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Review roundup

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Jason C. Anthony, author of Hoosh, discussed the book in the Portland News.  Lawrence Baldassaro and his book Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball were in MLB’s blog. Susan Hall with H-Net said Journeys West by Virginia Kerns "…offers an opportunity to learn about the trials and tribulations of early scholars 'in the field' while simultaneously reflecting on our own roles as anthropologists and historians.”  Susan Blackwell Ramsey spoke with ForeWord Reviews. A blogger for NW Book Lovers praised Ramsey and made her an honorary Northwest author. Almost Somewhere by Susan Roberts was recommended by The Gypsy Art Show, Book Talk, and Planning Your Thru-Hike of … Continue reading Review roundup

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Krissed Off: Preserving the Ponca language

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My colleague Matt Bokovoy met Louis Headman, a Ponca elder, about a year ago in Oklahoma. Bokovoy is the Indigenous Studies editor at the University of Nebraska Press and was on his way to a gig with his band in Oklahoma City. He was keen to talk with Headman about his work on the first Ponca dictionary, a project Headman was undertaking in collaboration with the language's remaining speakers — a group of six elders. Collaboration is key to publishing, perhaps nowhere more so than at university presses. When a press like Nebraska becomes involved with an ambitious and sensitive project like the … Continue reading Krissed Off: Preserving the Ponca language

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Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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"small, warped, and bookish" — What could possibly be better than that? Marc Giai-Miniet is a French artist who makes creepy and fascinating dioramas that tend to feature reproductions of human organs, crime scenes, submarines in basements, and, wait for it … libraries. “Three Machines Want to Know” TeleRead's 2013 Meeting Guide for Publishing Eugene G. Schwartz has put together a helpful list of publishing conferences along with descriptions of each. Slaughterhouse 90210 Best Tumblr ever? Towards a better book recommendation service  Joe Wikert points out that Just because I’m Facebook friends with you doesn’t mean we have the same … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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Best movies based on books

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Earlier this week on Facebook, we asked “What’s your favorite movie based on a book?” With 23 different movie favorites, the top picks were "Pride and Prejudice," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "The Help." While UNP may have some contenders for scripts, we have many books that accompany cinema studies. Our INDIGENOUS FILMS series explores and illuminates individual films produced and/or about indigenous peoples around the globe. Each book in the series focuses on one film, addressing key issues raised by the film and demonstrating effective ways to interpret the film. There are three published so far: The Fast Runner by … Continue reading Best movies based on books

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Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club by Roberts Ehrgott earned a Kirkus star! Shrink by Lawrence R. Samuel and Traveling the Power Line by Julianne Couch also received reviews from Kirkus. Barrie Jean Borich’s Body Geographic was reviewed by Publishers Weekly. Jason Anthony, author of Hoosh, was interviewed on Maine Public Radio. Alan Wilkinson discussed Backstage by Ron Hull on his blog. Tim Boxer of 15 Minutes Magazine called Culture and Customs of the Sioux Indians by Gregory O. Gagnon an “insightful” account of history. The Rumpus reviewed Descanso for My Father by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher. David Luhrssen reviewed American Naval History, … Continue reading Review roundup

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2012 Award Winning Recap

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2012 was a great year and we are proud of all of our authors and their accomplishments. See our previous award winners below:


The History of the Holocaust in Romania

The History of the Holocaust in Romania

By Jean Ancel
The National Jewish Book Award

Writing Based on Archival Material category


No Word for WelcomeNo Word for Welcome
The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy
By Wendy Call
First place in the Best History/Political Book in English category

Banzai Babe Ruth

Banzai Babe Ruth
Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan
By Robert K. Fitts
IPPY Awards
Silver Medal in the sports/fitness/recreation category
 

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Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany

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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

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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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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