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After Germany's surrender in World War II, Jim Milano, a young U.S. army intelligence officer, led a small, independent group of soldiers charged with carrying out some of the first intelligence...

Some Are Always Hungry (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry)Author: Jihyun YunPublisher: University of Nebraska PressPublication Date: Sep 01, 2020Number of Pages: 90...

Something in the Air is Richard Hoffer's gripping sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes who gathered in Mexico City in 1968, a year of dramatic upheaval around the world...

The death of CIA operative Theodore G. "Ted" Shackley in December 2002 triggered an avalanche of obituaries from all over the world, some of them condemnatory. Pundits used such expressions as...

Star Bound is a book for anyone who wants to learn about the American space program but isn't sure where to start. First and foremost, it's a history--short, sweet, and straightforward. From rocketry...

When walking down the street, it is not uncommon to see lost items that have escaped their proper receptacles, but how often does one stop to read the messages left behind? David Lazar has stopped...

In the spring of 1959, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lee returned to San Francisco, the city of his birth. Although the martial arts were widely unknown in America, Bruce encountered a robust fight culture...

Taking Charge, Making Change gives voice to generations of Native people--from Crow Creek, Lower Brule, and other reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota--who shaped a school originally...

Mark Halfon looks at life in the Major Leagues in the early 1900s, when the game was defined by low scoring and an emphasis on pitching and defense, and when players like Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, and...

Named a Best New Children's Book of 2023 by NCompass Live Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Winner 2024 Midwest Book Award Winner for Children's Nonfiction 2024 Nebraska Book Award Winner ...

Michael Dowdy perceives the world as a poet, one with an anxiety disorder. As a result he has rarely experienced fathering or his relationship with his daughter, A, as a linear narrative. Rather, his...

A prolific and award-winning writer, Lee Martin has put pen to paper to offer his wisdom, honed during thirty years of teaching the oh-so-elusive art of writing. Telling Stories is intended for...

Urgent, meditative, and searching, Thank You for Staying with Me is a collection of essays that navigates the complexities of home, the vulnerability of being a woman, mother-daughter relationships,...

The Black Bruins chronicles the inspirational lives of five African American athletes who faced racial discrimination as teammates at UCLA in the late 1930s. Best known among them was Jackie...

As America lurched into the twentieth century, its national pastime was afflicted with the same moral malaise that was enveloping the rest of the nation. Players regularly bet on games, games were...

This dazzling debut announces a not-so-new voice: that of the spoken-word poet Tjawangwa Dema. Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Dema?s collection, The Careless Seamstress,...

At first glance, it may be difficult to accept that race and racism play a major role, whether conscious or subconscious, in policymaking. But leaders are products of their upbringing and era, and...

This second volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1887-1888 contains 182 letters, of which 120 are published for the first time, written from late December 1887 to November 19, 1888. These...

This first volume in The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1888-1891 contains 171 letters, of which 119 are published for the first time, written from late November 1888 to April 20, 1890. These...

At eighteen years old, with no high school diploma, a growing rap sheet, and a failed relationship with his estranged father, Timothy J. Hillegonds took a one-way flight from Chicago to Colorado in...

2017 Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research 2016 Pete Delohery Award for Best Sports Book from Shelf Unbound When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth...

Rick Bailey writes with humor and wit about how his life experiences reflect the issues and conflicts of contemporary American life--environmental change, life in digital times, and the vicissitudes...

Susan Subak explores various low-carbon locations across America, calculating and comparing emissions data to understand what unites these different types of American neighborhoods, as well as what...

The Gathering of Bastards chronicles the movement of migrants as they navigate borders both internal and external.Author: Romeo OriogunPublisher: University Of Nebraska PressPublication Date: Oct 01,...

As both general and president, Grant felt the full power of the press. By a remarkable twist of fate, not only his wartime successes but also his peacetime failures were directly influenced by...

Honorable Mention for the 2024 OAH Frederick Jackson Turner Award California's wine country conjures images of pastoral vineyards and cellars lined with oak barrels. As a mainstay of the state's...

Honorable Mention for the 2024 OAH Frederick Jackson Turner Award California's wine country conjures images of pastoral vineyards and cellars lined with oak barrels. As a mainstay of the state's...

Author: Andrew FarkasPublisher: University of Nebraska PressPublication Date: Mar 01, 2022Number of Pages: 174 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1496230515ISBN-13: 9781496230515