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Off the Shelf: Emus Loose in Egnar by Judy Muller

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Read the beginning of Chapter One, "Everything Old is New Again" from Emus Loose in Egnar: Big Stories from Small Towns by Judy Muller: "With all the hand-wringing about the “death of journalism,” it is more than a little ironic that small-town papers have been thriving by practicing what the mainstream media are now preaching. “Hyper-localism,” “Citizen Journalism,” “Advocacy Journalism”—these are some of the latest buzzwords of the profession. But the concepts, without the fancy names, have been around for ages in small-town newspapers. And the weeklies have learned a lesson from watching the financial stress of their city cousins: … Continue reading Off the Shelf: Emus Loose in Egnar by Judy Muller

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Author Susan Supernaw on Book-TV July 4th

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If you need a break from outdoor festivities this July 4th, head inside, crank up the air conditioning, and tune into Book-TV on C-Span 2. At noon on Monday, UNP author Susan Supernaw will be talking about her book Muscogee Daughter. Muscogee Daughter is the personal story of Supernaw, a Muscogee (Creek) and Munsee Native American, and the many obstacles she had to overcome in order to reach her goals. Eventually, she won a college scholarship and was crowned Miss Oklahoma in 1971. This book chronicles her quest to discern her true identity among competing notions of what it is … Continue reading Author Susan Supernaw on Book-TV July 4th

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SMH Drawing Winner

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Congratulations to Gregory Ball of San Antonio, Texas, who is the winner of our Register to Win drawing from the Society of Military History Conference (SMH). Gregory won the book Beneficial Bombing by Mark Clodfelter. In Beneficial Bombing, Clodfelter describes how American airmen, horrified by World War I’s trench warfare, turned to the progressive ideas, with the heavy bomber as their solution to limiting the bloodshed. The book examines this progressive idealism, which led to the creation of the U.S. Air Force and its doctrine that precision bombing would end wars more quickly and with less suffering. Clodfelter presents the … Continue reading SMH Drawing Winner

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UNP ForeWord Book of the Year Award Winners

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The ForeWord Book of the Year Awards have been announced, and two of our books were winners. Stolen Horses by Dan O’Brien won silver in the Fiction-General category, and Quotidiana by Patrick Madden took bronze in the Essays category. Stolen Horses describes the conflict between long-time residents and affluent newcomers in the ranch town of McDermot, Nebraska. McDermot is an ideal place for those who want to escape from their hectic city lives, but the town means something very different to these people than it does to its original inhabitants. This disagreement between new and old interests escalates, leading to … Continue reading UNP ForeWord Book of the Year Award Winners

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Off the Shelf: Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats by David George Surdam

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Surdam Read the beginning of the Prologue, "Clash of Titans" from Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats: How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression by David George Surdam:

"Two of baseball’s most famous teams arrived at Yankee Stadium on September 9, 1928 for a four-game series that began with a doubleheader. The Philadelphia Athletics, managed by Connie Mack, held a one-half game lead over the New York Yankees.

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Off the Shelf: Or Perish in the Attempt by David J. Peck

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Peck Read the beginning of Chapter 1, "Politics and Passion: The Exploration of the American Wilderness" from Or Perish in the Attempt: The Hardship and Medicine of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by David J. Peck:

"A love for the wilderness and outdoor adventure are born into the heart and mind of nearly every American, or, at the least, learned early in life. It is nurtured and grows in some more than in others, but it is difficult to grow up in the United States without a strong love of the vast open expanses with which we North Americans are blessed. Coupled with our love of the wilderness comes a fascination with the people who blazed the trails into the wild. That sense of awe and admiration for these pathfinders is cultivated and personified by American icons of the wilderness, men such as Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Joe Walker, John Muir, Richard Byrd, and the most famous of all, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

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Author Aaron Pribble on Book-TV June 19th

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Night owls, get excited for some quality late-night television! Everyone else, get your DVR’s ready. On Sunday, June 19th at 12 AM, Book-TV, a show on C-Span 2, will air a segment with Aaron Pribble. Pribble is the author of Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League. He will be talking about the book, which documents his coming of age spiritually and athletically in one short season in the throes of romance, Middle Eastern politics, and the dreams of America’s pastime far from home. Make sure to tune in! … Continue reading Author Aaron Pribble on Book-TV June 19th

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Author Larry Baldassaro on All About Books

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Larry Baldassaro, author of Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball, was featured yesterday on the NET Radio Show All About Books. To listen to the interview, click here. In Beyond DiMaggio, Baldassaro tells the stories of Italian Americans’ contributions to baseball. The book also serves as a social history of baseball, tracing the evolution of American perceptions toward those of Italian descent as it chronicles the baseball exploits that influenced those perceptions. Continue reading Author Larry Baldassaro on All About Books

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UNP Books Recommended in the Omaha World-Herald

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On June 12th, the Omaha World-Herald published a list of ten recommended books with Nebraska ties. These four University of Nebraska Press titles were featured in the article: “A Sandhills Ballad” by Ladette Randolph (University of Nebraska Press, $18.95) In this novel, the many faces of western Nebraska are a stark background to the heartbreaking story of Mary, who after losing her husband and one leg in a car accident, ends up in an unhappy marriage with a somber and repressive minister. She gets stronger and more independent, and ultimately must make a difficult decision for herself and her children. … Continue reading UNP Books Recommended in the Omaha World-Herald

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Mimi Schwartz Essay

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Mimi Schwartz is an author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press. Good Neighbors, Bad Times is the story of Schwartz’s twelve-year, three-continent quest to uncover her Jewish past. In Thoughts from a Queen-Sized Bed, Schwartz writes with a keen and amused eye about growing up in an immigrant Jewish family, coming of age in New York in the 1950s, marrying her high school beau, and arriving at feminist consciousness in the 1970s. Tikkun, a magazine that promotes peace, healing, and transformation throughout the world, recently published an essay by Schwartz. The piece is a compilation of Schwartz’s … Continue reading Mimi Schwartz Essay