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Happy Book Birthday to Dirty Knowledge

January 18, 2023January 26, 2023 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Dirty Knowledge: Academic Freedom in the Age of Neoliberalism (Nebraska, 2022) by Julia Schleck. About the Book: … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Dirty Knowledge

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Happy Book Birthday to Disruption

December 21, 2022December 20, 2022 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History (Potomac, 2021) by Aki J. Peritz. About the Book: … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Disruption

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Happy Book Birthday to Forgotten Botanist!

December 2, 2022December 1, 2022 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Life of Science and Art (Bison Books, 2021) by Wynne Brown. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Forgotten Botanist!

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Happy Book Birthday to Look!

November 28, 2022November 23, 2022 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Look: How a Highly Influential Magazine Helped Define Mid-Twentieth-Century America (Potomac Books, 2021) by Andrew L. Yarrow. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Look!

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News and Reviews

November 26, 2021November 23, 2021 univnebpress

Books Look Review in Wall Street Journal: “His lavishly illustrated Look: How a Highly Influential Magazine Helped Define Mid-Twentieth-Century America aims not only to rescue the glossy from obscurity but to burnish its reputation for courageous journalism. In the process, … Continue reading News and Reviews

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News and Reviews

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 univnebpress

Books Disruption Starred review in Kirkus Reviews: “An outstanding contribution to the literature of terrorism and counterterrorism.” Black Cowboys of Rodeo Starred review in Publishers Weekly: “This stirring history will have readers rethinking the very definition of Americana.” Moshkeleh the … Continue reading News and Reviews

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News and Reviews

September 24, 2021September 21, 2021 univnebpress

Books The Forgotten Botanist in Publishers Weekly: “Brown is so successful in facilitating engagement with a forgotten figure that many will be deeply saddened by Lemmon’s last years; the energetic woman, for whom idleness was akin to death, suffered from … Continue reading News and Reviews

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News and Reviews

August 27, 2021August 26, 2021 univnebpress

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

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News and Reviews

August 13, 2021August 12, 2021 univnebpress

Books Backcountry Ghosts Review in the Seattle Book Review: “This is an interesting story of how land in California, and in a larger sense the West, has shaped the history and the people of the region. I highly recommend this … Continue reading News and Reviews

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News & Reviews

July 30, 2021July 29, 2021 univnebpress

Books Hell with the Lid Off Review in the Manhattan Book Review: “Focusing on the larger-than-life personalities involved, Gurver and Campbell provide a thrilling account of a turbulent period in the history of football as well as the games, players, … Continue reading News & Reviews

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