Southern Arizona Authors

"Love Poems for Cannibals"

New books by Southern Arizona Authors

"Arizona: 100 Years, 100 Poems, 100 Poets"

Southern Arizona Authors

"Early Danish Pioneers: Southern Arizona Territorial Days"

Southern Arizona Authors

"Alexander O. Brodie: Frontiersman, Rough Rider, Governor"

Southern Arizona Authors

"Desert Trader: The Life and Quilts of Goldie Tracy Richmond"

Southern Arizona Authors

Each year when I coordinate the annual series "Best Southwest Books of the Year" (and by the way, the 2012 edition is available now, free, at local libraries and a few bookstores), Bunny Fontana, who was on the panel that selected the books, would always turn his list in with a sigh. "I know…

Southern Arizona Authors

"Paths of Promise"

Southern Arizona Authors

"Private War, Personal Victory"

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"Devil's Moon"

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"High Grade"

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"Saguaro National Park: Images of America"

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"Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing"

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"The Way of the Buffalo: A Business Primer & Fashion Love Song"

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"Double No-Hit: Johnny Vander Meer's Historic Night Under the Lights"

A century of S. Ariz. books

What a treat it is to settle into a book and realize the place is familiar. You share a history with the characters; you know that mountain's profile because you see it every day.

Southern Arizona Authors

"Arizona: A Photographic Tribute"

New research on W. Europe's prehistoric monuments

"Spirit Stones: Unraveling the Megalithic Mysteries of Western Europe's Prehistoric Monuments"

Fictionalized account of Spaniard Cortés adds depth

"La Malinche"

Writer offers sobering account on life in Rwanda

"Crazy River"

Mysteries, memoirs prevail in this regional group

"A John Slaughter Kid"

Local writers offer history, fiction, more

"Levi's & Lace: Arizona Women Who Made History"

Wildflowers, WWII and lessons from Dad

"Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona: A Field Guide to the Santa Catalina Mountains and Other Nearby Ranges"

Native American students tell of writing program's influence

"Here I Am a Writer" by Christopher McIlroy (Kitsune Books, $15).

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"Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Legacy of a Navajo Artist" by Charnell Havens and Vera Marie Badertscher (Schiffer Publishing, $50).

Books in brief: Southern Arizona authors

REVIEWS IN BRIEF

UA author throws a little Hollywood into small town for great debut novel

"What You See in the Dark" by Manuel Muñoz (Algonquin, $23.95).

Brief reviews of Southern Arizona authors

“What You See in the Dark” by Manuel Muñoz (Algonquin, $23.95).

Stepping back to look at nurse-midwifery in NM

"History of Nurse-Midwifery in Santa Fe, New Mexico" by Rita C.A. Kroska (self-published, $20 plus $5 shipping and handling).

Author's 3rd police effort centers around Tucson detective

"Kissing Arizona" by Elizabeth Gunn (Severn House, $28.95).

A captivating account of Scouts' tragic Mt. Baldy hike

"Death Clouds on Mt Baldy" by Cathy Hufault (Arizona Mountain Publications LLC, $22.95)

Apache Kid's life, sacrifices with able horsewoman

"Hell Horse Winter of the Apache Kid" by Phyllis de la Garza (Silk Label Books, $19.99).

A different spin on 'Night Before Xmas'

"Native American Night Before Christmas" adapted and written by Gary Robinson and illustrated by Jesse T. Hummingbird (Clear Light Publishers, $19.95).

Birds book does stellar job with photos, info

"Birds of Southeastern Arizona" By Richard Cachor Taylor (R.W. Morse Co., $ 19.95)

Now, learn story behind Thornton's heroine

"Dream Queen" by Betsy Thornton (Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Publishing Group, $25.99).

Guidebook offers juicy, historical nuggets

"Historic Walking Guides: Tombstone and Bisbee" by Jane Eppinga (Destin World Publishing, $12.99).

'Baboquivari Mtn. Plants' a must for researchers, not for coffee tables

"Baboquivari Mountain Plants: Identification, Ecology, and Ethno-botany" by Daniel F. Austin (University of Arizona Press, $79.95).

A drifter for a lover, black sheep for a brother live in strong collection of crises, epiphanies

"Our Desires are Without Remedy: Stories and Essays" by Bruce Petronio (XLibris, $19.99, paper; $29.99, cloth).

Former Phoenix ER doctor Malone lays out his case in favor of legalization in 'Battling the Drug Cartels'

"Battling the Drug Cartels" by Ray Malone (PublishAmerica, $29.95).

'Nelson Mandela's Folktales' wins Audio Book of Year award

"Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales," won the prestigious "Audio Book of the Year" award at Tuesday's 15th Annual Audio Publishers Association's yearly competition for the best in spoken-word entertainment.

Morris keeps books coming about family's life in South

In this fifth volume based on his family's Southern history, Morris focuses on his mother's life. The retired University of Iowa professor of speech pathology and audiology warns readers it is fiction as well as fact.