Category: For Everyone

April/May news and new books

Enter code HDPD at checkout to receive a 30% discount on all books featured in this blog post or mention this code when calling in your order at 1-800-537-5487. News and Notes/Praise and Reviews Doris Iarovici, M.D., author of Mental Health Issues and the University Student, discusses the “antidepressant generation” in The New York Times Well…

Doctors Without Borders in Action

Sociologist Renée C. Fox considers how communications from Médecins San Frontières/Doctors Without Borders keep her connected with the achievements, trials, dreams, and values of medical humanitarian action. She is the author of Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of of Médecins Sans Frontières, published by Johns Hopkins Press. I first became aware of Doctors…

Doctors Without Borders in Action

Sociologist Renée C. Fox considers how communications from Médecins San Frontières/Doctors Without Borders keep her connected with the achievements, trials, dreams, and values of medical humanitarian action. She is the author of Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of of Médecins Sans Frontières, published by Johns Hopkins Press. I first became aware of Doctors…

Spring Returns to Washington (Really!)

Guest post by Howard Youth April is a month when there’s no denying winter's retreat. Even if the thermometer dips below freezing, it rarely stays there for long. Days stretch longer, too. For local plants and animals and the wildlife enthusiasts who observe them, it's a very busy time. Washington, D.C. is a capital city…

Readings, Talks, and Festivals Crowd the April Calendar

Eliot called April the cruelest month. Chaucer admired its sweet showers. JHU Press authors, editors, and staff surely earn the right to tag it grueling (but productive!) considering the impressive line-up of talks, signings, festivals, and conferences scheduled this month. From the Annapolis Book Festival to the Festival of Faith and Writing in Grand Rapids,…

Regarding the recent NLRB decision and college sports

Guest post by Michael A. Olivas On March 26, 2014, National Labor Relations Board Chicago regional director Peter Ohr held that Northwestern’s football players were employees and, as a result, eligible to vote whether they would unionize. Ohr wrote, “It is clear that the scholarships the players receive are compensation for the athletic services they perform…

Regarding the recent NLRB decision and college sports

Guest post by Michael A. Olivas On March 26, 2014, National Labor Relations Board Chicago regional director Peter Ohr held that Northwestern’s football players were employees and, as a result, eligible to vote whether they would unionize. Ohr wrote, “It is clear that the scholarships the players receive are compensation for the athletic services they perform…