In December of each year Choice publishes its list of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles, both print and digital, reviewed by Choice during the previous year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of … Continue reading The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2024
ICYMI Perfect Eloquence Listed as a Sports Illustrated Best Sports Book of 2024 Awards Homing On the longlist for the 2025 WCoNA Book of the Year Award Reviews The Grapes of Conquest Review in California History: “if you have been … Continue reading News & Reviews
Reviews The Dreamcatcher in the Wry Review in Booklist: “. . . there is a charm to how Midge represents the feeling of information overload. A particularly entertaining section of the book is devoted to the low-stakes headlines that make … Continue reading News & Reviews
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2023 Julie Suk Book Award The Gathering of Bastards (Nebraska, 2023) by Romeo Oriogun is the winner of the Julie Suk Book Award, given to books published by … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
John Muir is widely and rightly lauded as the nature mystic who added wilderness to the United States’ vision of itself, largely through the system of national parks and wild areas his writings and public advocacy helped create. That vision, … Continue reading The Untold Story of John Muir: A Conversation with Robert McNally
Richard Edwards is director emeritus of the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is author or coauthor of numerous books, including The First Migrants (Nebraska, 2023) and Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History (Nebraska, … Continue reading Excerpt: Great Plains Homesteaders
Truth is stranger than fiction, as the haunting season begins in earnest, the most unnerving tales are often those that occur in real life. We have curated a list of true crime books that reckon with systemic failings, explore policy-shaping … Continue reading True Crime Books to Read this Fall
Launched in 1961 as UNP’s first trade imprint, Bison Books reflects the Press’s commitment to general-interest books that appeal to the educated reader. Browse the latest and greatest in Bison Books, From Tiffany Midge’s bitingly witty essay collection to the remarkable … Continue reading Recent & Forthcoming Bison Books
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son (Potomac Books, 2023) by Paul Carter. About the Book: Modern … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Paul Carter’s ‘Richard Nixon’
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to The First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America’s Great Migration … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The First Migrants
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