Tag: Fish

Give the gift of books: NATURE

The JHU Press has a beautiful selection of books on the natural world, from the amazing new edition of Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America, to our popular Animal Answer Guide series, to family-friendly guide books, to handsomely illustrated volumes on owls, polar bears, and mountain gorillas. Read more or place an order by…

Celebrating University Press Week: JHUP in Pictures

Words matter. But, when it comes to book publishing, so do art and design.  During this University Press Week, we chose the theme “Our UP in Pictures” to go behind the scenes and show how the visual elements which accompany an author’s words are selected, shaped, and formed. In Part I of the post, we speak with JHU Press Art Director…

Celebrating University Press Week: JHUP in Pictures

Words matter. But, when it comes to book publishing, so do art and design.  During this University Press Week, we chose the theme “Our UP in Pictures” to go behind the scenes and show how the visual elements which accompany an author’s words are selected, shaped, and formed. In Part I of the post, we speak with JHU Press Art Director…

The Art of the Sea with Val Kells

by Amy S. Mercer Marketing and Communications Manager, Gibbes Museum of Art Thank you to the Gibbes Museum of Art for allowing us to re-publish this recent post. Please note information at the close of this article about Val Kells' upcoming talk. Marine Science Illustrator Val Kells is an ‘obsessive compulsive’ fisherman. A photo of Kells on…

The Art of the Sea with Val Kells

by Amy S. Mercer Marketing and Communications Manager, Gibbes Museum of Art Thank you to the Gibbes Museum of Art for allowing us to re-publish this recent post. Please note information at the close of this article about Val Kells' upcoming talk. Marine Science Illustrator Val Kells is an ‘obsessive compulsive’ fisherman. A photo of Kells on…

The Press Reads: Sharks

Our occasional summer Friday series on the blog, The Press Reads, features short excerpts from recent JHUP books to whet your appetite and inspire timely additions to your summer reading list.  In advance of Shark Week, we dive into Gene Helfman and George H. Burgess's Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide. Gene Helfman is a professor…

Meet us in Chattanooga: Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

By Vince Burke This year’s Joint Meeting of AES, ASIH, HL, and SSAR in Chattanooga is extra special for all of us at Johns Hopkins University Press. We are trying to make stars of scientists by hosting book signings that have special significance for each society. For the herpetologists, we are showcasing the new and definitive…