The following is adapted from The Soccer Diaries: An American’s Thirty-Year Pursuit of the International Game by Michael Agovino, now available in paperback. Agovino recently wrote for the Washington Post about the US hosting another World Cup in 2026. … Continue reading The Soccer Diaries: When The World Cup Semifinal Came to New York
Books Island in the City: A Memoir Micah McCrary Praise from Kirkus Reviews: “A slim yet potent and intimately ruminative debut memoir on travel, maturity, and culture.” The General Who Wore Six Stars: The Inside Story of John C. H. … Continue reading News and Reviews
Much of the world came to a halt during the Great War, but baseball marched on. On July 4, 1918, the US Army and US Navy paused their fighting to celebrate Independence Day and play nine innings of America’s much-beloved … Continue reading A Great Game during the Great War
Awards Unpopular Sovereignty: Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory Brent Rogers Winner of the Mormon History Association’s 2018 Best First Book Award Paradise Destroyed: Catastrophe and Citizenship in the French Caribbean Christopher M. Church Winner of … Continue reading News and Reviews
Matthew Oyos is a professor of history at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. He is the author of In Command: Theodore Roosevelt and the American Military (June 2018). Missiles, nuclear weapons, and summit meetings have fastened the world’s attention on the … Continue reading From the desk of Matthew Oyos: Practicing War—Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Maneuver
Books The Integration of the Pacific Coast League: Race and Baseball on the West Coast Amy Essington Included in the New York Times Book Review’s Summer Reading List. The Roger Kahn Reader: Six Decades of Sportswriting Roger Kahn; … Continue reading News and Reviews
The Commonwealth Club announces the winners of the 87th annual California Book Awards! Since 1931, the California Book Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers. Each year a select jury considers hundreds of books from … Continue reading Congratulations to Robert A. McNally!
Awards The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age Robert Aquinas McNally Awarded the Gold Californiana medal from the California Book Awards. Books The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day Gary E. Moulton … Continue reading News and Reviews
The Mari Sandoz Heritage Society will host an in-depth discussion of the 1935 biography of Mari’s father, Jules Sandoz, on June 13 at 6:00 p.m. at Francie & Finch Bookshop. First published in 1935, Old Jules is unquestionably Mari Sandoz’s masterpiece. This … Continue reading Celebrating Old Jules
Every year, the Popular Culture Association (PCA) honors the highest quality of scholarship in popular culture studies. This year’s PCA Awards were swept by books nominated by university presses. Books from the University of Missouri Press, University of Nebraska Press, University … Continue reading PCA Awards
