Dive Summer Reading In! List

ourdive summer reading in! list about the list Relaxation is key in maintaining good physical and mental health. One great way to unwind is to become immersed in an engaging book. And what better way to spend the most relaxing time of year than by enjoying recommendations from some notable Texans? The Okay to Say Summer Reading List offers selections that give you a break from day-to-day stressors by offering a fun getaway or a retreat to another world. As you plan your summer escape, make sure to check out these great recommendations. Empire of the Summer Moon The Clifton Chronicles S.C. Gwynne Jeffery Archer S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon chronicles two The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s No. 1 bestselling series, astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the which brings to life the key historical and political events of the 20th Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The century over the course of one family’s story of triumphs and second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come tragedies. In this thrilling episodic saga of love, loss, betrayal and out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia ambition, you will be taken on an exhilarating journey from the back Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last alleys of Bristol to the teeming streets of New York City and the and greatest chief of the Comanches. S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is Gulags of Stalinist Russia. Its memorable cast of characters has captured the meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. imaginations of readers across the globe. Meet the Clifton family today and start your journey with Only Time Will Tell. The story continues in the subsequent novels The Sins of the Father, Best Kept Secret, Be Careful What You Wish For, Mightier Selected by than the Sword, Cometh the Hour, and concludes in the compelling final volume, This Was A Man. Rep. Four Price Chairman, House Committee on Public Health, Texas House of Representatives Selected by "It's non-fiction, but a very interesting read about the Comanches' battles on the High Sharon Butterworth Plains and in Texas. If you are a Texan from the Panhandle area, you'll find the story Board Member, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute particularly interesting, especially the accounts involving Quanah Parker. This book puts you in the heart of the historical action and is hard to put down." "The Clifton Chronicles is a great escape. They are quick reads. You can binge-read all seven books at once or string them out over a longer period of time. Each ends with a cliffhanger making you anxious to read the next. Archer is a master storyteller who mixes power, politics and profit into fiction. You will feel like you are a member of this English family as they go through the twists and turns of good and bad together." Essentialism: The Disciplined Bossypants Pursuit of Less Tina Fey Greg McKeown Bossypants is a heartwarming memoir about growth and acceptance by comedian Tina Fey. The memoir recounts Fey’s In his book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, childhood with clever insight and her trademark humor. Fey shows McKeown, a writer, speaker and Harvard Business Review blogger, readers how she first started out in the industry and what lessons offers both a manifesto and a manual on how to deliberately focus she has learned along the way. From her youthful days as a nerd to on the vital priorities that really count, and how to dispense with the her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey reveals all, and rest. This is the age of the Nonessentialist, McKeown writes: over-busy and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy. over-committed, we continue to say yes to even more commitments and deadlines without asking ourselves, “Is this truly essential? Is this very important to me? Is this really how I want to choose to spend my time?” These are the questions, McKeown Selected by argues, that Essentialists ask and answer before accepting any task, commitment or responsibility. Karen Ranus Executive Director, NAMI Austin Selected by "You don't have to be a 30 Rock or Saturday Night Live fan to enjoy this wonderful Jennifer Sampson poolside, ‘sipping on lemonade with my toes in the water’ book. It's a fast, easy and hilarious read (which means you can brag at the office that you read a whole book President & CEO, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas over the holiday!) In addition to giving you a sneak peek at backstage antics, Fey's "I love this book. It's about learning how to say 'no' and embracing the essentials in book is also a lovely glimpse of her personal journey where humor is a constant life. We get way too distracted by the furor of the frenzied world and the demands put companion as she navigates life's challenges. It's a refreshingly funny and inspiring on us. Time is the currency of life. We must be careful how we spend that currency. book, so be prepared to find yourself smiling and laughing the whole way through." Essentialism argues how you should only pursue things that are important, and eliminate everything else." The Boys in the Boat The Last Days of Night Daniel James Brown Graham Moore It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the means to turn night into day will make history—and a vast fortune. A elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul’s client, Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own to power the country? The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society—the journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an glittering parties in Gramercy Park mansions, and the more insidious dealings done unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a behind closed doors. The task facing him is beyond daunting. Edison is a wily, dangerous chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest. opponent with vast resources at his disposal—private spies, newspapers in his pocket, and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it? Selected by Jim Moroney Selected by Publisher, The Dallas Morning News Bob Bowlsby Commissioner, Big 12 Conference "There's lots of wonderful fictional literature about a person who strives or group of people who strive to achieve dreams against great odds. Boys in the Boat is a "The book is a page-turner of a novel that follows the development of direct current story of such a group of young men. But in this case, it's a true story that takes and alternating current in the United States. Westinghouse, Edison and Tesla you from the western shores of the United States to Nazi Germany. And it's not a compete in a race to refine and establish the electric light and the power source that war story. Read and enjoy." makes it all work. Graham expertly develops the characters and brings the reader into the ultra-competitive environment in which some of the world’s greatest inventors and entrepreneurs operated." The Leopard Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa Love in the Time of Cholera David Gilmour's biography of Giuseppe di Lampedusa unearths the life story of the creator of The Leopard, one of the great novels of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez twentieth century. A book whose imagery, once tasted, haunts the In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in reader forever, The Leopard describes the golden era of nineteenth- love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born century Sicily: its sensual, fading, aristocratic glory and its corruption, doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in brutality, and inequality lurking beneath the surface. Who wrote this his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he masterpiece, this work of art? The answer is as unlikely as one might reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and hope. A fascinating meditation on what it is that makes a writer. Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again. Selected by Steven Weinberg Nobel Prize (Physics), 1979 Jack S. Josey-Welch Foundation Chair in Science and Selected by Regental Professor; Director, Theory Research Group, University of Texas at Austin Bill W.

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