UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books where our noses have been buried. July Staff Reading List Brief Cases Stories from … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in August. Anna Weir: Personally, I’ve been looking forward to The Kid and Me since January. … Continue reading Publicist Picks: The Old West, Untold Histories, and the End of the Summer Season
David C. Posthumus, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of South Dakota and is the author of All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual (July 2018). We Are All Related Mitákuye oyás’į is … Continue reading From the Desk of David Posthumus: We Are All Related
The 2018 Nebraska Book Festival is one month away! This year’s festival will be on Saturday, August 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus Union. The day-long festival will feature hands-on activities for children (and adults), writing panels, and … Continue reading 2018 Nebraska Book Festival
On this day in 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft safely returned to Earth from the moon. This excerpt from Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965–1992 (Nebraska, 2015) gives insight to the weight of this accomplishment. From Chapter 7: A Bunch … Continue reading OTD in 1969: Apollo 11 Returns to Earth
The following is an excerpt from Operation Kinetic: Stabilizing Kosovo by Sean M. Maloney (July 2018). On the sweltering night of 12 June 1999, Canadian Coyote reconnaissance vehicles pulled out of the Krivolak training area south of Skopje, Macedonia, and headed for … Continue reading EXCERPT: Operation Kinetic
Books America’s Digital Army: Games At Work and War Robertson Allen Review from Michigan War Studies Review: “Robertson Allen convincingly demonstrates that America’s Army has blurred the old, neat margins between local and global, real and virtual, in a new ‘globital’ era … Continue reading News and Reviews
This excerpt from Turning Points in Jewish History by Marc J. Rosenstein (July 2018) was originally published on the JPS website. Where Were the Women? Surveying the texts of Jewish history up to the mid-20th century, it is hard … Continue reading EXCERPT: Turning Points in Jewish History
Carol Gelderman is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of New Orleans. She has written eight books, including A Free Man of Color and His Hotel (Potomac Books, 2012). James Wormley, the free man of color of the book’s … Continue reading From the Desk of Carol Gelderman: James A. Wormley, States’ Rights, and the Federal Government
John Clayton is author of The Cowboy Girl: The Life of Caroline Lockhart (Nebraska, 2007), which profiles the bestselling Western author, rodeo founder, newspaper owner, and homesteader Caroline Lockhart (1871-1962). The book was a finalist for a High Plains Book Award and … Continue reading From the Desk of John Clayton: Caroline Lockhart’s Legacy
