Books by Alums

  • Coffee & Donuts book cover
    Steve Frenzl鈥檚 (Bus鈥70) two-volume fictionalized memoir, titled 鈥淐offee & Donuts with the Dearly Departed鈥 tells the story of Steve鈥檚 adventures working as an apprentice at Boulder鈥檚 Howe Mortuary in the late 1960s.
  • Cryptic Catcher book cover
    Lija Fisher鈥檚 debut novel, The Cryptid Catcher, is about a boy who inherits a job hunting legendary creatures in Colorado.聽
  • Book cover of "Finding True North" by Fran Yardley
    Fran Yardley (Thtr鈥66) published her book, Finding True North: A History of One Small Corner of the Adirondacks, which outlines the journey of Fran and her late husband, Jay Yardley, as they revived the historic and long-abandoned Bartlett Carry Club in the Adirondacks.
  • Selling Reagan鈥檚 Foreign Policy: Going Public vs. Executive Bargaining
    In N. Stephen Kane鈥檚 (PhDHist鈥70) new book, Selling Reagan鈥檚 Foreign Policy: Going Public vs. Executive Bargaining, he examines President Reagan鈥檚 and his administration鈥檚 efforts to mobilize public and congressional support for seven of the president鈥檚 controversial foreign policy initiatives.
  • Democratizing
    Rising housing costs puts secure and decent housing in central urban neighborhoods in peril. How do civil society organizations (CSOs) effectively demand accountability from the state to address the needs of low-income residents?
  • Space Exploration
    Humanity has always looked to the stars, but it hasn鈥檛 been until relatively recently that we have managed to travel into space. Carolyn Collins Petersen鈥檚 (Edu鈥78; MJour鈥96) book, titled "Space Explorations: Past, Present, Future," takes you there.
  • Left at Hiva Oa
    The captivating book, Left at Hiva Oa, written by Malia Bohlin鈥檚 (Jour鈥93), takes place on the open ocean as America evolves from the conservative 1950s to the free-loving 1960s. Two proud Merchant Marine Academy graduates leave their promising careers to follow a dream of sailing the world on the 40鈥 schooner, the Gracias.
  • New Horizons
    On July 14, 2015, more than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour.
  • Betrayal on Aruba Winds
    In Tracy Novinger (A&S'62) third book, Betrayal on Aruba Winds, Alissia Aruba Saxton has the life she鈥檚 relentlessly pursued. She鈥檚 got a high-level job. She鈥檚 engaged to be married.
  • Wandering Sould
    Colorado Springs resident Steven Anderson (Econ鈥83) published his second book, Wandering Soul in Feb. 2018. The science fiction novel is the second book of his Reunification Series, and is the sequel to Wandering Star.

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