When I learned of this dramatic account of the recent expeditions to track the planet's northernmost point of land, I knew that it was a must-read. Not only is it an exciting story about adventurers who succeeded in their goal, it brings a fitting tribute to John Denver to the outdoor community. John Jancik, Javana Richardson and Steve Gardiner have offered a book here that parallels Jon Krakauer's bestselling "Into Thin Air."

UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN will hold you from page one and as it tells of the ascent of John Denver Peak, it also will teach you about the extreme challenges of high altitude mountaineering and the interactive human factors of survival. A bonus is the inclusion of the fine photography by the late Galen Rowell, who joined the expedition.

Most of us know John Denver through his music, his environmental legacy and his humanitarian work. UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN fills in many gaps left by Denver's death in that it explains the beauty and the gift of nature itself in an isolated land free of the commercial drama found on Everest. This is not a trinket named for John Denver, it is the story of men and women who wanted Mr. Denver's legacy to live forever.

You will turn the pages of UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN again and again and hold on every word. I am pleased to recommend this book to everyone.

Dreux DeMack
Secretary, Windstar Colorado Connection

Dr. Brosnan's book is a rigorously researched work that documents the interplay between economics, law and natural resources in the development of the Rocky Mountain front range. The book is not just a thoroughly engrossing history of the growth of the Denver region, but is an excellent study as to the general development of regions that are dependent on the extractive industries. As such, Dr. Brosnan's study is an incredibly important, timely and relevant book.

I am looking forward to Dr. Brosnan's next book.

William J. Kresse
Assistant Professor
Graham School of Management
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Wild Horses: Stories and Activities is a wonderfully written, nicely illustrated book that would appeal to adults and children alike. Chock-full of stories, games, graphics and short essays, this book explains the natural history of the horse as well as the history of the wild horse movement. The Adopt-a-Horse movement is explored in a short story and followed up with various activities that enhance the learning for the children and get them more involved. I especially liked the stories and essays about natural selection which explained this phenomenon in a way that children could understand, and also was interesting to adults as well.

As a graphic artist, I found the illustrations to be enormously helpful in enhancing the text, and very effective in the interactive games and activities. My daughter (9 years old) and I both learned a lot about horses and wild horses in particular. She delighted in the games and projects and liked the gentle humor. She and I both had very limited knowledge about wild horses, so we found the essays and stories to be illuminating and just enough information to digest completely.

I would highly recommend Wild Horses: Stories and Activities to children and adults who are interested in wild horses, and to those who are not! They soon will have interest and some "horse sense" after reading this book.

if you are an broncos or nfl fan this is a great book for you. the photography is absolutely stunning, while at the same time the information is just as good. if you are a true fan of the broncos you must already own this book. if you don't buy it now at this great price. i have seen it listed at other bookstores for twice this price before.

This book is great for a fan of the Denver Broncos. The photography is incrediable. The book traces the history of the Broncos and its players. While a good part of the book focuses on the victory of Super Bowl XXXII, it does not leave out previous seasons and super bowl losses. Different people contribute stories to the book including one from John Elway's wife, Janet which is a must read. You can not go wrong with the nicely made book.

A surprisingly good book! I have never read anything from this author (i am a scf-fi/Fantasy man) but this was a really enjoyable read... i think i will pick up some more of his works...this is what Pulp books should be...

Buy this Book!

As previously stated--ordered (from Amazon.com) the rest of the Streeter mysteries: "Long Reach", "Low End of Nowhere" and "Totally Dead". Have gone thru all of them and want more! I only hope that Michael Stone is bound to a long-term publishing contract which requires that he write a new Streeter mystery every two months! Mr. Stone, I'm waiting.

This guy Stone can write--characters well drawn, humor, tough broads, very devious and brutal low-lifes, a fast-moving plot that keeps you guessing and interested, and "Streeter"-tough, cautious and smart but not indestructible or infallible. Also, he got some issues about long-term relationships with the fair sex, even though he needs one. This was a great read-didn't put it down for long--wife enjoyed it too. Highly recommended as an example of the tough private eye genre. I'm about to order the other 3 Michael Stone "Streeter" books.

This book should be read in every high school in America. The shocking beauty of the words cannot help but transform the reader and his opinions about the effect of World War II on the ordinary German people. Remarque is sadly known only for "All Quiet on the Western Front". His best work and my personal favorite is "Arch of Triumph" but no ones time would be wasted on reading any of his work. If this man wrote the telephone book I would read it.

You might think, from what is usually said about him, that "ALL Quiet on the Western Front" was the only book Erich Remarque wrote. Yet some of his later novels are surprisingly good and profoundly memorable. I admire very much how he found his own territory of experience to write about-- not just the determined anti-war sentiments that made him justly famous with "All Quiet," but also his novels of veterans returning to the post-war home front and his stories of refugees fleeing the ravages of World War II. And "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" might be the best of these novels. Its setting is unique: a German soldier returns home on furlough during the latter stages of the war to find his hometown largely destroyed by allied bombing-- a scene as desperate as any on the eastern front which he has just left. The novel is powerfully sustained from beginning to end, filled with vivid detail, and pervaded by dread of the gestapo and a feeling of the overwhelming absurdity of war. Amid this wreckage, Remarque composes a beautiful and moving love story between the soldier and a young woman whose father is in a concentration camp. Some of Remarque's recurring themes can be seen at work here: decent people at the mercy of political upheaval and cruel ideologies, and the preciousness of life in a world where life is so cheaply held. The prose has many fine moments of dark beauty. This novel might make you think, as I do, that Remarque's reputation should be reassessed. I read somewhere recently that Chekhov said that great art could never be depressing. With that in mind, I urge everyone to read, and reclaim, this excellent novel.

I loved this book. It is definitly one Remargue's best. The way he describes the war and his surroundings is just perfect. He bends words to his will. I've read Remargue's Three comrades and it was pretty good, but not as captivating as a time to love. Me being a 15 year old girl I couldn't even imagin what a war would be like, but Remarque does excellent job of describing the affects of war on a person's life. How so much can be created and destroyed in 3 weeks of leave. Its now one of my favs. I recommend it to everyone.

In this 6th book in the Mandy Dyer mysteries series involving a dry-cleaner who helps solve mysteries, Mandy finds herself as the proud new owner of a bunch of old clothes. It seems that a long-time customer has left them to Mandy after her death, and Mandy struggles to determine why this customer left her such a large bunch of ragtag clothing. During her search through the bags of clothes, Mandy discovers that sewn on several garments is a huge collection of buttons, some of which may be valuable. Thinking of the suspicious nature of her deceased customer's death and the potential value of this button collection, Mandy envisions a possible murder plot. Mandy sets out to determine if homicide was the case of death, and who the killer could be. Also included in this mystery is a possible new love interest for Mandy (she finally has broken off her relationship with Stan, the old cop boyfriend from previous novels) that sparks old feelings from the past.

I enjoyed the latest book in this series and was surprised at the killer's identity. The information regarding button collecting was interesting, informative, and added nicely to the mystery. I also was happy to see that Stan was mostly absent in this case, as he was not a supportive character for Mandy's inquisitive nature. This is an excellent book to read even if you have not read previous books in the series.

The first book in this series is "Taken to the Cleaners".

I love this series. Dolores Johnson is one of the few authors I will buy in hardback. I like her humor, her characters and the mystery she creates. I rank her with Laurien Berenson,Rhett MacPherson, Susan Cooper Rogers, Edie Clare..... I can't wait for the next book in the series. Thank you, Ms. Johnson, for introducing another love interest for Mandy. (I never did like Stan). Don't pass up this fun series.

I've been waiting a long time for BUTTONS AND FOES, the latest Mandy Dyer drycleaning mystery, and I wasn't disappointed. BUTTONS AND FOES is a fun mystery with a treasure hunt thrown into the mix, and this time Mandy bumps into a potential love interest who promises to add a bit of steam to the series.

Good work, Dolores Johnson! I can't wait for the next Mandy book.

...Remarque fills several hundred pages with the mostly unconnected activities and ruminations of a large number of residents of a small German city after the defeat of the Kaiser's armies in World War I. But the narrative progression of the novel is to be found not so much in an analysis of what these people do as in how they do it: haphazardly, with the good humor that is born of shared helplessness, and with a mounting sense of alarm that far greater misfortunes are not only thinkable but likely. While the reader may often wonder where the author is headed in this book, the characters themselves and the pathetic state they are in very quickly become compelling preoccupations. Remarque has something very important to say in these pages...He tries to look at the past with objectivity, at the present with an hygienic laugh, and at the future with courage. There are some unsettling aspects to the author's occasional treatment of people as types and stereotypes: military men are always ruthless and blind; the clergy love their wine and monopoly on belief; women are manipulative or confused, or else simply break into tears when they can't understand something. Many readers may be put off by Remarque's standard references to perceived homosocial behavior as belonging to a proposed realm of "pansies" or "fairies," for which his principal characters seem compelled to express disaffection with puzzling regularity. "The Black Obelisk" is a novel written by someone who lived through the time and place with which it deals, and carries with it both the authenticity of personal experience and the limitations of vision to which any generation is subject. But its pages hold the attention, until in the end the hidden vocation of the black obelisk itself is revealed: the novel's title was not ill-chosen. Anyone wishing to delve more deeply into some of the reasons for Hitler's rise to power like an evil rocket flaming into the night sky of German defeat, would do well to examine this book. It does not have the rodeo kick of some of Remarque's more chronologic and plot-oriented novels, but its evocation of an age is clear.

Inflation and the collapse of civilization growl like unseen monsters on every page of this novel of Germany in the 1920's. They also make up the principal story line of the book, in terms of what they do to individuals and to groups: here Europe is eased into fascism like a terminal patient dozing in narcosis.Remarque fills several hundred pages with the mostly unconnected activities of a large number of residents of a small German city after World War I. But the narrative progression of the novel is to be found not so much in an analysis of what these people do as in how they do it: haphazardly, with the good humor born of shared helplessness and with a mounting sense of alarm that far greater misfortunes are not only thinkable but likely. The reader may often wonder where the author is headed in this book, but Remarque has something very important to say about a world cut loose from its moorings, a ship adrift in an ocean of sinister lunar pulls. There are some unsettling aspects to the author's occasional treatment of people as types and stereotypes: here military men are always narrow minded, the clergy are invariably arrogant, and women burst into tears in 19th century fashion when they can't understand something. Neither does the novel escape the recurrent homophobia to which Remarque's characters are no stranger. But this book holds the attention, until the hidden vocation of the black obelisk itself is revealed: the tale's title was not ill-chosen. While it may not have the rodeo kick of some of Remarque's more plot-oriented novels, its evocation of an age is as clear and unsmudged as a new pane of glass held up to the sunlight for inspection.

This novel isn't for everyone but it is my favorite. Remarque does a wondrous job creating vivid characters in a small German city in the early 20s. Hyper-inflation, depression and a nation in despair after the humiliation and torment of the Great War, are well told themes. Ludwig is able to find humor through all this and although there is little plot, there is a great story-line. For me, this novel also explains how the horrible economic conditions could so rile a populace, that the small-minded minority embraces Hitler.

Remarque wrote one of the greatest war novels of all time, told great stories of on the run emigrees, and concentration camp horrors, but this book explains pre-Hitler life and thinking in Germany, and is a must read for any Remarque fan.

The pictures are wonderful! Both for kids & adults! Made me laugh, made me cry. Very enjoyable! Sent this one as a gift to a Golden owner & dear friend!

The book does a wonderful job of capturing the spirit and personality of the world's greatest breed.

This is a funny book for any golden owner!! It tells jobs goldens can do around the house that they really can!! Like my favorite is the "minor garment alterations" as my two goldens eat socks, shoes, scrunchies, towels and anything they can find!!! A book to remember and keep!!!