Nancy Plain is the author of numerous children’s books, including This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon (2015) and Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska’s Pioneer Days (2012), winner of the Spur Award for Best Western … Continue reading From the desk of Nancy Plain: Solomon D. Butcher photographs
Books Micah Goodman, Maimonides and the Book that Changed Judaism Praise from Publishers Weekly: “suitable for both spiritual seekers and intellectually curious laypeople . . . Goodman’s explanation of Maimonides’s Guide concentrates on the most fundamental question of the Guide: what constitutes a life well-lived? Goodman considers the aim of the Guide in its original context and its impact on Judaism in previous ages, as well as its continued relevance, particularly its value to people living in a post-modernist, skeptical age.” Ross Coen, Fu-Go Recommendation from Military Review: “Coen, a historian of the American West, weaves thorough research into a well-written narrative. His description . … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS
C. Richard King is Professor of Ethnic Studies at Washington State University at Pullman and the author and editor of several books, including Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy and Unsettling America: Indianness in the Contemporary World. His new book, Redskins: Insult and … Continue reading From the desk of C. Richard King: Hate Masked as Honor
Mark Spitzer loves fish and he loves to fish. As a nationally known author (Seasons of the Gar, Return of the Gar), writing about fish and their issues is what he does best. In this blog series, Spitzer shares his … Continue reading Where in the West Is Mark Spitzer?
Professor Brian Glyn Williams is author of Predators: The CIA’s Drone War on Al Qaeda (Potomac Books, 2013). He worked for the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center and Information Operations team in Afghanistan. 5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s “Robotic” Drone … Continue reading From the desk of Brian Glyn Williams: 5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s “Robotic” Drone Assassination Campaign
Tis the season for enjoying concerts, festivals, and sunshine. Our new reading list is full of books about summertime and music. If you haven’t found time to make it to a concert or festival, indulge yourself in one of these books to … Continue reading Reading List: Songs and Summer
Sonja Livingston is an assistant professor in the MFA Program at the University of Memphis. Her first book, Ghostbread, won the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Book Prize for nonfiction. Below she writes on the origins of an unexpected … Continue reading From the desk of Sonja Livingston
An excerpt from Prisoner of the Vampires of Mars by Gustave Le Rouge, translated by David Beus and Brian Evenson (July 2015). Part Two Chapter One: The Wilderness Robert Darvel stood up, reeling from a strange feeling of vertigo: the planet … Continue reading EXCERPT: Prisoner of the Vampires of Mars
Rob Buchanan is the sales coordinator in the marketing department. On March 12, 2015, Sir Terry Pratchett passed away. He was the author of more than seventy books, many of which I own and treasure. He is best known for his Discworld books about a fantastic world floating through space on the backs of four elephants, who in turn are resting on the back of a giant tortoise. With the exception of the most recent couple of books, I have read them all several times. I can’t just pick one at random and read it, I have to read the … Continue reading People Make Publishing: My Sir Terry Pratchett Bookshelf
What is a marketing team? Over time an organization develops tendencies, practices, departmental setups, etc. Whether these things are the best they can be is often overlooked because tradition sets in and things become stuck. In some cases best-practice is … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: The Malaise of Continuity
