Lawrence A. Dwyer is an attorney at law in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association and served on the board of directors of the Douglas County Historical Society. He is the author of Standing Bear’s Quest … Continue reading From the Desk of Lawrence Dwyer: Honoring Standing Bear’s legacy with USPS Forever Stamp
Jim Minick’s Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas (Bison Books, 2023) is officially out now. Be sure to mark your calendars for some upcoming events celebrating this new book. Without Warning tells the human story of the 1955 tornado … Continue reading Upcoming Events for Jim Minick’s ‘Without Warning’
We’re pleased to share our new Fall / Winter 2023 seasonal catalog! Browse the online version to see forthcoming titles from Nebraska, Bison Books, Potomac Books, the Jewish Publication Society, and The Backwaters Press. Visit our NetGalley page for a … Continue reading Introducing the Fall / Winter 2023 Seasonal Catalog
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 The Women Who Built Omaha (Bison Books, 2022) by Eileen Wirth. About the Book: During the 1930s the … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The Women Who Built Omaha
Fredric Brandfon is the former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Stockton University in New Jersey and founder of the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. He has published numerous articles on … Continue reading From the Desk of Fredric Brandfon: A Policy of Silence; the Vatican and the Holocaust
Happy Mystery Month! UNP is celebrating the start of the month by sharing the opening lines from Bison Books’ editions of Mignon G. Eberhart’s novels. Eberhart was Nebraska’s own Grand Master of mystery; the iconic Bison Books editions of her … Continue reading Start Mystery Month with Mignon G. Eberhart
May brings with it plenty of ways to save on your next UNP read. In honor of Shavout and in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, we’re offering 40% off on select titles. This month marks Potomac Books’ tenth anniversary … Continue reading May Sales 2023
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “I will finish The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish later … Continue reading April Staff Reading List
Francis Moul, prolific journalist, instructor and book reviewer, passed away on March 4, 2023 at the age of 82. Franics Moul had a long and varied career—his journalism work included articles in numerous Nebraska publications. He also penned hundreds of … Continue reading Remembering Francis Moul
Edward Marks, a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer, served as the State Department Advisor on Terrorism and is a founding trustee of the Command and General Staff College Foundation. He is the coauthor of U.S. Counterterrorism: From Nixon to Trump—Key Challenges, … Continue reading Excerpt: A Professional Foreigner
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