Arizona Books

This softcover book is full of color photos. Includes information about the geology, biology, Indians, recreation, and history of the Grand Canyon. This would be a great field guide to take with you to the Grand Canyon.

Although short and concise, this book captures the essence of the Grand Canyon. Both the writing and the photography are interesting and beautiful. This should be an essential part of anyone's collection who, like me, is truly in love with the Grand Canyon.

Well organized information covers topics such as the formation and history of the canyon as well as the composition of the rocks. Unique book design looks like signs posted with thumbtacks on top of identical background photographs. Then it has some photo on top of the signs that add to the three dimensional look. Most of the photos are exceptional. Contains glossary, index, and a list of two web sites. Karen Woodworth Roman, Children's Science Book Review

It's the first book I've seen that truly captures the spirit of the Canyon. The photography is superb; the text is readable and informative.

If you are looking for a tasty sampling of writings about the Grand Canyon this may be your book. In its 253+ pages you get the flavor of writings by dozens of authors, and enough of each flavor for you to decide whether you've had enough with that one taste, or if you need to digest that author's entire work. The writings range from serious to the silly, from inspirational to scary, and from experiential to philosophical. There's probably something here for everyone - a vast variety of perspectives and experiences from canyon rim to beyond the river's edge. None of the selections are over 16 pages (and many far shorter) so even if you're less than delighted with any of them you're quickly on to the next. This is a surprisingly quick and delightful read, and you'll probably get to the end wishing for more.

This book is designed to give you enough interest in the Grand Canyon from an armchair perspective to induce you to actually go there. Accordingly there are 14 pages of information devoted to The Next Step - what you need to know to visit and safely enjoy the real Grand Canyon.

Read the book and then go!

I found the book to be very informative and well written. I enjoyed the genealogical connections; the obituaries and the plat mat of the cemetery were very interesting and useful as were the pictures of the people residing there and their tombstones. With the Charlotte Hall Museum nearby the book will be a useful reference when doing research there. It also can be used at the state capitol museum archives in Phoenix as well.
If you want to dig up the dirt on a Prescottonian you need this book as a very useful guide going down the information highway. I think my money was well spent in purchasing this book and hope the author will do further research on other cemeteries in Arizona.

The seller's comments about the book were very accurate. They are a trustworthy company.

This is a lovely coffee table book, and also makes a wonderful gift to out of town visitors. The photographs are truly breathtaking, and applaud the talents of the contributing photographers. It shows what a remarkable city Phoenix is. The author Hugh Downs has written an excellent description of the city. I love how he describes the intensity of our summer season. This book is a must have either on your coffee table or display book shelf.

I am so relieved to have found this book. My son is almost five and I didn't even know where to begin to get him enrolled, much less how to find the best school for him. The school profiles have much better information than I've found anywhere else, and the articles about the school system answered a lot of my questions.

This book is simply the best book out there on the subject of growing food in the mountains of the Southwest. Author Lisa Rayner is a real perfectionist who goes the extra mile to get her facts straight. In this third edition of her now-classic permaculture text, her attention to detail is beautifully combined with the helpful illustrations of Zack Zdinack into a well-organized guide that has become even more indispensable as the need to grow more of our food locally has become more intense. This book not only explains how to grow food in an arid, high-altitude climate, but also how to do so in a way that works with nature using permaculture techniques. Even if you have never heard of permaculture, you will learn how to follow nature's examples to succeed at growing food in a harsh environment. As with Rayner's other book The Sunny Side of Cooking - Solar cooking and other ecologically friendly cooking methods for the 21st centurythis book on growing food is well researched and contains an extensive list of resources. In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I am the author's husband.