Arizona Books

A wonderful tome by Janice Emily Bowers. These essays combine gardening, ecology and self reflection with a wonderful use of vocabulary. Thoroughly enjoyable; definitely not a one-read book!

Dr. Uslar makes us think in where the hispanic heritage will take the inhabitants of the continent in this information-technology driven society, and if there is a hope for this continent in the future.

An intellectually stimulating analysis of the historical role of gambling in American Indian culture and literature that is juxtaposed against the current internal tribal debates about the long term impact of modern high-stakes gambling operations. It also contrasts the taken-for-granted gamble of the American capitalist that benefits the individual with modern tribal gambling that benefits the community. At the same time, the book presents a compelling account of one tribes struggle to survive against colonial genecide followed by 300 years of an intransigent American legal system and the important role that individuals made in finally achieving some justice.

Yamada Roshi's teisho (heart-to-heart talk) on these classic zen koan are the most sensitive and encouraging available. Each one offers the zen student a gentle push in the right direction for realizing the life of each koan. The translations are modern, articulate, open and immensely readable. Don't miss this one. Experience koan as they were meant to be: living, breathing experiences of truth!

This is an important contribution to an understudied field. It will be valued for its contributions not only to gender history, but also to our understanding of ethnicity and state formation.

This is the best book for anyone looking for placer gold in Arizona. I have used it in the past but lost that copy. Save yourself some money. Do not buy maps from web sites as they use the info in this book. This book and an Arizona atlas are all you need to find gold in Arizona.Her other books about placer gold in other states are just as good.

Thanks to The Univ. Of Arizona Press the long-awaited anthology of contemporary writing abouth the southwestern desert is finally available. While not the first anthology of this awesome area it is the first in over a decade to feature the best efforts of over 50 new generation contemporary writers that see the area through other than green-colored glasses. The region known as the "southwest" is, and has historically been,difficult too precisely define. From the time of John Wesley Powell to the present scholars and writers have struggled to define the region geographically. To paraphrase author Anthony DePalma, "We know the Southwest exists, but we do not know the Southwest." The editor of this anthology ultimately decided to accept Wallace Stegner's definition as being an area where water is scarce: "aridity, and aridity alone, makes the various West's one." Thus, this wonderful collection includes areas in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Idaho,Montana, Washington, Oregon, and California. To be sure, it is a somewhat loose definition but what a collection this is. Organized around four themes or categories: "Watching Closely; Forays in Natural History"; Risking Experience: Adventures in the Wild"; "Living Close to the Land"; and "Taking a Stand: Voices of Conservation and Restoration," the reader is introduced to the Greater Southwest through fiction and nonfiction, field notes and poetry. The journey will take you to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico and a family farm in south Texas. You will visit a Nevada Test Site and take a white water trip down the green river than ends all to soon. The short story on the release of Bison in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve near Pawhuska, Ok. was both delightful and inspiring. The story of the San Rafael Swell in southern Utah and it's place in the making of the atomic bomb, combined with an essay by T.H. Watkins titled "Not by Human Measure". will give the reader an idea of the magnificence of the region. The selections, in some 70 pieces and 400 pages, celebrate the grace, beauty and grandeur of a region little known and mostly misunderstood. These are wide-ranging efforts to explain the sometimes almost unexplainable in an area historically, and increasingly, under siege. There are those that argue such a book will only lead to more tourists and visitors to a region that has a fragile ecosystem and cannot tolerate much more "understanding." They argue that if to many heed the warning of Wallace Stegner: "you have to get over the color green; you have to quit associating beauty with gardens and lawns; you have to het used to an inhuman scale; you have to understand geological time," this treasure will go the way of Glen Canyon, parts of the Colorado River, the Rio Grande and other one-time natural wonders. At the expense of contributing to this possibility I must highly recommend this book. For anyone remotely interested in the southwest region or reading some of the best of the best contemporary nature writers published today, get this book. The University of Arizona Press is to be commended for this effort. It took a decade to get it published but was worth the wait.

This book is a wonderful find. These are stories about the cultural experiences of many characters on both sides of the border. There are many different stories that made me think and want to revisit later. They can also be read as time permits. Highly recommended.

Gold, Greed and Glory has captured the birth and growing pains of a new territory, Arizona. Starting with the discovery of gold and leading the reader through the hard times to statehood. She introduces you to the various characters with a brief outline as to how they arrived on the scene. Unlike most books about Arizona, the author has included the pioneer women who worked and fought alongside these early adventurers. She explains the problems of the territory, and lays out the various events that followed. She outlines the events so well, you feel as if you are present. A must read for those interested in the early development of the West.
G. Andrew Miller, author, Silver Spur Books

A fascinating examination of the cultural basis for soccer mania in Mexico.

Dr Magazine needs to follow up with a study of ACC basketball and examine why there is a strong correlation between Duke basketball fans and micropenis.