2021-2022 Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association
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2021-2022 Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association Cultural Arts and Heritage Book List Preface The KEHA Cultural Arts and Heritage Program area annually sponsors a reading program. Extension Homemakers may participate by reading one book from six of these nine categories: the arts, biography, family and consumer sciences, fiction, history, Kentucky, religion and spirituality, travel, and classics and old favorites. Keep a record of the books read and submit the record to the club Cultural Arts and Heritage chair. The club chair should forward that information to the county chair or to the extension agent. Qualified readers may receive the Cultural Arts Reading Award Bookmark recognition at the county level. Counties are responsible for printing their own bookmark. The bookmark is available for downloading on the KEHA Cultural Arts and Heritage web page. This is only a suggested list. You may choose your own titles. Your local public librarian many have other suggestions. Local libraries usually belong to the Kentucky Library Network, which allows individuals to borrow books from other libraries through interlibrary loan. If you cannot find the book you wish to read at your local library, ask about this service. Page | i Table of Content Preface . i Arts . 1 Biography . 2 Classics and Old Favorites . 3 Family and Consumer Sciences . 5 Fiction . 7 History . 10 Kentucky . 11 Religion and Spirituality. 13 Travel . 14 Page | ii NOTES: Page | iii The Arts A Year at the Chateau by Dick Strawbridge and Angela Strawbridge (2021) – Dick and Angela moved from London to France to a 19th century chateau along with their two children. In the middle of the winter, they found themselves embarked on an adventure of their lifetime from cracked windows, infested bedrooms with flies and a very special first Christmas. Almost Lost Arts by Emily Freidenrich (2019) - In this book, author Emily Freidenrich tells the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques and serves as inspiration to makers, collectors and history lovers. Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art by Michael Shnayerson (2019) - The contemporary art market is huge, unregulated, and perplexing. A few key dealers and tastemakers who make multimillion-dollar deals drive it. This book is a concise history of the art market and gives insight into this secret world. Country Music: An Illustrated History by Dayton Duncan (2019) – A rich and beautiful story of our most popular country music, singers and songwriters. It tells of Hank Williams honky tonk life to Dolly Parton to rise to fame from a poor childhood and many well know country music stars. Deep Creativity: Seven Ways to Spark Your Creative Spirit by Deborah Anne Quibell, Jennifer Leigh Selig, Dennis Patrick Slattery (2019) - This book includes fifteen principles of creativity developed by experts to help you learn practices to reignite your creative spark. This resourceful book offers practical guidance as well as deep reflection on the creative process. Diana: Style Icon: A Celebration of the Fashion of Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales by Dan Jones (2021) - Charmingly exemplified throughout, and highlighting over 50 of Diana's most iconic looks, as well as profiles of her go-to designers, a memento for Di admirers and fashion-lovers. Hope on the Inside by Marie Bostwick (2019) – After many years, hope, a Home Economics teacher finds that her teaching position is terminated. Not being ready to quit teaching, she finds a job teaching quilting skills at the local woman’s prison. Hope and her students begin to bond together. They learn to defy expectations and to see that it is never too late to stitch together a life. Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic by Lisa Congdon (2019) - Lisa Congdon is a well-known fine artist and illustrator who has worked for the Museum of Modern Art, Harvard University, Random House Publishing and more. In this book, Congdon addresses artists of all types: professionals, amateurs, hobbyists and more. She gives tips so others can identify, define and nurture their unique artistic style. Humans by Brandon Stanton (2020) - Brandon Stanton created Humans of New York in 2010. In this book, Stanton travels to more than forty countries, and conducts interviews across continents, borders, and language barriers. In Humans, Stanton shares how faces and locations will vary from page to page, but the stories will feel deeply familiar. This book will resonate with readers across the globe and shed light on our shared experience. Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kle0n (2019) - Author and artist Austin Kleon follows up his two previous New York Times bestselling books, Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! With this short volume on unlocking creativity. This book offers 10 rules on how to keep your creativity going even when you feel like it has dried out. Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity by Diane Boden (2021) - A book of on- the-go minimalist wisdom--teaching busy parents how to embrace the core principles of a minimalist: simplicity, focusing on what matters, and inner calm. The Art of Eric Carle by Eric Carle (2021) - A photographic essay on how Carle creates his collages, and writings by Carle and his colleagues. The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAuley (2021) - Powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction. You Are an Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation by Sarah Urist Green (2020) - This book contains 50 prompts for anyone who wants to make art — even if you are not very good at it. Curator Sarah Urist Green, creator of The Art Assignment, compiles a list of ideas and facts that will have you be more creative. Biography A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell (2019) -This was chosen as a Best Book of the Year by National Public Radio and won the Plutarch Award for Best Biography. It is the story of a young American woman who served as a spy for Allied forces in France and helped win World War 2. Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball by James Duane Bolin (2019) published by The University Press of Kentucky - Famed Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp was known to many as the “Baron of the Bluegrass.” This biography tells of Rupp’s life, beginning in rural Kansas to his success in Kentucky. Children of the Land: A Memoir by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (2020) - This memoir from a prize- winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United States recounts the sorrows and joys of a family torn apart by draconian policies and chronicles one young man’s attempt to build a future in a nation that denies his existence. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton (2020) – Dolly Parton describes in this book her remarkable life and career as a country and pop culture legend. Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss by Jenna Bush Hager (2020) – Hager shares many moving and funny stories in regard to her grandparents George and Barbara Bush of the wisdom they passed on to her. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (2020) - Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker (2020) - This biography explores the life of the Galvins. A family who seemed to be living the American Dream during the baby boom after the Second World War. However, out of twelve children, six of them were diagnosed with schizophrenia. As a result, the Galvan’s became one of the first families studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story reveals the history of mental health treatment in America during the mid-20th century. Me and Patsy Kickin’ up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline by Loretta Lynn (2020) - Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends, country icons and sisters of the heart. For the first time Loretta tells their story which is a celebration of their music and their relationship up until Patsy's tragic and untimely death. Page | 2 Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography by Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell (2021) - This biography explores the life and career of one of Hollywood's great dames. This biography of Crawford sets the record straight, going beyond the gossip to find the truth about the legendary actor and her extraordinary life and career. John Prine: In Spite of Himself by Eddie Huffman (2017) - This biography outlines Prine’s early life and musical career, weaving behind-the-scenes anecdotes into the artist has better-known history. Heavily quoting Prine himself, Huffman conveys a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential songwriters of our time. More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood by Natasha Gregson Wagner (2020) – A memoir of Natalie Woods’s life after her disappearance while sailing on her family boat with her husband Robert Wagner. Natasha Wood’s oldest daughter tells of her loss and grief after this happened. Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride Around the Globe by Dean Nicholson and Garry Jenkins (2020) – A story a man who set off to cycle around the world and after three months traveling a remote road in the mountains between Montenegro and Bosnia he finds an abandoned kitten which he could not leave behind.