John Hopkins University has announced that Tim Wendel, author of Escape from Castro’s Cuba, will be speaking as part of one of JHU’s Author Chats moderated by Vicki Valosik, editorial director and adjunct instructor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign … Continue reading Upcoming Event: JHU Author Chat with Tim Wendel
David Krell is the author of Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory, and Popular Culture. His most recent book is 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK (Nebraska, 2021). My original idea for a book about the 1962 … Continue reading From the Desk of David Krell: My Journey to 1962
Book Disparates Review in Lit Pub: “If you love the personal essay, or are open to learning to love it, the freewheeling, luminous, disparate Patrick Madden is well worth the time.” Bad Tourist Review in Tahoe Mountain News: “Raw and … Continue reading News and Reviews
Chris Lamb’s Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Spring Training (Bison Books, 2006) is now available as an audiobook on Audible. Steeping his story in its complex cultural context, Lamb describes Robinson’s determination and anxiety, the reaction of … Continue reading New Audiobook!
Join the Springfield Public Library’s virtual event on Monday, July 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. EST as Springfield resident David Krell discusses his new book, 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK. Watch the virtual event here! In … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Author David Krell to Discuss His Book
Join SABR and Elliott Bay Book Company for Triple Play: Three Books, Three Authors on Baseball for a virtual event on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. CST. Mark Amour will be hosting Steve Steinberg, Larry Baldassaro, and Don … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Three Books, Three Authors on Baseball
Join Tom Shieber, Senior Curator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and UWM Professor Emeritus Lawrence Baldassaro, author of Beyond DiMaggio and Baseball Italian Style, for a virtual conversation via Zoom hosted by Boswell Book Company about his major … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Larry Baldassaro in conversation with Tom Shieber
Greg Larson is an editor, stand-up comedian, and author of the newly released book Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir (Nebraska, 2021). He spent two years as a clubhouse attendant for Cal Ripken Jr.’s Aberdeen IronBirds, the short-season single-A affiliate for … Continue reading From the Desk of Greg Larson: A Cub and His Cubs
Based on the recommendations from major outlets like CNN and Forbes, BookAuthority has recently released a list of the 100 Best Baseball Books of All Time, and UNP had a great showing on the list. Take a look at these … Continue reading Best Baseball Books of All Time
Books The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel Praise from the Jerusalem Report: “As a history, The Star and the Scepter delivers a matter-of-fact account of Jewry’s international relations; it concerns itself with praxis, not theory (and … Continue reading News and Reviews
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