It’s a new week, bloggers! I don’t know about you but I’ve been enjoying the new cooler weather (though not
all the rain) and the series premieres of all my favorite shows! I’m not going to lie, Gossip Girl has become a guilty pleasure…..the couture is just so beautiful but lets face it, what high school kid dresses like that?  This week we’ve got a real variety for you guys! Starting with Star Trek and ending with a tribute to those lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Ready to start bloggers?

Sept 8, 1966: The first Star Trek premieres on NBC.
    Are you a science fiction lover? I’m a secret one…though not now, I suppose. If you are then may I present The Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories by classic Scifi author Miles J. Breuer.

Sept 9, 1543: A nine month old Mary Stuart is crowned “Queen of Scots”.
    Powerful women in the government- it’s one of the great gifts the generations before us paved the way for. For a more local legend, please check out Mayor Helen Boosalis by Beth Davis Boosalis about the first female mayor or Lincoln, NE.

Sept 10, 1945: Mike the headless chicken is decapitated, but will survive for another 18 months before choking to death.
    Now I have no book to connect this to. I can only appeal to your general sense of wonderment and hope you recognize the sheer greatness of this little story. Here is a link to miketheheadlesschicken.org for more
info.

Sept 11, 2001: I can assume this date needs no introductions. Rather than focusing on the horror of this event, may I suggest following this link to the memorial and putting our efforts towards remembering those who lost their lives.

Sept 12, 2005: Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny’s Bay Lantau Island,
Hong Kong.

I LOVE Disney movies! Beauty and the Beast was the first movie I saw in theatres, and the whole experience has always stayed with me. Now this new book from UNP, Cinderella Ball: A Look Inside Small College Basketball in West Virginia by Bob Kuska, is not the same kind of fairy tale, but I can assure you that you will walk away with the same inspiration.

Ok bloggers another week down! Be sure to take a look at the University of Nebraska Press website for these books and more. Please join us next Tuesday for a little trivia!!