Since the December headlines about U.S.-led sanctions against Iran to President Obama’s statement today that “there is still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution to this issue”, American-Iranian relations have been at the center of foreign policy, as we head into another election year and reflect on the
Welcome to the new home of the Yale Press Log on Wordpress.com! In July, the theme is Global and International Studies, and after the first half of 2011, there is plenty to recount. New books on Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, and southern Africa, by Tim Bird & Alex Marshall, Victoria Clark, Tarek Osman, and Stephen Chan are at the center of our political discussions, and Leila Ahmed’s new history, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America surrounds current controversies on Islamic women’s dress.
Ivan Brunetti’s new book Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice is making a pretty big splash with a popular, instructional trailer on YouTube and reviews on Drawn!, PopMatters.com, even the Wall Street Journal. He’s written for the London Yale Books blog, and he has an upcoming book signing with Hillary Cute at
The only authoritative guide specifically for pregnant working women, Dr. Marjorie Greenfield‘s Working Women’s Pregnancy Book addresses all the subjects one expects to find in a comprehensive book on pregnancy plus issues of special concern to wage-earning women. Is my workplace safe for my developing baby? When should I tell
It’s hard to imagine a history of women in American film and literature without remembering Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind. First published in 1936, iconic female characters like Scarlett O’Hara and Melanie Hamilton Wilkes are fixed in our memory; the book itself was a Pulitzer-Prize winner and remains one
Because we want to hear from you about the Yale Press Podcast series, here is an interview with Eric J. Sundquist, author of King’s Dream: The Legacy of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. Listen to or download the podcast here and be sure to read up on
Remember this? After a hiatus, the Yale Press Podcast series is back—at least, for a limited time. Your interest will determine its future, so please let us know what you think by commenting at www.facebook.com/yalepress; rating us on iTunes; or e-mail us at yale.press@gmail.com. All of our interviews are free
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
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,