'NAZIS AT THE WATERCOOLER by @tcraigpetty.bsky.social has both intellectual and emotional resonance and stands as a meaningful contribution to the expanding body of scholarship on the enduring legacies of the Third Reich," writes Mikkel Dack for @hnetreviews.bsky.social. bit.ly/43WdfII

Happy University Press Week! Each year, we take a tour of the blogs in our larger community with a series that daily addresses different aspects of the UP Week theme. The #UPweek blog tour today asks "WHO TeamsUP for your Press?"

From the Desk of Kathryn Wilder: Rain 'n' Books Wilder is author of THE LAST COWS which explores the joys, challenges, heartbreaks, and qualms of contemporary ranching in the American West.

POSITIVE POLLUTIONS AND CULTURAL TOXINS by John Blair Gamber examines urbanity and the results of urban living, arguing for a recognition of all forms of human detritus as part of the world. Get 50% off during our Native American and Indigenous Studies Sale: bit.ly/NATIS25 

OUR PEOPLE BELIEVE IN EDUCATION is the story of a tribe and university—with almost nothing in common aside from a shared name—that collaborated to support Indigenous language and cultural revitalization. Save 40% when you order now: bit.ly/4htQd1o

"Adesina runs through one genre and narrative angle after another in his studies of his life’s most pressing absences," writes @literaryhub.bsky.social of DEATH DOES NOT END AT SEA. bit.ly/3WC5aoF  

University Press Week, hosted by @aupresses.bsky.social, is next week! In advance of the celebration, we're sharing reads that #TeamUP for this year's theme.

TAKING CHARGE, MAKING CHANGE by Robert W. Galler Jr. shows how individuals and families helped to found the Crow Creek Tribal school, maintain enrollment, secure funding, and influence school policies. Get 50% off during the Native American and Indigenous Studies Sale: bit.ly/NATIS25

New digital galleys are available on NetGalley this month!

THE GREATER PLAINS tells a new story of a region, stretching from the state of Texas to the province of Alberta, where the environments are as varied as the myriad ways people have inhabited them Get 50% off when you use code 6NAT25: bit.ly/NATIS25

The press' annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Sale has begun! Throughout November, get 50% off all Native Studies titles from Nebraska and Bison Books using code 6NAT25. Learn more 👇

"There is much to gain from African knowledge, not least an understanding of how one's ancestors can bless a life. We learn as much from Nigerian poet Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto," writes Foreword of THE NAMING. Order a copy: bit.ly/3WYQdNA

New book from @jasonhdormady.bsky.social through @univnebpress.bsky.social: Conflict and Correspondence: Belonging and Urban Community in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1939–1947 www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

PUBLICATION DAY for In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico! Use discount code 6AF25 for 40% off—that's $18 plus taxes and shipping (paperback/ebook)! Thanks, @univnebpress.bsky.social! For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978.... 🗃️📚🇲🇽🏺

From Chernobyl with Love is 6 today! @univnebpress.bsky.social

Conflict and Correspondence is now available from the @univnebpress.bsky.social in hard, soft, and digital. #academicsky #Mexico #Urban #Guadalajara #belonging #conflict #cities Learn how tapatios found belonging through conflict in mid-century Mexico. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

New arrival from @univnebpress.bsky.social! I highly recommend this innovative look on Peru’s history by Gonzalo Romero.

Excerpt: WHERE BLACKBIRDS FLY by Shann Ray A novel in five novellas, WHERE BLACKBIRDS FLY offers a prismatic deep dive into the human heart through fierce narratives of intimacy both lovely and heartbreaking.

DREAMS OF A YOUNG REPUBLIC examines American Catholic missionaries’ perceptions and expectations for a China that would forever be free and democratic, between the 1911 revolution that created the Republic of China and the communist revolution of 1949. Save 40%: bit.ly/4hv0gmW

"Few studies match its scope or interpretative elegance. MEN OF GOD is a significant contribution to the religious history of colonial Latin America," writes David Rex Galindo for American History. Get your copy of the book here: bit.ly/4hvGdVp

October Staff Reading List #booksky

ECKIE is @kelloggfireman.bsky.social's biography of overlooked early University of Chicago football star and prominent sports journalist Walter “Eckie” Eckersall. Save 40% when you order now: bit.ly/3Jw23vw

Winner of the 2023 Nebraska Book Award, THE WOMEN WHO BUILT OMAHA by Eileen Wirth tells the stories of groundbreaking women who built Omaha. Save 50% during our Bison Books Sale: bit.ly/BisonBooksSa...

"Mary Ehrlander and Hild Peters revisit the well-trodden genre of the missionary biography but with a mind to complicate the story, acknowledging both healing and harms," writes Susan Neylan for Social History. Order your copy: bit.ly/49jUimR

Rags (1916-1936), the former Paris stray turned mascot and dispatch dog of the American First Division in World War I, received the Purple Poppy Award, bestowed by the National Service Animals Monument, Inc.

David Davis's biography of Duke Kahanamoku, WATERMAN, was featured in this Newport Beach Indepdendent article, "From Surf Legend to Local Hero." Read more here: bit.ly/4nnDbUt

"DENIAL OF GENOCIDES reveals the core, enduring mechanisms of the 'post-truth' era as it unfolds before our eyes," writes Imge Oranh in Holocaust and Genocide Studies about Bedross Der Matossian's anthology. Order your copy: bit.ly/3JoAeoN

"Each story in this complex novel is a mindfully wrought world of the human condition," writes Marc Beaudin of WHERE BLACKBIRDS FLY for Big Sky Journal. bit.ly/4htcVqA

"The book yields analyses and evidence especially suited for those interested in African Americans' fin de siècle role in the U.S Army," writes Jonathan Lande of BUFFALO SOLDIERS IN CALIFORNIA by Brian G. Shellum for California History. Get your copy of the book here: bit.ly/47CRDmV

Winner of the 2025 Spur Award, NO FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS by John M. Glionna, is the story of a rural Nevada high school football team that never wins. Save 50% during our Bison Books Sale: bit.ly/BisonBooksSa...

Today's featured title: "The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle over Christianity in the Public Schools," by Scott D. Seligman, Potomac Books, 2025 @univnebpress.bsky.social www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-book...

The essays in SELECTED MISDEMEANORS by Sue William Silverman are unapologetic word grenades lobbed into an otherwise complacent forgetfulness. Save 40% when you order now: bit.ly/4qm9tSv

.@mike-stark.bsky.social’s STARLINGS is a first-of-its-kind history of starlings in America, a love-hate story at the intersection of human folly, ornithology, and one bird’s will to endure. Save 50% during our Bison Books Sale: bit.ly/BisonBooksSa...

“We all have a capacity for great failure and we also all have a capacity for great repair and restoration,” says Shann Ray, author of WHERE BLACKBIRDS FLY, in an interview with The Spokesman Review. bit.ly/3KNwuOf

Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Looking forward to talking with host Bill Donohue about Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano, from @univnebpress.bsky.social. Tune in at 8:30 tonight!

Excerpt: OUT OF GAZA by Katharina Galor OUT OF GAZA delves into themes of identity, belonging, and the enduring effects of historical trauma, showing how empathy and resilience can bridge even the deepest divides.

Just over a week out from publication day for my book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico (@univnebpress.bsky.social). Read more below or at www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978.... 🗃️📚🇲🇽🏺 #skystorians #Mexico #archaeology #heritage

My book Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano, from @univnebpress.bsky.social, is a finalist for the 2025 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. I'm on a list with @ballgirl.bsky.social, @jmjournalist.bsky.social, and other very fast company. Thank you, Spitball Magazine!

"It is a book worth having, and it yields a great deal of insight, not just about Atakapa as a language, but also about the people who spoke the language," writes Anthony Webster for Anthropological Linguistics. bit.ly/3J9Frkm

Readers will find in the book a thorough examination of the politics of housing, informality, and space," writes Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo in American Historical Review (@historians.org). bit.ly/3KElene

"Historians and general readers alike would benefit from this timely and comprehensive addition to literature on the Southwest and public lands," writes George Moncaster in H-Environment (@hnetreviews.bsky.social). bit.ly/46XdHZp

From the Desk of Chris Serb: Walter Eckersall and the American Sports Section Serb is author of ECKIE, a biography of overlooked early University of Chicago football star and prominent sports journalist Walter “Eckie” Eckersall.

2022 Spur Award Winner, THE FORGOTTEN BOTANIST by Wynne Brown is a timeless tale about a woman who discovered who she was by leaving everything behind. Her inspiring story is one of resilience, determination, and courage. Save 50% during our Bison Books Sale: bit.ly/BisonBooksSa...

Join Daniel Mains tomorrow at the @thefloatingbookshop.com where Wampus Reynolds will lead a discussion with Mains of his new book, NOURISHING GROWTH AND SUFFOCATING LIFE. bit.ly/4hphYZc

"Clough provides important insight into an under-researched decade in Oklahoma and, is essential reading for those who study the history of this state," writes Rose Stremlau for H-AmIndian. bit.ly/47tiDoV

"Perhaps these Indigenous stories are the truly untold part of the John Muir story, and @ramcnally.bsky.social at least starts to unsettle the conservationist consciousness that sought to forget" writes Kendall Lovely in California History. bit.ly/4nSNotd

The World Series begins tomorrow with the opening match between the Dodgers and BlueJays. This could be the Dodgers' chance to become the MLB’s first repeat champions in a quarter-century. Read up on the teams' history to celebrate!

Happy first Book Birthday to TWISTING IN AIR (Bison Books, 2024) by Carol Bradley! TWISTING IN AIR brings to life the era when an extraordinary group of horses learned to fall on cue to make Western movies seem more realistic.