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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Brimming with bordertown corruption and blame-ridden recollections, this powerful literary debut opens at a turning point for college professor Kevin McNally, whose personal and professional lives have run aground, haunted by a violent border clash from his youth. Now, McNally must journey back to southeast Arizona's chaparral country to face the loss and trauma of his past. Treiber sets a rapid thrilling pace.--THE UTAH REVIEW A thrilling and elegantly wrought debut about the far-reaching effects of our decisions, and our irrepressible desire to undo the worst of them. Treiber is a writer of enormous talents, and Spirit Walk will leave you breathless until the final page.--JONATHAN EVISON, author of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving At once gritty and lyrical, Spirit Walk is a haunting tale of the modern American West. Out of the explosive violence, hard living, and stark beauty of the Arizona borderlands, Jay Treiber has woven a gripping story of remembrance and redemption, beautifully painting the place and giving voice to its people. I can't stop thinking about it.--JENIFER CAREL, author of Haunt Me Still and Interred with Their Bones The borderland setting of Spirit Walk only appears empty. This landscape is inhabited by commingled cultures, criss-crossed jurisdictions and colliding values--where a rancher wouldn't leave a bottle cap, traffickers litter bodies. Depicting an episode of violence as confounding in memory as the day it erupted, Jay Treiber shows the corrosive costs of the drug trade--and of burying the past. In the vein of Philip Caputo's Crossers.--CHARLIE QUIMBY, author of Monument Road There's a wonderful sense of authenticity and place here.Jay Treiber has given us a rich, well-written, multi-layered book to satisfy wide reading appetites.--ROBERT HOUSTON, author of Bisbee 17. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. With tough women and sensitive men, desert-dry humor, hot-springs sensuality, heartbreaking secrets, escalating suspense, and a 360-degree perspective on the battle over water, Richman's twenty-first-century western is riveting, wise, and compassionate.--BOOKLIST, starred review A] compelling story of a ranching family divided by a proposed water pipeline that would draw water from western Utah to Las Vegas.--THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Richman helps readers understand and feel deeply each side of a complex story.--DESERET NEWS Richman's] narrative account of the impact of climate change on those that live in the worst affected areas--human and animal alike--is an emotional prophecy of what lies in store for all of us.--15 BYTES With a unique voice, Richman crystallizes how secrets and silences flow through the generations.with depth of characters, beauty of language, and a haunting understanding of the landscapes that define us.--JANE KIRKPATRICK, bestselling author of Where Lilacs Still Bloom The Ordinary Truth tells a page-turner of a story about love and loyalty, loss and regret--and, ultimately, the stunning absolution of the simple truth. Richman writes.with the sure hand of a formidable storyteller.--STEPHEN TRIMBLE, author of Bargaining for Eden When Nell Jorgensen buried her husband, she buried a piece of herself--and more than one secret. Now, thirty-six years later, the rift between Nell and her daughter Kate threatens to implode as Kate, now forty-six and a water manager for the Nevada Water Authority, plans to pipe water from a huge aquifer that lies beneath the family ranch to thirsty Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Nell's twenty-one-year-old granddaughter Cassie intends to unearth those old secrets and repair the resentments that grew in their place. Throughout the novel, sparse and beautiful landscapes surround an emotional wilderness of love, loss, and family. Jana Richman is the award-winning author of The Last Cowgirl (HarperCollins, 2009), which won the 2009 Willa Award for Contemporary Fiction. A sixth-generation Utahn, Jana was born and raised in Utah's west desert, the daughter of a small-time rancher and a hand-wringing Mormon mother. With the exception of a few misguided years spent in New York City trying to make a fortune on Wall Street, she has lived her entire life west of the hundredth meridian. She writes about issues that threaten to destroy the essence of the west--and about passion, beauty, and love. Jana lives in Escalante, Utah. Praise for Jana Richman's The Last Cowgirl Richman's mastery of the emotional geography is illuminating.Calls to mind the work of Pat Conroy.--Kirkus Reviews Praise for Jana Richman's Riding in the Shadows of Saints: A Woman's Story of Motorcycling the Mormon Trail Openhearted and uncommonly balanced.--Entertainment Weekly Tartly funny.--Chicago Tribune Surprising and refreshing.--Philadelphia Inquirer Much to admire in this] moving memoir. Richman] can write lyrically and unsentimentally about the most intimate experiences.--Newsday (New York) Beautifully poetic.exploratory.thought-provoking.--New Orleans Times-Picayune Frank and beguilingly unsentimental, Riding in the Shadows of Saints is an honest look at a powerful and wealthy institution and the people who live within its structures.--Tucson Citizen A mixture of road trip musings, quirky adventure tales, and spiritual reflections, with a healthy dose of unresolved family issues.universally compelling.--Publishers Weekly.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Lush and evocative.A highly satisfying, delicately woven story about loss, loneliness, life, and death. --KIRKUS REVIEWS Anna and her husband John, a master saddlemaker, have created a quiet existence for themselves in rural Vermont. When John disappears in the woods near their home, Anna hides what she finds there in a desperate effort to ensure her own survival. She must learn to live alone in a landscape where poachers trespass, coyotes roam, bears menace livestock, and winter starves the wild animals--while debilitating illness and long-buried secrets threaten to upturn her life. CHERA HAMONS holds an MFA from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, and serves as writer-in-residence at West Texas A&M University. The author of four books of poetry, including Maps of Injury and the 2017 Southwest Book Award winner The Traveler's Guide to Bomb City, she lives near Amarillo, Texas, with her husband, three cats, a dog, a rabbit, a donkey, and five horses.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. With tough women and sensitive men, desert-dry humor, hot-springs sensuality, heartbreaking secrets, escalating suspense, and a 360-degree perspective on the battle over water, Richman's twenty-first-century western is riveting, wise, and compassionate.--BOOKLIST, starred review A] compelling story of a ranching family divided by a proposed water pipeline that would draw water from western Utah to Las Vegas.--THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Richman helps readers understand and feel deeply each side of a complex story.--DESERET NEWS Richman's] narrative account of the impact of climate change on those that live in the worst affected areas--human and animal alike--is an emotional prophecy of what lies in store for all of us.--15 BYTES With a unique voice, Richman crystallizes how secrets and silences flow through the generations.with depth of characters, beauty of language, and a haunting understanding of the landscapes that define us.--JANE KIRKPATRICK, bestselling author of Where Lilacs Still Bloom The Ordinary Truth tells a page-turner of a story about love and loyalty, loss and regret--and, ultimately, the stunning absolution of the simple truth. Richman writes.with the sure hand of a formidable storyteller.--STEPHEN TRIMBLE, author of Bargaining for Eden When Nell Jorgensen buried her husband, she buried a piece of herself--and more than one secret. Now, thirty-six years later, the rift between Nell and her daughter Kate threatens to implode as Kate, now forty-six and a water manager for the Nevada Water Authority, plans to pipe water from a huge aquifer that lies beneath the family ranch to thirsty Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Nell's twenty-one-year-old granddaughter Cassie intends to unearth those old secrets and repair the resentments that grew in their place. Throughout the novel, sparse and beautiful landscapes surround an emotional wilderness of love, loss, and family. Jana Richman is the award-winning author of The Last Cowgirl (HarperCollins, 2009), which won the 2009 Willa Award for Contemporary Fiction. A sixth-generation Utahn, Jana was born and raised in Utah's west desert, the daughter of a small-time rancher and a hand-wringing Mormon mother. With the exception of a few misguided years spent in New York City trying to make a fortune on Wall Street, she has lived her entire life west of the hundredth meridian. She writes about issues that threaten to destroy the essence of the west--and about passion, beauty, and love. Jana lives in Escalante, Utah. Praise for Jana Richman's The Last Cowgirl Richman's mastery of the emotional geography is illuminating.Calls to mind the work of Pat Conroy.--Kirkus Reviews Praise for Jana Richman's Riding in the Shadows of Saints: A Woman's Story of Motorcycling the Mormon Trail Openhearted and uncommonly balanced.--Entertainment Weekly Tartly funny.--Chicago Tribune Surprising and refreshing.--Philadelphia Inquirer Much to admire in this] moving memoir. Richman] can write lyrically and unsentimentally about the most intimate experiences.--Newsday (New York) Beautifully poetic.exploratory.thought-provoking.--New Orleans Times-Picayune Frank and beguilingly unsentimental, Riding in the Shadows of Saints is an honest look at a powerful and wealthy institution and the people who live within its structures.--Tucson Citizen A mixture of road trip musings, quirky adventure tales, and spiritual reflections, with a healthy dose of unresolved family issues.universally compelling.--Publishers Weekly. …

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Through personal stories of mishap and adventure, historical vignettes, and scenic detours, professor Eli J. Knapp dissects eighteen critical forces that lie behind the earth's sixth extinction. Drawing from experiences across the globe, Knapp peeks into odd and overlooked corners of natural history, showing how ocean-going tortoises and ghost deer can both instruct and inspire. Full of humor, hope, and self-effacing scientific savvy, Knapp's exploration of our home planet provides welcome respite in a deadly serious subject.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Through personal stories of mishap and adventure, historical vignettes, and scenic detours, professor Eli J. Knapp dissects eighteen critical forces that lie behind the earth's sixth extinction. Drawing from experiences across the globe, Knapp peeks into odd and overlooked corners of natural history, showing how ocean-going tortoises and ghost deer can both instruct and inspire. Full of humor, hope, and self-effacing scientific savvy, Knapp's exploration of our home planet provides welcome respite in a deadly serious subject.…

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A raw and honest journey of addiction, love, trauma, and redemption--grounded in a deep love of place and all things mustang. --LAURA PRITCHET, author of Stars Go Blue Kathryn Wilder's powerful story of grief, motherhood, and return to the desert entwines with the story of America's mustangs as Wilder makes a home on the Colorado Plateau, her property bordering a mustang herd. Desert Chrome illuminates these controversial creatures--their complex history in the Americas, their powerful presence on the landscape, and ways to help both horses and habitats stay wild in the arid West--and celebrates the animal nature in us all. KATHRYN WILDER's work, cited in Best American Essays and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, has appeared in such publications as High Desert Journal, River Teeth, Fourth Genre, Sierra, and many anthologies and Hawai'i magazines. A past finalist for the Ellen Meloy Fund Desert Writers Award and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Wilder holds an MA from Northern Arizona University and an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She lives among mustangs in southwestern Colorado.…

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Zustand: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. When suspicious deaths befall a whitewater rafting expedition through Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family recognize evil intent lies behind the tragedies. They must risk their lives and act before the murderer makes an already deadly journey on the Colorado River through Utah's red rock wilderness even deadlier--or turns on them instead.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This book is fierce love in motion. --LIDIA YUKNAVITCH When the state of Colorado ordered its residents to shelter in place in response to the spread of coronavirus, writers Pam Houston and Amy Irvine--who had never met--began a correspondence based on their shared devotion to the rugged, windswept mountains that surround their homes, one on either side of the Continental Divide. As the numbers of infected and dead rose and the nation split dangerously over the crisis, Houston and Irvine found their letters to one another nearly as necessary as breath. Part tribute to wilderness, part indictment against tyranny and greed, Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and Place reveals the evolution of a friendship that galvanizes as it chronicles a strange new world.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Young's memoir of her hometown is as powerful a picture as Inness' painting, revealing its harsh transformation a century later.--BOKLISTIn 1855, the landscape painter George Inness began work on his commissioned painting The Lackawanna Valley. A century later, a girl in Scranton, Pennsylvania, looks out over her coal-strewn homeland wishing for beauty and wondering where the artist had stood with his canvas. The interplay between the two stories is at the heart of Catherine Young's memoir Black Diamonds: A Childhood Colored By Coal. Young invites readers into a world now vanished, but which lingers in shimmering portraits. A lyric work of environmental history, Black Diamonds gives voice to the birthplace of the industrial revolution in North America and the consequences for the people and the forgotten valley that once powered the nation.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. "Hogan remains awed and humble in this sweetly embracing, plangent book of grateful, sorrowful, tender poems wed to the scarred body and ravaged Earth." --BOOKLIST COLORADO BOOK AWARD WINNER OKLAHOMA BOOK AWARD WINNER Throughout this clear-eyed collection, Hogan tenderly excavates how history instructs the present, and envisions a future alive with hope for a healthy and sustainable world that now wavers between loss and survival. A major American writer and the recipient of the 2007 Mountains and Plains Booksellers Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award, LINDA HOGAN is a Chickasaw poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, teacher, and activist who has spent most of her life in Oklahoma and Colorado. Her fiction has garnered many honors, including a Pulitzer Prize nomination and her poetry collections have received the American Book Award, Colorado Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle nomination. A volunteer and consultant for wildlife rehabilitation and endangered species programs, Hogan has also published essays with the Nature Conservancy and Sierra Club.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. "Sleuths will have to figure out who done it, but the real crime is the backdrop here: the endless heating of a fragile planet." --BILL MCKIBBEN, author of Falter A thrilling contribution to the new wave of cli-fi hitting the shelves, Cold Blood, Hot Sea pits climate change scientists against big-energy conspirators. When a colleague is killed aboard the research vessel Intrepid, oceanographer Mara Tusconi believes it's no accident. As she investigates, Mara becomes entangled in a scheme involving powerful energy executives with much to lose if her department colleagues continue their climate change research. Mara's career--and life--is on the line, threatened by intrigue as big and dark as the ocean. Marine ecologist and award-winning environmental educator CHARLENE D'AVANZO studied the New England coast for forty years. As a scientist, D'Avanzo sees firsthand the effects of climate change, and as a college professor, she knows the importance of storytelling in bringing ideas to life. Today she uses mysteries to immerse readers in Maine waters' stunning beauty and grave threats. An avid sea kayaker, D'Avanzo lives in Yarmouth, Maine.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. AN INDIE NEXT LIST SELECTION A PUBLISHERS WEKLY BIG INDIE BOK OF FAL 2013 Part modern western, part mystery, this first novel will appeal to fans of Louise Erdrich and Kent Haruf. Quimby's prose reads so true, it breaks the heart. --BOKLIST, starred review Leonard Self has spent a year unwinding his ranch, paying down debts, and fending off the darkening. Just one thing left: taking his wife's ashes to her favorite overlook, where he plans to step off the cliff with her into a stark and beautiful landscape. But Leonard finds he has company on a route that intertwines old wounds and new insights that make him question whether his life is over after all. CHARLIE QUIMBY's writing life has always crossed divides. A playwright turned critic. A protest songwriter who worked for a defense contractor. A blogger about taxpaying and homelessness. He wrote award-winning words for others in Harvard Business Review, Financial World magazine and the NFL Hall of Fame. Naturally, he splits time between Minneapolis and his native western Colorado. &#8203.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Compelling.Bounous is passionate about mountains, and it shows. --BACKCOUNTRY MAGAZINE The question at the heart of Shaped by Snow is important. What do we do when the things that sustain us aren't sustainable anymore? --OUTSIDE In this affecting environmental meditation, debut author and activist Bounous muses on the threat climate change poses to the winter season, placing an issue with planet-wide ramifications into a personal context.readers interested in an intimate take on climate change will find a thoughtful book that effectively makes the global personal. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A love letter and an elegy to a time when innocence could exist before the era of climate change.written with a muscularity of experience by a woman whose character was formed on the ski slopes in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Ayja Bounous is an emerging writer of conscience. She has a beautiful voice on the page and in place, this place 'shaped by snow.' --TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS, author of The Hour of Land Those who love winter will love this book. But as we steadily erase the season that sets us free from friction, Shaped by Snow will appeal to anyone who has ever looked up and thrilled at the first flakes fat in the autumn sky. --BILL MCKIBBEN, author of The End of Nature The best people grow in open air, Walt Whitman told us, eat and sleep with the earth. Ayja Bounous is that person: raised on snow, seasoned on rivers, bound by conscience, called to action. This Utah oracle reminds us what's at stake, what we are fighting for. --MARK SUNDEEN, author of The Unsettlers In this poignant and engaging love letter to snow, Ayja Bounous beautifully interlaces science, family history, and her anxiety around climate change. This book bears witness to the changing nature of Utah and the Wasatch Front, and is a call to all of us to pay more attention, to choose our actions with thought, and to live with love. --SYLVIA TORTI, author of Cages There is no snow on earth like what funnels into Little Cottonwood Canyon and sustains the passionate powder hunters of Alta, Snowbird, and their adjacent peaks and bowls. Shaped by Snow is an intimate window into a heavenly place, by a writer whose family has rocked this cradle of skiing culture for three generations. --NATHANIEL VINTON, author of The Fall Line Bounous vulnerably shares her pragmatic yet emotional views on bringing children into the world we are crumbling, taking the reader through an introspective journey, connecting our passions to our past and our wishes to a very real future. --BRODY LEVEN, professional skier Musings on powder, skiing, and the future of the Greatest Snow on Earth from a member of one of the Wasatch Range's royal families that is sure to appeal to Utah skiers. --JIM STEENBURGH, author of Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth A provocative read celebrating each and every snowflake yet leaving us with the question of environmental justice over the economics of the skiing industry and the future of life itself. --BOBBI LYNN SMITH, Between the Covers Bookstore In 2019 young people take climate personally, and Ayja Bounous's Utah snow is personal terrain with a public dimension. Bounous mixes memory and desire to carve a bold line through the anthropocene slopes that surround her. --JEFFREY MCCARTHY, Director of the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program, University of Utah Skier and debut author Ayja Bounous explores threats to the winters and watershed in the face of climate change and the far-reaching impacts of a diminishing snowpack on the American West--not only from ecological and economic perspectives, but also in regard to emotional and psychological health, as she realizes how deeply her personal relationships are tied to the snow-covered mountains of Utah's Wasatch range.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.