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Enter our Goodreads book giveaways!

We're currently hosting two giveaways on Goodreads! If you're a member, enter today for a chance to win advance reading copies of these books:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue

by Susan Zuccotti

Giveaway ends May 22, 2013.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

  Enter to win

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The House at Ujazdowskie 16

by Karen Auerbach

Giveaway ends May 22, 2013.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

  Enter to win

Tweet to win a book during our 5-year Twitterversary celebration!

It's hard to believe, but I've been Twittering away for five years now! The traditonal fifth anniversary gift is wood, so to celebrate we're doing a Twitter book giveaway (because books are made of paper, and paper is made from wood...close enough, right?). The best part: you get to choose the book you want to win! All you have to do is:

1. Select ONE book from our website (multiple entries will not be accepted)
2. Tweet the name of the book you want to win and tag @iupress
3. Send your tweet by 11:59 p.m. EDT tonight!

I will tweet the name of the winner on Friday, May 10. Thanks to each of our 4,752 followers for their support of the Press!

Kierkegaard bicentennial birthday book giveaway!

Today is not only Cinco de Mayo, but it's also the 200th anniversary of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard's birth. To celebrate, we're giving away a free copy of Richard McCombs's The Paradoxical Rationality of Søren Kierkegaard! In his new book, McCombs presents Kierkegaard as an author who deliberately pretended to be irrational in many of his pseudonymous writings in order to provoke his readers to discover the hidden and paradoxical rationality of faith.

If you'd like to win a copy of this fresh reading of Kierkegaard, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through 5/10/13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email.

Earth Day book giveaway!

Happy Earth Day! We're celebrating our planet by giving away two environmentally friendly books by Scott Russell Sanders: A Conservationist Manifesto and Earth Works. In his Manifesto, Sanders advocates that conservation is not simply a personal virtue but a public one. He continues his exploration of this idea and how we can care for each other and the world in Earth Works, a collection of 30 of his finest essays.

To enter the contest, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through 4/26/13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS.

Learn more about Scott Russell Sanders's writing and his views on conservation in his recent interview with Dr. Bob Leonard on KNIA's In Depth radio show.

Ready, set, enter our Little 500 giveaway!

In honor of Little 500 this weekend, we are giving away a free copy of John Schwarb's book about this annual IU tradition. Learn more about why this is the "world's greatest college weekend" in The Little 500!

To enter the contest, send an email with "Little 500" in the subject line to winiupress@gmail.com. Please include your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through 4/20/2013 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS.

Good luck to everyone competing in the races!

Enter to win a copy of The Tribal Knot!

The Tribal Knot book giveaway begins today! In her new memoir, Rebecca McClanahan looks for answers in the history of her family. Poring over letters, artifacts, and documents that span more than a century, she discovers a tribe of hardscrabble Midwest farmers, hunters, trappers, and laborers struggling to hold tight to the ties that bind them, through poverty, war, political upheavals, illness and accident, filicide and suicide, economic depressions, personal crises, and global disasters.

To enter the contest, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through 4/19/13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS.

Learn more about The Tribal Knot in this podcast or book trailer:

Meet our gardening authors this weekend + book giveaway!

Now that the weather is FINALLY warming up in Bloomington, it's time to start thinking about your garden! If you need ideas or gardening supplies, be sure to stop by the Monroe County Master Gardeners' GardenFair this Saturday, April 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Indiana National Guard Armory. IU Press will have a booth at the show, where three of our authors will be available to answer your gardening questions and sign copies of their books. Authors scheduled to appear include:

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Jeffrey Belth
Butterflies of Indiana 

1 to 3 p.m.
Moya Andrews
Perennials Short and Tall
Shrubs Large and Small

2 to 4 p.m. 
Gillian Harris
Perennials Short and Tall
Shrubs Large and Small 

Even if you can't make it to the show this weekend, there's still a chance to develop your green thumb. Starting today, you can enter to win a set of our gardening books! The first set includes Moya Andrews's and Gillian Harris's Perennials Short and Tall and Shrubs Large and Small. The second set includes Carolyn Harstad's Got Sun? (just released!), Got Shade?, and Go Native! IU Press will draw one winner for each package. 

To enter the contest, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through 4/11/13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS. Good luck, and happy gardening!

Enter to win a copy of Sightings by B.J. Hollars!

Our Sightings giveaway begins today! In this new collection of short stories, B.J. Hollars offers ten thematically linked tales, all of which are out to subvert conventional notions of the midwestern coming-of-age story. The stories feature an assemblage of Bigfoot believers, Civil War reenactors, misidentified Eskimos, and grief-stricken clowns, among other outcasts incapable of finding a place in their worlds. 

To enter the contest, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through 3/29/13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS.

Learn more about Sightings in this book trailer:

Richard Lugar to give lecture at IU + book giveaway

Former U.S. senator and newly appointed IU faculty member Richard Lugar will give the Patrick O'Meara International Lecture February 18 on the IU Bloomington campus. His talk, which is free and open to the public, begins at 4 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union Whittenberger Auditorium.

More information about Lugar and his political career can be found in our book Richard G. Lugar, Statesman of the Senate. To celebrate Lugar's lecture and recent appointment to the IU faculty, we're giving away two free copies of his biography, autographed by author John T. Shaw!

To enter the contest, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through February 18 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS.

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Enter to win a Grammy-themed book set!

In celebration of the Grammy Awards this Sunday, we're giving away a four-book set from our Icons of Pop Music series! Brush up on some legendary Grammy winners, a current nominee, and one who never received an award (but should have!) in this Grammy-themed package. Books included are: Bjork, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and Buddy Holly. A little more about the books:

Nicola Dibben's cutting-edge study of Bjork—who is nominated for two Grammys this year—is a must-read for fans of her music. Although she has yet to win a Grammy, Dibben discusses how Bjork's unique and innovative musical style has been internationally recognized by others. Will this be the year for her first Grammy win? 

Keith Negus looks at the musical career of eleven-time Grammy Award winner Bob Dylan in his book. Written for both the novice fan and the longtime listener, Negus examines Dylan as a mythical cultural figure before situating the music within the larger folk and blues tradition.

Dai Griffiths examines the large and significant body of work of Grammy winner Elvis Costello. Griffiths's book is the first on the artist that avoids chronological presentation in favor of a thematic approach focused on music and words over the nearly 30 years that separate "Radio Sweetheart" and "Country Darkness."

Like Bjork, Buddy Holly never won a Grammy, but he might have had he lived long enough (the first Grammy ceremony wasn't held until 1959, the year he died). So we include Dave Laing's book as an honorary inductee into our Grammy-themed giveaway. In his analysis of Buddy Holly, Laing provides a fresh perspective on one of the most influential and best-loved figures in rock 'n' roll.

To enter the contest, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through February 15 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS.

Good luck, and don't forget to watch the Grammys this Sunday to see if Bjork finally wins!