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Summer Reading List: Sommelier Summer

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 univnebpress

From now until the end of July, Lincoln City Libraries is promoting its annual summer reading program and adult readers have the opportunity to win a 40% discount coupon from UNP if they complete the program! Register here. Want to feel like you’re … Continue reading Summer Reading List: Sommelier Summer

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June Staff Reading List

June 30, 2025June 26, 2025 univnebpress

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.  “While I was on vacation, I finally had a chance … Continue reading June Staff Reading List

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February Staff Reading List

February 28, 2025February 27, 2025 univnebpress

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. “This month I read Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, which tells the … Continue reading February Staff Reading List

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Summer Reading List: Outdoors & Travel

July 8, 2024June 27, 2024 univnebpress

Now until the end of July, thousands of UNP books are available for 50% off across multiple imprints including Nebraska, Bison Books, Potomac Books, and the Backwaters Press. Find out how to save here. Wonderful books are like foreign travel … Continue reading Summer Reading List: Outdoors & Travel

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How the First Spacewalk Ended in a Ski Trip

September 18, 2023September 15, 2023 univnebpress

Mike Bezemek is the author and photographer of three books that combine stories with trip guides, including Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route: Exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers and Discovering the Outlaw Trail: Routes, Hideouts, and Stories from the Wild West. His newest … Continue reading How the First Spacewalk Ended in a Ski Trip

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Summer Reading List: Travel

June 26, 2023June 22, 2023 univnebpress

Summer is the perfect time to kick back, relax, and read books to spark your next vacation destination or road trip. With our summer reading sale, you can get our summer-themed books for 50% off! From now until the end of … Continue reading Summer Reading List: Travel

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Summer Activities Reading List

June 15, 2022June 6, 2022 univnebpress

Summer is the perfect time to kick back, relax, and read books about summer activities written by one of our authors. With our summer reading sale, you can get our summer themed books for 50% off! From now until the … Continue reading Summer Activities Reading List

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Where in the Monster-Fish World is Mark Spitzer?

June 4, 2021June 3, 2021 univnebpress

Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish, Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Bison … Continue reading Where in the Monster-Fish World is Mark Spitzer?

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What We’re Reading

April 29, 2021May 26, 2021 univnebpress

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. April Staff Reading List “This month I’ve discovered Samantha Irby, … Continue reading What We’re Reading

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Why I Write: Suzanne Roberts

December 8, 2020December 7, 2020 univnebpress

The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2020 Newsletter, i.e. Suzanne Roberts is the author of Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (Nebraska 2020), Almost Somewhere: Twenty Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Nebraska, 2012), and … Continue reading Why I Write: Suzanne Roberts

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