Book Excerpts
The roots of the Gold King Mine disaster run deeper than the river it polluted
In "River of Lost Souls," author Jonathan Thompson explores disparate forces -- including labor strife -- that ultimately led to missteps that tainted the Animas River
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SunLit excerpt: Financial advice that homes in the fear that one day you’ll need money and not have it
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Excerpt: A daughter fends off her mother’s cultural expectations as her college experience looms
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Presidents’ affinities for foods reveal their humanity, but alcohol has proven a dicier deal throughout history
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SunLit excerpt: From a poet’s collection called “Trophic Cascade,” a work that touches on its major themes
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Old West brothel worker searches for love, and a life worth living in Denver’s early days
In Randi Samuelson-Brown's historical novel, "The Beaten Territory," pretty, young Pearl struggles to find her place between a past that haunts her and the cold realities of her job
The legacy of Colorado’s historic abandoned mines includes new, and critical, habitat for opportunistic bats
In "Gold!" the author journeys to an old mining spot in the Sangre de Cristos to witness the creatures' massive nightly exodus
Scarred by war, a young woman comes home to Denver to find her life an ashen void
The anthology "Blood Business" tracks the underbelly of human nature through "the muck of our lesser angels" in 27 crime stories -- including this one of embezzlement, murder and despair
A woman braves the adrenaline-charged chaos — and danger — of the Oklahoma land rush
In "Rush," author Jayme Mansfield draws on family history to inform this painstakingly researched volume of historical fiction
An adrenaline-pumping getaway attempt introduces a wounded, desperate man, and raises a million questions
Author John A. Daly's thriller begins with a heart-pounding chase that launches us into the backstory of protagonist Sean Coleman
A double-murder in a nightmarish Garden of Eden challenges an undersheriff in over her head
Charlotte Hinger's chilling mystery features plenty of suspense but also an unexpected star -- a boy's sadly touching diary entries
Tracking the Colorado River explains why it never quite makes it to the Sea of Cortez
In "Where the Water Goes," the author takes us on a tour from the river's headwaters to where it ends, in a sandy desert well short of its destination
A dying boy triggers competing instincts of honor and morality amid conflict in a fantasy world
In author Laura Reeve's "Souls for the Phrenii," protagonist Draius answers one moral conundrum while creating another for her comrade
Excerpt: How museum collectors exploited Zuni poverty and damaged a civilization
In "Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits," author Chip Colwell explores the historical lust for artifacts and the fight to reclaim Native American culture
