About the University of Nebraska Press

The University of Nebraska Press, founded in 1941, is the largest university press between Chicago and California. It publishes scholarly and general-interest books (with more than 5,000 titles in print and an additional 150 new titles released each year) and journals (with more than 30 different journals published each year) in topics ranging from anthropology and literary criticism to history and sports. In addition to the Nebraska imprint, the Press also publishes books under Bison Books,  The Backwaters Press, and Potomac Books imprints and publishes the books of The Jewish Publication Society. The Journals division produces the publications of Nebraska Extension, a division of the University of Nebraska’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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How the First Spacewalk Ended in a Ski Trip

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 book, Space Age Adventur [...]

The Marketeers Club: National Cozy Mystery Day

Sarah Kee is a Publicity Assistant at UNP and is not an amateur detective. In honor of National Cozy Mystery Day, I’d be remiss to not talk about a mystery writer with Nebraska ties, Mignon G. Eberhart! Her book, The Mystery of Hunting’s End, was selected as the 2023 One Book One Nebraska recipient. To celebra [...]