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1581) Jan's story
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Jan Petersen was vibrant, active, healthy, and just 55 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Barry was not even slightly prepared for what happened to her, and how it would impact his life when "forever" suddenly and terrifyingly has an expiration date.
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The "geologic staircase" of the Southwest includes the Bryce Canyon, Zion, Glen Canyon, Monument Valley and Grand Canyon National Parks. A rugged, arid region, encompassing parts of Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, the Colorado Plateau is home to these geographically close, but utterly unique, landmarks.
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Tony and several of his best friends show up unannounced at skate parks throughout the western U.S. With none of the advance hoopla or performance pressure attached to traditional demos, the pros pile out and session alongside whoever happens to be there. The film crew captures the surprise on the locals' faces, as the cell phones come out, word spreads, and a throng of spectators gathers for some loose, absolutely ripping action.
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When a powerful mob boss gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint one last job, it's an offer he can't refuse. All Jimmy and his partners had to do was intimidate their target. But when the job goes awry resulting in a fatal accident, they are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams.
1587) Cliff hanger
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National parks mystery volume 3
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Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster child Lucky.
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In one of the worst scandals ever faced by the military, in 2003, six women went public with their accounts of sexual assault and harassment at the Air Force Academy. Lynn Hall was one of those survivors. A story of grappling with shame and a culture that blames victims, "Caged Eyes" is also a moving account of Hall's struggle to advocate for herself and recognize her own strength.
"Desperate to realize her childhood dream of being an astronaut,...
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"Cassandra Kircher was in her twenties when she was hired by the National Park Service, landing a life that allowed her to reinvent herself. For four years she collected entrance fees and worked in the dispatch office before being assigned as the first woman to patrol an isolated backcountry district of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. There, Kircher encountered wonder and beauty, accidents and death. Although she always suspected the mountains...
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30 for 30 volume Season 3, no. 3
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Football is a religion to many people. But few know the depths of both faiths as well as Bill McCartney, the former head football coach of the University of Colorado and the founder of Promise Keepers, a Christian men's ministry. Bill McCartney's passionate and often polarizing beliefs have made him many enemies and many admirers, but it's difficult to deny that he embodies the essential issues facing football in America to this day.
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Embark on a journey most people only dream about. Africa's wildebeest migration, Kenya's wild savannah, and Victoria Falls; India's Nilgiris Mountains, a rare Bengal tiger encounter in Bajasthan; the Buddhist festival at Gasa Dzong; The Great Wall and Beijing in China. New Year's Eve in Paris; Lapland's stunning Northern Lights; carnival in Venice; Egypt's tombs; Easter morning in Jerusalem; the Lost City of Petra. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia;...
1594) Last Indian summer
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Three years after the Little Bighorn massacre, the American Indian Wars ended. The Colorado Utes were scattered in four relatively small bands. Then the appointment of an Indian agent steeped in the acquisitive philosophy of Manifest Destiny ignited an imminent explosion, which came in the form of a bloody massacre and five-day siege.
1599) Not a place to visit
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Not a Place to Visit is a new collection of illustrated essays by WILD MAN cartoonist T Edward Bak. Exploring themes of social and ecological flux unique to environments in the western US through concisely rendered reflections this series examines the migration of the artist's family to and from Colorado's San Luis Valley, tourism and salmon on the Columbia River, the fraught ecosystem of southern California's Salton Sea, and fracking along the northern...