Steve Sieberson began his mountaineering career in the late 1970s in Washington State and eventually became a climb leader for one of the country’s premier outdoor organizations, the Mountaineers. He spent sixteen years as a member of Seattle Mountain Rescue, … Continue reading From the desk of Steve Sieberson
Mover and Shaker By Andy McCue 2015 SABR Seymour Medal winner “McCue’s book, the result of years of research, benefits from a wide-ranging number of resources. It is sure to be the primary reference regarding O’Malley.” Tales from the Deadball Era By Mark S. Halfon SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner “Mark’s book captures the first twenty years of the 20th century in baseball writing that only a few authors have ever come close in telling.” Manassas By Ethan S. Rafuse The Civil War Monitor review “Manassas’s format is a model of perfection. Directions are clear … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS
R. Amy Elman is the Weber Professor in Social Science at Kalamazoo College, Michigan. She is the author of Sexual Equality in an Integrated Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and Sexual Subordination and State Intervention: Comparing Sweden and the United States (Berghahn … Continue reading From the desk of R. Amy Elman
Emily Giller is the exhibits coordinator and media planner in the marketing department. Association of Jewish Studies (AJS) December 14-16, 2014 (Baltimore, MD) JPS conference attendee: Rabbi Barry Schwartz, Director of JPS “One of the pleasures of attending a conference is to meet authors in person for the first time. In two cases at AJS these were individuals that I had emailed and spoken with on the phone more than a year ago. I learned that one of our authors is defending his dissertation, having a baby, and finishing our book all at the same time! The opportunity to check in with several … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: December & January Exhibit Round Up
Last week, UNP’s publicity manager, Rosemary Vestal, and publicist, Kylie Morrison, went to a local fourth grade classroom and donated copies of Pioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie by Andrea Warren. They received twenty-four beautiful … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS – Fourth Grade Edition
Obviously, I’ve stolen the beauty of Garth Stein’s title to grab attention, but isn’t that the point of the copy you read in a catalogue or on the back of a book? The words used to describe the many more … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: The Art of Writing Copy in the Rain
The Blind Man and the Loon By Craig Mishler Journal of Folklore Research review: “… a vital contribution to folk-narrative research.” Read an excerpt from the book. Shenandoah By Sue Eisenfeld We’re All Relative review: “Shenandoah is Eisenfeld’s simple love song to the Park.” Visit the author’s website. Perfectly Awful By Charley Rosen AETHLON review: “Charley Rosen’s Perfectly Awful provides an insider’s summary of the worst season in NBA history. His anecdotes and knowledge of the game give the reader an enlightening sense of the pre-merger NBA of the early 1970s, and of the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS
Marilyn S. Greenwald is a professor of journalism at the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. She is the coauthor of The Big Chill: Investigative Reporting in the Current Media Environment and the award-winning book A Woman of … Continue reading From the desk of Marilyn S. Greenwald
Former Minnesota North Star hockey standout, Jean-Paul Parise, passed away last week. The following is an excerpt from Frozen in Time: A Minnesota North Stars History by Adam Raider that details Parise as a fan favorite. J.P. Parise (1967-75, 1978-79) Jean-Paul (J.P.) … Continue reading EXCERPT: Frozen in Time
Yesterday in Lincoln, Nebraska (home of the University of Nebraska Press) it was so cold that all area schools were cancelled. Being as dedicated to books as we are, UNP employees braved the frigid tundra to continue our quest to … Continue reading Reading List: Stories from Colder Climates
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