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Caxton Press spotlight

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Help author Mike Medberry go on tour to share his amazing story! A Kickstarter project was launched by the author to help with travel costs, watch his video and pledge to help here. Medberry's book, On the Dark Side of the Moon, details his journey to recovery after suffering a stroke in the remote wilderness of Craters of the Moon in Idaho. And in other Caxton news, Blazing a Wagon Trail to Oregon by Lloyd W. Coffman was reviewed by Dad of Divas saying that it was ”…an amazing book that really brings you closer to the Oregon Trail.” Continue reading Caxton Press spotlight

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Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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Show Notes: Report from the Digital Book World Marketing and Discoverability Conference The Digital Book World Marketing and Discoverability Conference was held Sept. 24-25 and Book Business shared some highlights. On discoverability: Context, he [Perseus Book Group’s Rick Joyce] said, is one of the most important factors in the new world of discoverability, espousing the need for new types of recommendation engines. Referencing Arthur C. Clarke ’s Three Laws of Prediction (No. 3: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”), he explained that publishers should focus less on what other customers have purchased and more on what the individual consumer … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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Judge Urbom: Called to Justice

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Early in his judicial career, U.S. District Judge Warren K. Urbom was assigned a yearlong string of criminal trials arising from a seventy-one-day armed standoff between the American Indian Movement and federal law enforcement at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. In his new book, Called to Justice, Urbom provides the first behind-the scenes look at what quickly became one of the most significant series of federal trials of the twentieth century. But that was only one monumental case Urbom presided over during his years on the bench. Called to Justice offers a rare inside view of what it means to be … Continue reading Judge Urbom: Called to Justice

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Colorado: Presidential election hotspot

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The first presidential debate is tonight at the University of Colorado in Denver at 8:00–9:30 p.m. CT. President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney will debate domestic policy. But Colorado is more important to this election than just the location of the first debate. It’s a swing state with many undecided voters. According to NPR, one-third of the state's voters are Republican, one-third are Democrat and one-third are unaffiliated, and that unaffiliated vote has “…the presidential candidates returning to the state again and again.” In Colorado Politics and Policy: Governing a Purple State by Thomas E. Cronin and Robert D. … Continue reading Colorado: Presidential election hotspot

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From the desk of Katya Cengel

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Bluegrass BaseballKayta Cengel is the author of Bluegrass
Baseball, which describes a year in the life
of four minor league baseball teams in Kentucky that tell a larger story about
the culture atmosphere of today's minor leagues. Below
she describes meeting her youngest fan.

Although Bluegrass Baseball is an
adult book, it is about baseball, so I figured I would have some young baseball
playing fans. But I wasn’t quite prepared for the ones I came across while on
tour in Kentucky. Most of them were middle school age boys who hoped one day to
be playing in the minor leagues, like the subjects of Bluegrass Baseball. In
Louisville a ten-year-old with a shy smile thanked me personally for signing
the book his father had bought him. Then he bashfully asked if he could take a
picture with me. A few minutes later he returned with a baseball he wanted me
to sign. Watching him inspect his ball as he walked away is a memory I will not
soon forget. But it was another young Kentucky fan that stole my heart.

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Review roundup

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“…baseball fans whose turn of mind leads them to look back in time cannot/should not be without what is arguably David Nemec’s magnum opus, Major League Baseball Profiles, 1871-1900…” –Big Bad Baseball “…this tasty little novel serves up a witty parody of today's calorie-obsessed culture to sweeten its merciless, well-aimed bite.” –Nick DiMartino in Shelf Awareness reviewing The Weight of Temptation by Ana María Shua Joy Castro’s Island of Bones and Hell or High Water (St. Martin’s Press) was reviewed in the Hispanic Reader. World War I: The American Soldier Experience by Jennifer D. Keene appeared on Strategypage.com. Continue reading Review roundup

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Zehner speaks at UBC Reads Sustainability

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Ozzie Zehner, author of Green Illusions, will be speaking tomorrow at the UBC Reads Sustainability program on the University of British Columbia campus.  The UBC Reads Sustainability program brings well-known sustainability authors to engage in a campus-wide discussion. “Part part book, part lecture series, and part opportunity to learn beyond the classroom.” Read more about the program and register to attend an event here. Continue reading Zehner speaks at UBC Reads Sustainability

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Tom Osborne: Nebraska legend

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Today Tom Osborne announced his plan to retire. Effective Jan. 1, 2013, Osborne will become athletic director emeritus. Read more at Huskers.com.  The back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995 prompted more fans and media to take notice of the football program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. For Tom Osborne, then head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the added scrutiny was at times flattering and at other times problematic.   On Solid Ground, new in paperback this month, Osborne presents not only an accurate portrayal of what happened to the team during those championship seasons but also his personal philosophy of … Continue reading Tom Osborne: Nebraska legend