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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Denver and Boulder

Aug. 7, 2020

by Mindy Sink (Jour'92) and Kim Lipker (Menasha Ridge Press, 288 pages; 2020) Buy the Book The best way to experience Denver and Boulder is by hiking. Get outdoors with local authors and hiking experts Mindy Sink and Kim Lipker with the full-color edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles:...

Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass

July 6, 2020

by Larry Godwin (Acct'64; PhD'74) (Amazon Books, 161 pages; 2020) Buy the Book The author's personal narrative represents the chronology of his mental illness over a span of 49 years, as well as his attempts to understand it and cope with it. Selected entries from his journals constitute the source...

Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass

July 6, 2020

by Larry Godwin (Acct'64; PhD'74) (Amazon Books, 161 pages; 2020) Buy the Book The author's personal narrative represents the chronology of his mental illness over a span of 49 years, as well as his attempts to understand it and cope with it. Selected entries from his journals constitute the source...

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Sailors and Dogs Keep Off the Grass

June 15, 2020

by Thomas Turman (ArchEngr'66) (BookBaby, 266 pages; 2019) Buy the Book Sailors and Dogs Keep off the Grass is Thomas Turman's coming-of-age account of a spirited, sensitive and humorous four years in the Navy Construction Battalions (Seabees). This follows Turman from Boot Camp in San Diego, to the odd Nevada...

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On Record

June 15, 2020

by G. Brown (Jour'79) (Colorado Music Experience, 340 Pages; 2020) Buy the Book Colorado Music Experience founding director and author G. Brown covered popular music at the Denver Post for 26 years, interviewing well over 3,200 musicians, including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and Kurt Cobain, all of whom...

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Banished From Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania

May 11, 2020

by Cody McDevitt (Jour'07) (The History Press, 224 pages; 2020) Buy the Book In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city for less than seven years to leave. They were...

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Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province

Feb. 26, 2020

by Karen Elting Brock (Engl'86), Linda Ligon, Jun Wang (Thrumus Books, 2020; 160 pages) Buy the Book The book introduces more than a dozen contemporary artists from four ethnic groups working in the techniques of their ancestors, including indigo dyers, embroiderers of varying techniques, weavers, a metalsmith, and a paper...

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Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province

Feb. 26, 2020

by Karen Elting Brock (Engl'86), Linda Ligon, Jun Wang (Thrumus Books, 2020; 160 pages) The book introduces more than a dozen contemporary artists from four ethnic groups working in the techniques of their ancestors, including indigo dyers, embroiderers of varying techniques, weavers, a metalsmith, and a paper maker whose family...

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Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province

Feb. 26, 2020

by Karen Elting Brock (Engl'86), Linda Ligon, Jun Wang (Thrumus Books, 2020; 160 pages) The book introduces more than a dozen contemporary artists from four ethnic groups working in the techniques of their ancestors, including indigo dyers, embroiderers of varying techniques, weavers, a metalsmith, and a paper maker whose family...

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Peace on Our Terms

Jan. 10, 2020

by Mona Siegel (Fren, IntlAf'90) (Columbia University Press, 344 pages; 2020) Buy the Book Peace on Our Terms follows dozens of remarkable women from Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Asia as they crossed oceans and continents; commanded meeting halls in Paris, Zurich, and Washington; and marched in the...

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