One Book, One Denver 2008
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The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett |
Place your hold now for the 2008 One Book, One Denver selection The Thin Man Mayor John W. Hickenlooper and the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Denver Public Library, proudly announce the fifth annual One Book, One Denver community-wide reading initiative. One Book, One Denver invites everyone to read and discuss the same book. |
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| 2007 | Visit the 2007 One Book, One Denver Page | |
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Articles of War by Nick Arvin |
George Tilson is an eighteen-year-old farm boy from Iowa. Enlisted in the Army during World War II and arriving in Normandy just after D-day, he is nicknamed Heck for his reluctance to swear. From summers of farm labor Heck is already strong. He knows how to accept orders and how to work uncomplainingly. But in combat Heck witnesses a kind of brutality unlike anything he could have imagined. Fear consumes his every thought and Heck soon realizes a terrible thing about himself: He is a coward. Possessed of this dark knowledge, Heck is then faced with an impossible task. -Book Jacket |
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The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols |
Joe Mondragon, thirty-six, is a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, who slammed his battered pickup to a stop one day, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into an arid patch of ground. Then, illegally, he tapped into the main irrigation channel. And so began John Nichols' classic tale of the little guy against the big guy. -Book Jacket |
| 2005 | ||
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Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros |
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros is the 2005 One Book, One Denver selection. With poetic language and a fierce sense of humor, Cisneros weaves a vibrant tale of family, culture, history and acceptance. -Mayor John Hickenlooper |
| 2004 | ||
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Peace Like a River by Leif Enger |
What readers will appreciate first in Enger's marvelous novel is the language. His limpid sentences are composed with the clarity and richness for which poets strive. It takes longer to get caught up in the story, but gradually, as the complex narrative unwinds, readers will find themselves immersed in an exceptionally heartfelt and moving tale about the resilience of family relationships, told in retrospect through the prism of memory. -Booklist |
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Updated: September 09, 2008
