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October 26th, 2020
More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease.1 A diagnosis of this incurable disease is as disorienting as it is devastating. Purdue University Press has recently published two new books that will serve as essential resources for patients, their loved ones, and caregivers to help make sense of what comes next after such a diagnosis. The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones and Everything You Need to Know About Caregiving for Parkinson’s Disease by Lianna Marie are now available in print and e-book formats from all major retailers.
A trained nurse, Lianna Marie served as her mother’s caregiver and advocate for over twenty years through the many stages of Parkinson’s disease. Through and because of this experience, she founded AllAboutParkinsons.com, an online community that has connected and helped thousands of people with the disease, their families, and their caregivers.
“My greatest motivation for writing these books was a conversation I had with my mom in her fifteenth year of living with Parkinson’s.” Marie said in a recent interview with the Press. “She told me back then she wished there was more information available to help her understand and deal with her disease as it was progressing, written in a way that she could understand.”
The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones will serve as the go-to book for comprehensive, easy-to-understand information for those affected by Parkinson’s disease. Providing useful tips and advice, the book aims to help patients better understand their role in their treatment so that they may continue to lead happy and hopeful lives.
Everything You Need to Know About Caregiving for Parkinson’s Disease concentrates on those providing care for Parkinson’s patients. The job of caregiving comes with many challenges, and often caregivers will neglect their own health and well-being in the process. This book was inspired by the author’s own journey, using real-life experience to provide caregivers the resources they need to care for themselves and their loved ones.
“The caregiving book resulted from many years of witnessing the toll caring for someone with Parkinson’s can have on a person if they don’t have the right help and tools.” said Marie. “My ultimate goal is to help caregivers feel less alone and give them hope that they can make it through this often-challenging Parkinson’s journey with their loved one.”
The author, a native of Toronto, Canada and now living outside of Seattle, Washington, draws upon over twenty years of education, research, and direct experience to provide advice ranging from nutrition and exercise to alternative and complementary therapies, dissecting hard-to-understand medical information and presenting it in a clear and convenient manner. Both books will prove to be essential resources for those on their Parkinson’s journeys.
Receive 30% off The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones and Everything You Need to Know About Caregiving for Parkinson’s Disease by ordering directly from Purdue University Press and entering the code PURDUE30 at checkout.
Writer: Matthew Mudd, marketing and outreach specialist, Purdue University Press, mmudd5@purdue.edu
Source: Lianna Marie, founder of AllAboutParkinsons.com and author.
Citation: 1 Statistic from Parkinson’s Foundation: https://www.parkinson.org/Understanding-Parkinsons/Statistics
Filed under: press_release, PurduePressJuly 31st, 2020
Purdue University Press is pleased to announce the list of new books for our Fall/Winter 2020 season. This new season of books will cover subjects including Jewish studies, central european studies, aeronautics and astronautics, Indiana, politics, library sciences, and literature.
This season adds to our collection of Holocaust memoirs with Escaping Extermination: Hungarian Prodigy to American Musician, Feminist, and Activist by Agi Jambor. Written shortly after the close of World War II but unpublished until now, this memoir by acclaimed Jewish Hungarian concert pianist Agi Jambor describes how she and her husband escaped the extermination of Hungary’s Jews during the Holocaust.
The season also includes two new titles that serve as essential resources for those affected by Parkinson’s Disease, The Complete Guide for People with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones and Everything You Need to Know About Caregiving for Parkinson’s Disease. Both books are written by Lianna Marie, a trained nurse who served as her mother’s caregiver and advocate for over twenty years through the many stages of Parkinson’s Disease.
A Round Indiana: Round Barns in the Hoosier State, Second Edition by John Hanou will add to our great collection of books on Purdue & Indiana. This book documents the 266 round barns identified in the history of Indiana, containing more than 300 modern and historical photographs alongside nearly 40 line drawings and plans.
To learn more about these books download the seasonal catalog or subscribe to our newsletter at www.press.purdue.edu/newsletter.
Filed under: PurduePress
April 30th, 2020
Purdue University Press is pleased to announce a new partnership with Longleaf Services for fulfillment and distribution services which will take effect on July 1, 2020. In addition, Purdue University Press books will be represented by the Columbia University Press Sales Consortium in the United States.
“I’ve watched over the past few years as many university presses, I respect and admire have joined Longleaf Services,” said Justin Race, Director of Purdue University Press. “Having learned about everything they offer and do; I can now see why. We’re looking forward to a fruitful partnership for years to come that will get our scholarship in as many hands as possible.”
Robbie Dircks, president of Longleaf Services, added, “We are pleased to welcome Purdue University Press into the family of Longleaf client publishers. The addition of new publishers under the Longleaf umbrella increases our economies and efficiencies and allows Longleaf to fulfill our mission of providing fulfillment and publishing solutions so that our client publishers can focus on their core mission of content acquisition and dissemination.”
Additional information for customers, partners, and vendors will be forthcoming.
About Purdue University Press
Founded in 1960, Purdue University Press is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information. We publish books in several key subject areas including Purdue & Indiana, Aeronautics/Astronautics, the Human-Animal Bond, Central European Studies, Jewish Studies, and other select disciplines.
Learn more about Purdue University Press at www.press.purdue.edu
About Longleaf Services
Longleaf Services, Inc. provides complete fulfillment services for not-for-profit scholarly publishers. Operating with a collaborative philosophy, it enables client publishers to enhance their competitiveness, improve operating efficiencies, and create economies of scale, resulting in better service to their customers and lowering overall operating costs for both publisher and book buyer. A 501(c)3 organization, Longleaf provides services for Baylor University Press, the University of Calgary Press, Cork University Press, Cornell University Press, the University of Georgia Press, Louisiana State University Press, the University of Manitoba Press, the University of Nebraska Press, the University of New Mexico Press, the University of North Carolina Press, the University of Notre Dame Press, the University of Oklahoma Press, Syracuse University Press, Texas Tech University Press, Truman State University Press, Vanderbilt University Press, the University of Virginia Press, and the University of the West Indies Press.
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Filed under: PurduePressApril 7th, 2020
While it is well known that Latinos make up one of the largest and fastest growing populations in the U.S., new Latino-owned businesses are now outpacing this population growth and the startup business growth of all other demographic groups in the country.
Out April 15, Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship: A New National Economic Imperative edited by Marlene Orozco, Alfonso Morales, Michael J. Pisani, and Jerry I. Porras examines business formation and success among Latinos by identifying arrangements that enhance entrepreneurship and by understanding the sociopolitical contexts that shape entrepreneurial trajectories.
Latinos are a population that has been vastly understudied in the fields of entrepreneurship and wealth creation. Unfairly, the dominant story of Latinos—especially Mexican Americans—is that of dispossession and its consequences, but the economic future of the country is tied to the prospects of Latinos forming and growing business. The authors in this volume make clear the undiminished ambitions of Latinos as well as the transformative relationships among people, their practices, and the political context in which they operate. The reality of Latino entrepreneurs demands new attention and focus.
Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship: A New National Economic Imperative
edited Marlene Orozco, Alfonso Morales, Michael J. Pisani, and Jerry I. Porras
ISBN: 9781557539373, Paperback, $34.99, 378 pages
Table of Contents:
PREFACE: Latino Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities by Paul Oyer
PART 1: An Introduction to Latino Entrepreneurship— Historical Perspectives and Data Sources
CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship by Marlene Orozco, Alfonso Morales, Michael J. Pisani, and Jerry I. Porras
CHAPTER 2: Entrepreneurs from the Beginning: Latino Business and Commerce since the Sixteenth Century by Geraldo L. Cadava
CHAPTER 3: Latino Business and Commerce: A Contemporary View by Michael J. Pisani and Iliana Perez
CHAPTER 4: The Economic Contributions of Latino Entrepreneurs by Robert W. Fairlie, Zulema Valdez, and Jody Agius Vallejo
CHAPTER 5: The State of Latino Entrepreneurship: SLEI Research and Findings by Marlene Orozco and Iliana Perez
PART II: Macro Perspectives: A Regional Approach
CHAPTER 6: Latino Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural America by Barbara Robles, Alfonso Morales, and Michael J. Pisani
CHAPTER 7: Shaping Success: Exploring the Evolution of Latino Businesses in Three Major U.S. Counties by Edna Ledesma and Cristina Cruz
CHAPTER 8: Mexican American Founder Narratives at High-Growth Firms on the South Texas–Mexican Border by John Sargent and Linda Matthews
PART III: Micro Perspectives: Individual and Group-Level Analysis
CHAPTER 9: Social Network Utilization among Latino-Owned Business by Elsie L. Echeverri-Carroll and Marie T. Mora
CHAPTER 10: Acculturation and Latino-Owned Business Success: Patterns and Connections by Michael J. Pisani and Joseph M. Guzman
CHAPTER 11: The Business of Language: Latino Entrepreneurs, Language Use, and Firm Performance by Alberto Dávila, Michael J. Pisani, and Gerardo Miranda
CHAPTER 12: How Can Entrepreneurship Serve as a Pathway to Reduce Income Inequality among Hispanic Women? by Ruth E. Zambrana, Leticia C. Lara, Bea Stotzer, and Kathleen Stewart
PART IV: Practice and Policy
CHAPTER 13: SLEI-Education Scaling Program: A Business Program of “National Economic Imperative” by Marlene Orozco
CHAPTER 14: The G.R.E.A.T. Gacela Theory: Increasing Capital and Conditions for Success for High-Potential Latino Entrepreneurs Capable of Transforming Our Economy and Our Country by Monika Mantilla
CONCLUSION: A New National Economic Imperative by Marlene Orozco, Alfonso Morales, Michael J. Pisani, and Jerry I. Porras
Founded in 1960, Purdue University Press is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information. We publish books in several key subject areas including Purdue & Indiana, Aeronautics/Astronautics, the Human-Animal Bond, Central European Studies, Jewish Studies, and other select disciplines.
Through April 30 you can get 40% off all Purdue University Press books by ordering from our website and using the discount code PURDUE40 at checkout.
Filed under: PurduePressFebruary 7th, 2020
A new book from Purdue University Press, John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings by William F. Causey, tells the story of John Houbolt’s advocacy for “LOR” (Lunar Orbit Rendezvous) as the preferred method for getting American astronauts to the moon and back.
In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely before the end of that decade. At this point, NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next fourteen months, several options were vigorously debated. At first, the consensus was to send one big rocket with several astronauts to the moon, land and explore, and then take off and return in the same vehicle. Another involved launching several smaller Saturn V rockets into the earth orbit, where a lander would be assembled and fueled before sending the crew to the moon.
A small group of engineers led by John Houbolt advocated for a new plan called “LOR”. This plan, they believed, was not only faster, cheaper, and more reliable, but the only viable option by which they could make it to the moon by the end of the decade. Initially, LOR was ignored, criticized, and dismissed by many NASA officials, but in the face of overwhelming opposition, and at the risk of his career and reputation, John Houbolt persisted. LOR prevailed, and NASA made it to the moon before the end of the decade.
This book fills a gap in the history of America’s path to the moon, and finally gives John Houbolt his due.
John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings
by William F. Causey
ISBN: 9781557539465, Hardcover, $29.99
374 pages, 31 black and white images
Founded in 1960, Purdue University Press is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information. We publish books in several key subject areas including Purdue & Indiana, Aeronautics/Astronautics, the Human-Animal Bond, Central European Studies, Jewish Studies, and other select disciplines.
You can get 30% off John Houbolt and any other Purdue University Press books by ordering from our website and using the discount code PURDUE30.
Filed under: PurduePressJanuary 27th, 2020
We are proud to announce that The Notorious Ben Hecht: Iconoclastic Writer and Militant Zionist by Julien Gorbach has been selected as a finalist of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award, in the category of Biography. The National Jewish Book Awards, now in its 69th year, is the longest-running program of its kind in North America.
The Notorious Ben Hecht is a biography of a great twentieth-century writer that treats his activism during the 1940s as the central drama of his life. Known widely for his roles in writing films like Scarface (1932), Gone with the Wind (1939), and Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious (1946), Hecht’s activism has often been overlooked. This book gives this part of the subject’s life its due, detailing the story of how Hecht earned admiration as a humanitarian and vilification as an extremist at a pivotal moment in history, and about the origins of his beliefs in his varied experiences in American media.
Julien Gorbach is an assistant professor in the School of Communications at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and an award-winning journalist and media historian.
You can get 30% all Purdue University Press titles by ordering from our website and using the discount code PURDUE30.
Filed under: UncategorizedApril 29th, 2019
“The history of Purdue University is the story of people. They aren’t flat and lifeless, one-dimensional figures staring at us from paintings and black-and-white photographs. They are people who lived and breathed, laughed and cried. They succeeded and they failed, and to understand what they did for Purdue and why requires knowing them as friends, not historical data.”
— John Norberg, author of Ever True: 150 Years of Giant Leaps at Purdue University
Celebrations for Purdue’s 150th are long underway, ranging from a formidable line-up of speakers to the unveiling of a new Purdue-themed ice cream flavor.
On May 6, Purdue University Press will be joining in the sesquicentennial celebration with the release of two new history books, each with their own look at Purdue’s first 150 years. Ever True: 150 Years of Giant Leaps at Purdue University by John Norberg, and Purdue at 150: A Visual History of Student Life by David M. Hovde, Adriana Harmeyer, Neal Harmeyer, and Sammie L. Morris.
In Ever True, Norberg deftly covers 150 years of Purdue history, a task he equates to trying to fill a thimble with water pouring out of a fire hydrant. The book is filled with stories of the faculty, alumni, and leaders that make up our institution’s distinguished history.
“Today we see people from history in black-and-white photos staring blankly at us. But the people who formed our history were real people who got out of bed still tired and went to work and had good days and bad days, just like all of us today,” Norberg said in a recent interview in the Journal & Courier, “I hope people who read this book get to know these folks from our past like friends.”
The book also features over 40 profiles of prominent Boilermakers who have taken “Giant Leaps”, celebrating the effect Purdue Alumni have on the world.
For Purdue at 150, a team of Purdue archivists pored over decades of student papers, from scrapbooks, yearbooks, letters, and newspapers, to historical photographs and memorabilia, all of which are preserved in the Purdue University Libraries Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections. The result is a stunning pictorial history of Purdue, with many artifacts and images that are being published for the first time. The book is divided into decades, giving you relevant insight into many different eras of student life.
In the foreword of the book, Purdue alumni Drew and Brittany Brees say “Purdue at 150 is the definitive visual history of student life at our beloved alma mater, whether you are a long-time alum or a recent graduate, we know you will enjoy the trip down memory lane.”
Whether you’re a Purdue student, alumni, or a fan, each book provides a unique opportunity to look into the history of Purdue, and make a perfect way to celebrate Purdue’s 150th.
On Founder’s Day, May 6, we’ll be having a special sale, make sure to keep an eye on our social media, newsletter, and this blog so you don’t miss it!
