Women’s soccer in the spotlight
Total Football Magazine previewed Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer on their women’s soccer blog. See the full review here. Continue reading Women’s soccer in the spotlight
Give to Lincoln totals
Thanks to all who donated to the Friends of UNP on Give to Lincoln Day! Last week we received $1,935 in gifts, which will be matched proportionally by the Lincoln Community Foundation. We are so grateful to all of you who support the books we publish. We couldn’t do it without you. Continue reading Give to Lincoln totals
Kayaking memories
In High Country News, UNP author Mike Barenti wrote an essay called "Kayaking memories on the White Salmon River." Read the full text here. Barenti is the author of Kayaking Alone: Nine Hundred Miles from Idaho's Mountains to the Pacific Ocean (University of Nebraska Press, 2008). Continue reading Kayaking memories
Today is Give to Lincoln Day!
All day you can make donations to support Lincoln non-profit groups like the Friends of the University of Nebraska Press, who support publications of UNP books. Show your support and donate here! Continue reading Today is Give to Lincoln Day!
Book review
The History of the Holocaust in Romania by Jean Ancel was reviewed by Michael N. Dobkowski for the Jewish Book Council saying that it is a “scholarly witnessing to be admired.” Continue reading Book review
UNP books in the media
Baseball books, Double No-Hit: Johnny Vander Meer’s Historic Night Under the Lights by James W. Johnson was mentioned on Red Reporter and Connie Mack: The Turbulent &Triumphant Years, 1915-1931 by Norman Macht was reviewed on Tampa Bay Online’s blog by Sports Bookie Bob D’Angelo. The Equalizer featured Tim Grainey's Beyond Bend it Like Beckham and Tracy Crow’s storytelling in Eyes Right was called “impeccable” by Publisher’s Weekly. Ellen Cassedy (author of We Are Here) interviewed Julija Šukys on VilNews about her book Epistolophilia. Atlas of the Great Plains by Stephen J. Lavin made the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) YA Top … Continue reading UNP books in the media
IPPY winner
The 2012 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) results are in! Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan by Robert K. Fitts won the silver medal in the Sports/Fitness/Recreation category. See the complete list of winners here. Congrats Rob! Continue reading IPPY winner
Happy May Day!
Additional sales start today for Mother's Day and Jewish American Heritage Month! Find a gift for Mother's Day and save 25 percent on Eyes Right by Tracy Crow and This Is Not the Ivy League by Mary Clearman Blew. Act fast, offer ends May 11! Celebrate Jewish American Heritage month! Ellen Cassedy's We Are Here and Norman H. Finkelstein's American Jewish History are 25 percent off. Sale ends May 31. Continue reading Happy May Day!
Pot Farm in Daily Beast
On the Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan blogged about Pot Farm by Matthew Gavin Frank. Check out "The Perils of A Pot Farm" here. Continue reading Pot Farm in Daily Beast
UNP authors on the Web
The 40th Anniversary of Title IX and the XXX Olympics in London this summer prompted writers to take a look at the history, culture and role of women and sports in the Spring edition of On The Issues Magazine. Authors Rachel Toor and Tim Grainey were among them. Read Toor's "Nine Titles Thinking About Title IX" here and Grainey's "The Rise and Fall and Possible Rise of Women's Pro Soccer" here. Continue reading UNP authors on the Web
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