The University of Nebraska Press is closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Online orders placed today will be processed on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Continue reading Closed

Let's start with some bookish links of the local variety . . . A Lincoln Native, Brandon Sanderson, Authored the "Final Wheel of Time" Book I remember how highly anticipated the new books in this series were back when I worked in a bookstore. We always had standing orders for these (the only other series I remember having standing orders for was UNP's Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition). Anyway, the final book became available this month. It's called A Memory of Light and you can see what it looks like being printed and assembled in a photo essay on the Tor … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

Thirteen reasons to read more in 2013 (in no particular order): 1.) To become aware of your own body’s geography.     2.) To examine the pros and cons of fuel sources by traveling across the country .       3.) To discover prize-winning writing.       4.) To discern a woman who didn’t exist.        5.) To be inspired to find out just how much truth is in nonfiction, or how much is a lie.        6.) To learn about world leaders that made a difference, like Nafis Sadik.        7.) To be … Continue reading Resolve to read!

Happy New Year! Let's get started . . . Indiana Jones Mystery Package The University of Chicago received a package addressed to “Henry Walton Jones, Jr.” Once they realized who that was they set to work trying to figure out exactly what they had and who sent it to them The package contained an incredibly detailed replica of “University of Chicago Professor” Abner Ravenwood’s journal from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. It looks only sort of like this one, but almost exactly like this one . . . The book itself is a bit dusty, and the … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany