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Best wishes to “Ish from Riverside,” a caller who was on the receiving end as DodgerTalk post game show host David Vassegh is dishing out copies of “Perfect Eloquence: An Appreciation of Vin Scully” — this time, about 10 minutes into tonight’s edition on KLAC-AM 570 following the Dodgers’ loss in Philly. The Dodgers' loss is your gain. University Of Nebraska Press has supplied DV with a bundle of books for to lucky callers into the show this week and hopefully next week as well after Dodgers games going into and coming out of the All Star break.

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Looking for some good summer reading? University Of Nebraska Press is offering half off books this month with code 6SUMM24. It's a great opportunity to pick up my books, round out your Outward Odyssey collection or explore UNP's awesome catalog. https://lnkd.in/eNGt8STm

Check out my current book, The Gas and Flame Men, if you're interested in sports and military history. Available now from Potomac Books / University Of Nebraska Press. “An enjoyable and distinctive blend of war story and sports chronicle.” — Publishers Weekly

What a treat to have Vin Scully’s nephew, Dan McLaughlin, join me with Pete Turner on the “Break It Down Show” livestream this afternoon and discuss the Vin appreciation book. In 2022, Dan wrote an essay for National Review, detailing his relationship with his uncle. The link to that piece written the day of Vin’s passing is on our Vin Scully Appreciation Book website: https://lnkd.in/g-YtapFZ So grateful for Dan’s endorsement of the book, learning new things about his uncle, and sharing his stories as well:

Summer has just barely arrived, but fall will be here before we know it and Grit & Ghosts is avail now for pre-order for Nov. 1 delivery. The pre-publication reviews are, I am humbled and honored to write, beautiful 📚 Follow link here: https://lnkd.in/gQS5VcFz University Of Nebraska Press #bisonbooks

A Noble pursuit: The latest signed books are on display at the Barnes & Noble’s Torrance store with the cool stickers on them (suitable for framing) … and check it out: Lovely employee Lilly said she is snagging one for her dad for Father’s Day. Can you blame her? #BNTorrance

Explore the University Of Nebraska Press Showcase on Kudos today.    This collection of 40+ article summaries covers topics including:   Women Studies: ‎♀️ ‘Black feminist critique of Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls’ ‎♀️ ‘Guerreira Tactics: Women Warriors’ Sonic Practices of Refusal in Capoeira Angola’ American Studies:  🇺🇸 ‘Analysis of graphic novels regarding U.S. wars in 21st century Iraq and Afghanistan’ 🇺🇸 ‘The American West in World Literature’ 🔗 Follow the link in the comments to explore the showcase.  

From the Desk of Kevin Anzzolin: What's New in Mexican Journalism? https://bit.ly/44J0noK On UNP's Behind the Book blog, Kevin Anzzolin, author of GUARDIANS OF DISCOURSE, asks what's new in Mexico, reflecting on how the public sphere has changed since the end of the nineteenth century.

John Muir is widely and rightly lauded as the nature mystic who added wilderness to the United States’ vision of itself, largely through the system of national parks and wild areas his writings and public advocacy helped create. That vision, however, came at a cost: the conquest and dispossession of the tribal peoples who had inhabited and managed those same lands, in many cases for millennia. Cast Out of Eden tells this neglected part of Muir’s story thanks to: University Of Nebraska Press https://bit.ly/MUIRonMUSE