Land of Seven Seasons In the Sun
A comparison of the seven seasons of northeastern New Mexico with the six seasons and produce of Fresno, California. Book Review: Lorraine Johnson's Grow Wild! Low-Maintenance, Sure-Success, Distinctive Gardening with Native Plants, photographs ... [... more]
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Denise Chavez
Rocío Esquibel is a girl growing up in a Southern New Mexico town with her mother and sister. She defines her neighborhood by its trees-the willow, the apricot and the one they call the marking-off tree. Rocio knows she was born in the closet ... [... more]
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Gregg Braden
Gregg Braden, a former earth science expert and computer systems designer, is an author and guide to sacred sites throughout the world. He and his wife divide their time between New Mexico and Florida. A Groundbreaking Interpretation of Prayer, ... [... more]
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Roadside History of New Mexico
 Wonderful for History Buffs: This book guides the traveler/reader to interesting places in New Mexico that are also historic. It is set up so that someone driving along a road can read about the various towns and sites along that road. It is a great book [... more]
CDN$18.06
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New Mexico Atlas and Gazetteer
REVISED EDITION IS EVEN BETTER: Jack Purcell is pretty thorough in his review. As for the nitpickers, if they really want to get names and numbers of backroads, they can contact the forest service and BLM, as well as the park service, who publishes maps [... more]
CDN$27.95
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Frommer's New Mexico, 8th Edition
Leave home without it: I just took a week-long trip to New Mexico and gave up using this book after the first day. I found my free AAA New Mexico Tourbook far more complete and informative. Author: Frommers Author: Lesley King Binding: Paperback Dewey [... more]
CDN$19.05
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Roadside Geology of New Mexico
Roadside Geology of New Mexico: Outstanding! Since I travel frequently to and through New Mexico, this book was everything I hoped for. Familiar terrain takes on a new meaning now. The seller (BookPlanet) delivered the book promptly, at a reasonable [... more]
CDN$18.75
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Rock Art In New Mexico
Ambitious book is a big disappointment: First let me say that I am reviewing this as a person who likes to visit rock art sites and thus bought this book to help me in a trip to New Mexico. In that regard it failed miserably. Many archeologists feel the [... more]
CDN$37.50
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This aromatic perennial has several common pseudonyms including mosquito plant, Texas hummingbird mint, bubblegum mint, and giant hyssop. It is native to certain areas of Texas and New Mexico, and is especially noted for attracting rufous and ... [... more]
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Stephen Russell
Barefoot Doctor works as a psychospiritual therapist in London, New Mexico, and Thailand. He also produces healing trance music and is the health editor for a groovy spiritual-lifestyle magazine. His previous book, The Tao of Sexual Massage, has ... [... more]
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High Water Use Plants in the Low Water Landscape - Part II
Last week I wrote about productive high water use trees in the City of Albuquerque's list of plants that grow in New Mexico. I indicated that I'd like to find room for the following productive high water use trees: This leaves the question: "How ... [... more]
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Albuqerque's Xeriscaping(TM) Program
Max Dalrymple adapts the City of Albuquerque's Xeriscape program to the dust bowl area of northeastern New Mexico, in which he lives, and creates a program of landscaping that is Xeric to the Max. With two reviews. In previous columns I've ... [... more]
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