Raeghen Peavey, Director of Gold Mine Stores, recommends River of Death by Alistair Maclean. This thrilling adventure story was first published in 1981. It is an excellent novel from beginning to end— full of adventure, intrigue, and excitement. The reader is transported into a tale with several members of an expedition as they seek the Lost City of the Amazons. The good news is they find it in the rain forest of Brazil. And of course, the unwelcome news is... ...they also find former … [Read more...] about Review: River of Death
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Sun Valley Writers’ Conference – 2025
Reading List at The Community Library FICTION The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong TBA Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen TBA The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore | New FIC Moore, Nook 5 & 6 See Librarian, Libby eAudiobook The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy | FIC Roy The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl | FIC Reichl, Lg Print, Nook 5 See Librarian, Libby eAudiobookPromise: A Novel by Rachel Eliza Griffiths | FIC Griffiths The Restless Wave: A Novel … [Read more...] about Sun Valley Writers’ Conference – 2025
¡Tierra!
Mis Primeros 4540 Millones de Años/ My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty Mis primeros 4540 millones de años La Tierra es un planeta que sustenta la vida y el hogar de más de 7000 millones de seres humanos. Tiene 5 océanos con nombre, varias placas tectónicas e innumerables especies de plantas y animales. La Tierra agradece a Stacy McAnulty y David Litchfield su pequeña participación en la creación de su libro. La Tierra vive y trabaja con su Luna en la Vía Láctea. Earth is a … [Read more...] about ¡Tierra!
The Last Winter
The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World by Porter Fox As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled book, journalist Porter Fox travels along the edge of the … [Read more...] about The Last Winter
The Small and the Mighty
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories … [Read more...] about The Small and the Mighty
Medicine River
A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools by Mary Annette Pember From the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1930s, tens of thousands of Native children were pulled from their tribal communities to attend boarding schools whose stated aim was to "save the Indian" by way of assimilation. In reality, these boarding schools--sponsored by the U.S. government, but often run by various religious orders with little to no regulation--were a calculated attempt to dismantle … [Read more...] about Medicine River
