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2012 National Jewish Book Award announcement

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The History of the Holocaust in Romania by Jean Ancel published by UNP and Yad Vashem won the Writing Based on Archival Material category of the 2012 National Jewish Book Awards. The History of the Holocaust in Romania is a comprehensive analysis of the Holocaust in Romania during World War II. Jean Ancel (1940–2008) was a Romanian-born Israeli independent historian and a research associate of Yad Vashem’s International Institute for Holocaust Research. To see the full press release, check out the Jewish Book Council. Congrats to all the winners and finalists! Continue reading 2012 National Jewish Book Award announcement

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Review roundup

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We’ve started off the New Year right! Body Geographic by Barrie Jean Borich received a Kirkus star. The following titles were also reviewed by Kirkus: Champion of Choice by Cathleen Miller The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens Works Cited by Brandon R. Schrand Also in the news: Larry Ruttman’s American Jews and America’s Game was in Boston.com The National Forgotten League by Dan Daly and Intercepted  by Michael McKnight were in the Boston Globe North Lake Tahoe Bonanza reviewed Almost Somewhere by Suzanne Roberts Double No-Hit by James W. Johnson was on azstarnet.com Up from These Hills by Leonard Carson Lambert Jr.and Wink … Continue reading Review roundup

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Resolve to read!

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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!

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Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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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

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Krissed Off: Seeing Nebraska in New Orleans

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Like many Americans, I first saw Nebraska from the interstate, zooming through at seventy-five. My early encounters with the University of Nebraska Press were more numerous and more substantial. As a grad student and then editor living in the Northeast and Deep South I saw the Nebraska name on dozens of spines at bookstores and in my professors’ offices, and I read reviews of UNP books in the scholarly and general-interest press. Associations (all of them positive!) were formed. Nebraska – the publisher but also in some meaningful sense the university and the place – became, for me, much more … Continue reading Krissed Off: Seeing Nebraska in New Orleans

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Review roundup

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Colonial Metropolis by Jennifer Anne Boittin was called “… an example of the value of bringing together histories imperial and metropolitan, political and cultural” by the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. Rebecca Berens Matzke’s Deterrence through Strength was reviewed on strategypage.com. Dad of Divas reviewed From Gods to God by Avigdor Shinan. In the New York Times, Cheryl Strayed said she hopes to receive Almost Somewhere by Suzanne Roberts in her stocking this Christmas. And Hoosh by Jason C. Anthony was shortlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink book awards. Continue reading Review roundup