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Kathryn Wilder will speak about and sign her new book, THE LAST COWS, on Tuesday, June 16th at 6:30pm, at @boulderbookstore.bsky.social. She will be in conversation with Karen Auvinen for this special event. Get tickets: bit.ly/49YfYoi

In TREATY GROUND, Charles W. A. Prior argues that Native American diplomacy shaped how sovereignty was negotiated and contested among Native Americans, the Crown, and the colonies, from Virginia's founding to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. bit.ly/4avhzls

"In the here and now, Tiffany makes me laugh. . . . Tiffany Midge said, 'Some people choose radical love. I choose incredulity and radical sarcasm.' Indeed, resistance should be humorous," writes Elizabeth A. Roastingear for the Tribal College Journal. bit.ly/4dRDWnx

“Luther Taylor, as imagined by Brock, is a unique, charming character, and the novel’s evocation of early-20th-century baseball, with its loose discipline and colorful players, is vivid and convincing.”—Sports Illustrated Get 40% off Baseball Books: bit.ly/BaseballSale26

From the Desk of Michael W. Childers: The History of Overcrowding at Yosemite THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING recounts the history of Yosemite National Park through the perspective of its visitors while assessing the environmental consequences of its popularity. wp.me/p4J9AE-jsL

"Covey’s wasn’t an easy biography. Sometimes known as the 'Silent Pole'...but Kashatus brought him to life with meticulous research backed by 70 pages of endnotes," writes Jack Smiles for Citizens' Voice. bit.ly/4o7E1Xy

The World Cup kicks off today with two matches in Group A! Need some between game entertainment? Check out our World Cup Reading List.

For anyone who is going to be in Haarlem for Honkbalweek, come on out to Catnap Books on July 2nd to talk WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL and Baseball Czech's WBC run. Afterward, we can go back to Pim Mulier Stadium for the Honkbalweek nightcap. Hope to see you there!

New book profile available on the Environment & Society Portal! Read an excerpt from Michael W. Childers’ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, which will come out with the University of Nebraska Press in July: www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/mountain... #nationalparks #tourism @univnebpress.bsky.social

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off today with two matches in Group A: Mexico vs. South Africa at 3:00 p.m. (EST) and South Korea vs. Czechia at 10:00 p.m. (EST)! This year’s world cup is bigger than ever with 48 teams competing in 104 matches from now through July 19. To celebrate, we’ve curated a reading list that details stunning historical upsets, chronicles the rise of soccer in America, while also uncovering little-known lore of the world’s most popular sport.

Bill Kashatus is the author of over 20 history books, including the 2021 Indies Book of the Year “William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia” and books about Dan Flood and Mary Jo Kopechne. But his wheelhouse is baseball history, with an emphasis on Pennsylvania stories. His latest is “Spitballer: Stan Coveleski and the 1920 Cleveland Indians,” published by the University of Nebraska Press. Coveleski, an anthracite breaker boy turned Hall of Fame pitcher from Shamokin, won three games for Cleveland in their 1920 World Series championship. Spitball will go fine on your bookshelf with “One Armed […]

Michael W. Childers is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University. He is the author of Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement, winner of the Internation…