Book 1: From Syria to Turkey

Fabien Toulmé, and Translated by Hannah Chute

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Was: $29.95 Sale price: $17.97 | Hardcover Edition
ISBN: 978-1-63779-000-7

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272 pages
6.5" × 9"
2021

For mushroom-hunters

Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic

Revised and Expanded Edition

Bill Russell

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Was: $24.95 Sale price: $14.97 | Paperback Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-07780-2

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284 pages
4.5" × 9"
125 color/5 b&w illustrations/1 map
2017
Revised and Expanded

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For rock-n-rollers

If you like these, you’ll love our American Music History Series.

This Is Your Song Too

Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity

Edited by Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield

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Was: $37.95 Sale price: $22.77 | Hardcover Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-09566-0

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280 pages
7" × 10"
19 color/15 b&w illustrations
2023

Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination

Hurricanes of Color

Iconic Rock Photography from the Beatles to Woodstock and Beyond

Mike Frankel and foreword by Kenneth Womack

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Was: $24.99 Sale price: $14.99 | Hardcover Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-09486-1

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240 pages
9" × 8.75"
165 color illustrations
2024

American Music History

For poetry lovers

If you like this book, you’ll like A Black Philadelphia Reader

Keystone Poetry

Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania

Edited by Marjorie Maddox and Jerry Wemple

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Was: $27.95 Sale price: $16.77 | Paperback Edition
ISBN: 978-0-271-09990-3

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336 pages
6" × 9"
2025

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And so much more!

Browse all our titles by subject here, and remember to use promo code HOL25 for 40% off through 12/19.

Happy Holidays from PSU Press!

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