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 just finished SJ Sindu’s Blue Skinned Gods and really loved it. … Continue reading May Staff Reading List
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Birthday to Come Fly with Us: NASA’s Payload Specialist Program (Nebraska, 2019) by Melvin Croft and John Youskauskas. About the Book: … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Come Fly with Us!
Awards Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness Won two High Plains Book Awards for the categories of Creative Nonfiction and Indigenous Writer! Better Times Sara Batkie Named as a Traditional Fiction Finalist for the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award! Books … Continue reading News and Reviews
Save 50% off these summer reading books! Enter 6SUMM in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “Add Promotion Code.” Offer expires July 15, 2019 and is good for U.S. and Canadian shipments only. Browse the books … Continue reading Summer Reading Sale
The author of numerous books, Colin Burgess’s prodigious output is chiefly concerned with the remarkable history of human and robotic space exploration and the pioneering men and women who have ridden rockets into space. Working from his home near Sydney, … Continue reading From the Desk of Colin Burgess: A Salute to Stargazers
Books in the Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight series provide a popular history of spaceflight from the rocket scientists of the 1930s to today, focusing on the lives of astronauts, cosmonauts, technicians, scientists, and their families. These books place equal … Continue reading Series Update: Outward Odyssey
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in February. Jackson Adams: I’ve been fascinated by colonial America since reading A People’s … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Creek Nation, Local Legends, and other February Books
John Youskauskas is a captain for a major fractional business jet operator. He has also served as an aviation safety board member and has contributed to a number of aviation safety publications. He teamed up with co-author Melvin Croft to write … Continue reading From the Desk of John Youskauskas: Precious Cargo
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
This month, the Wilson Public Library launched its fourth One Book, One Cozad program. As the library continues to work with NASA throughout 2018 as part of a NASA @ My Library grant to engage audiences in lifelong learning about … Continue reading One Book One Cozad
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