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The Marketeers Club: Summer Reading Sale Suggestions

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 univnebpress

Right now save 50% on over a thousand different titles from our rich and capacious backlist. From Native American History to Latin American Studies, from Military History to African Poetry, from books on the Great Plains to the literature of the American … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Summer Reading Sale Suggestions

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The Marketeers Club: Happy National Bourbon Day

June 14, 2019 univnebpress

Jackson Adams is a publicist at UNP who enthusiastically celebrates even the most dubious national holidays.  Today is National Bourbon Day, a holiday I’ve celebrated for more years than I plan to disclose in this blog post. This year, however, … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Happy National Bourbon Day

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New in paperback

June 13, 2019June 6, 2019 univnebpress

The following books are now available in paperback this month!  Paradise Destroyed: Catastrophe and Citizenship in the French Caribbean 2017 Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize Winner “This well-researched book moves beyond being simply an analysis of the issues surrounding race, … Continue reading New in paperback

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Series Update: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

June 12, 2019June 6, 2019 univnebpress

Over the past forty years, the study of women and gender has become foundational for understanding the early modern period. Women and Gender in the Early Modern World encompasses both single-author and edited collections that fall within and outside the traditional … Continue reading Series Update: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

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Excerpt: Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss

June 11, 2019June 6, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss: Private Equity, Wealth, and Inequality by Daniel Scott Souleles. It is the newest book in the Anthropology of Contemporary North America series, which aims to publish teachable, empirically rich, … Continue reading Excerpt: Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss

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Re-evaluating the RFK assassination evidence

June 10, 2019June 6, 2019 univnebpress

It has been more than 50 years since Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated following a victory party at the Ambassador Hotel in San Diego, CA by Sirhan Sirhan. It’s a crime detailed in The Forgotten Terrorist: Sirhan Sirhan and … Continue reading Re-evaluating the RFK assassination evidence

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News and Reviews

June 7, 2019June 6, 2019 univnebpress

Books Finding a New Midwestern History Jon K. Lauck Review by the Russell Kirk Center: “…the chapters cover a wealth of topics. Many of the authors take a fairly conventional approach to the region—there are the customary chapters, for example, … Continue reading News and Reviews

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Summer Reading Sale

June 6, 2019June 4, 2019 univnebpress

Save 50% off these summer reading books! Enter 6SUMM in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “Add Promotion Code.” Offer expires July 15, 2019 and is good for U.S. and Canadian shipments only. Browse the books … Continue reading Summer Reading Sale

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Where in the Monster-Fish World Is Mark Spitzer?

June 5, 2019June 3, 2019 univnebpress

Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish and Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Nebraska, … Continue reading Where in the Monster-Fish World Is Mark Spitzer?

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From the Desk of Serin D. Houston: Exploring a Storied Landscape

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 univnebpress

Serin D. Houston is an assistant professor of geography and international relations at Mount Holyoke College. Her new book Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance is now available.  I grew up in rural, northern Vermont, a place where the rolling … Continue reading From the Desk of Serin D. Houston: Exploring a Storied Landscape

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