Books by Alums

  • At the altars of money book cover
    Set in New York City, Denver and the mountains of Colorado, the Bahamas, and the Scottish Highlands, Graydon 鈥淒ee鈥 Hubbard鈥檚 novel At the Altars of Money captures an American ethos about money and scripts the financial meltdown of 2008.
  • Navajo Weavings
    After 40 years of research, Jean-Paul Valette and Rebecca Valette published the book Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: A Historical Overview of a Secular Art Form.
  • Ester book cover
    Ruth, Esther, Songs of Songs and Judith is a聽lively commentary that encompasses four major books focusing on women in the Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha.
  • Never retreat book cover
    A feisty single mom clashes with an ex-military, sexist, corporate star at a business retreat in the Colorado mountains.
  • The medicalization of marijuana book cover
    The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma, and the Patient Experience takes a comprehensive look at how patients negotiate incomplete medicalization and what their experiences reveal about human's聽relationship with marijuana as it is incorporated into biomedicine.
  • 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?
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