This year for the AAUP Book, Jacket, & Journal Show, 261 books and 348 jacket and cover designs were submitted for a total of 609 unique entries. Thirty-seven books and forty jackets and covers were selected as the very best … Continue reading The 2016 AAUP Book, Jacket, & Journal Show
January Staff Reading List UNP staff members are always reading new books within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books our noses have been buried in. Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg … Continue reading What We’re Reading
This past weekend I watched A LOT of sport. Soccer, basketball, football, and tennis… In each broadcast, journalists quickly jostled to interview players and coaches shortly after the game ended. As I listened, halfheartedly I admit, to the interviews I started … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: If book marketers were interviewed by sports journalists
Jewish Publication Society author, long serving JPS board member, and JPS Scholar of Distinction Professor, Eugene Borowitz passed away on Friday. In a Forward obituary, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, called Borowitz “a larger-than-life figure in postwar … Continue reading Remembering Rabbi Borowitz
This year the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary and as the National Park Foundation said, “the Centennial is more than a birthday. We want people everywhere to embrace the opportunities to explore, learn, be inspired or simply have fun in … Continue reading From the desk of Michael J. Dax #FindYourPark
Books From Jack Johnson to Lebron James edited by Chris Lamb Praise from the Tampa Tribune: “A thought-provoking collection of essays. Media coverage has expanded greatly since Jack Johnson put on boxing gloves to defend his heavyweight title, and a critical, sharp look at media coverage through the years is a necessary—and welcome—addition to sports literature.” The Self-Propelled Island by Jules Verne Translated by Marie-Thérèse Noiset Review from the Washington Post: “Aside from its tendency toward leisurely travelogue, The Self-Propelled Island consists largely of slapstick comedy, prescient satire of capitalist privilege and melodrama. Ultimately, it develops into another of Verne’s pessimistic, late-in-life cautionary … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS
An excerpt from Hero of the Crossing: How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World (January 2015, Potomac Books) by Thomas W. Lippman. Chapter 5 The Separate Peace Pressure Mounts on Sadat To the handful of American journalists who were giving … Continue reading EXCERPT: Hero of the Crossing
Originally posted on Sport in American History:
Lamb, Chris, ed. From Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. 648 pp. $35.00 paperback. Reviewed by Kate Aguilar On January 7, 2016,… Continue reading Review of From Jack Johnson to LeBron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line
The Revenant just received twelve Oscar nominations, on the back of success at the Golden Globes for the film and its star, Leonardo DiCaprio. Michael Punke’s book, upon which the movie is based, has rapidly climbed up the Amazon rankings—I … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: Riding the Wave of Movie Tie-ins
Rosemary Vestal is the publicity manager for UNP. She recently purchased this shirt. Ever heard of a little movie called The Revenant? Of course you have. Not only is the movie based on a book (most good ones are), it … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: UNP might as well publish Leonardo DiCaprio
