Voni B. Grimes will sign copies of his new autobiography from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books, Whiteford Road, York.

In "Bridging Troubled Waters," Grimes tells about his early years in Bamberg, S.C., and his move to York as a young child. This well-known community leader writes about his military service in World War II, his tenure as an administrator at Penn State York and his community activities in his retirement years.

The $14.95 book is also available at the York County Heritage Trust gift shop, 250 E. Market St., York.

To read more about Grimes new book, see "New book gives insight into community leader" at York Town Square blog.

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If you're planning to travel at all this summer, you may want to check out these books to help get you through the journey.

For more travel tidbits, tips and tales, visit Explorer's Backpack.

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As part of my campaign to visit every York Library, I checked out the books on tape section at the attractive and easily accessible Red Land Community Library.

See see what I found there and to see a little library history to boot, visit York County libraries offer serendipity - and have done so for decades at York Town Square blog.

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Voni Grimes recounts his long life in his autobiography "Bridging Troubled Waters."

Voni B. Grimes, respected community leader, has labored for months to write about his long life.

The result is a 90-page book with more than 20 photos of a life well lived.

For details, see: New book gives insight into community leader Voni B. Grimes at York Town Square blog.

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Windsor's centennial book is a snapshot - well, hundreds of them - of small-town life in York County.

A 300-plus page history book packed with photos can tell much about a town.

This 100th-anniversary book of Windsor borough provides a busy side of a town that seemingly can best be described as sleepy.

For long post on this thick book, view: Windsor: Home of 'stately old houses that may appear to be miniature castles' at York Town Square.

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Here is a review of "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by Marti Ronemus of York:

I just finished reading "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" and I have to talk to someone about it. I can't think of any superlatives strong enough to recommend it, but if you want a "good read" that is going to pass into our culture and become "literature," this would be it.

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You may be familiar with chef Gordon Ramsay from his Fox reality show "Hell's Kitchen."

Or you may have seen him on the BBC America hits "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" and "The F Word."

But you really don't know him. Not until you read his book, "Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words and the Pursuit of Perfection."

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Want to read a really scary book?

No, it's not a Stephen King, or a Dean Koontz or a Clive Baker.

It's a Richard Heinberg.

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It was the perfect week for a beach book, even though I wasn't anywhere near the ocean. I was in my living room, in fact, when I would much rather have been biking on the rail trail.

But when the temps are in the high 90s with a heat index into the 100s, it's the perfect time to grab a book and stay in the air conditioning.

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I couldn't take the peer pressure any more. I succumbed. I gave in to desire.

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