3rd Annual Ridgway Skate Competition Winners

Ridgway's 3rd Annual Skateboard Competition was a huge success. Cimarron Books and Coffee House would like to acknowledge the great skill exhibited by all the contestants, especially the winners.

Beginners:

1st Place:              Gavin Hines

2nd Place:             Chase Green








3rd Place:              Dylan Nafziger

Intermediate:

1st Place:              Josh Crull

2nd Place:             Bryan Felberg

3rd Place:              Jake Miller

Advanced:

1st Place:              Alex Mendez

2nd Place:             Harry Kearny







3rd Place:              Hagan Kearny

John Fielder’s Colorado Ranches

In 2007 and 2008 John Fielder traveled to photograph 50 of Colorado’s most beautiful multi-generational working cattle ranches, most already protected from development. The resulting book Ranches of Colorado will play a part in the protection of other ranches. The project is a partnership of Fielder, Colorado’s preeminent outdoor photographer, and the Colorado land trust community including Colorado Cattlemen’s Agri- cultural Land Trust, Colorado Open Lands, and the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts. These organizations earn royalties from each copy of the book sold.

Watch a video where John discusses his new book



Take a peak inside the book here.

Order your copy of the book from Cmarron Books and Coffee House today...

The Next US

The search is on for Everyday Geniuses—the people who are forging “The Next US.”

Do you like stories? Do you like stories that inspire? Are you ready to hear about some economic rejuvenation? Then The Next US.com should be your next stop on the web.

Everyday Americans are finding unexpected and creative ways to triumph in this era of
unprecedented economic change. They are creating the economy of the 21st century.

On July 5, 2009, Susan Perkins and David Mackenzie of Everyday Wonder Productions
hit the road in their mobile studio to begin a one-year journey across America to film and broadcast stories of people who are forging America’s future.

“Across the country, every day people are inventing the future of America. Our job is to find them and tell their stories,” says Perkins.

Everyday Wonder Productions aims to capture this resurgent America in short 3 to 5 minute films for immediate broadcast on their web site www.TheNextUS.com. From the web site you can view the films, ;earnmore about the project, suggest story ideas, and subscribe to their blog feed so youcan keep track of the project. Go visit the site now.

Below is the first video in their series that tells more about what this is all about.

Seasons Harvest Customer Appreciation Day August 25th

Seasons Harvest, Ridgway's local natural food store, is celebrating it's 5th birthday. In appreciation of its customers there will be a 20% off storewide sale on Tuesday August 25th.

The Whale Warriors

The Whale Warriors, by Peter Heller. Reviewed by Lisa Knight.

Cimarron Books' July book recommendation is Whale Warriors by journalist Peter Heller. In this riveting true story, Heller has been permitted to crew on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's anti whaling vessel, Farley Mowatt. Whale Warriors is a hair-raising, consciousness raising account of the continued illegal and often undocumented slaughter of the precious few remaining largest endangered mammals on the planet. You will learn about true activism and bravery as the unconventional crew of the Sea Shepherd put their lives on the line, literally placing their bodies between the deadly harpoon guns of the Japanese whalers and the endangered whales.

In this book you meet the controversial Captain Paul Watson and his dedicated unusual renegade crew of die hard anti-whaling activists. Your heart will pound with adrenaline and break with sorrow! Perhaps after reading Whale Wars you'll even be tempted to run off and join Watson on his next crusade; I sure am.

Tamer options for readers wishing to get involved or support Sea Shepherd can be found on the Sea Shepherd website.

Thank you for reading our first book review. Stay tuned for more monthly book picks including Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson. We welcome your reader submissions as well.

Invisible Children

If you haven't caught the film of Invisible Children, go to the web site www.invisiblechildren.com. It is a must see film made by 4 courageous young men who wanted to make a difference. You can see the promo here and learn all about it. Please help if you can.

Book Signing with Kaya McLaren

Remember to join Cimarron Books and Coffee House for a book signing with Kaya McClaren, author of

• Church of the Dog
• On The Divinity of Second Chances
• How I Came To Sparkle Again

See our earlier blog post here for more information.

Kaya will be with us on June 17th at 4pm

Feel Free to call us if you need additional information at 970-626-5858

Meet Dewey the Library Cat

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter is one of Cimarron Books and Coffee House's best sellers. Dewy tells the unforgettable story of a truly idiosyncratic cat with a strong sense of loyalty and love (and a taste for fast-food).Below is a fun trailer for the book.

Stop in to Cimarron Books and Coffee House to pick up your copy today.

Colorado Book Awards Finalists Announced

The nomination for the Colorado Book Award Finalists have been announced.

Our own creative Amy Irving has been nominated in the nonfiction category for her book Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land.









In the Poetry category Holding Three Things At Once, by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer has been nominated.










Both of these books are available at the Cimarron Books and Coffee House. Stop in and pick up your copy today.

The 2009 Colorado Book Awards are to be held in Aspen on June 22, 2009. This year marks Colorado Humanities & Center for the Books' 18th season recognizing and celebrating Colorado authors, illustrators, editors and photographers with a Colorado Book Award. Learn more about the awards on the Colorado Book Awards Web Site Here

Fractal Time by Greg Braden

Cimarron Books and Coffee House is featuring Greg Braden's newest book Fractal Time for the month of May. Pick up your copy today for only $24.95

In this fascinating book, Gregg Braden merges the modern discoveries of nature’s patterns (fractals) with the ancient view of a cyclic universe. The result is a powerful model of time—fractal time—and a realistic window into what we can expect for the mysterious year 2012 . . . and beyond.

Applying fractal time to the history of the world and life, he proposes that everything from the war and peace between nations to the patterns of human relationships mirror the returning cycles of our past. As each cycle repeats, it carries a more powerful, amplified version of itself.

The key: If you know where to look in the past, you know what to expect when the same conditions return in the present and future. For the first time in print, the Time Code Calculator gives us the tool to do just that! Through easy-to-understand science and step-by-step instructions, discover for yourself:

• How the conditions for 2012 have occurred in the past, and what we can expect when they repeat!
• The “hot dates” that hold the greatest threats of war, and the greatest opportunities for peace!How Earth’s location in space triggers cycles of spiritual growth for humans!
• Your personal time codes for the key events of business, relationships, and change in your life!
• How each cycle carries a window of opportunity—a choice point—that allows us to select a new outcome for the returning pattern!
• What the 1999 ice cores from Antarctica reveal about past cycles of climate, global warming, Earth’s protective magnetic fields, and what these things mean for us today!

In a powerful yet comprehensible style, Gregg gives us a way to make sense of the rapid, and often dramatic, change of today’s world. It is these understandings that guide us away from the destructive choices we’ve made in the past. They also show the way to the greatest possibilities of our lives. Gregg suggests that if we can see time from this perspective, the past reveals the great secret of our moment in history and what we can expect as we approach December 21, 2012!

Visit Greg Braden's web site here.