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 Pebbles: Memories of a Small-Town Kansas Boy by Gary White.The stories we tell about our lives define how others see us and how we see ourselves. Gary White (b. 1937), an award-winning composer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus from Iowa State University, and music-textbook author, has gathered up some of the stories of his life and offers them to you. As he explains, “…like pebbles in a stream, most of these little pieces have been rounded and polished by frequent retelling.”
 Short Ravelings from a Long Yarn: Camp and March Sketches of the Santa Fe Trail by Benjamin F. Taylor based on notes of Richard Wilson. Wonder what it was like to travel the Santa Fe Trail in the mid-1800s? If so, sign on with 27-year-old Richard Lush Wilson in the spring of 1842 and head out from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the Solomon Houch wagon train.
 Introduction to Satire by Leonard Feinberg with a new introduction by Don L. F Nilson. Introduction to Satire explains fully how the satirist manages to express his criticism in forms that society is willing to accept—in spite of the fact that no one likes to be criticized.
 Exotic and Irrational: Opera in Denver—1879-2006 by Allen Young, is a marvelous account of the 150 years of successes and failures by a great many remarkable people and diverse organizations, striving to create appreciative audiences for opera in Denver, Colorado.
 Within/Without For one year, abstract, mixed media painter Kimberly MacArthur Graham and award-winning poet Kathryn Bass met to exchange paintings and poems, reflect upon their experiences as artists and women, and share tea.
 Breaking Silence: Pastoral Approaches for Creating an Ethos of Peace In this masterfully engaging book, a panel of clergy, scholars, peace activists, and lay people provide resources and a study guide for pastors and local congregations dealing with issues related to war.
 The Journey: A Novel of Pilgrimage and Spiritual Quest, The Journey begins on the Camino de Santiago and ranges across Spain, France, and Turkey. It is the tale of Gwen, a young American pilgrim, who is confronted by a vision that won’t leave her alone. Driven by the deep longing of her soul, Gwen embarks on an archetypal journey that includes modern-day Druids, a quest for the Grail, the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, the Forest of Brocéliande, Black Madonna shrines, and Sufis in Istanbul. Along the way she finds wise teachers and charlatans, true love and its imitations. Her search for meaning leads her, eventually, to discover who she really is.
 Following
the Milky Way, 2nd edition, is the story of Elyn Aviva's
500-mile-long journey on foot on the Camino de Santiago. Whether you
are a spiritual seekeer, an avid outdoor adventurer, or an armchair
traveler, you will find this a compelling account of a journey that
is as old as human longing and as modern as tomorrow. First Published
in 1989 by ISU Press, the 2nd edition includes an updated intro.
 Dead
End on the Camino is a contemporary mystery inextricably
tied to the past. Filled with accurate historical detail, cultural tidbits,
and vivid descriptions of culinary delights, cathedrals, and the cities
and villages along the Camino de Santiago, Dead End on the Camino
takes the reader on a life-and-death treasure hunt across Spain.
 About
Turkey: Geography, Economy, Politics, Religion, and Culture
is a treasury of information about life in Turkey, written by Dr. Rashid
Ergener, an expert on the history, politics, and economy of this land--one
of the longest continually inhabited places in the world.
 The
ET Visitor's Guide to the U.S.A. is an
urbane, sardonic view of American culture told from the perspective
of an extraterrestrial. Like Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court, The ET Visitor's Guide to the U.S.A.
casts a wry eye on the customs and habits of America. LARGE PRINT EDITION
 Hypocrisy:
Don't Leave Home Without It is
an expose of hypocrisy in all its various manifestations--educational,
legal, religious, and athletic, to name just a few. According to the
author, "We live in a world where it pays off for institutions and individuals
to create images better than their actual condition justifies." Read
Hypocrisy and learn what human and animal society is really like. LARGE PRINT EDITION
 Waking the Tiger
is a novel set in late-1950s Sri Lanka, a country at the edge of a gathering storm of violence.
 Where
the Williwaw Blows is based on Dr. Leonard Feinberg's
two-year stint (1944-45) as a naval officer on the island of Adak in
the Aleutians. In this darkly humorous novel, Feinberg turns a sardonic
eye on the foibles of military life while he memorializes the quiet
heroism of some of the men who were stationed on one of the bleakest
military outposts of World War II. LARGE PRINT EDITION
 Dying to Live is about facing challenges. Being miserable. Finding faith. Learning to let go and learning to trust. It is the inspiring story of Gaea Shaw’s journey from heart transplant recipient to gold medal winner at the Olympic-style Transplant Games.
 The
Valley of the Second Sons: Letters of Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell,
a young English naturalist, writing to his sweetheart
and her brother about his life in West Cliff, Wet Mountain Valley, Colorado
1887-1890, William A. Weber, F. L. S., Editor.
 Walking Home is the fictionalized account of Lasswell’s on-again, off-again pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago.
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