Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West
by Joanne Wilke
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In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on an extended car-camping trip through six national parks, "without a man or a gun along." It was the era of the flapper, but this book tells the story of a group of farm girls who met while attending Iowa's Teacher's College and who shared a "yen to see some things." Read More...

Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom
by D. G. Fulford with Phyllis Greene
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Moving, insightful, and above all, honest, Designated Daughter speaks to the joys and privileges of bringing generations together toward the end of life. With incredible sensitivity and humor, Fulford recounts her own uplifting story of how she became her mother's closest companion. Read More...

The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
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Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there. Read More...