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1. "In My Mother's Closet," by Eugenia Zuckerman: In her evocative new book, Eugenia Zukerman taps into the dynamic mother-daughter relationship and the special bond that belongs uniquely to mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends. Come share laughter, tears, insights, revelations, and loving resolutions as over forty accomplished women share memories of their mothers' closets, where they tried on clothes, jewelry, and shoes - and imagined the world they would one day enter, the world of being a woman.
2. "Seabiscuit: An American Legend," by Laura Hillenbrand: The story of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.
3. "Vail Hiker," by Mary Ellen Gilliland: An in depth guide to the trails of Eagle County, from easy to difficult.
4. "Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown: When a curator of the Louvre turns up murdered, his body surrounded by enigmatic ciphers written in invisible ink, code-breaker Robert Langdon and a French cyptologist are called in to unravel the clues to the killing. They discover the riddles are linked to the works of da Vinci and to a clandestine sect within the Catholic Church.
5. "Secret Life of Bees," by Sue Monk Kidd: Lily Owens has shaped her life around one devastating, blurred, memory - the afternoon her mother was killed. Since then, her only real companion on the peach farm of her harsh, unyielding father has been a fierce-hearted black woman, Rosaleen. When Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily knows it is time to spring them both free.
6. "It's Not About the Bike," by Lance Armstrong: Five-time champion of the Tour de France and cancer survivor, Armstrong writes about his journey through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendance.
7. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," by J.K. Rowling: As Harry enters his fifth year at wizard school, it seems the bonds of friendship and trust have never been more sorely tested. Lord Voldemort's rise has opened a rift in the wizarding world between those who believe the truth about his return, and those who prefer to believe it's all madness and lies and just more trouble for Harry Potter.
8. "Under the Banner of Heaven," by Jon Krakauer: Krakauer shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a revelation from God commanding them to kill their blameless victims.
9. "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin seems to turn to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. By bringing Franklin to life, Isaacson shows how he helped to define both his own time and ours.
10. "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency," by Alexander McCall Smith:
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's series tells the story of the cunning and engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems in their lives," such as track down missing husbands, uncover a con man and follow a wayward daughter.
The Bookworm of Edwards
1. "Seabiscuit: An American Legend," by Laura Hillenbrand: The story of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.
2. "Secret Life of Bees," by Sue Monk Kidd: Lily Owens has shaped her life around one devastating, blurred, memory - the afternoon her mother was killed. Since then, her only real companion on the peach farm of her harsh, unyielding father has been a fierce-hearted black woman, Rosaleen. When Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily knows it is time to spring them both free.
3. "Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown: When a curator of the Louvre turns up murdered, his body surrounded by enigmatic ciphers written in invisible ink, code-breaker Robert Langdon and a French cyptologist are called in to unravel the clues to the killing. They discover the riddles are linked to the works of da Vinci and to a clandestine sect within the Catholic Church.
4. "Life of Pi," by Yann Martel: Pi Patel is the son of a zoo keeper. When Pi is 16, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger.
5. "Who's Your Caddy: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and the Reprobates of Golf," by Rick Reilly: Sportswriter Reilly figured that he could learn a lot about the players and their game by caddying, even though he had no idea of how. Amazingly, some of the world's best golfers let Reilly carry their bags at PGA Tour events. Reilly combines a wicked wit with an expert's eye in an entertaining look at golf.
6. "The Other Boleyn Girl," by Philippa Gregory: The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress and then Anne as his wife.
7. "Vail Hiker," by Mary Ellen Gilliland: An in depth guide to the trails of Eagle County, from easy to difficult.
8. "A Thousand Days in Venice," by Marlena Blasi: When Marlena de Blasi traveled to Italy, she expected to fall in love with the country, not to be swept away by a Venetian man. The book is filled with the foods and flavors of Italy.
9. "Kate Remembered," by A. Scott Berg: Berg was a friend to Katherine Hepburn for decades. She asked him to write her biography and gave him two conditions: she didn't want to read it, and it would be published immediately upon her death. From her childhood to her relationship with Spencer Tracey to her later life, Berg is candid about the movie star and American icon.
10. "Angels and Demons," by Dan Brown: After the murder of a world-renowned physicist, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon learns an ancient secret society called the Illuminati, which stands for science and has opposed the Catholic church since the 1500s, is responsible. When Langdon realizes the Illuminati may attempt to defeat the church by destroying Vatican City, he and scientist Vittoria Vetra are the world's only hope. This is the prequel to The Da Vinci Code.
1. "In My Mother's Closet," by Eugenia Zuckerman: In her evocative new book, Eugenia Zukerman taps into the dynamic mother-daughter relationship and the special bond that belongs uniquely to mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends. Come share laughter, tears, insights, revelations, and loving resolutions as over forty accomplished women share memories of their mothers' closets, where they tried on clothes, jewelry, and shoes - and imagined the world they would one day enter, the world of being a woman.
2. "Seabiscuit: An American Legend," by Laura Hillenbrand: The story of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.
3. "Vail Hiker," by Mary Ellen Gilliland: An in depth guide to the trails of Eagle County, from easy to difficult.
4. "Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown: When a curator of the Louvre turns up murdered, his body surrounded by enigmatic ciphers written in invisible ink, code-breaker Robert Langdon and a French cyptologist are called in to unravel the clues to the killing. They discover the riddles are linked to the works of da Vinci and to a clandestine sect within the Catholic Church.
5. "Secret Life of Bees," by Sue Monk Kidd: Lily Owens has shaped her life around one devastating, blurred, memory - the afternoon her mother was killed. Since then, her only real companion on the peach farm of her harsh, unyielding father has been a fierce-hearted black woman, Rosaleen. When Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily knows it is time to spring them both free.
6. "It's Not About the Bike," by Lance Armstrong: Five-time champion of the Tour de France and cancer survivor, Armstrong writes about his journey through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendance.
7. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," by J.K. Rowling: As Harry enters his fifth year at wizard school, it seems the bonds of friendship and trust have never been more sorely tested. Lord Voldemort's rise has opened a rift in the wizarding world between those who believe the truth about his return, and those who prefer to believe it's all madness and lies and just more trouble for Harry Potter.
8. "Under the Banner of Heaven," by Jon Krakauer: Krakauer shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a revelation from God commanding them to kill their blameless victims.
9. "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin seems to turn to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. By bringing Franklin to life, Isaacson shows how he helped to define both his own time and ours.
10. "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency," by Alexander McCall Smith:
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's series tells the story of the cunning and engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems in their lives," such as track down missing husbands, uncover a con man and follow a wayward daughter.
The Bookworm of Edwards
1. "Seabiscuit: An American Legend," by Laura Hillenbrand: The story of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.
2. "Secret Life of Bees," by Sue Monk Kidd: Lily Owens has shaped her life around one devastating, blurred, memory - the afternoon her mother was killed. Since then, her only real companion on the peach farm of her harsh, unyielding father has been a fierce-hearted black woman, Rosaleen. When Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily knows it is time to spring them both free.
3. "Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown: When a curator of the Louvre turns up murdered, his body surrounded by enigmatic ciphers written in invisible ink, code-breaker Robert Langdon and a French cyptologist are called in to unravel the clues to the killing. They discover the riddles are linked to the works of da Vinci and to a clandestine sect within the Catholic Church.
4. "Life of Pi," by Yann Martel: Pi Patel is the son of a zoo keeper. When Pi is 16, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger.
5. "Who's Your Caddy: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and the Reprobates of Golf," by Rick Reilly: Sportswriter Reilly figured that he could learn a lot about the players and their game by caddying, even though he had no idea of how. Amazingly, some of the world's best golfers let Reilly carry their bags at PGA Tour events. Reilly combines a wicked wit with an expert's eye in an entertaining look at golf.
6. "The Other Boleyn Girl," by Philippa Gregory: The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress and then Anne as his wife.
7. "Vail Hiker," by Mary Ellen Gilliland: An in depth guide to the trails of Eagle County, from easy to difficult.
8. "A Thousand Days in Venice," by Marlena Blasi: When Marlena de Blasi traveled to Italy, she expected to fall in love with the country, not to be swept away by a Venetian man. The book is filled with the foods and flavors of Italy.
9. "Kate Remembered," by A. Scott Berg: Berg was a friend to Katherine Hepburn for decades. She asked him to write her biography and gave him two conditions: she didn't want to read it, and it would be published immediately upon her death. From her childhood to her relationship with Spencer Tracey to her later life, Berg is candid about the movie star and American icon.
10. "Angels and Demons," by Dan Brown: After the murder of a world-renowned physicist, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon learns an ancient secret society called the Illuminati, which stands for science and has opposed the Catholic church since the 1500s, is responsible. When Langdon realizes the Illuminati may attempt to defeat the church by destroying Vatican City, he and scientist Vittoria Vetra are the world's only hope. This is the prequel to The Da Vinci Code.
