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Reading List: True Crime

October 17, 2025October 20, 2025 univnebpress

Heinous crime was not a nightly television show—it was as real as dusk. It lingered in sharp shadows, under neighborhood street lights, between dark suburban houses, in police sketches on milk cartons, in slow vans and cars with tinted windows, … Continue reading Reading List: True Crime

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Remembering Thomas Reppetto

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 univnebpress

In May of this year, former commander of the Chicago Police Department and criminal justice scholar Thomas A. Reppetto died at the age of eighty-eight. After earning a doctorate from Harvard University, he served as professor, dean, and vice president … Continue reading Remembering Thomas Reppetto

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Books That Frighten Us

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 univnebpress

UNP staff members are always reading, both within our list and outside of what we publish. This Halloween, we’re remembering books that left us chilled, unnerved, spooked. This month’s staff reading list is composed of books that, whether ghoulish or … Continue reading Books That Frighten Us

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What We’re Reading

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 univnebpress

January Staff Reading List UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books where our noses have been buried.   How Winter Began Joy Castro … Continue reading What We’re Reading

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What We’re Reading

September 28, 2016September 28, 2016 univnebpress

September Staff Reading List UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books where our noses have been buried.   Adnan’s Story: The Search for … Continue reading What We’re Reading

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What We’re Reading

April 22, 2016April 14, 2016 univnebpress

APRIL STAFF READING LIST UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books where our noses have been buried.   Care of Wooden Floors by … Continue reading What We’re Reading

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