The Best of All Seasons, Fifty Years as a Montana Hunter by Dan Aadland “The Best of All Seasons, Fifty Years as a Montana Hunter, is much more than a recount of personal adventures. In prose that engages the interest of hunters and nonhunters alike, Aadland carries the reader to a Montana that is both distant and yet familiar. . . . With a deft touch for detail, Aadland describes scenes that ring true for generations of Montana hunters.”—Linda Halstead-Acharya, The Billings Gazette “[A]n unapologetic, honest, and oftentimes nostalgic glimpse into the subsistence-through-recreation type of hunting that many multi-job, mortgage-payin’, … Continue reading Praise for The Best of All Seasons

Dueling Chefs: A Vegetarian and a Meat Lover Debate the PlateAn interview with authors and chefs, Maggie Pleskac & Sean Carmichael One author is a staunch vegetarian. The other is a raging meat lover. Were these two friends and culinary competitors able to find a common ground between the pages of their book, Dueling Chefs: A Vegetarian and a Meat Lover Debate the Plate? We interviewed the authors to find out more about their experiences penning this unique collection. Q: Dueling Chefs is enhanced by a sense of competition and one-upmanship between the two of you as well as the … Continue reading Dueling Chefs Make for a “Tasty” Interview

Beyond ArmageddonEdited by Walter M. Miller Jr. and Martin H. GreenbergPostcript to the Introduction by Martin H. Greenberg Twenty-one stories by science fiction masters including Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, and Roger Zelazny regarding about how life may be after nuclear annihilation. Lost WorldsClark Ashton SmithIntroduction by Jeff VanderMeer Lost Worlds collects twenty-three of Smith’s classic Weird Tales stories. "None strikes the note of cosmic horror as well as Clark Ashton Smith. In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer, dead or living."—H. P. Lovecraft   The Circus of Dr. Lao Charles … Continue reading Titles to Terrorize You: Some Scifi from UNP

What Becomes You by Aaron Raz Link & Hilda Raz “Aaron Raz Link’s story is a vital contribution to the oeuvre of transgender literature. . . . [H]is writing is potent and well crafted. . . . Hilda Raz’s story is similarly an important part of the transgender oeuvre. . . . Throughout the book, she strikes an emotive tone that is both resonant and authentic. . . . What Becomes You is a superb memoir. As finely wrought as Minnie Bruce Pratt’s S/he, it is careful and tender while simultaneously confrontational and challenging.”—Julie R. Enszer, Lambda Book Report Read … Continue reading More Praise for What Becomes You

Just Breathe Normally by Peggy Shumaker “Shumaker, a poet, has a haunting, lyrical quality to her writing. The words flow and tumble down the page. . . . Reading about pain and loss and fear can be almost as traumatic as experiencing it, and while Shumaker doesn’t dance around it, she writes in such a way that the reader is compelled to follow. . . . Just Breathe Normally is a deft example of using the past to understand and overcome the present.”—Libbie Martin, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Read earlier praise for Just Breathe Normally at http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/07/praise-for-just.html Continue reading More Praise for Just Breathe Normally

The Gambler and the Bug Boy: 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racing Fix by John Christgau “Christgau is skilled at making memorable characters from his subjects. . . . [H]istory-minded handicappers will find much to appreciate.”—Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Read earlier praise for The Gambler and the Bug Boy at http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/09/praise-for-th-3.html Continue reading More Praise for The Gambler and the Bug Boy