This book celebrates the colorful history of the Verde Valley from its prehistoric settlements to the Arizona State Centennial Celebration in 2012.

Trekking Beyond takes you on a journey through the snow-capped peaks of the world's mountains, the sandy dunes of our deserts and along the impressive coastal paths in a beautiful celebration of our world's most impressive, challenging and beautiful treks. Vivid essays introduce the world's best trekking regions - from the Himalayas to the Andes, Singalila Ridge to the Bibbulmun Track - exploring the challenges of walking these paths, the history...

A native photographer presents a visual tour of Navajoland, an expanse that he sees not only as a ruggedly beautiful territory in the Four Corners region but also as the cradle of his Navajo heritage.

"Did you know that jewellery predates clothes? The oldest known piece is a set of 100, 000-year-old beads, made from Nassarius shells. Liza Urla advises us not to look at the eyes when meeting a new person, but instead to look at their jewellery. She describes it as the ultimate means of self-expression, essential to our identification as humans. Jewellery is our armour, she says, and precious stones our amulets . In this book, she journeys from continent...

The more than one hundred images--by well-known photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Laura Gilpin as well as by an array of less familiar ones--places the work of local Arizonans alongside that of federal photographers both to illuminate the impact of the Depression on the state's distinctive racial and natural landscapes and to show the influence of differing cultural agendas on the photographic record. Includes essays by a variety of authors...