Books Religious, Feminist, Activist Laurel Zwissler Review from Reading Religion: “Zwissler adds tremendous insight to the motivations and methods of religious feminist activists, including providing some explanation as to why Christian feminists don’t wield religious discourse in political realms … Continue reading News and Reviews
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of our personal favorite books we’ve savored this summer. August Staff Reading List An American Marriage: A … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Summer
We love to hear what our readers have to say about our books! Check out these comments from readers on Amazon and Goodreads. “This book is unlike anything I’ve ever read. Amy masterfully weaves together memories of family, places and … Continue reading A Word From Our Readers
Awards The January Children Safia Elhillo Winner of the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award in the 2018 Arab American Book Awards: “The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning accepted truths about geography, history, nationhood, and home. [. . … Continue reading News and Reviews
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 Russia’s Dead End: An Insider’s Testimony from Gorbachev to Putin (Potomac Books, 2017) by Andrei A. Kovalev, translated by … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Russia’s Dead End
Wedded to the Game: The Real Lives of NFL Women (Bison Original, 2006) explores what it’s really like living in the shadow of the NFL. Bringing a background in sociology and a firsthand understanding of being married to the NFL, Shannon … Continue reading Excerpt: Wedded to the Game
Books America’s Digital Army: Games At Work and War Robertson Allen Review from Michigan War Studies Review: “Robertson Allen convincingly demonstrates that America’s Army has blurred the old, neat margins between local and global, real and virtual, in a new ‘globital’ era … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following is adapted from The Soccer Diaries: An American’s Thirty-Year Pursuit of the International Game by Michael Agovino, now available in paperback. Agovino recently wrote for the Washington Post about the US hosting another World Cup in 2026. … Continue reading The Soccer Diaries: When The World Cup Semifinal Came to New York
Books Island in the City: A Memoir Micah McCrary Praise from Kirkus Reviews: “A slim yet potent and intimately ruminative debut memoir on travel, maturity, and culture.” The General Who Wore Six Stars: The Inside Story of John C. H. … Continue reading News and Reviews
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 Crossing the River Kabul: An Afghan Family Odyssey (Potomac Books, 2017) by Kevin McLean. McLean practiced law in Boston and San Diego. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Crossing the River Kabul
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