Regional Books
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One Book One Bozeman
2011
127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
Ralston shares the story of how he, after becoming trapped by a boulder while hiking in the Utah canyons, amputated his own arm. Ralston delivers a brave, honest and above all inspiring account of one man's valiant effort to survive. Basis for the feature film "127 Hours," starring James Franco as Ralston.
Montana State will feature this book at the freshman convocation. This event will be free, open to the public, and held at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. Learn more about this event HERE
Local author Kevin Michael Connolly’s memoir Double Take. Kevin Michael Connolly is a twenty-four-year-old man who has seen the world in a way most of us never will. Whether swarmed by Japanese tourists at Epcot Center as a child or holding court at the X Games on his mono-ski, Kevin Connolly has been an object of curiosity since the day he was born without legs. Growing up in rural Montana, he was raised like any other kid (except, that is, for his father's MacGyver-like contraptions such as the "butt boot"). As a college student, Kevin traveled to seventeen countries on his skateboard, including Bosnia, China, Ukraine, and Japan. In an attempt to capture the stares of others, he took more than 30,000 photographs of people staring at him. In this dazzling memoir, Kevin Connolly casts the lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is to truly see another person. From the home of his family in Helena, Montana, to the streets of Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur, Kevin's remarkable journey will change the way you look at others, and the way you see yourself.
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez This is the true story of journalist Steve Lopezs discovery of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayerss music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the prodigys lifeonly to find that their relationship has had a profound change on his own life.
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor,
Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist,
anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-class
Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in
medical school found his life's calling: to diagnose and cure infectious
diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those
who need them most. This magnificent book shows how radical change can
be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows
how a meaningful life can be created, as Farmer--brilliant, charismatic,
charming, both a leader in international health and a doctor who finds
time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of Haiti--blasts
through convention to get results.
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One Book Montana
2011 Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West
Sam Pickett never expected to settle in this drie-up shell of a town on the As the coach of the hapleshigh choo basketbal team (zero wins, ninety-three losses), Sam can't help but be moved by the bravery he witnesses in everyday live of people--including his own young players--bearing their sorrows and broken dreams. How do tey arry o, believing in a future that seems to be based on the flimsiest of promises? Drawing on the strength of the boys on the team, sharing the hope they display despite insurmountable odds, Sam finally begins to see a future worth living. Author Stanley Gordon West has filled the town of ILOW Creek wth characters so vividly cast that they become as real as relatives, and their stories--so full of humor and passion, loss and determination--illuminate a path into the human heart. 2010 Selected Poems by Richard Hugo 2009 The Surrounded by Darcy McNickle 2008 Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson 2007 The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe 2006 Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith 2005 This House of Sky by Ivan Doig 2004 Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker 2003 Fools Crow by James Welch
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2009 Montana Book Awards 
Congratulations to Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, the most recent winner of the Montana Book Award. This book is now in paperback, and we have a limited number of signed copies. Montana Book Award Honors for 2009 also went to:
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Montana Poet Laureates
2009-2011 – Henry “Hank” Real Bird – None of his collections are currently available, but copies of the anthology Cowboy Love Poetry which features some of Real Bird’s work are.
2007-2009 – Greg Pape – His collection American Flamingo is currently in stock.
2005-2007 – Sandra Alcosser – Her collection Except by Nature is currently in stock. More information about the Montana Poet Laureates can be found here.
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Local author Phyllis Smith on YPRPhyllis Smith and William Hoy, authors of The Northern Pacific Railroad & Yellowstone National Park, discussed their book with George Cole in an interview which aired on Yellowstone Public Radio on Monday, March 22, 2010. You can listen the interview here.
Maile Meloy on YPR2/25/2010 – This past Tuesday an interview with Helena-native and award-winning author Maile Meloy aired on Yellowstone Public Radio’s Home Ground. The audio is archived here. Well worth a listen – even if you saw her speak here last November.
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