New books this month from the University of Nebraska Press: a vegetarian vs. meat eater cookbook, an updated edition of Nebraska Moments, the story of eight young women driving across the American West in two Model T Fords, plus much more. Browse our new books here. Continue reading New December Books
The weather outside is indeed frightful. Here in Lincoln, Nebraska we’re looking at the possibility of freezing rain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing_rain) on Saturday—a scary meteorological phenomenon which is essentially a mad hybrid of snow, rain, and ice. Sounds like the perfect excuse to stay inside with a fire roaring in the fireplace, curled up with a laptop (fully charged in case of a power outage due to aforementioned freezing rain) and read about… This Week in History November 25, 1914: The “Yankee Clipper,” Joe DiMaggio, was born in Martinez, California. DiMaggio led the Yankees to nine titles in thirteen years. Are you … Continue reading This Week in History: November 25-30, 2007
On this last Thursday of November, I’m sitting here wishing I ate breakfast, especially after perusing the blogosphere for recipe reviews and experiments. Admittedly, and as most of you may know, I am a vegetarian, so my ventures tend to fall on the non-meat pages. Nonetheless, I think I came up with an eclectic list of food sites this week. I begin with Paper Palate, a blog collective that looks at food and wine in printed sources (such as magazines and cookbooks). You can find the list of all blogs associated with the Paper Palate on their About page. The … Continue reading Cookbook Reviewing
Living Blue in the Red States edited by David Starkey “[R]eveals the sensitivity, openness, and respect which the best (blue or red) minds can offer. . . . David Romtvedt’s ‘Red Politics and Blue in Wyoming,’ Robin Hemley’s ‘Control Issues,’ Jim Peterson’s ‘The Kreskin Effect,’ and Starkey’s ‘Writing the Personal Political Essay’ are all flat-out excellent writing, regardless (but not ignorant) of politics. That’s a real accomplishment. The best of these essays—and there is a lot of great work beyond what I mention above—acknowledge the false dichotomy of red and blue, confront personal biases, and outline the disillusionment of the … Continue reading More Praise for Living Blue in the Red States
The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton “In this wonderful book, readers are presented with more than 900 individual pictographs signifying several centuries of tribal knowledge. . . . Taken together, these fascinating images provide an alternative history of the American West as written by those who were there in the beginning and remain there now. Like the Bayeux Tapestry—the embroidered cloth that preserves a visual history of the Battle of Hastings—these images challenge written recollection and revisit history in a way that takes us away from our … Continue reading More Praise for The Year the Stars Fell
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody “The story of the Moody family is told without embellishment in a simple, straight-forward style. It is especially suited for reading aloud as a family. The difficulties Ralph faces, the mishaps and consequences, will provoke quality discussions with middle schoolers and older students, although children as young as third grade will enjoy and benefit from the story.”—Homeschooling Today Continue reading Praise for Little Britches
In Praise of Flattery by Willis Goth Regier “[T]he book contains many gems: exquisite, entertaining, carefully chosen words by the obscure . . . and the mighty.”—Christine Schwartz Hartley, Bookforum To read earlier praise for In Praise of Flattery, please visit http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/11/praise-for-in-p.html. Continue reading More Praise for In Praise of Flattery
Unlearning to Fly by Jennifer Brice “Like a pilot photographing terrain for a map, [Brice] captures her family . . . and friends in a broad and clear vision. . . . Indeed, every person who graces the pages of her narrative is writ generously, fairly and kindly, with a fascination that rekindles our own sense of wonder at the lives we think we know most intimately— those of our parents, close friends, co-workers, but also the collective lives of our homes and our environment.”—Nina Murray, Lincoln Journal Star To read earlier praise for Unlearning to Fly, please visit http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/10/praise-for-unle.html. Continue reading More Praise for Unlearning to Fly
It’s almost December. Hm. This month went by really fast. The temperatures dropped almost without warning. Almost all of the trees here in Nebraska are without their leaves. The people outside no longer linger on the sidewalks now that it’s cooler–they hurry from cars to buildings or from buildings to cars. Did you shop last week? Did you hustle off to your nearest indy bookstore or one of the popular chains to satisfy the book lover on your list, or a book for yourself, or a book just because? Or did you stay home and eat left overs? Well, here’s … Continue reading Author Events November 29 through December 05, 2007
Westward Thinking In honor of one of our new November books, The American West, Second Edition: A Modern History, 1900 to the Present by Richard W. Etulian and Michael P. Malone, this installment of “Tuesday Trivia” will test your knowledge of the Western states. Determine whether each statement below is true or false. If you answer them all correctly, we won’t send you on an all-expense paid trip out west to California, but we will send you on a “virtual pictorial tour.” (See picture below at right.) Not enough of an incentive? Well, let’s see how you do, anyway… True … Continue reading Tuesday Trivia
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