BookExpo is the publishing industry’s leading trade event, where Booksellers, Librarians, specialty retailers and national chains, Publishers and Tastemakers gather to discover the latest titles, authors, distribution channels, technology, and trends. The University of Nebraska Press will be at BookExpo … Continue reading BookExpo Preview
UNP in the News Director Donna Shear discusses scholarly publishing in CHOICE. Books Haig’s Coup: How Richard Nixon’s Closest Aide Forced Him from Office Ray Locker Review in Foreword Reviews: “The book moves almost daily through Haig’s tenure in the White House, … Continue reading News and Reviews
We love to hear what our readers have to say about our books! Check out these comments from readers on Amazon and Goodreads. “By the final chapter, the reader is experienced in the events with crystal detail and … Continue reading A Word From Our Readers
The following is an excerpt from When Big Data Was Small: My Life in Baseball Analytics and Drug Design by Richard D. Cramer (May 2019). Cramer started analyzing baseball statistics in the mid-1960s, after graduating from Harvard and MIT, and by 1969 … Continue reading Excerpt: When Big Data Was Small
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. April Staff Reading List Educated: A Memoir Tara … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Joanie Holzer Schirm was the founding president of Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants, Inc., in Orlando, Florida, which she directed for seventeen years. In this interview, she describes the research and personalities behind her new book based on her father’s letters, My … Continue reading An Interview with Joanie Holzer Schirm
Books The Hole Truth Determining the Greatest Players in Golf Using Sabermetrics Bill Felber Review on Golf: “This exercise is fun and well-written. Whether it will convince you which golfer is better at or over a given time period remains … Continue reading News and Reviews
Rick Bailey is a retired English instructor who taught writing for thirty-eight years at Henry Ford Community College in Michigan. He is the author of American English, Italian Chocolate: Small Subjects of Great Importance (Nebraska, 2017) and the newest, The Enjoy Agenda: At Home and … Continue reading From the Desk of Rick Bailey: This American Smile
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. March Staff Reading List My Sister, the Serial Killer: … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Books Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative Joshua A. Claybourn Reviewed by Kirkus: “Edited by attorney Claybourn, this collection addresses the possibility of a shared narrative within a country divided by political polarization… A mixed-bag collection … Continue reading News and Reviews
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