Me, Motherhood and a Wise Woman is a memoir of brief conversations in which a younger woman learns, in the presence of an older woman, to trust her inner wisdom. The book’s timeless advice appeals to expectant moms, experienced mothers, aunties, and grandmothers. One reader describes the book as “insightful and validating.”
Each of the seven stories in The Missing, Tory Tuttle's luminous first collection, explores dislocation, whether from losing a child or the protection of a parent, or as a strategy to escape reality. These uniquely rendered portraits, often impressionistic, depcit the accommodations one makes to survive a world frequently inhospitable to human desire and longing.
For Thirteen years Presner has worked the graveyard shift at Tyson's 24-Hour News and Smoke. He is also an attorney (non-practicing), a playwright (unproduced), a weightlifter (non-Olympian), and a reader of detective novels (not literature). Presner is grieving. Presner the Remarkable is about the stories we tell ourselves after life spins out of control. It is a tragicomedy about one man's quarrel with fate. It's a story about starting over, this time for good.
In Getting Over Vivian, Jill Carstens validates the connections between place and identity. Gripping tightly to visions of her lost childhood, as an adult she discovers Third Places in Denver; coffee houses, jazz clubs and the city’s first brewpub provide nurturing environments as she maps out an uncertain life. Getting Over Vivian presents a Colorado life offering universal themes of belonging and community in a world that is becoming exceedingly temporary.
Part 1 of a new fantasy western series, perfect for fans of The Dark Tower series! When Jessie’s children are kidnapped, he must go beyond the frontier, into a land of madness and death. He contends with riddle-reciting relics, crazed lawmen, and ancient empires. If he is to rescue his children and return to his quiet life, he will have to learn more about the powers at work in this mysterious land. This is a West that was never won.
Lovely Disaster is a best-selling memoir that is a heartfelt, raw, and honest admission of the beautiful lessons found in the mess of life through the cautionary tale of Erin’s memories, stories, and experiences with unfiltered candor. There is healing when we listen to our inner knowledge instead of what is expected of us.
For the first time, a Daoist lineage holder, Master Bruce Frantzis, shares the oral teachings of the Daoist Water tradition which accompany and underpin Laozi's multi-layered wisdom text written twenty-five hundred years ago. Inside this book you will find some things which have never been revealed before in Western writings about Daoism, as the teachings would only be passed on from teacher to student, personally – spoken, not written, and often in secret.
Such was the way Grandmaster Liu Hung Chieh taught his disciple and inheritor, Bruce Kumar Frantzis.
Do colours have presence like flowers in a garden, or are they just an appearance? The Unified Principle of Colour brings answers to questions of where, when and how colours form, and to their relationships. To the physics of light, and the biology of vision, a third discipline is added: the process of consciousness. It shows that the observer, a living being, has an essential role in producing the colours we perceive.
mystic manor is a time capsule of poems that reflect the turbulence of growing up and celebrate the people — and places — that blazed the path toward healing. The collection explores themes of nature, spirituality, and human connection; and illuminates how those motifs allowed the author to unpack her own personal traumas.
Hidden Treasure Poetry, published in Colorado, is the latest collection of poems and prose by renowned poet Porshai S. Campbell. Her distinguished word choice is set to take readers on a captivating journey through the beauty and depth of verse. This collection, comprising ten original poems, explores themes of faith, love and self-worth.
Fermentation: an ancient art mirroring life's transformative journey. This book is more than a recipe collection—it's a guide to self-discovery through the wonders of preservation and fermentation. Enjoy over 150 recipes while peeling back layers of perception, finding truth in simplicity, and savoring life's contrasting flavors. Embark on a culinary adventure, unraveling contradictions to discover what resonates with you in food and beyond.
Marisol finds herself unable to care for her daughter Julia following the death of her husband in
Venezuela. As the country crumbles around her, she leaves to join the masses walking to Peru, in
search of freedom.
This story, a fictionalized version of the mass migration of Venezuelans between 2018-2020,
documents the more than 7 million Venezuelans who have emigrated, leading to the region’s
greatest refugee crisis in history. This book is for them.
Adults and kids are invited to discover 19 interesting and offbeat places to go, things to see, and stuff to know about Colorado in the pages of this new and exciting coloring & trivia book. Featuring illustrations and accompanying stories from the World's Largest Beetle to the Big Blue Bear, from Bigfoot to magical sopapillas, there's a little quirky/arty/Colorado-y something for everyone – tourists, residents, or just fans of our big square(ish) state.
This science fiction novel set in the year 2195 follows a government agent tasked with maintaining society's delicate balance with AI. Her level of implants blurs the line between human and machine. In parallel, we follow a neural mechanic who spends his working hours fixing robots with his own service bot Nu. They watch as a software update spreads throughout the solar system, as bots begin to act with a level of violence never seen.
James Byrd lives out of his motorcycle when he’s off the clock as a Utah wilderness guide, until a life-altering opportunity changes everything. When a few of his talented friends join him in forming a band, they unknowingly lay the groundwork of a counterculture movement that impacts an entire generation.
In this unorthodox immigrant memoir, Anas Afana, the son of a Jordanian diplomat, is left in rural Iowa by his father at 17 without speaking English. Come from a childhood of travel and privilege, this event marks the beginning of a harrowing young adulthood. The story of a life rebuilt many times over, Destined to Fail contributes to the discourse of how we define The American Dream.
"In May 1988, when she was twenty-six years old, Lori McLuckie committed a murder which The Denver Post called "one of the most gruesome in the history of Denver." She was convicted of Murder in the First Degree, and has been in prison ever since. In "Supervised Citizen: Poems from Prison," Copyright 2021, Lori courageously chronicles her journey, using raw, heartfelt, and ultimately redemptive candor. These poems are not for the faint of heart."
Take a walk through the City of Boulder with photographer Karen Jacot. Whether you’re a first time visitor or a longtime local, you’ll discover things that surprise and delight you. Jacot’s eye for the “extra” in the everyday ordinary tells the story of Boulderites’ lives and the ways in which we’re all connected through streets and strides.