Save 25 percent when you order online from UNP! Click here for some gift books, including the following: In Search of Powder: A Story of America's Disappearing Ski Bum, by Jeremy Evans, is Evans' account of how he became immersed in ski bum culture—a carefree lifestyle whose mantra was simply: “Ski as much as possible.” At age twenty-six, Evans suffered a stroke, which caused him to reexamine his priorities, quit his job, move back to Tahoe, and throw himself into snowboarding.     Idaho Wine Country, by Alan Minskoff with photography by Paul Hosefros, is the first full-length exploration of … Continue reading Holiday sale

Today we honor those American veterans who have served our country, putting their lives on the line for our freedom. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, an act approved on May 13, 1938 made November in each year a legal holiday – day a to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be known as “Armistice Day.” It was mainly set aside veterans of World War I, but after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and air men in the nation's history, the 83rd Congress amended the act by … Continue reading Veterans’ Day

Take advantage of this cold rainy weather to stay inside and do some extra reading! Especially reading that may inspire your taste buds to help cope with the chilled temperatures. Right now you can save 25 percent of wine and food books, like Corkscrewed and Masters of American Cookery. Corkscrewed by Robert V. Camuto recounts his journey through France’s myriad regions—and how the journey profoundly changed everything he believed about wine.       Masters of American Cookery: M. F. K. Fisher, James Beard, Craig Claiborne, Julia Child by Betty Fussell demonstrates vividly how each of these chefs has made … Continue reading A tastey book sale

Tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET, journalist and author Jacob Wheeler will be on the program Adoption Discussions to talk about the recent court ruling made in the adoption of Karen Abigail Monahan Vanhorn, who was adopted from Guatemala when she was two years old by an American couple. Later discoveries show that she was kidnapped from her family and now, at six years old, she has to return to her Guatemalan family. Wheeler’s book, Between Light and Shadow, puts a human face on the Guatemalan adoption industry, which has exploited, embraced, and sincerely sought to improve the lives of the … Continue reading Adoption discussion

One week ago Wendy Call, author of No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy, was a guest on Iowa Public radio. Call and radio host, Ben Kieffer, discussed globalization and free trade, along with her book. Listen to their conversation here. Call will also be on a panel titled “The Art of Nonfiction” for the Texas Book Festival, which will be broadcast on CSPAN’s Book TV on Oct. 23. She will be joined by two other writers, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and Hugh Raffles. Check back for more details. Terese Svoboda will be a guest on NET Radio's … Continue reading Authors on air

UNP is offering 25 percent off science fiction and fantasy books through the month of October. You can get a discount on books like The Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories and Year 3000. The Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories is a collection of stories from Miles J. Breuer, edited by Michael R. Page, which were written in the 1920s and 1930s.       Year 3000, first published in 1897, is a futuristic utopian novel that follows two young lovers who, as they travel from Rome to the … Continue reading Sci fi sale

As MLB teams start to clinch playoff spots, UNP is getting in the baseball spirit with a sale! Now you can get baseball titles for 25 percent off. 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York by Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg captures the crucial moment in the history of baseball, telling the story of a season that pitted the New York Yankees against their Polo Grounds landlords and hated rivals, John McGraw’s Giants, in the first all–New York Series and resulted in the first American League pennant for the now-storied Yankees’ franchise. Today … Continue reading Baseball book sale