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UNP Books on NetGalley

October 3, 2025October 1, 2025 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley

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Bison Books Sale

October 1, 2025September 24, 2025 univnebpress

For more than sixty years, Bison Books has helped sustain the intrigue of the West by serving as the living literature of western lands and people. Within the imprint, we preserve the history of the peoples and cultures that have … Continue reading Bison Books Sale

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Excerpt: Ties that Bind

September 8, 2025September 3, 2025 univnebpress

Hannah Kim is an associate professor of history and a co-coordinator of the social studies education program at the University of Delaware, Newark. Kim is the author of Ties that Bind: People and Perception in U.S. and Korean Transnational Relations, 1905–1965 … Continue reading Excerpt: Ties that Bind

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Excerpt: A Great Many Refugees

August 18, 2025August 14, 2025 univnebpress

Thomas A. Krainz is an associate professor of history at DePaul University. He is the author of Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in the American West. His latest book A Great Many Refugees: Progressive Era Assistance in the American West (Nebraska, … Continue reading Excerpt: A Great Many Refugees

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Excerpt: Too Good to be Altogether Lost

August 11, 2025August 5, 2025 univnebpress

Pamela Smith Hill is a New York Times best-selling editor, author, educator, and expert on Laura Ingalls Wilder. She has taught young adult literature and creative and professional writing at universities in Washington, Oregon, and Colorado, as well as classes on Laura Ingalls … Continue reading Excerpt: Too Good to be Altogether Lost

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Recent Award Winners

July 18, 2025July 14, 2025 univnebpress

Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! IPPY Awards The Chief Rabbi’s Funeral (Potomac Books, 2024) by Scott D. Seligman is a Silver Medal Winner in the U.S.-Northeast Best Regional Nonfiction category. Thank You for … Continue reading Recent Award Winners

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News & Reviews

July 15, 2025July 14, 2025 univnebpress

Reviews The Triumph of Life Review in The Christian Century: “Greenberg openly and lovingly embraces all humans, stating that all people are created in God’s sacred image and represent the Divine in a rich and full rainbow.” Review in the … Continue reading News & Reviews

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UNP Authors at LauraPalooza

July 2, 2025June 27, 2025 univnebpress

Next week, from July 8-11, join UNP authors Jacob K. Friefeld and Pamela Smith Hill for LauraPalooza, hosted by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy & Research Association! LauraPalooza is the premier academic and fan conference dedicated to exploring the profound literary, historical, and … Continue reading UNP Authors at LauraPalooza

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From the Desk of Jim Wilke: Frontier Comrades

June 25, 2025June 23, 2025 univnebpress

Jim Wilke is a former curator of technology at the Autry Museum of the American West and is a consulting historian on railroad and Western history for numerous organizations. He is the coauthor of Stagecoach! The Romantic Western Vehicle. His … Continue reading From the Desk of Jim Wilke: Frontier Comrades

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Excerpt: Georgia and Anita

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025 univnebpress

Liza Bennett is a full-time writer and former advertising executive. She has published ten novels, including Local Knowledge, So Near, A Place for Us, and Bleeding Heart under the name Liza Gyllenhaal. She divides her time between New York City and the Berkshire Hills in Massachusetts. … Continue reading Excerpt: Georgia and Anita

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