ICYMI When We Only Have the Earth by Abdourahman A. Waberi and translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson was featured in LitHub’s “Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation from University Presses.” Reviews Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country Review in … Continue reading News & Reviews
Jim Leeke is a former journalist, copywriter, and retired creative director. He interviewed Ron Luciano during Luciano’s first book tour in 1982. Leeke is the author of several books, including The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during … Continue reading Excerpt: Big Loosh
Alan D. Gaff is an independent scholar and the author of many books, including Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir, Bayonets in the Wilderness, Blood in the Argonne, and On Many a Bloody Field. He lives in Indiana. Baseball’s First Superstar: The Lost Life Story of … Continue reading Excerpt: Baseball’s First Superstar
Over the years, UNP has developed a national reputation for publishing award-winning books in baseball history. To help you clear the bases (and your wish list), we’ve compiled a list of some of our recently published titles and forever best … Continue reading Reading List: Baseball Fan Favorites
April showers bring May book sales! There are plenty of ways to save on our titles this month. Click the links below to browse the sales; promo codes are good on U.S. and Canadian shipments only. Enter the code in … Continue reading May Sales 2025
On December 29, 2024, James Earl Carter, Jr., thirty-ninth President of the United States passed away. President Biden has proclaimed today, January 9, 2025, a National Day of Mourning. To remember and honor the former president, we are sharing an … Continue reading Remembering Jimmy Carter: An excerpt from The Presidents and the Pastime
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
ICYMI Godfall by Van Jensen and The Sound of Undoing by Paige Towers were selected as part of the 2024 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show. Both are in the book cover category. The covers were designed by UNP’s Nathan … Continue reading News & Reviews
For baseball fans, the University of Nebraska Press is a perennial MVP—most valuable publisher. —George F. Will As the baseball season begins in earnest, we’ve compiled a list of ten home run reads that knock it out of the park. … Continue reading Reading List: 10 Home Run Reads
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