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Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni

13 reviews
Allan Hayes

Northland, 1996

A Great Place to Start
This is an excellent book for both the beginner or serious student of Southwestern Pottery. It gives examples of all styles, types, and designs, making it easy for anyone to understand what makes each Pueblo's pottery unique. Perhaps not as "in depth" as some others, this book is easily the best book out there today as far as explaining and illustrating the basics. It really is an indispensable ...

Reluctant Runaway (To Catch a Thief Series #2)

17 reviews
Jill Elizabeth Nelson

Multnomah Publishers, 2007

Don't "Runaway" from this book! =)
Okay, cheesy title for this review, I know - but guys, this was a super fun read! I liked it even better than the first in this series, and I didn't think that would happen! Jill Nelson has somehow managed to create a book that is at the same time fun and serious, intense and light, funny and shocking...what a combo! My favorite part of Jill's books are by far the characters - so realistic. They ...

Thunderhead

188 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Grand Central Publishing, 2000

Standard Preston and Child Thriller
Having read the Pendergast books and enjoying them, I decided to read Thunderhead. I do like the way characters are woven through many of the books the authors write. It gives you a bit of a connection with the characters from the get go. This book has a very similar feel to the Relic books. I think, however, that Preston and Child should be careful about stereotyping their books. I've only ...

Sandstone Spine: Seeking the Anasazi on the First Traverse of the Comb Ridge

20 reviews
David Roberts

Mountaineers Books, 2005

Stunning, Inspiring & Informative. (Gerard J. Washburn, author of The Wolf Whisperer)
The photography draws me into 'Living With Wolves' with a yearning to be there. Jim Dutcher and Helen Cherullo uniquely reinforce my beliefs towards the reintroduction efforts of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Sensitive Species Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest

23 reviews
Craig Childs

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

Brilliant Overview of a Complex Topic
Living near Four Corners country, I've often felt that the makers of Chaco are still a ghostly presence, haunting conversations, land use policies, wilderness... I think it's the overwhelming evidence that something big happened here, for hundreds of years, and that it's no longer happening. It's hard not to look around at the big things we're doing, and shiver; in the end, the desert always ...

The Summoning God: Book II of the Anasazi Mysteries

12 reviews
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear

Tor Books, 2008

Buy This Book!
The anasazi series by the Gears is fantastic! History comes alive, and I like the parallels written into the modern day story as well! Well done!

Voice of the Eagle

14 reviews
Linda Lay Shuler

Signet, 1993

Wish the story didn't have to end, 6 stars!
I travel to New Mexico every year to visit my in-laws and every year I fall in love again with the land, the people, the history, the turquoise jewlery.... and the stars. And every time I leave I am heartsick of the big sky, beautiful mountains, exotic plants and sweet air. Reading Voice of the Eagle is the only cure for my "desert seperation". Mrs. Shuler's talented storytelling and compelling ...

The Anasazi (A New True Book)
David Petersen

Childrens Pr, 1991

People of the Silence: A Novel of the Anasazi (The First North Americans series, Book 8)

20 reviews
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear

Tor Books, 1997

People of the Silence (The First North Americans series, Book 8)
I really enjoy this series in my oppion it is best to read the series starting with Book 1 so that you know what is being talked about. If you are a Indian or love to read about Indians and their history then this is a Great Series of Books to read. It gives great in sight to the beliefs of the Indian Nations and their ways of life.

Bone Walker: Book III of the Anasazi Mysteries

18 reviews
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear

Tor Books, 2008

Bone Walker
I found myself in agreement with other readers in that the lives and times of Browser and Catkin are far more interesting than Dusty and Maureen's pathetic F'ed up 20th century existences. So, to get an expansive uninterrupted narrative simply skip the chapters pertaining to Dusty's unresolved childhood issues. That would be every other chapter if you're keeping score.

Anasazi America: Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place

13 reviews
David E. Stuart

University of New Mexico Press, 2000

Applied archaeology
Impressive. The implications of Professor Stuart's analysis of the Chaco Canyon and later Pueblo cultures in Anasazi America blows one away. Certainly some of the social data from our own culture and time period, which he uses for comparison, are scary! The book has a very interesting concept, namely that we can apply what we know of modern economics to the ancient world and what we discover ...

Anasazi Ruins of the Southwest

2 reviews
William M. Ferguson, Arthur H. Rohn

University of New Mexico Press, 1987

Excellent companion for field visits
I have found this to be an excellent resource for finding sites of interest and a faithfull companion for exploring the site once I have arrived. The information provides a nice addition to any anasazi library

Hands-On Rocky Mountains: Art Activities for Anasazi American Indians, Settlers, Trappers and Cowboys ...
Yvonne Y. Merrill

Kits Publishing, 1997

Richard Wetherill: Anasazi

3 reviews
Frank McNitt

University of New Mexico Press, 1974

Pioneer Explorer of Anasazi Ruins
Frank McNitt's biography of Richard Wetherhill, the pioneer explorer of the Anasazi culture of the Four Corners Region of the southwest has been in print since 1957. Not a bad record for a trade book, that is to say not a textbook. McNitt's eastern based publishing family owned the Brentwood Newspaper in suburban Los Angeles. Frank, sent out as publisher, vacationed with his family in New ...

The Visitant: Book I of the Anasazi Mysteries

50 reviews
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear

Tor Books, 2008

HOLD OFF READING THIS UNTIL YOU READ BELOW
THIS THE FIRST OF A WONDERFUL TRILOGY FULL OF WELL-RESEARCHED HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN MYSTICISM (A POINT LIKELY MISSED BY THOSE WHO WROTE THE CRITICISMS IN THEIR REVIEWS), MULTI-SUBPLOT MYSTERY, ROMANCE, AND A THOUGHT-PROVOKING WARNING FOR OUR "MODERN" SOCIETY, BOTH IN OUR MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND OUR TREATMENT OF OUR CHILDREN. MY WIFE AND I BOTH READ THE ...

Ancient Puebloan Southwest (Case Studies in Early Societies)

1 review
John Kantner

Cambridge University Press, 2004

The "Old Ones" -- from Origins to Spaniards
Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Wuptaki are three of the best known of the Indian ruins that dot the landscape in the high desert country of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. To this day it is difficult to comprehend how these Indians thrived in a region of short hot summers, little rain, and poor soil -- and not only fed themselves but left behind spectacular monumental buildings. Adding ...

Ancient Echoes: The Anasazi Book of Chants

6 reviews
Mary Summer Rain

Hampton Roads Publishing Co., 1993

Very resourceful book........
This book,the many chants ect. are beutiful!If nothing else,they are very calming,soothing and interesting.I felt as if I was taken back in time,to a place very far away.To a wonderful place with extradinary people.Mary summer rain has the remarkable ability to captivate her readers with profound wisdom bought forth in a simple,easy to understand manner.Like so many of her other books ,this is ...

The Lost World of the Anasazi: Exploring the Mysteries of Chaco Canyon

2 reviews
Peter Lourie

Boyds Mills Press, 2007

Great Book!
What an awesome journey this was with Pete Lourie. I didn't know anything about the Chaco culture, but after reading Lourie's book, I was inspired to visit. When I got there it was exactly like Lourie had described it. I camped a few nights in the canyon. Lourie perfectly captured the mystery of the place.

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