Arizona Books

This is a must have book for all ASU sports fans. The depth of information and attention to detail are exceptional. Bob Eger has a great style and clearly did a ton of research for the book. There are so many little known, but very interesting, facts in this book that you will want to read through it again and again! This is a great book to leave out on the coffee table for everyone to flip through!

I refer to this book all the time when I do my newsletters for the Scottsdale Historical Museum. I am fortunate to know Marshall personally and have his permission to quote at will. "A little bit of sugar makes the medicine go down." A painless way to learn historical facts. Marshall's humor is delightful, as you will see more fully in his other books. A great book to have around.

It was love at first sight. John Alcock, after a strenuous journey from the moist, green, prolific environment of the Northwest, discovered the arid region of Arizona. He fervently embraced the land many scorn as useless. Now a desert dweller, he roams dry washes, climbs apparently sterile mountains and wanders in deserted Indian communities. He has a lover's eye for detail - subtle changes become suddenly apparent. When he shares his observations, as in this essay collection, you become one with his experiences. His style is passionate enthusiasm - and it's infectious. His descriptions of walks in the windy mountains bring chills. A tumble on a hillside evokes the pain of cactus spines in your hand. Outrage at the intrusion of humanity in this fragile region brings forth questions about your own values.

As a student of animal behaviour, Alcock's keen eye catches mating wasps, urbanised bird life and digging dung beetles. But he's not limited to animal life alone as he counts the numbers of staggering saguaros, pondering the cause of demise of these giant cacti. Each essay in this book is an intense expression of his fondness for the desert, its breadth, complexity and its surprises. He understands that what appears bleak and changeless to us is, in truth, a dynamic and vibrant community. The change, he insists, must be left to Nature's whims. Human impact on this fragile world can be and has been, devastating. Urban sprawl, water demands and highways have injured his beloved desert and Alcock resents the blemishes. He's most outraged at the practices of running cattle on public lands and the policies that maintain that invasion.

There's much to be learned about "seeing" from this book. It's hard, however, not to feel it would be an intrusion on a lover's intimacies by joining him on his treks. Better to let him go his own way and relate it to us through an amour's journal. Each of us, however, should find our own patch to adore and assess the way Alcock does. The more we know and share with each other the less likely we are to destroy it. "You always hurt the one you love" in our case would mean the loss of our own habitat. It's not something we can afford. There's no place to go "on the rebound". [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

This cute little romance novel takes place in Heaven, Arizona. Sara and Logan are running for sheriff. Will they be friends or enemies because of this? This is a romance novel, so romance develops somehow . . . This book was good and fun.

The essays range all over the place--materialism is a BIG topic--but they are all strong.

I highly recommend this book for scholars and curious men and women alike

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Lucy Rees' book, The Maze, is an amazing journey through the actual desert wilderness of the Arazona/Four Corners area and also through the inner landscape of Lucy's past. The problems that occur on the trail with her great friend and the horses bring up memories that have haunted her with insecurity and fear. Lucy is able to bring us into her real journey with a past/present storyline of entering the maze of her life and coming out with gratitude, amazement and love.

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The Medieval Marriage Scene: Prudence, Passion, Policy is an anthology of scholarly essays by twelve learned contributors discussing the fictive, artistic, legal, ethical, and economic aspects of the institution of marriage in Europe from roughly 500 to 1550. Individual writings include "Medieval Jewish Models of Marriage", "The Many Loves of Philip Augustus", "The Dilemma of the Widow of Property for Late Medieval London", and more concerning definitions of marriage, sexuality, and legislation of property and propriety alike. An index rounds out this thoughtful, well-researched and solidly presented compilation of insights into the historical context of marriage - a timely volume indeed even as the institution of marriage becomes an increasingly hot topic in the modern day.