Tomorrow, Saturday, June 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY presents the 15th annual Roosevelt Reading Festival. In concurrent sessions throughout the day, fifteen authors of recently published works that draw upon the … Continue reading 15th annual Roosevelt Reading Festival
Rosalyn LaPier is an associate professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana and a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History. Her book Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet (Nebraska, 2017) … Continue reading From the Desk of Rosalyn LaPier: “Of course, there is a tipi on the cover!”
The following is an excerpt from The Roger Kahn Reader: Six Decades of Sportswriting (June 2018) by Roger Kahn, edited and with an introduction by Bill Dwyre. Read more … Continue reading Excerpt: The Roger Kahn Reader
Matthew Oyos is a professor of history at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. He is the author of In Command: Theodore Roosevelt and the American Military (June 2018). Missiles, nuclear weapons, and summit meetings have fastened the world’s attention on the … Continue reading From the desk of Matthew Oyos: Practicing War—Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Maneuver
The following is an excerpt from Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 (June 2018) by Harry Franqui-Rivera. During the summer of 2001 I interviewed several Korean War veterans in Puerto Rico. Those interviews were part of my research … Continue reading Excerpt: Soldiers of the Nation
Books The Integration of the Pacific Coast League: Race and Baseball on the West Coast Amy Essington Included in the New York Times Book Review’s Summer Reading List. The Roger Kahn Reader: Six Decades of Sportswriting Roger Kahn; … Continue reading News and Reviews
The Commonwealth Club announces the winners of the 87th annual California Book Awards! Since 1931, the California Book Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers. Each year a select jury considers hundreds of books from … Continue reading Congratulations to Robert A. McNally!
The following books are now available in paperback editions. Disability Studies and the Environmental Humanities: Toward an Eco-Crip Theory, edited and with an introduction by Sarah Jaquette Ray an Jay Sibara “The most significant disability studies anthology to emerge … Continue reading Now in Paperback
James David Nichols is an assistant professor of history at City University of New York, Queensborough Community College. His new book, The Limits of Liberty: Mobility and the Making of the Eastern U.S.-Mexico Border (July 2018), chronicles the formation of the U.S.-Mexico border from a … Continue reading From the Desk of James Nichols: Of Borders and Birthers
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Crossing the River Kabul: An Afghan Family Odyssey (Potomac Books, 2017) by Kevin McLean. McLean practiced law in Boston and San Diego. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Crossing the River Kabul
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