Embark on an exciting journey across the colorful state of Colorado with 'Colorado Quest: Alphabet Adventures Across America'! This whimsical book is your ticket to a fantastic adventure, where every letter of the alphabet unveils a new and thrilling escapade. From A to Z, join adventurous characters as they explore the Rocky Mountains, discover hidden gems in Denver, and dance with wildlife in the enchanting nature reserves. Each page bursts with vibrant illustrations and playful stories that make learning the alphabet a joyous expedition. Imagine soaring with eagles in the clear blue skies, hiking through magical forests filled with friendly creatures, and uncovering the mysteries of ancient canyons. Every turn of the page is a step closer to unraveling the beauty and wonders of Colorado. Whether you're tracing the letters or diving into the delightful tales, 'Colorado Quest' is not just a book—it's a passport to a land of imagination, where the alphabet comes alive with adventures. So, grab your map, put on your explorer hat, and let the journey begin in this exciting Alphabet Adventure Across America!

In this era of supersonic jets, ubiquitous McDonalds, and pervasive Panasonics, in our coddled jacuzzi culture, our cybernetic society of acronyms and first names, does the spirit of quest endure? Indeed, from rain forests, across oceans, steppes, savannahs, and saharas to the peaks of the Andes or Himalayas, American writers still test the limits of human existence. They test spirit, flesh, marrow, and imagination in a timeless quest for meaning beyond civilization, at the razor edge of mortality. And they return with sun-cracked skin and gazes honed on horizons to tell us the tale. "Ihab Hassan's new book on quests turns out to be a quest of his own. He takes us through an invigorating range of today's American writers as they test themselves against the far corners of our tattered planet. Hassan shows us how their quests (and, incidentally, his own) entwine risks, commitments, and desperate exercises in belief, how their aspirations are human but uniquely American. This is a book everyone interested in American culture can learn from--and enjoy. Hassan's voice is one of graceful wisdom and passionate elegance, a refreshing landfall in today's turgid sea of criticism." --Norman N. Holland, University of Florida

Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero. Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America: From Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero encompasses more than 200 sites from the earliest settlements to the present, covering a wide variety of locations. It includes concise yet detailed entries on each landmark that explain its importance to the nation. With entries arranged alphabetically according to the name of the site and the state in which it resides, this work covers both obscure and famous landmarks to demonstrate how a nation can grow and change with the creation or discovery of important places. The volume explores the ways different cultures viewed, revered, or even vilified these sites. It also examines why people remember such places more than others. Accessible to both novice and expert readers, this well-researched guide will appeal to anyone from high school students to general adult readers.

Letters from Brazil: A Cultural-Historical Narrative Made Fiction recounts the adventures of young researcher Mike Gaherty in Brazil in the turbulent 1960s. It tells the story of his research on Brazilian folklore and folk-popular literature (with inevitable amorous moments along the way) while dodging encounters and threats from agents of the DOPS, Brazils chief espionage and anti-communist, anti-subversion agency. The nations military revolution of 1964 and subsequent evolution to dictatorship are the background for Gahertys ups and downs in Brazils Northeast, the Northeast Interior, Salvador da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Braslia, the Amazon, and a final harrowing time in Recife. The thread of the narrative is the series of letters requested of Gaherty by James Hansen of the New York Times (international section) and his later involvement with Stanley Iverson of the INR (Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the United States Department of State)-WHA (Western Hemisphere Affairs) reporting on Gahertys own research activities in Brazil and his discoveries of political and social sentiment in northeastern Brazil. The young American researcher reports as well on meetings with major Brazilian cultural figures, encounters with Brazilian Afro-Brazilian phenomena like Xango, Candomble, and Capoeira, impressive times during New Years Eve and the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, and cultural-travel highlights throughout Brazil. The fly in the ointment was the DOPS.

Marilyne and Walt had a nineteen year pen pal relationship, thus it was only natural for Walt to contact her when he passed in January 2007. Quickly he introduced her to the bright realm he found himself in. Where knowledge and answers seem to flow around him like an old river, circumventing the veils of the third dimension, known as Earth, and like a theater skim, high lighting the depth and broadness of the creators vision. Within days, weeks he was sharing what he had experienced on passing, the moments as he grew within his new residence and the giddy excitement as old questions exploded with amazing new and always bolder answers, that arent answers at all, but always more thrilling possibilities and alternatives. He meets ancient seers, babes, prophets, Buddha and Jesus. He had always been a seeker of truth and spiritual knowledge but now that he is at the source he feels it is his duty to dispel the fear humans have of the other side and death. Three years into this correspondence Walt called a halt to this his first book, and his wife Lorraine (Cookie)and his friends have put this volume together for your enlightenment and education.