Nancy Plain is the author of numerous children’s books, including This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon (2015) and Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska’s Pioneer Days (2012), winner of the Spur Award for Best Western … Continue reading From the desk of Nancy Plain: Solomon D. Butcher photographs
Mark Joseph U’thixide Awakuni-Swetland, author and University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor, passed away Feb. 23. Awakuni-Swetland (1956–2015) was an assistant professor of anthropology and ethnic studies at UNL, where he taught Omaha language classes and coordinated the development of Omaha language curriculum materials. UNP … Continue reading In Memoriam: Mark Joseph U’thixide Awakuni-Swetland
Last week, UNP’s publicity manager, Rosemary Vestal, and publicist, Kylie Morrison, went to a local fourth grade classroom and donated copies of Pioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie by Andrea Warren. They received twenty-four beautiful … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS – Fourth Grade Edition
Below are some people who read and loved our books. What have you been reading? The Sinking of the Laconia and the U-Boat War By James P. Duffy Strategy Page review: “An excellent look at the history of the U-boat war, The Sinking of the Laconia will prove reward reading for anyone interested in the Second World War or submarine operations.” The Pat Boone Fan Club By Sue Silverman Flavorwire review: “The fearless Jewish memoirist muses on identity, tracing her obsession with squeaky-clean pop icon Pat Boone as an escape from childhood abuse.” Read an excerpt from the … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS
I like to play matchmaker with the books we publish. Not matching books with other books, but I like to match books with my friends who really appreciate them. I surprised my friend Jessica with a signed copy of The Wheeling … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Book Matchmaker
Nebraska Native’s Vietnam memoir chosen for 2015 One Book One Nebraska Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book One Nebraska selection is Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting (University of Nebraska … Continue reading 2015 One Book One Nebraska
Congratulations to all 2014 Nebraska Book Award winners! UNP is proud to have four titles honored in this year’s competition. Fiction Honor Haven’s Wake By Ladette Randolph When a tractor accident fells the patriarch of an eastern Nebraskan family, the … Continue reading Nebraska Book Award Winners
An excerpt from A Guide to the Ghosts of Lincoln, New Edition. THE FACE IN THE WINDOW Perhaps no other incident in the unusual history of Lincoln, Nebraska, affected as many people as did the apparition at a Near North … Continue reading Excerpt: A Guide to the Ghosts of Lincoln
Kylie Morrison-Sloat is publicity assistant in the marketing department. There was a great sense of community earlier this week as more than forty people gathered to celebrate the launch of Steve Sieberson’s book, The Naked Mountaineer. Each person who arrived … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Naked Mountaineer Launch Party
Growing local, farm-to-table, Lo-Lo, locavore…local is where it’s at! Locally sourced, locally available, everything within reach of where it came from, nothing shipped half way around the world – these sentiments dominate a lot of the dinner table conversation at … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: A Farmer’s Market for the Book World
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