In no particular order . . .   O Pioneers! Chosen for 2013 One Book One Nebraska The One Book One Nebraska reading program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, is now in its ninth year. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of the Nebraska Center for the Book selected the finalists from a list of twelve titles nominated by sixty Nebraskans from across the state.  National Book Award Reading 2012 Finalists in the categories … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

The first day of the University Press blog tour is here. The purpose: to learn about the importance of university presses from authors, editors, booksellers, publicists, and more! Today’s bloggers are listed below: Harvard University Press Duke University Press Stanford University Press University of Georgia Press University of Missouri Press If you're on Twitter, join the University Press Week conversation using #UPweek. For a complete blog tour schedule click below. (More info on University Press week here.) Continue reading Happy University Press Week!

Next week, the Association of American University Presses will celebrate University Press Week from Nov. 11-17. This week started back in the summer of 1978 when President Jimmy Carter proclaimed a University Press Week “in recognition of the impact, both here and abroad, of American university presses on culture and scholarship.” In the spirit of collaboration that pervades the university press community, Indiana University Press and 24 other presses will come together for a blog tour during University Press Week. This tour will highlight the value of university presses and the contributions they make to scholarship and our society. Bloggers … Continue reading Blog tour kicks off University Press Week

Political focus, political books. After you vote today, soak up some political knowledge: California Women and Politics edited by Robert W. Cherny, Mary Ann Irwin, and Ann Marie Wilson In 1911 as progressivism moved toward its zenith, the state of California granted women the right to vote. However, women’s political involvement in California’s public life did not begin with suffrage, nor did it end there. This edited volume explores the role women played in California politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In Thought and Action by Gerald W. Haslam with Janice E. Haslam This biography of S. I. Hayakawa, a prominent … Continue reading Election Day!

Happy Friday, everyone!  One Book One Lincoln Let's start close to home, shall we? One Book One Lincoln is wrapping up but there are still a few upcoming events. In case you've forgotten, this year's pick was Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. In addition to being the One Book One Lincoln choice, it came highly recommended to me by Cinnamon from A Novel Idea. After all that I knew I had to read it and now I recommend it to you. Goodreads Choice Awards Go vote for something fun. It's time again for NaNoWriMo That's "National Novel Writing Month." … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

Tonight Paul Johnsgard and Mary Bomberger Brown will present a forum on the biodiversity of Nebraska at 6 alled "The Biodiversity of Nebraska within the Great Plains," at Hardin Hall on East Campus. Click here for more information from UNL. Paul Johnsgard has published many books with the University of Nebraska Press including Sandhill and Whooping Cranes: Ancient Voices over America’s Wetlands. Johnsgard has spent nearly a half century observing cranes, from a yearly foray to Nebraska’s Platte River valley to see the spring migration, to pilgrimages to the birds’ wintering grounds in Arizona and nesting territory in Alaska. In … Continue reading Forum on biodiversity of Nebraska with Paul Johnsgard

AbeBooks.com posted a terrific feature called “Literary Halloween Costumes.” This smart (and helpful) list of suggestions got us thinking… What UNP books could inspire the same clever costumes? Maybe these titles will spark some ideas: Witch Hunts in the Western World: Persecution and Punishment from the Inquisition through the Salem Trials by Brian A. Pavlac  The Coming of the Fairies by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introduction by John M. Lynch       Playing Catch-Up by A. B. Guthrie Jr. Continue reading A Literary Halloween

Hailing from suburban Los Angeles, raised by supportive parents, and educated at a boys-only parochial school, Darryl Henley had it all. He earned a history degree from UCLA, became a first-team All American for the Bruins in 1988, and was a rising star as the starting cornerback for the LA Rams in the early nineties. How Henley, in the space of three short years, went from golden NFL role model to federal inmate is one of the most bizarre stories in the annals of sport-stars-turned-criminal. Intercepted by Michael McKnight is the story of Darryl Henley’s tragic and rapid downfall from … Continue reading Darryl Henley’s story