Colorado Collection Books added in 2009 DC/CC 8199 '77 : Denver, the Broncos, and a coming of age Author: Frei, Terry. Narrator: Devany, Maurice For Denver Broncos fans of the 60's and 70's, few experiences will ever rival the Orange Crush season of fall 1977. The four-month surge of the team's mounting wins turned the Broncos into AFC champions after sixteen years of anticipation and filled the city of Denver with magic and excitement. Award-winning author Terry Frei recounts an intimate view of a transforming city and professional sports team, the politics of the era, and the cultural significance of the Broncos' rise to championship. (14 hr. 11 min.) CC 8183 The ABC's of dominating college life : don't you dare leave home without it! Author: Hurd, Shannon Narrator: Schneider, Jean. A lighthearted guide to college life, written for the student who wants to succeed academically, financially, and socially. Includes nutritional tips; recipes for quick and easy cooking; help with time management; what to expect from classes and professors; handling money; and how to get along with your roommate. (1 sound cassette) CC 8198 Aimee : a novel. Author: Miller, Mary Beth. Narrator: Van Wyhe, Kate. Zoe is one angry 17-year-old. She has recently been acquitted of assisting her best friend to commit suicide. Now she is seeing a court- appointed psychiatrist, who has suggested she write the journal that forms this book. Zoe has complaints about 99 percent of her life. She feels that no adults have ever paid sufficient attention to her wants and needs. The lack of genuine communication between the younger and older generations provided the tragic climate for Aimee's suicide and now hinders Zoe's ability to recover. (2 sound cassettes) DC 8068 American Indian Women : Telling Their Lives. Author: Bataille, Gretchen M. Narrator: Roberts, Melissa. Indian women's autobiographies have been slighted because of the assumption that women had a secondary and insignificant role in Indian society. Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen Mullen Sands cogently demonstrate in this book the creative vitality of autobiographies that, despite differences in style and purpose, clarify the centrality of women in American Indian cultures. Included is a comprehensive, annotated bibliography or works by and about American Indian women. (1 sound cartridge) CC 8190 Anton Woode : the boy murderer. Author: Kreck, Dick. Narrator: Jones, Norm. Anton Woode was convicted of shooting Joseph Smith in the back for Smith's gold watch during an 1892 hunting trip near Brighton, Colorado. What made this homicide so unusual was that the confessed murderer was only eleven years old. Woode was sentenced to twenty- five years of hard labor at Canon City State Penitentiary, but, thanks to the intervention of Madge Reynolds, the child murderer was released after twelve years in prison and was pardoned in 1906. Published by Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado. The author is a former staff writer for the Denver Post. (1 sound cassette) 2 CC 8186 Baby Doe Tabor : the madwoman in the cabin Author: Temple, Judy Nolte. Narrator: Leonard, Nancy. She inspired passionate love affairs, legends of riches beyond measure, and even an opera. Baby Doe Tabor's diaries reveal a very vulnerable and sad woman behind the myths, whose guilt and pain, if not what appears to be an active mental illness, drove away even her own family. Temple's analysis unravels the psyche of Colorado's most adored adulteress. Recorded from edition published: Norman, Okla., University of Oklahoma Press, c2007. (3 sound cassettes) DC 8089 Badwater Author: McKinzie, Clinton. Narrator: Englert, Timothy. Antonio Burns is at a crossroads. He rarely sees his six-month-old daughter, and his career has spiraled downward from hotshot golden boy to nearly having his badge confiscated. And things are about to get even worse. When a ten-year-old boy dies in a drowning incident in Badwater, Wyoming, the townspeople want the tourist they feel is responsible convicted of murder. In an already explosive case, Burns has been forced into working for the prosecution and when a media- hungry celebrity lawyer takes over the defense, justice turns into a charade. (1 sound cartridge) DC 8040 Bats of the Rocky Mountain West : Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Author: Adams, Rick A. Narrator: Rudoff, Joanne. Begins with a general discussion of bat biology and evolution as well as regional physiography and zoogeography. In addition, Adams describes bat behavior based on the results of extensive research of the 3 behavior and ecology of the 31 species of bats found in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. Includes detailed species descriptions, color photographs and illustrations, distribution maps, and echolocation sonograms. Bats of the Rocky Mountain West is a resource for professional bat biologists, naturalists, and wildlife enthusiasts interested in the conservation and ecology of bats in the region. (1 sound cartridge) CC 8170 The beast in the garden : a modern parable of man and nature. Author: Baron, David. Narrator: Englert, Timothy. In 1991, not far from Boulder, Colorado, a young jogger was killed and partially eaten by a mountain lion. Although people were horrified, biologist Michael Sanders and naturalist Jim Halfpenny were not surprised. Since 1988 they had been studying the mountain lions that were beginning to invade backyards in the Boulder area and had concluded that, contrary to accepted wisdom, the big cats were indeed stalking humans in search of a good meal. In this book, written like a thriller, the author follows the advance of mountain lions around Boulder as if they were serial killers. He is not in favor of killing unwanted lions, but he warns that as people continue to displace wild animals from their habitats, they have to change the way they interact with them and be more realistic about romantic notions of wilderness. Published by W.W. Norton, c2004. (3 sound cassettes) DC 8196 Below the rimrocks : a story of the early days in Paradox Valley, Colorado. Author: McGaughey, Kathryn Narrator: Rudoff, Joanne. A person who lived in the Paradox Valley of Colorado during the Great 4 Depression writes of the area's history, including its exploration, habitation by Native Americans and early settlers, and her own experiences living on a farm there. She brings to life the plain folk who coped with a harsh lifestyle, murderous villains, overbearing land holders, cattle rustlers, and more, all below the rimrocks. (4 hr. 37 min.) CC 8196 Below the rimrocks : a story of the early days in Paradox Valley, Colorado. Author: McGaughey, Kathryn Narrator: Rudoff, Joanne. A person who lived in the Paradox Valley of Colorado during the Great Depression writes of the area's history, including its exploration, habitation by Native Americans and early settlers, and her own experiences living on a farm there. She brings to life the plain folk who coped with a harsh lifestyle, murderous villains, overbearing land holders, cattle rustlers, and more, all below the rimrocks. (1 sound cassette (ca. 4 hr. 37 min.) DC/CC 8188 Blood memory. Author: Coel, Margaret. Narrator: Rios, Laverne. Denver reporter Catherine McLeod, the target of an unknown assailant, retreats to her wealthy ex-husband Lawrence Stern's ranch. While Catherine covers a Native tribe lawsuit to reclaim ancestral lands and learns of her own Part-Arapaho heritage, her life is again threatened. Some violence. Based on first edition, published by Berkley Prime Crime in 2008. (12 hr. 18 min.) DC 8022 The Brave New World of Health Care Author: Lamm, Richard. 5 Narrator: Englert, Timothy. In this informed and erudite look at the current state of the American healthcare system, Lamm exposes the problems existing not only in policy and professional circles, but also in public attitudes and expectations. In so doing, Lamm provides a framework for reform, seeking to rebuild the "house of healthcare" that has fallen into disrepair. (1 sound cartridge) DC 8091 Brilliant Author: Kellogg, Marne Davis. Narrator: Ranson, Ellen. Meet Kick Keswick, an elegant and self-possessed American who has been at London's venerable Ballantine & Company Auctioneers for over thirty years. She is an expert on paintings, furniture, and objets d'art, and so far has lived a perfectly happy life with things on her mind other than love. In fact, Kick rarely lets anyone into her private world. She prefers it that way. Kick doesn't need a man in her life, messing things up. But when American industrialist, scoundrel, and womanizer Owen Brace grabs the faltering Ballantine & Company in a corporate takeover, he turns Kick's world upside down, opening her eyes to large-scale love, romance, and sensuous pleasure. But something tells Kick that Brace's motives are anything but sincere. And when he gets near enough to threaten Kick's closely guarded life, Brace learns the dangers of underestimating this woman. (1 sound cartridge) DC 8058 Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls : Prostitution in Colorado 1860-1930 Author: MacKell, Jan. Narrator: Rudoff, Joanne. In pioneer Colorado, mining was the principal occupation, and men 6 outnumbered women more than twenty to one. As a result, prostitution thrived. The author provides a detailed overview of the business between 1860 and 1930, focusing her research on the mining towns of Cripple Creek, Salida, Colorado City, and similar boomtown communities. She documents the movements of the women over the course of their careers, uncovering work histories, medical problems, and numerous relocations from town to town. She traces many to their graves, through years filled with abuse, disease, narcotics, and violence. (1 sound cartridge) DC/CC 8076 By grit & grace : eleven women who shaped the American West. Author: Narrator: Crandall, Nancy. Essays by ten historians chronicle the exploits of eleven pioneer women who played prominent and influential roles in helping to shape the evolution of the American West.