Tag: books
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Publishers Weekly Bestsellers for Oct. 12
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Iron Flame” (Wing and Claw Collection) by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 2. “Fourth Wing” (Wing and Claw Collection) by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 3. “Alchemised” by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 4. “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 5. “The Impossible Fortune” by Richard Osman (Viking/Dorman) 6. “Vince Flynn: Denied Access” by Don Bentley (Atria/Bestler) 7. “The Academy” by Hilderbrand/Cunningham (Little, Brown) 8. “The Portrait” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 9. “Tourist Season” by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn) 10. “Circle of Days”…
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‘Jungle Book’ author was more than a great storyteller and Nobel Prize laureate
The enchanting stories of Rudyard Kipling owe their imaginative settings to the place he grew up: India. Born in Bombay in 1865, young and quite privileged, Kipling spent his youth inspired by the vibrant colors and customs of colonial India. His voice rose out of the people he met, the jungles he explored, and the…
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When trolleys roamed Colorado Springs streets — and the book that tells their story
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was long ago, 1950, but the childhood memory is as bright as that trolley was in Denver. “The big yellow cars, that’s what they were called,” John Haney says, thinking back on the ride. “That was their last year of operation in Denver.” The…
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Meet the Colorado Springs explorer captivating 40,000 Facebook fans with weird, famous and forgotten places
It was nothing. It was everything. It was one morning 11 years ago. Heath Gay woke in his Colorado Springs home. He was not yet 40 at the time. “I had a growth on my forehead,” he says. “By the end of the day, it doubled in size. … I was freaking out.” So much…
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Thomas E. Cronin, a Colorado Springs treasure, and his “Fireside Chats of a Retired College President”
Among Colorado Springs’ crown jewels are, of course, Pikes Peak (America’s Mountain), Garden of the Gods, Cave of the Winds, The Broadmoor, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Pioneers Museum and Fine Arts Center. A book extolling the numerous strengths of the Springs would require a substantial collection of the community’s many facets. Such a…
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Patrons, staff bid ‘bittersweet’ final farewell to Rockrimmon Library
At first glance, it appeared to be a typical Saturday afternoon at the Pikes Peak Library District’s Rockrimmon branch in northwest Colorado Springs. Patrons roamed the shelves, checked out materials, and chatted with staff members. Children bustled about as their parents tried to corral them. A few regulars sat in the reading section, perusing periodicals.…
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Patrons, staff bid ‘bittersweet’ final farewell to Rockrimmon Library
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At first glance, it appeared to be a typical Saturday afternoon at the Pikes Peak Library District’s Rockrimmon branch in northwest Colorado Springs. Patrons roamed the shelves, checked out materials, and chatted with staff members. Children bustled about as their parents tried to corral them.…
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Book on Colorado’s historic cemeteries tells of forgotten people, places
Eilene Lyon has a curious hobby. “Going to antique stores and picking up old photographs that have a name on them, and I research these people and I write about them on the blog,” she explained from her longtime home in Durango. “The aim is to return the photographs to relatives. That’s been very rewarding…
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Pikes Pick: New book a lyrical rumination on LeBron and much more
“There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension” is a book about much more than basketball and ascension. It’s about LeBron James’ teenage rise in Ohio, coinciding with author Hanif Abdurraqib’s adolescence there, and about those lost in America’s cultural, political shuffle. — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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‘I love story’: Colorado Springs author releases 40th book, reflects on writing career
After having her first child, Kimberley Woodhouse found herself captivated by writing. Her baby, Josh, was often sick. To cope, Woodhouse turned to the pen. “I just started writing in the middle of the night to do something with the creative juices. I never told anybody, because I was a music person,” she said. The…