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Excerpt: Low Mountains or High Tea

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Low Mountains or High Tea: Misadventures in Britain’s National Parks (September 2019) by adventurer, mountaineer, and travel writer Steve Sieberson. His last book was The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler (Nebraska, 2014). Our map … Continue reading Excerpt: Low Mountains or High Tea

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Excerpt: Native Provenance

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Native Provenance: The Betrayal of Cultural Creativity by Gerald Vizenor (September 2019). From Chapter 4: Natives of the Progressive Era: Luther Standing Bear and Karl May The Progressive Era of the late nineteenth century and the … Continue reading Excerpt: Native Provenance

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Excerpt: 9/12

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from 9/12: The Epic Battle of the Ground Zero Responders by William H. Groner and Tom Teicholz (September 2019).  In those first days, the disorganized mass of police, firefighters, emergency response personnel, construction workers, and … Continue reading Excerpt: 9/12

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Excerpt: Art from Trauma

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Art from Trauma: Genocide and Healing beyond Rwanda (August 2019) edited by Rangira Béa Gallimore and Gerise Herndon. The excerpt is written by Natalia Ledford. I first met Chantal Kalisa in 2009 as I … Continue reading Excerpt: Art from Trauma

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Excerpt: Xurt’an

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Xurt’an: The End of the World and Other Myths, Songs, Charms, and Chants by the Northern Lacandones of Naha’ (August 2019) by Suzanne Cook, the latest book in the Native Literatures of the Americas and Indigenous … Continue reading Excerpt: Xurt’an

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Excerpt: Narrative Complexity

August 21, 2019August 20, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Narrative Complexity: Cognition, Embodiment, Evolution (August 2019), edited by Marina Grishakova and Maria Poulaki, new in the Frontiers of Narrative series.    Introduction A recent large-scale international study has shown that different societies tend … Continue reading Excerpt: Narrative Complexity

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Excerpt: Three Seconds in Munich

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Three Seconds in Munich: The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final by David A. F. Sweet (September 2019). More than seven thousand athletes from 121 countries gathered at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Though in … Continue reading Excerpt: Three Seconds in Munich

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Excerpt: Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories: Language, Archaeology, and Ethnography by David V. Kaufman, available now.   From the introduction The Mississippi Valley is the heartland of early North American civilizations. The region is … Continue reading Excerpt: Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories

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Excerpt: Life of the Indigenous Mind

August 13, 2019August 12, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Life of the Indigenous Mind: Vine Deloria Jr. and the Birth of the Red Power Movement by David Martínez, available now from the New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies series.   From Chapter … Continue reading Excerpt: Life of the Indigenous Mind

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Excerpt: Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe

August 7, 2019August 6, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe edited by Valentina Glajar, Alison Lewis, and Corina L. Petrescu (August 2019). The excerpt is from the life of German spymaster Markus Wolf.  The “man without a … Continue reading Excerpt: Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe

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