Explore some of the Southwest's greatest scenic marvels. A 16-page portfolio highlights the diversity of plants and animals that live in canyon country.

Judy Welden’s starkly honest memoir will grip your emotions as she relates a story of struggle, challenges, and ultimate success. Travel with her as she recalls a full spectrum of childhood emotions, youthful romance, motherhood and stardom as an internationally recognized songwriter and performer. You will feel like you really know Judy as you turn the pages of her memoir. - Charlene DeWitt, Author, former VP-Northeast Georgia Writers Founder/Leader of Tall Tales Family Farm Writers and Founder/Leader of GNC Writers Judy Welden’s life story is both interesting and inspiring. A gifted and prolific songwriter as well as a talented singer, she has won many awards, but the recognition didn’t come easy. Many will relate to her struggles to overcome difficulties while forging forward with a career. The book is also entertaining and, yes, at times, funny. This remarkable woman has the uncanny ability to tell a brutally honest story which leaves the reader feeling motivated and uplifted. - Laurie Hyatt, Ph.D., author of: Think Your Way to Happiness & Silent Decision A passionate woman, who was stifled for two decades by an unloving husband, Judy Welden didn’t begin to live the life she was meant to lead after his drowning death in 1980. To ease her sadness, she kept busy with the booking agency she’d started, wrote poetry and 400+ song lyrics. Finding love again, she helped her new husband set up his Chiropractic office, then went on to pursue her music dream. Starting two publishing companies and two record labels, she managed to get over 100 singer/songwriters heard as well as her own recorded music. Judy also patented a unique bandana hat without an attorney. With adversity at every turn, she somehow succeeded due to her work ethic, winning many awards that proved her credibility plus sheer determination. Judy also shares the part of her life unrelated to music in a boldly honest, memorable way, that is heartfelt and often amusing. It is her hope that readers will be inspired to follow their dreams. http://www.judywelden.com

The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.

A tender collection of endearments for children the world over. All over the world, people express their love for their children through endearments, such as "sweetie pie" or "peanut." A child might be called little angel, angelito, in Spanish or precious, bao bei, in Chinese or my sweet little moon, mera chanda, in Hindi. Little Treasures offers a wealth of endearments in fourteen languages to share with your own beloved poppet and petit chou.

On t.p.: Ideas for collecting and displaying antiques and other country treasures.

The dramatic, never-before-told stories behind the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address: America's crown jewels that define its commitment to freedom.