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100 Classic Hikes in Arizonaby Scott S. WarrenISBN 0898866510 (0-89886-651-0)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Classic Hikes in Arizona'Book summary:Whether you want to scramble up the parched red rock of Boynton Canyon, soak your weary feet at the base of Havasu Falls, or cross Hidden Valley's desert sands dotted with Saguaro cactus, Arizona has a hike to suit your inclination and ability. Classic Hikes offers 100 choice trails for day hikers and backpackers alike to explore five regions of Arizona, including the Colorado plateau, central highlands, central deserts, southeastern basin and range, and western deserts. The guide features awe-inspiring color photos by the author, along with maps and at-a-glance information that details mileage, hiking time, elevation, seasonal considerations, and contact information. Each trail description contains directions to the trailhead, possible hazards, trail gradation, major junctions, and notable vegetation.
Longing for solitude far from frequently used trails? Warren examines little-known routes where "stone spires, totems, and hoodoos" will surround you, but also covers trails where rafters and "4WD vehicles packed with tourists" become part of the landscape. He also touches on the region's rich history, noting facts about the people who once lived there and the ruins they left behind. In other words, Classic Hikes offers something for everyone ready to explore Arizona's storied past and diverse wilderness. --Jenny Burritt [via]
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100 Hikes in Arizonaby Scott WarrenISBN 0898863759 (0-89886-375-9)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books
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Animal Dreamsby Barbara KingsolverISBN 1568496923 (1-56849-692-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Dreams'Book summary:"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. What the finds is a town threatened by a silent environmental catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and a man whose view of the world could change the course of her life. Blending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends, Animal Dreams is a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's largest commitments. With this work, the acclaimed author of The Bean Trees and Homeland and Other Stories sustains her familiar voice while giving readers her most remarkable book yet.
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- Animal Dreams: ISBN 0060921145 (0-06-092114-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Animal Dreams: ISBN 0613032950 (0-613-03295-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Animal Dreams: ISBN 006016350X (0-06-016350-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Animal Dreams: ISBN 0816151598 (0-8161-5159-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Animal Dreams: ISBN 1568496923 (1-56849-692-3)
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- Animal Dreams: ISBN 0060921145 (0-06-092114-5)
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Arizona Atlas & GazetteerISBN 0899332021 (0-89933-202-1)
Softcover, Delorme
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Arizona Atlas & Gazetteerby DelormeISBN 0899333257 (0-89933-325-7)
Softcover, Delorme
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Arizona Place Namesby Will Croft Barnes, Byrd Howell GrangerISBN 0816510741 (0-8165-1074-1)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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Arizona Traveler's Handbookby Robert Blake, Bill WeirISBN 1566910714 (1-56691-071-4)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arizona Traveler's Handbook'Book summary:This title guides travellers to Arizona's diverse sights, including ancient pueblos, historic missions, the Colorado River and the Navajo National Monument. There is in-depth coverage of outdoor recreation including tips on exploring the Grand Canyon, conduct, permits and regulations for visiting Native American reservations, camping, hiking and whitewater rafting. The book also covers cities, parks and driving routes. [via]
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Arizona Wildlife Viewing Guideby John N. CarrISBN 156044097X (1-56044-097-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arizona Wildlife Viewing Guide'Book summary:From the starkly beautiful Sonoran Desert, through the scenic Mogollon Rim country, to lush mountain meadows, the Arizona Wildlife Viewing Guide will lead you to 90 premier wildlife viewing areas and will better your chances of seeing wildlife once you arrive. Included are detailed descriptions of each viewing site and its wildlife, photographs of Arizona's diverse wildlife and scenic natural areas. This guide was made possible by the National Watchable Wildlife Program, a unique partnership of state and federal resource agencies and educational, and conservation opportunities. Each viewing site was selected with the help of experts from many of the following agencies and organizations. These groups also make significant technical contributions to the research and development of this guide: Defenders of Wildlife; Arizona State Parks and Fish Department; Arizona State Parks Board; Bureau of Land Management; USDA Forest Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Bureau of Reclamation; Arizona Department of Transportation; The Nature Conservancy; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; Arizona Public Service Company; Arizona Chapter of The Wildlife Society; Salt River Project. [via]
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Arizona's Best Wildflower Hikes: The Desertby Christine MaxaISBN 1565794273 (1-56579-427-3)
Softcover, Westcliffe Pub
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Arizona's Best Wildflower Hikes: The High Countryby Christine MaxaISBN 1565794281 (1-56579-428-1)
Softcover, Westcliffe Pub
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Arizoniana: Stories from Old Arizonaby Marshall TrimbleISBN 188559089X (1-885590-89-X)
Hardcover, Golden West Pub
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The Bean Treesby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0060915544 (0-06-091554-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bean Trees'Book summary:STANDARD GOOD USED CONDITION WITH ANY FLAWS NOTED. [via]
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- The Bean Trees: ISBN 0061097314 (0-06-109731-4)
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Hardcover, Harpercollins - The Bean Trees: ISBN 0833525182 (0-8335-2518-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Bean Trees: ISBN 0060158638 (0-06-015863-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - The Bean Trees: ISBN 0816146721 (0-8161-4672-1)
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Brighty of the Grand Canyonby Marguerite Henry, Wesley DennisISBN 0689714858 (0-689-71485-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brighty of the Grand Canyon'Book summary:Relates the adventures of a little burro who blazed trails through the Grand Canyon and met many famous people in the process. [via]
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- Brighty: Of the Grand Canyon: ISBN 0689845227 (0-689-84522-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Brighty: Of the Grand Canyon: ISBN 0027436640 (0-02-743664-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Brighty of the Grand Canyon: ISBN 0844671762 (0-8446-7176-2)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc - Brighty of the Grand Canyon: ISBN 0590023543 (0-590-02354-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Brighty of the Grand Canyon: ISBN 0026887568 (0-02-688756-8)
Hardcover, Checkerboard Press - Brighty of the Grand Canyon: ISBN 0689714858 (0-689-71485-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
- Brighty: Of the Grand Canyon: ISBN 0689845227 (0-689-84522-7)
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Cerdos En El Cielo/Pigs in Heavenby Barbara Kingsolver, Margara AverbachISBN 0060951222 (0-06-095122-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cerdos En El Cielo/Pigs in Heaven'Book summary:The Spanish-language edition of the New York Times best-seller tells the story of six-year-old Turtle Greer and what happens after she witnesses a freak accident at Hoover Dam. [via]
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Cowboys, Miners, Presidents & Kings: The Story of the Grand Canyon Railwayby Al RichmondISBN 0933269021 (0-933269-02-1)
Softcover, Grand Canyon Railway
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cowboys, Miners, Presidents & Kings: The Story of the Grand Canyon Railway'Book summary:This is not an inventory of sixty-five miles of track, ties and track spikes. It is recognition of the people, events, circumstances, culture and equipment all of which made up the daily operation of the Grand Canyon Railway. The line became a part of a larger railroad and instead of being swallowed by the system, supported it with the notoriety provided by its destination. Cowboys, miners, presidents and kings all played a part with this railroad. Yet these are only a few of the many people from vastly different backgrounds who built, worked for, worked around, worked with depended on and rode this line or transported people and goods from Williams to the Grand Canyon. It appeared to have a life of its own from the start. The Canyon line lived in the hearts of the people around it. When it shut down as a result of dwindling revenues, it never really died for the railroad continued to live in the memories of those who had been close to it. As it is with people who lie in the sun, the railway merely slept. And now, its sleep is over. The Grand Canyon railway is awake again and writing new history. [via]
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Dead to Rightsby J.A. JanceISBN 0380724324 (0-380-72432-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Desert Heatby J.A. JanceISBN 0380765454 (0-380-76545-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Desert Yearby Joseph Wood KrutchISBN 0816509239 (0-8165-0923-9)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Desert Year'Book summary:[via]Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutchs Burroughs Awardwinning The Desert Year is as beautiful as it is philosophically profound. Although Krutchoften called the Cactus Waldencame to the desert relatively late in his life, his curiosity and delight in his surroundings abound throughout The Desert Year, whether he is marveling at the majesty of the endless dry sea, at flowers carpeting the desert floor, or at the unexpected appearance of an army of frogs after a heavy rain.
Krutchs trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of Arizonas Sonoran Desert turn to weighty questions about humanity and the precariousness of our existence, putting lie to Western denials of mind in the lower forms of life: Let us not say that this animal or even this plant has become adapted to desert conditions. Let us say rather that they have all shown courage and ingenuity in making the best of the world as they found it. And let us remember that if to use such terms in connection with them is a fallacy then it can only be somewhat less a fallacy to use the same terms in connection with ourselves.
This edition contains 33 exacting drawings by noted illustrator Rudolf Freund. Closely tied to Krutchs uncluttered text, the drawings tell a story of ineffable beauty.
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Devil's Clawby J.A. JanceISBN 0380792494 (0-380-79249-4)
Softcover, Avon Books
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Falcon Guide Best Easy Day Hikes Grand Canyonby Ron Adkison, Ron Hiking Grand Canyon National Park AdkisonISBN 156044603X (1-56044-603-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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A Field Guide to the Grand Canyonby Stephen WhitneyISBN 0898864895 (0-89886-489-5)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books
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A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizonaby Anne Orth EppleISBN 1560445637 (1-56044-563-7)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Flowers of the Southwest Desertsby Natt Noyes Dodge, JanishISBN 0911408657 (0-911408-65-7)
Softcover, Western Natl Parks Assoc
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Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizonaby Thelma HeatwoleISBN 0914846108 (0-914846-10-8)
Softcover, Golden West Pub
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Going Back to Bisbeeby Richard SheltonISBN 0816512892 (0-8165-1289-2)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Back to Bisbee'Book summary:One of America's most distinguished poets now shares his fascination with a distinctive corner of our country. Richard Shelton first came to southeastern Arizona in the 1950s as a soldier stationed at Fort Huachuca. He soon fell in love with the region and upon his discharge found a job as a schoolteacher in nearby Bisbee. Now a university professor and respected poet living in Tucson, still in love with the Southwestern deserts, Shelton sets off for Bisbee on a not-uncommon day trip. Along the way, he reflects on the history of the area, on the beauty of the landscape, and on his own life. Couched within the narrative of his journey are passages revealing Shelton's deep familiarity with the region's natural and human history. Whether conveying the mystique of tarantulas or describing the mountain-studded topography, he brings a poet's eye to this seemingly desolate country. His observations on human habitation touch on Tombstone, "the town too tough to die," on ghost towns that perhaps weren't as tough, and on Bisbee itself, a once prosperous mining town now an outpost for the arts and a destination for tourists. What he finds there is both a broad view of his past and a glimpse of that city's possible future. Going Back to Bisbee explores a part of America with which many readers may not be familiar. A rich store of information embedded in splendid prose, it shows that there are more than miles on the road to Bisbee. [via]
Grand Canyonby Merrill D Beal, Gweneth Reed DendoovenISBN 0916122069 (0-916122-06-9)
Softcover, KC Publications
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Grand Canyon Country: Its Majesty and Its Loreby Seymour L. FishbeinISBN 0870448285 (0-87044-828-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Grand Canyon: The Story Behind the Sceneryby Merrill D BealISBN 0887140289 (0-88714-028-9)
Softcover, Gem Guides Book Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grand Canyon: The Story Behind the Scenery'Book summary:Nowhere else on earth has nature produced so striking an example of the power of running water--and in doing so, exposed so much of the early history of the North American continent. The mile-deep gorge and the ancient land around it, disappearing on the horizon in either direction, are among the last sanctuaries in North America of the wild and inaccessible.
The Grand Canyon presents a spectacle of awesome grandeur and natural historical significance unequaled elsewhere on earth. This is a classic example of erosion--the wearing away of the land--the tremendous chasm's cliffs and slopes of many varied hues.
Grand Canyon National Park, located in northern Arizona, established in 1919, preserves the finest continuous geologic record on earth. [via]
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High Tide in Tucsonby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0060927569 (0-06-092756-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'High Tide in Tucson'Book summary:The bestselling author of Animal Dreams and Pigs in Heaven brings her acclaimed voice to the essay, in a handsomely designed book. High Tide in Tucson provides readers with a reflection of Kingsolver's sensibility and creativity, as she constantly examines the urgent business of being alive. 25 line drawings. [via]
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High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Neverby Barbara Kingsolver, Paul MirochaISBN 0060172916 (0-06-017291-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never'Book summary:Barbara Kingsolver has entertained and touched the lives of legions of readers with her critically acclaimed and bestselling novels The Bean Trees, Animal Dreams, and Pigs in Heaven.
In these twenty-five newly conceived essays, she returns once again to her favored literary terrain to explore the themes of family, community, and the natural world. With the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Kingsolver writes about notions as diverse as modern motherhood, the history of private property, and the suspended citizenship of humans in the animal kingdom. Her canny pursuit of meaning from an inscrutable world compels us to find instructions for life in surprising places: a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a family of paper dolls, the ethics of a wild pig who persistently invades a garden, a battle of wills with a two-year-old, or a troop of oysters who observe high tide in the middle of Illinois.
In sharing her thoughts about the urgent business of being alive, Kingsolver the essayist employs the same keen eyes, persuasive tongue, and understanding heart that characterize her acclaimed fiction. Defiant, funny, courageously honest, High Tide in Tucson proves once again that "there is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature."--Washington Post Book World [via]
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The Hiker's Guide to Arizonaby Stewart Aitchison, Bruce GrubbsISBN 1560440597 (1-56044-059-7)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Images and Conversations: Mexican Americans Recall a Southwestern Pastby Patricia P. Martin, Louis Carlos BernalISBN 0816508038 (0-8165-0803-8)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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In Old Arizona: True Tales of the Wild Frontierby Marshall TrimbleISBN 0914846213 (0-914846-21-3)
Softcover, Golden West Pub
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Isabella Greenway: An Enterprising Womanby Kristie MillerISBN 0816525188 (0-8165-2518-8)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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Journey to the High Southwest: A Traveler's Guideby Robert L. Casey, Julie RobertsISBN 1564401510 (1-56440-151-0)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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- Journey to the High Southwest: A Traveler's Guide: ISBN 0871066599 (0-87106-659-9)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Press - Journey to the High Southwest: A Traveler's Guide: ISBN 0914718967 (0-914718-96-7)
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- Journey to the High Southwest: A Traveler's Guide: ISBN 0871066599 (0-87106-659-9)
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Outlaw Mountainby J.A. JanceISBN 0380792486 (0-380-79248-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Outlaw Mountain'Book summary:J.A. Jance's Joanna Brady series whisks us off to a small town in the desert terrain of the Southwest. When Joanna's newly elected husband is killed while serving as sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, Joanna steps into his position. We watch her grow into the job in Jance's series: she has to cope with the problems of juggling family and personal life while solving crimes. At the same time, we've learned about the benefits and shortcomings of daily life in a desert--how beautiful and dangerous the landscape can be in all seasons.
Jance's seventh book, Outlaw Mountain, begins with the death of an old woman who was injured when she fell on a poisonous cholla cactus. But it isn't the plant that finishes off Alice Rogers; the lively, free-spirited widow is murdered by someone who injects her as she lies writhing in pain. Now Joanna has to find out whether anyone in Alice's large family would have killed her for her land and money. Was it her son Cletus, "a restaurateur with the diplomacy of a mountain goat," who was recently elected mayor of the legendary Arizona town of Tombstone (where Wyatt Earp once reigned)? Or did the murder have something to do with a local political power struggle? As she has done so well before, Jance balances scenes full of action and excitement with more intimate moments. --Dick Adler [via]
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Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyonby Michael P. Ghiglieri, Thomas M. MyersISBN 097009731X (0-9700973-1-X)
Softcover, Puma Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon'Book summary:Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders.
Two veterans of decades of adventuring in Grand Canyon chronicle the first complete and comprehensive history of Canyon misadventures. These episodes span the entire era of visitation from the time of the first river exploration by John Wesley Powell and his crew of 1869 to that of tourists falling off its rims in Y2K.
These accounts of the 550 people who have met untimely deaths in the Canyon set a new high water mark for offering the most astounding array of adventures, misadventures, and life saving lessons published between any two covers. Over the Edge promises to be the most intense yet informative book on Grand Canyon ever written. [via]
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Paradise Lostby J.A. JanceISBN 0380804697 (0-380-80469-7)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paradise Lost'Book summary:Joanna Brady returns in J.A. Jance's ninth adventure featuring the Arizona sheriff. Joanna and Butch, her new husband, are trying to build their dream house, adjust to their marriage, and cope with the preteen mood swings of Joanna's 12-year-old daughter, Jenny. During a Girl Scout camping trip to Cochise County, Jenny and another girl sneak out of their tents after lights out to have a cigarette and stumble on the body of a murder victim. Joanna is initially more concerned about her daughter's misbehavior than the murder at Apache Pass--after all, smoking can kill you--but then Dora Matthews, Jenny's coconspirator, is killed. Joanna's fear that her daughter might be in the killer's sights adds an extra dose of adrenaline to her efforts to find the man who left the body for Jenny and Dora to find. Add that worry to the sheriff's suspicion that Butch may be having an affair with a former girlfriend and you have the makings of a typical Joanna Brady novel: long on intelligence, empathy, and humanity and short on shootouts and suspense. Jance's other series, featuring Seattle cop J.P. Beaumont, features more intricate plotting and louder firepower. Brady's not as complex as Beaumont or as fully developed a character, but she leads with her heart, and her struggles to balance her personal and professional life bring interest. The Southwest landscape comes to life in the author's capable hands, and while the narrative's pacing is a little pokey, there's lots of lovingly evoked scenery to make it a pleasant trip. --Jane Adams [via]
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Pigs in Heavenby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0060922532 (0-06-092253-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pigs in Heaven'Book summary:Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, leading to a man's dramatic rescue. But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a crisis of historical proportions that will envelop not only her and her mother, Taylor, but everyone else who touched their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past. With this wise, compelling novel, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, The Bean Trees, and Animal Dreams vividly renders a world of heartbreak and redeeming love as she defines and defies the boundaries of family, and illuminates the many separate truths aboutthe ties that bind us and tear us apart.
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Hardcover, Bt Bound - Pigs in Heaven: ISBN 0816158789 (0-8161-5878-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr - Pigs in Heaven: ISBN 0060168013 (0-06-016801-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Pigs in Heaven: ISBN 0788160575 (0-7881-6057-5)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co - Pigs in Heaven: ISBN 0816158770 (0-8161-5877-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Pigs in Heaven: ISBN 0060922532 (0-06-092253-2)
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Rattlesnake Crossingby Judith A. JanceISBN 0380792478 (0-380-79247-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rattlesnake Crossing'Book summary:Rattlesnake Crossing is J.A. Jance's sixth novel in the acclaimed Joanna Brady series (readers may also be familiar with her Seattle-based J.P. Beaumont series). Brady is no tough-talking V.I. Warshawski or Kat Colorado; her appeal lies in her willingness to admit that her Cochise County sheriff's uniform is often an uneasy fit. As the single mother of a young daughter, Brady is prey to the pain and loneliness that have resulted from her husband's brutal murder, and she struggles to prove to herself and others that she is capable of bringing a cold-blooded killer to justice.
When Clyde Philips, a local gun dealer, dies violently, his stock of high-powered assault weapons vanishes, and two sniper slayings follow soon after, suspicion falls upon Alton Hosfield, an embittered rancher at odds with the federal government, the environmentalists, and anyone else he sees as a threat to his isolation. Sheriff Brady, however, suspects that the solution may lie elsewhere, and her investigation takes her into the bizarre practices of a local resort whose appeal is equal parts New Age spiritualism, Native American pantheism, and cold-blooded materialism.
Jance has a talent for weaving prosaic threads into a gripping mystery narrative. As a result, Brady must--in addition to tracking a vicious killer--cope with the impossibly high standards of her insufferable mother; the spiteful comments of Marliss Shackleford, an old high school rival and current gossip columnist for the Bisbee Bee; and some rather unexpected news from Butch Dixon, her would-be ardent suitor. As with earlier Brady mysteries, the domestic context provides a deliciously ironic backdrop for the game of psychological cat-and-mouse being played in the Arizona desert. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Roadside Geology of Arizonaby Halka ChronicISBN 0878421475 (0-87842-147-5)
Softcover, Mountain Pr
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Roadside History of Arizonaby Marshall TrimbleISBN 0878424717 (0-87842-471-7)
Softcover, Mountain Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roadside History of Arizona'Book summary:Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman visited Arizona in the summer of 1880. A promoter made the mistake of asking him what he thought of the place. Too damn hot and dry, Sherman declared. All she needs, the promoter said soothingly, is less heat, more water, and a few good citizens. Hunh, Sherman said. That s all hell needs. (From Roadside History of Arizona, The last of the lower forty-eight to gain statehood in 1912, Arizona now tops lists of the best places to live and visit. For the history behind that reversal, join Arizona s official state historian and beloved ranconteur Marshall Trimble on the state s highways and byways. Along the way meet Fathers Eusebio Kino and Francisco Garces, Non-Assessable Smith, Ned Beale and his camels, Nellie Bush and her steamboats, Great Western Sarah Bowman, and the Navajo code talkers. Find out why Why s called Why; where Arizona s Civil War battlefields are; what happens at the Zuni River Reservation, where no Zuni live; and the possible whereabouts of the Lost Six-Shooter Mine. From Fredonia to Naco, Oatman to Show Low, Ganado to the London Bridge, visitors, newcomers, and old-timers alike will delight in this classic of history and travel, originally published in 1986, now updated, expanded, and redesigned. [via]
Shoot Don't Shootby J.A. JanceISBN 0380765489 (0-380-76548-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shoot Don't Shoot'Book summary:Enrolling in the Arizona Police Officer Academy, a newly elected sheriff Joanna Brady becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a serial killer who is stalking the women on campus. 30,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo. Tour. [via]
Skeleton Canyonby J.A. JanceISBN 0380724332 (0-380-72433-2)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skeleton Canyon'Book summary:Once again, relationships between mothers and daughters shape and give humanity to an exciting mystery in J.A. Jance's excellent series about Joanna Brady, the sheriff of Bisbee, Arizona. Bree O'Brien, high school valedictorian and cheerleader, has upset her wealthy parents by taking up with Ignacio Ybarra, a hardworking Hispanic football star. The last words found in Bree's journal after she is discovered murdered in Skeleton Canyon while waiting for Ignacio are "My Mother is a liar." Sheriff Brady, torn between the temporary loss of her own daughter (to camp) and strange behavior by her demanding mother, looks for a link between Bree's death and suspicious activities at the O'Brien home near the Mexican border. As always, the desert environment--in this case, the dangers of fast floods--plays a major part in the story. Other Brady books include Desert Heat, Tombstone Courage, Shoot Don't Shoot, and Dead to Rights. [via]
Skeleton Canyonby Bud JonesISBN 1410704181 (1-4107-0418-1)
Softcover, Authorhouse
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The Smithsonian Guide to Natural America : The Southwestby Jake PageISBN 0679761543 (0-679-76154-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Smithsonian Guide to Natural America : The Southwest'Book summary:Featuring glorious color photos and maps throughout, this new edition of the Smithonian Guide to Natural America covers the parks, wilderness preserves, nature sanctuaries and scenic wonders to be found in Arizona and New Mexico. [via]
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Stargirlby Jerry SpinelliISBN 037582233X (0-375-82233-X)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stargirl'Book summary:"She was homeschooling gone amok." "She was an alien." "Her parents were circus acrobats." These are only a few of the theories concocted to explain Stargirl Caraway, a new 10th grader at Arizona's Mica Area High School who wears pioneer dresses and kimonos to school, strums a ukulele in the cafeteria, laughs when there are no jokes, and dances when there is no music. The whole school, not exactly a "hotbed of nonconformity," is stunned by her, including our 16-year-old narrator Leo Borlock: "She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl."
In time, incredulity gives way to out-and-out adoration as the student body finds itself helpless to resist Stargirl's wide-eyed charm, pure-spirited friendliness, and penchant for celebrating the achievements of others. In the ultimate high school symbol of acceptance, she is even recruited as a cheerleader. Popularity, of course, is a fragile and fleeting state, and bit by bit, Mica sours on their new idol. Why is Stargirl showing up at the funerals of strangers? Worse, why does she cheer for the opposing basketball teams? The growing hostility comes to a head when she is verbally flogged by resentful students on Leo's televised Hot Seat show in an episode that is too terrible to air. While the playful, chin-held-high Stargirl seems impervious to the shunning that ensues, Leo, who is in the throes of first love (and therefore scornfully deemed "Starboy"), is not made of such strong stuff: "I became angry. I resented having to choose. I refused to choose. I imagined my life without her and without them, and I didn't like it either way."
Jerry Spinelli, author of Newbery Medalist Maniac Magee, Newbery Honor Book Wringer, and many other excellent books for teens, elegantly and accurately captures the collective, not-always-pretty emotions of a high school microcosm in which individuality is pitted against conformity. Spinelli's Stargirl is a supernatural teen character--absolutely egoless, altruistic, in touch with life's primitive rhythms, meditative, untouched by popular culture, and supremely self-confident. It is the sensitive Leo whom readers will relate to as he grapples with who she is, who he is, who they are together as Stargirl and Starboy, and indeed, what it means to be a human being on a planet that is rich with wonders. (Ages 10 to 14) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Stargirl: ISBN 0679986375 (0-679-98637-5)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Stargirl: ISBN 037582233X (0-375-82233-X)
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These Is My Wordsby Nancy E. TurnerISBN 0060987510 (0-06-098751-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Trunk Murderessby Jana BommersbachISBN 1590580648 (1-59058-064-8)
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Vanishing Actsby Jodi PicoultISBN 1416506705 (1-4165-0670-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanishing Acts'Book summary:How do you recover the past when it was never yours to lose? Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her beloved, widowed father, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall...until a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret about herself that changes the world as she knows it -- and threatens to jeopardize her future. With Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult explores how life -- as we know it -- might not turn out the way we imagined; how the people we've loved and trusted can suddenly change before our very eyes; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat. Once again, Picoult handles an astonishing and timely topic with under-standing, insight, and compassion. [via]
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The Wood Wifeby Terri WindlingISBN 0765302934 (0-7653-0293-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wood Wife'Book summary:Journalist and ex-poet Maggie Black has inherited the estate of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Davis Cooper, with whom she corresponded for years, but never met. Maggie is a cosmopolitan woman of the West Coast and Europe, and a child of the Appalachian mountains; she has no interest in the desert. She has an ex-husband she still loves in L.A. And Davis Cooper drowned in the Arizona desert, the victim of a mysterious murder. Maggie has many reasons to stay away. Yet she moves to Cooper's desert home, seeking to unravel the secrets of Cooper and his late lover, the mad painter Anna Naverra. But these, Maggie will discover, are not the desert's only mysteries. Ancient powers are stirring--enigmatic and dangerous spirits that would use humans for their own purposes.
Terri Windling is the most important and influential fantasy editor of the 1980s and 1990s: Her many accomplishments include editing (and often discovering) a pantheon of fantasy gods--Steven Brust, Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, and many more. She edits, with Ellen Datlow, the indispensible annual Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and the acclaimed revisionist fairy-tale anthology series that began with Snow White, Blood Red. She has won the World Fantasy Award five times. So it's not too surprising that her first novel, The Wood Wife, is well written, fascinating, insightful, and the winner of the 1997 Mythopoeic Award for Best Novel. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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