At the Seventh Annual Connecticut Book Awards held in the atrium of Hartford Public Library on September 21, 2008, Drawn to Enchant was awarded the 2008 Connecticut Book Award for Design in praise of its imaginative and colorful arrangement. The Connecticut Center for the Book, which presents the awards every
Though talk of the Middle East may have slipped from the front page in the midst of an economic crisis, the scholars at the Washington Institute have remained firmly focused on their goal of “promoting security, peace, prosperity, and democracy” for the people of the Middle East. In their inaugural
This weekend’s Wall Street Journal added additional acclaim to the long list of praise for Fred Shapiro’s Yale Book of Quotations. In his list of essential reference books for the home library, Boston University librarian Donald Altschiller ranked the Yale Book of Quotations as second only to the World Almanac
Do the most innovative economic solutions come from the private sector or from the state? In the midst of an economic slowdown and an election year, the question is unavoidable. Concerned readers might find insights in Dan Breznitz’s Innovation and the State, which was announced the winner of the 2008
Three years ago today at 6:10 a.m. CDT, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, on the southeastern tip of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. The effects of the storm were felt as far north as Canada but nowhere more intensely than in St. Bernard Parish, just south of New Orleans. When
Marjorie Greenfield— Many pregnant women choose to fast at some point in time, usually for religious or cultural reasons. With Ramadan and Yom Kippur around the corner, it seemed like a good time to post some guidelines on fasting in pregnancy. I couldn’t find research on the effects of one-day
Marjorie Greenfield— I have written a lot on birth plans–the pros and the cons of putting one together, how to write one that will be helpful for you, and what factors to think about when you write one. So I was particularly interested to see the personal birthplan from one of our
Episode 18 of the Yale Press Podcast is now available. Download Episode 17. In Episode 18, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Derek van Bever about the reasons that a company’s growth can stall, and (2) Dr. Marjorie Greenfield about her pregnancy guide for working women. Download it for free here,
Marjorie Greenfield— In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, I decided to jump ahead in my “to do” list of topics and talk about combining breastfeeding with returning to work. This article is adapted from The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book. Many mothers and babies really enjoy nursing, and the moms find
This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the institution that redefined American justice and fascinated the collective imagination of the American people with its cases and characters. Last week, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, author of The FBI: A History, appeared on the NPR show On Point. Jeffreys-Jones