This year the Western History Association annual conference is online! View the full conference program here and take a look at our virtual book exhibit. We are offering our conference discount of 50% off and free shipping until October 31 … Continue reading Western History Association Virtual Book Exhibit
Founded in 1997, the Backwaters Press has worked to produce award-winning books by some of America’s finest authors. UNP acquired Backwaters in 2018, adding an impressive backlist in poetry and prose that contributes to the cultural landscape of our state and region. … Continue reading Backwaters Press News: New Poetry Winner is Now Available
The following has been excerpted from Sporting Realities: Critical Readings of the Sports Documentary (Nebraska, 2020), edited by Samantha N. Sheppard and Travis Vogan. Introduction Sports documentaries have never been more popular, prestigious, or visible. Such films won the Academy Award … Continue reading Excerpt: Sporting Realities
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. August Staff Reading List End of Watch by Stephen King … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they are particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in September. Anna Weir: I’m a big fan of fiction, so … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Biblical Prophets, Hunger, and Other September Books
Both a memoir in travel essays and an anti-guidebook, Bad Tourist takes us across four continents to fifteen countries, showing us what not to do when traveling. A woman learning to claim her own desires and adventures, Suzanne Roberts encounters lightning and landslides, sharks … Continue reading Bad Tourist coming this October
New this Month: In the New Hispanisms Series, Talking Books with Mario Vargas Llosa: A Retrospective (Nebraska, 2020) offers readers an opportunity to learn about Vargas Llosa’s body of work through multiple perspectives: his own and those of eminent fiction … Continue reading Talking Books with Mario Vargas Llosa
Peter Joffre Nye has worked as a prize-winning author, journalist, and magazine editor in Washington, DC. He is the author of several books, including The Fast Times of Albert Champion: From Record-Setting Racer to Dashing Tycoon, an Untold Story of Speed, Success, … Continue reading Peter Nye at Home: Bicycle Racing and No Summer Olympics
The following is an excerpt from Art Effects: Image, Agency, and Ritual in Amazonia (Nebraska, 2020) by Carlos Fausto, translated by David Rodgers. Introduction: The Smirk There used to be a time when we knew. We used to believe that … Continue reading Excerpt: Art Effects
Patrick J. O’Banion is a former professor of history. He now teaches church history around the world with Training Leaders International. He is the author of This Happened in My Presence: Moriscos, Old Christians, and the Spanish Inquisition in the Town of … Continue reading From the Desk of Patrick J. O’Banion: Why Locals Matter
