Art Wolfe is a very good photographer, but I have to agree with the person who wrote the first review and say that this book was a bit of a disappointment. Wolfe didn't seem to spend a whole lot of time in Colorado, as most of the photos were taken from only a handful of locations. Also, about half of the photos were taken by Wolfe's assistant. That being said, there are definitely some nice photos, especially if you are looking for photos of Colorado wildlife.

I bought this book because I am in the process of photographing a Colorado photography book myself, and I wanted to see what else was out there. Although there are about 10 very impressive "close-up" photos in this book, the rest of the images, especially the landscapes, are fairly marginal. In addition, most of the images were taken from just 4 or 5 locations throughout the state. So it doesn't really give a thorough representation of the variety of scenery in Colorado. I do believe that Art Wolfe is one of the nation's best nature photographers, but I think he puts out a few too many books, thereby sacrificing quality. I would recommend this book over any of John Fielder's books, but David Muench's Colorado II is still the best Colorado photography book I have seen.

Lots of useful info, I guess.
It is not what I expected.

Every county is listed. What industries, how many people, what kind of government. Ho Hum.

More like a Colorado Civics book than a book that would provide me any incentive to move there.

Where are the pictures? Colorado has such a variety of geographical landscapes, it would be nice to see an example of each region. Mountains? hills? flat? what?

What about school scores? I really would be intrested in that. How many kids go to college? What are their average SAT scores? That would significantly impact where I moved if I wanted to move.

Small business concerns are mentioned a bit, but a more thorough coverage would be handy.

If I am thinking about moving to Colorado, what do I need to know:
1. I am probably bringing my business there -OR- going to need a job. (I need employment data and small business data)
2.I am going to bring my family (real estate prices, common sizes of properties, school INFO!)

3. Weather (Covered!)
4. Geography (hmmmm not enough)
5. Entertainment (Is it an average of 50 miles to the nearest town with a theatre?)

Anyway. The author would do well to get a welcome packet from a Realtor. Those may be more handy.

I've lived in colorado over 12-years, and this book would have been a great help when I first moved here. And now as a current resident, I see several parts of the book that can still be helpful to me. The 12-chapters include info. on moving tips, Colorado history, schools, taxes, motor vehicles, business start-up info. & high altitude living. This book would be a great resource for any one recently moved to Colorado, or planning to move there.

terrible--no pi

I really liked this guide. It was pretty much on the mark and crammed a lot into a small book. Much easier handling than other books on Colorado and gives a sense of the personality of each town and resort, if not always enough in-depth info on recreation.

This book is an affront to all Americans irespective of sexuality. The jacket's art mistakenly implies the reader will get a factually netural and constitutionally accurate acount of Amendment two and Romer Vs Evans.

For starters, the author assumes that straights and GLBT people are mutually exclusive groups, ignoring the fact that GLBT rights do not take away anything from heterosexuals. As a former resident of Colorado, I was deeply saddened when the Amendment was passed, but rejoyced at the Supreme Court ruling.

The book repeats the riddiculous but lingering stereotype that GLBT people are really well-heeled and thus do not need special rights. In reality, the amendment removed equal acess of police protection and anti-violence measures from GLBT people only.

A basic study of American constitutional law and the 14th Amendment says the states and localities can offer more protection than the National government, but not less. In striking down the Amendment, the majority conservative Supreme Court ruled that states may NOT hold referendum to revoke the equal protection clause from entire groups of citizens based on a group characteristic They reasoned that if Colorado's amendment was allowed to stand, there would be nothing from prohibitng discrimination against the disabled and or racial and religious minorites in a community.

This book is a litteral waste of space and time unless prospective readers are interested in seeing for themselves just how loopy the religious right really is. For people who claim to respect the country and individual rights, they obviously failed US Government classes.

This book thoroughly destroys all of the media myths about homosexuals being a politically powerless group and exposes the truth of the homosexual lobby's political, educational and economic clout in America. Bransford bolsters his case by using homosexual sources that disprove all of the media's sweet talk about how homosexuals are just like the rest of us and in need of non-discrimination laws. This book is a must for anyone interested in how to defeat the "gay rights" agenda.

I had high hopes for this book after picking it up from my local library. It had all the ingredients of making a wonderful "thriller" as it claims on the book cover. It started out ok, but then lagged on and on for what seemed like an eternity (the small print doesn't help matters either). I really began losing interest during the numerous flashbacks...which I normally would have nothing against, when used sparingly. Ms. Carr seemed to have spaced out however when writing them. She goes on endlessly about things we have either read previously during another flashback, or care nothing about altogether! I believe it took away whatever suspense there could have been. Also, not enough time was spent on the actual stalker. I felt like that character was lost in the woods somewhere while in the meantime, we get more than our fair share of the local townsfolk and their boring life stories. Who cares about them?! Focus more attention on the stalker and the intended victim. It seems Ms Carr was a little more interested in building up all the personal histories rather than concentrating on building up the actual suspense. To sum this book up in a nutshell...Don't waste your time.

I enjoyed this book having read it when it was first published and at that time, it was a thriller. Not too many novels were out about stalkers and the terror someone can create in one scene. I remember the bathroom scene and the heroine realizing "he" had been in her house because the toilet seat was up. Later, in the movie with Julia Roberts called Sleeping with the Enemy, she showed her terror with the towels being out of place. Robyn Carr was ahead of her time and that gives this book a four star rating to me.

If you like your environmentalism in breathless hyperbole; if you like to have an author's central thesis beaten over your head in nearly every paragraph; if you subscribe to the Chicken Little version of the current state of the environment; or if you just want to read a truly bad book, try Charles Bergman's Red Delta. This book tells us in its various sections that (1) the delta is teeming with life, (2) the delta is dead, (3) the delta needs preservation and restoration, and (4) the delta is threatened. So, since these are not all compatible thoughts, which ones are true? And if the Cienega de Santa Clara really once was a mudflat devoid of vegetation, why would anyone seriously consider "restoration"? This book fits perfectly into W's America, where the creedo seems to be: "It is not supposed to make sense!" This book is less about the current state of the Colorado River delta and more about Bergman's adventures there, conversations with people who have more than a vested economic interest in the delta, and opinions on life in general. He's clearly in love with his impressions; every other word seems to be from the following list: "amazing, astounding, magnificent, remarkable, legendary." He's obviously a neophyte concerning natural history, since among other things he seems to find it noteworthy to tell us repeatedly that riparian and aquatic ecosystems depend on water (Duh!). I find it ironic that Bergman, a professor of English, didn't use a copy editor, because this book suffers from excessive repetition, bad sentence structure, and occasional typos ("Glenn Canyon Dam"). The following statement actually appears in the book (p. 165): "In a famous essay in Harper's magazine called 'The West Against Itself," the great historian, Bernard De Voto, described the West as a region in conflict with itself." Gee, what a profound and original observation Bergman has made, and with value-added hype! What few facts that are actually presented are riddled with errors. For example, if Bergman really thinks the sediment load in the Colorado River is the highest in the world, perhaps he needs to read about a little Chinese river called the Yantze. If he thinks the Colorado River is the only river to suffer from water diversion, perhaps he should read about a little delta at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Or the Yantze. Or the Zambezi. Or the Ganges. Or the River Jordan. Or the Sacramento-San Joaquin. I think the title, which is less about the delta and more about Bergman's infatuation with sunrise/sunset photography, would be more accurate if changed to Red Herring. If you want something a little less hysterical, try Salt Dreams, although that book is about the Salton Sea. Perhaps something a little more objective will come out on the delta someday.

Red Delta is the ecological story of fighting for life at the end of the Colorado River discusses keys to understanding environmental collapse and recovery in the Southwest. The Colorado River Delta was an 'accidental delta' created by developers who never fully realized their goals. Red Delta explores the environmental consequences of that Delta, which may now be realized as an important key to the Colorado natural area surrounding it.

I was looking foward to reading and enjoying the early work of Robert Adams. The essay and photographs work very well together but the cover images are the only ones that are reproduced with any quality. If you compare the tonal range of the inside reproductions with the cover work you will be disappointed. I kept the book because I did enjoy the essay and I collect books by Robert Adams. Too bad the reproductions are so weak.

Blood Stone is the second book in Michael Allegretto's now abandoned series about Denver P I Jacob Lomax.It helps if you have read the series opener Death on the Rocks but even without having done so there is much enjoyment to be derived from the book which stands up well in its own right.
Lomax is approached by a fellow investigator,the down at heels Fontaine,who some 20 years earlier was chief investigator for an insurance company that took a bath when five million dollars worth of antique jewellery were stolen,and he was unable to trace the jewels.Fired by the company he has spiralled down in the world but insists to Lomax that he knows how to locate the jewels and asks for assistance which is not forthcoming.Fontaine is then murdered and Lomax assaulted and his office turned over.
The man thought to have masterminded the robbery,Soames,is released from prison and Lomax takes on the job of locating a man named Meachum who has threatened to kill Soames blaming him for the death of his brother, His client is Helen,a friend of Soames and he soons falls head over heels for her
Matters get complicated when Meacham is shot dead and Lomax is set up on a murder charge by Lieutenant Dalrymple who scarcely troubles to conceal his loathing for Lomax
Before the case is resolved Lomax is shot at ,assaulted,left to rot in an abandoned mine shaft in the mountains ,and finds out the perfidious ways of the women in the case.There are run ins with murderous native Americans,the Two Hawks clan,and shoot outs aplenty to keep the plot churning over nicely
It is a very traditional PI tale and Lomax himself is akin to characters like Marlowe,Walker and Archer .He is an ex-cop,a widower,with the ability to deliver snappy one liners and well able to take care of himself in a tight corner
The book breaks no new ground but traditional ingredients are assembled with enough smoothness to let us know why the series gleaned an Edgar on original publication
Private eye novel readers are urged to track down the book and others by Allegretto,which remind us that even below the very top of the genre tree there is still alot of good material awaiting rediscovery.

As prior reviews state, the text is well-selected from Powell's journal, and the photographs are superb. But how can the author publish the journal of an explorer without a map keyed to the dates of journal entries? The photographs are superb, but again, not keyed to a map, or even associated with the text. The identifying data for each photo is listed in the front of the book, but is not given on, or near the photograph. A potentially superb book, but, because of these defects and faults, one that is maddening to read.

Noel's study of the saloon in Denver treads the line between being a rather parochial local history and a more analytical social history. He includes everything that you need to know about saloon ownership, local politics, and drinking habits, but does so without stressing existing historiography. This absence makes the book a quick and entertaining read, but there's little sense of how Denver compares to other cities. The book is very good at what it does, but what it does is limited. If you want a fun book on drinking in Denver, this book is more than adequate, but if you are looking for a more scholarly approach read Roy Rosenzweig's Eight Hours for What We Will.