Want to read a few more books before the end of the year? We can help with that! We’ve compiled a list of short books that you can squeeze in to the last two weeks of 2024. If you aren’t able to finish them, no worries, these books will be great to kickstart your 2025 reading. Plus, with our Holiday… Continue Reading Short Books You Can Read Before the End of the Year
From the bustling ports of Lisbon to the coastal inlets of the Bight of Benin to the vibrant waterways of Bahia, Black mariners were integral to every space of the commercial South Atlantic. Publishing today, Captive Cosmopolitans reveals a new history of South Atlantic slavery centered on subaltern commercial and cultural exchange. Keep scrolling to learn more or check out everything… Continue Reading New This Week: December 17th
This week we have three new books publishing spanning topics from the origins of white victimhood, health equity in the Mississippi Delta, and the fight for Puerto Rican independence. Browse this week’s new releases below or head over to our Hot Off The Press Page to see all of our December releases in one place. Plus, don’t forget you can save 30% during… Continue Reading New This Week: December 10th
It’s the first week of December and we have a fabulous selection of new titles in Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Military History, and Southern Studies. Keep scrolling to browse this week’s new book or head to our Hot Off The Press Page to see all of our November releases in one place. Women of Rendezvous: A Transatlantic Story of Family and… Continue Reading New This Week: December 3rd
Check out what’s trending at UNC Press with this list of the most viewed books on our website this month. See something that interests you? Our Holiday Sale is going on now and you can save 30% with the code 01UNCP30 at checkout. The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game by Nathan Kalman-Lamb , Derek Silva “[A] compelling indictment of American collegiate football… Continue Reading November 2024 Trending Titles
The following is a guest post from Sydney Nathans, author of Freedom’s Mirage: Virgil Bennehan’s Odyssey from Emancipation to Exile, which traces the exceptional life of Virgil Bennehan, born in bondage in 1808 in Piedmont North Carolina, who rose to become an enslaved doctor on one of the South’s largest plantations and to view himself as a friend to Black… Continue Reading Dear Young Master and Friend: How One Letter Turned into a Biography
Picture this: it’s Thanksgiving day and the aroma of warm, spiced sweet potato pie fills the air, evoking feelings of nostalgia and comfort. This beloved Southern classic will be the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving meal. In this post, we’ll share a mouthwatering sweet potato pie recipe, by Carla Norwood & Gabriel Cumming, straight from the pages of Edible North… Continue Reading A Sweet Potato Pie Perfect for your Thanksgiving Spread
The Following is a guest post from Travis A. Weisse, author of Health Freaks: America’s Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness, which is available now wherever books are sold. Occupying the unenviable liminal space between charlatanism and unserious gossip magazine fodder, diet gurus are not typically treated as serious historical figures. Yet, as my book Health Freaks shows, a fair… Continue Reading The Pritikin Program’s Influence on American Dietary Guidelines
The following is guest post from Andy Martrich, author of Shy of the Squirrel’s Foot: A Peripheral History of the Jargon Society as Told through Its Missing Books, which is now available wherever books are sold. Shy of the Squirrel’s Foot: A Peripheral History of the Jargon Society as Told through its Missing Books is a book about the legendary writer’s… Continue Reading Bibliographical On-Sendings and Dentdale Waterfalls
Looking for a good read that will both entertain and educate? If so you’ve come to the right place. This week we have a history of the local story behind Brown v. Board and a book challenging one of America’s favorite pastimes: college football. Check out what’s new this week or head to our Hot Off The Press Page to see all… Continue Reading New This Week: November 19th
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we’re proud to highlight a selection of books that explore the rich histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences of Native American communities. Whether you’re looking to deepen your understanding of Native American history, explore Indigenous culture, or learn more about ongoing social and political issues, our curated collection includes important contributions from Native authors… Continue Reading Native American Heritage Month Reading List
This week we have books perfect for readers interested in True Crime, Southern Queerness in US Fiction, the Jargon Society, and the life of an enslaved doctor on one of the South’s largest plantations. Check out all of these new titles that, as of yesterday, are officially on-sale wherever books are sold. You can also visit our Hot Off the… Continue Reading New This Week: November 12
This Week is University Press Week—an annual celebration of the global impact of the university press publishing community. This year’s theme is #StepUP and today we’re joining the UP Week Blog tour to reflect on how we #StepUP by shining a spotlight on projects that exemplify how the #StepUP theme intersects with our mission as a press. When the theme… Continue Reading University Press Week Blog Tour: How We #StepUP
From Black US Persona Poetry to food waste in Belgium we have a big selection of new books releasing this week. Browse these new titles that are now available wherever books are sold, or take a look at everything that released this month. Another Throat: Twenty-First-Century Black US Persona Poetry and the Archive by Ryan Sharp “Sharp’s analysis and thoughtful treatment… Continue Reading New This Week: October 29
From a biography of the boy who emerged as the face of the aids epidemic in the 1980’s to an oral history of Guatemalan and Mexican migrants in Morganton, North Carolina we have another great selection of book publishing this week. Keep reading to browse what’s new or check out everything new this month. The Life and Death of Ryan… Continue Reading New This Week: October 22
Another week, another batch of new books publishing. Today we have books spanning topics on segregation scholarships in the US south, teen pop culture at the turn of the twenty-first-century, and North Carolina Politics. Find your next favorite read among these new titles or browse our Hot Off The Press page to see everything new this month. A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners,… Continue Reading New This Week: October 15th
Celebrate the delicious fusion of Jewish and Mexican culinary traditions or learn about how native North Americans sparked a communications revolution through inscription with our two new books that publish today. Check out today’s new books or visit our Hot Off The Press page to see everything new this month. Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook by By Ilan Stavans, Margaret E. Boyle;… Continue Reading New This Week: October 8th
It’s New Books Tuesday and from a graphic history of reconstruction in DC to a new Reacting to the Past game book, we have an exciting list of new titles publishing today. Browse this week’s new books below and be sure to sign up for our monthly enews for updates on everything new each month. Freedom Was in Sight!: A… Continue Reading New This Week: October 1
Today Jimmy Carter becomes the longest-lived former US President in history as he celebrates his 100th Birthday. In honor of this we’re traveling back the 39th President’s inauguration on January 20th 1977 with this excerpt from the second edition of Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter by Randall Balmer. Refreshingly concise…. Balmer presents Carter as an icon of progressive evangelicalism.… Continue Reading Jimmy Carter Celebrates his 100th Birthday
The following is a reblog from Losering Books, a blog by David Menconi, author of Oh, Didn’t They Ramble, Step it Up and Go, and editor of our American Music: New Roots series. It came about due to luck-of-the-draw happenstance, but I’ve sort of had my very own personal book-cover designer for most of my university-press writing career. That’s Lindsay Starr, currently… Continue Reading David Menconi on Working with Art Director Lindsay Starr
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