Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle currently filled with paper coffee cups. Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Mega-Novels, Newspaper Empires, and other June Books
Books The Turtle’s Beating Heart Denise Low Praise from Foreword Reviews: “An accomplished poet, Low’s well-honed prose flows with lyric intensity.” There I Go Again William Daniels Book feature in People. American Journalists in the Great War Chris Dubbs Review in Library … Continue reading News and Reviews
The Jewish Publication Society has been publishing thoughtful and thought-provoking books in Jewish literature and history for more than 125 years. This list highlights some of their new and noteworthy titles. Thinking About the Torah by Kenneth Seeskin In defiance … Continue reading Reading List: Jewish Books for the New Year
Books Great Plains Indians by David J. Wishart Reviewed in the Omaha World-Herald: “This new book is another noteworthy contribution to Great Plains knowledge by this respected Nebraska scholar.” Amiable Scoundrel by Paul Kahan Listed as a “must-read” by Penn Live. … Continue reading News and Reviews
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle currently filled with cardboard boxes. Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Mr. Feeny, Outstanding Poetry, and other March Books
The Jewish Publication Society and UNP exhibited at the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion annual meeting in San Antonio a few weeks ago. We were excited to catch up with some of our authors: Mayer Gruber … Continue reading JPS at SBL/AAR
Awards Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair Longlisted for the 2017 PEN/Open Book Award Books Flock Together by B. J. Hollars Praise from Kirkus: “An insightful memoir on one man’s quest to know living birds by examining those birds that have ceased to … Continue reading News and Reviews
Rabbi Niles Goldstein is the spiritual leader of Temple Israel in Miller Beach, Indiana. He is the author or editor of ten books, most recently Eight Questions of Faith: Biblical Challenges that Guide and Ground Our Lives (Jewish Publication … Continue reading From the Desk of Rabbi Goldstein: The Miracle Right Under Our Noses
The following excerpt comes from Thinking About the Torah: A Philospher Reads the Bible by Kenneth Seeskin (Jewish Publication Society, 2016). From Chapter 6: The Need For Community No magical formula dictates how much statutory law is too much and how much … Continue reading EXCERPT: Thinking About the Torah
Books Crude Nation by Raúl Gallegos Praise from the Wall Street Journal: “Superbly reported.” Fit for the Presidency? by Seymour Morris Jr. Praise from Publishers Weekly: “Given his exceptionally extensive and open-minded analysis, it is a shame that he … Continue reading News and Reviews
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