By Glenda Lee Vollmecke Outskirts Press Paperback: 192 pages ISBN-10: 1478712406 ISBN-13: 978-1478712404 Reviewed by Elliot Jackson I confess, I started this book laboring under a misapprehension. From the cover art, which shows a handbill for a “Beatles Night Out” at “The Tower Ballroom, New Brighton,” I was expecting a lot more about the English …
Text and Captions by Ed Rains
2009 – Turner Publishing Company
ISBN:978-1-59652-535-1
Reviewed by Mike Rosso
Having spent several years as a photo restorist in Durango, working with museums in Durango, Cortez, Dolores and Silverton, I was eager to obtain a copy of Historic Photos of Colorado Mining when it was offered for review.
Reviews by Martha & Ed Quillen
Books – February 2009 – Colorado Central Magazine
WE ORDINARILY RUN reviews “from, for and about” Central Colorado. But since our readers and writers doubtlessly read and enjoy nationally distributed books, too, years ago we decided that we would run recommendations of books of any sort at Christmas. Since then, Lynda La Rocca has consistently met the deadline, and Ed and I have flaked out, mostly because Christmas is one of our busiest seasons — with extra ads, phone calls, and gift subscriptions; expanded bookkeeping demands, family obligations, and calendar entries….
Review by Lynda La Rocca
Books – January 2009 – Colorado Central Magazine
I HAVE TO ADMIT that I had a little trouble selecting some “favorites” for this column because, frankly, I didn’t read a lot of books in 2008 that were “new” to me in the sense of never having read them before. Instead, I had concentrated on rereading old favorites, many of which I’ve recommended previously in the pages of Colorado Central.
Review by Martha Quillen
Books – January 2007 – Colorado Central Magazine
IN THE CATEGORY OF From, For, and About Central Colorado, I highly recommend four memoirs: One Man’s West by David Lavender; Tomboy Bride by Harriet Fish Backus; and two books by Anne Ellis, Life of an Ordinary Woman and Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman. They’re all fun, informative, readable and give the reader a vivid portrait of what life used to be like here.
Essay by Lynda La Rocca
Books – December 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine
IN THIS TROUBLED WORLD, it’s helpful — at least, it’s helpful to me — to remember that human nature is, well, human nature. Time passes, lifestyles change, and technology advances, yet we remain collectively governed by many of the same forces that motivated our ancestors.
Essay by Lynda La Rocca
Books – December 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
I LOVE CHRISTMAS. Not the crowded malls filled with stressed-out shoppers and definitely not the hurriedness and commercialism associated with contemporary merrymaking. I love the spirit of Christmas. Frankly, what’s not to love about a holiday that, at its purest and best, epitomizes peace on Earth and good will to … everyone?
Review by Ed Quillen
Books – January 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine
EVERY WINTER, Martha tells me it’s time to write a list of favorite books from the preceding year, and unlike most of our writings about books, these selections don’t have to concern Central Colorado.
Brief by Central Staff
Books – June 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine
We’re fond of bookstores, so 2003 has been a bad year, with Salida losing two shops.
Adventure Media closed at the start of the year; owner Connie De Luca said the last straw came last fall when Amazon.com, the big internet book retailer, started offering free shipping on orders over $25.
Review by Central Staff
Books – December 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine
We’ve read most of the books mentioned in the Tattered Cover list. But here are some that we’d suggest for Central Colorado (along with a few outsiders).
For clear, interesting local history, we recommend:
Leadville, a Miner’s Epic, by Stephen M. Voynick.
Essay by Ed Quillen
Books – January 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
Some Favored Reading from 1998
FOR SOME REASON, my pleasure reading in 1998 focused on the Civil War.
Actually, there may be specific reasons for this interest. One is that the editor I deal most with at the Denver Post, Bob Ewegen, is a Civil War and military history buff. In order to avoid talking about possibly painful subjects with him — i.e., the quality of my prose on a given Monday or Thursday morning when I call to see if the material arrived via modem — I can instead discourse with him about various Civil War generals.
Review by Lynda La Rocca
Books – December 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
Some Personal Favorites
by Lynda La Rocca
“Those were the days, my friend,” you can almost hear Banana Rose sigh as she spoons brown rice and tofu into her mouth.
The title character of Natalie Goldberg’s first — and fabulous — novel joins a commune in Taos, New Mexico, in the mid-1970s to search for her muse as a painter and her place in the world.
Review by Lynda La Rocca
Books – January 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
Some Personal Favorites
by Lynda La Rocca
I escape from reality through books chronicling the magical, the fantastical, the larger-than-life, the wonderful. In my imagination, I blissfully dwell “in days of old when knights were bold.” I am a member of King Arthur’s Round Table, striving to save Britain from the encroaching barbarian darkness, glimpsing the mysterious Holy Grail in the blue depths of flickering flames.
Review by Ed Quillen
Books – January 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
The Colorado Book Guide – A Directory of the Colorado Book Community
1998-99 Edition
ISBN 0963158961
published by The Bloomsbury Review
Review by Martha Quillen
Books – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Bear Attacks by Stephen Herrero. Better than watching videos of Klondike and Snow, and you get a real understand of how bruins view us.
Review by Michael Dzubinski
Books – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
1. Trails Among the Columbine: Salida, D&RG Railroad Town. The most comprehensive book on the history of Salida. 320 pages, 250 historic photographs.
Review by Lynda La Rocca
Books – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
My taste in books is all over the map. Often, that map is not in any atlas. I love books about mystical, magical beings from other times or worlds.