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Wo/Men at Work: Exploring Hard Work's Reward

Women at Work. Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press, 2012. Cover
Women at Work. Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press, 2012. Cover
Blunt, Judy. "Cooking From Scratch." Women at Work. Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press, 2012. Cover
Powell, Ralph. "Everything's Dangerous." Women at Work. Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press, 2012. Cover

This artfully designed, hand-bound book tells two stories of work during an era when what a person did or made was still considered more important than what he or she bought.

Milk and Honey: Contemporary Art in California

Milk and Honey: Contemporary Art in California by Justin Van Hoy. Pasadena, CA: Ammo Books. 2012. Front Cover.
Milk and Honey: Contemporary Art in California by Justin Van Hoy. Pasadena, CA: Ammo Books. 2012. Back Cover.

Retna’s art combines English and Spanish gang letters and the letter forms of Hebrew, Arabic and other alphabets into haunting paintings of calligraphic letters bleeding into one another, los

Good Reads for Fall

Good Reads for Fall
Good Reads for Fall
Good Reads for Fall

Curl up in one of our chairs and have a good read...

Three books that will broaden your perspective on early American History await you in Genealogy

Hidden Assets: Stories Behind the Throne by Dori Hutson

Roll out the Barrel, Redwood Highway 22, California
Doris Hutson

This historical and often hysterical reference/art book is for those who want to know more about the history of outhouses. From ancient Egypt, Japan and Colorado..to name a phew. The author Dori Hutson, was a Colorado fine art and commerical artist who grew up on a homested farm in eastern Colorado.

She had a close relationship with outhouses growing up and shares her wry sense of humor and artistic talents to give you a privy history lesson.

Mexican-American War 1846-1848

Mexican-American War 1846-1848
Mexican-American War 1846-1848
Mexican-American War 1846-1848
Mexican-American War 1846-1848
Mexican-American War 1846-1848

Learn more about U.S. Immigrant Volunteer soldiers

Tyler Johnson is Associate Professor of History at Philadelphia Biblical University and has authored Devotion to the Adopted Country: U.S. Immigrant Volunteers in the Mexican War.

Russian America

Russian America
author Ilya Vinkovetsky
Russian America
Russian America
Russian America
Russian America
Russian America

There is always room on the shelf for another...

Russian American studies is alive and well. This past spring marked the 200th anniversary of Fort Ross in Bodega Bay, California.

Sanctus Sonorensis

Sanctus Sonorensis
Sanctus Sonorensis

One of the perks of working in WH/G is getting to see interesting and inspiring artists books.  Sanctus Sonorensis beautifully addresses the topic of immigration in the American southwest. 

While on a sabbatical in New Mexico, book artist Philip

Hang Out With the Beats

Hang Out With the Beats

Remember when WHG taught you how to talk like a beatnik?  This post will point you in the right direction to hang out in all the beat hot spots in Denver.

So many hip people have hung out in Denver, and still do.