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. “I’ve just started Emily Henry’s Happy Place, which follows Harriet and … Continue reading May Staff Reading List
Jim Minick is the author or editor of seven books, including the award-winning Fire Is Your Water and The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Poets and Writers, Oxford American, Orion, and Shenandoah. His latest … Continue reading From the Desk of Jim Minick: The Tornado and the Flood
John Dechant is the author of several books, including Scoreless: Omaha Central, Creighton Prep, and Nebraska’s Greatest High School Football Game (Bison Books, 2016). His writing has appeared in a variety of magazines and the Golfer’s Journal. He is the president of the publishing … Continue reading From the Desk of John Dechant: Paul Runyan–A Pro’s Pro
Jim Minick’s Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas (Bison Books, 2023) is officially out now. Be sure to mark your calendars for some upcoming events celebrating this new book. Without Warning tells the human story of the 1955 tornado … Continue reading Upcoming Events for Jim Minick’s ‘Without Warning’
We’re pleased to share our new Fall / Winter 2023 seasonal catalog! Browse the online version to see forthcoming titles from Nebraska, Bison Books, Potomac Books, the Jewish Publication Society, and The Backwaters Press. Visit our NetGalley page for a … Continue reading Introducing the Fall / Winter 2023 Seasonal Catalog
Fredric Brandfon is the former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Stockton University in New Jersey and founder of the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. He has published numerous articles on … Continue reading From the Desk of Fredric Brandfon: A Policy of Silence; the Vatican and the Holocaust
Edward Marks, a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer, served as the State Department Advisor on Terrorism and is a founding trustee of the Command and General Staff College Foundation. He is the coauthor of U.S. Counterterrorism: From Nixon to Trump—Key Challenges, … Continue reading Excerpt: A Professional Foreigner
To celebrate Earth Day, the University of Nebraska Press is happy to feature some of our new and upcoming titles in Environmental Studies. For more books on the subject, check out these series: Our Sustainable Future, Outdoor Lives, Discover the … Continue reading Upcoming in Environmental Studies
Held annually in Augusta, Georgia, the Masters begin today. The top contenders are Scottie Scheffler, who took over the world’s No. 1 ranking with his Players Championship victory, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy according to CBS sports. Don’t let the … Continue reading The 2023 Masters Reading List
Michael K. Johnson is Professor of American literature at the University of Maine at Farmington. His books include Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos: Conceptions of the African American West (University Press of Mississippi, 2014) as well as two biographies, Can’t … Continue reading From the Desk of Michael K. Johnson: Speculative Visions of the American West
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