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In the world of municipal politics, truth is stranger than fiction, and there is no truth stranger than La Blanca Gente, Colorado. Tedesco weaves between the anecdotal and the academic to unveil the tactics government employees employ to achieve their own ends.
A look at the "then" of Santa Fe, New Mexico and a guide into the "now" of today in this most fascinating of American cities.
Randy Johnson, a former green beret platoon leader in Vietnam, has now settled into the peaceful life of an Idaho rancher. It holds a kind of a magic, a new freedom, a relief from a cunning invisible enemy left behind in the dangerous jungles of Vietnam. He’s good with a gun, fast on a horse and as tough and smart as the next man, but he’s about to meet a new enemy more cunning and illusive than the one he left in Vietnam. Idaho’s television stations issue “Breaking News” alerts almost hourly providing the latest gruesome statistical details of newly discovered mutilated cattle—many found on ranches adjacent to Randy’s—and that concerns Randy! Five hours later the mutilators strike Randy Johnson’s isolated horse ranch—and all hell breaks loose. It is up to law enforcement to find the answer and solve the mystery. Can they do it?
Here is a comprehensive activity book for children that entertains and stretches the mind. Field-tested and educator-approved, the book provides a wonderful introduction into the romance and excitement of New Mexico's heritage. There are nine sections on Hispanic Folk Art, Kachinas, Spanish Missions, Sand Painting, Rock Art Designs, Pottery Designs, and Native American Art. The author has richly illustrated this one-of-a-kind book with over 250 black and white pictures.
"Organic Tobacco Growing in America" is a quintessential American story of applying vision and values to innovation. The practical guide is ideal for a world that yearns for sustainable, Earth-friendly farming.
Francis educates readers about the various offenses that people can be prosecuted for and what to do if one is charged. (Legal Reference)
A puppy tells about how he came to live with his family, what his life is like, and also gives some pointers for puppy parents.
When The Land of Journeys' Ending was first published in 1924, The Literary Reviewwarned, "This book is treacherous, waiting to overwhelm you with its abundant poetry." In it, successful New York author Mary Austin describes the epic journey she undertook in 1923, when left her East Coast home at the age of fifty-five to travel through the southwestern United States, the area where she lived as a child and where she would later retire. The journey the book describes is a double one. Austin describes her transition from the cosmopolitan North East to the arid and largely unfamiliar land between the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. In telling her own story, Austin also tells the story of tho...
Composing his poems in many forms, Dechert matches form to content with unexpected and striking results.
As time goes by, there are too many clocks in my house. If the power goes off, besides the time pieces themselves, there are those embedded in our refrigerator, stove, telephones, car, you name it. All awaiting a resetting. Our lives do, too. Of course life doesn't begin at seventy, nor did it end at thirty. It is said the three demands of youngsters are: see me, hear me, pay attention to me. Well it's clear to those of us in our second childhood, few see us or hear us, much less pay attention to us. The world is interested in younger generations. My essays pay attention to us with a twist, or at least a chuckle.