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Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethnic & Tradition of Hunting
by Jim PosewitzBeyond Fair Chase is for anyone concerned about the future of hunting. In simple but powerful text, it describes the ethical way to hunt, from preparation to shooting to care after the shot. Never before have so many issues been linked together in an ethical context.
What You Must Know About Women's Hormones
by Pamela Wartian Smith*** OVER 85,000 COPIES SOLD ***Hormonal imbalances can occur at any age—before, during, or after menopause. The reasons for these imbalances vary widely, and can include heredity, environment, nutrition, and aging. While most hormone-related problems are associated with menopause, the fact is that fluctuating hormonal levels can also cause a variety of other conditions; and for some women, the effects can be truly debilitating. In this new and expanded edition of What You Must Know About Women&’s Hormones, bestselling author Dr. Pamela Wartian Smith has provided a clear and concise guide to the treatments of hormonal irregularities without the health risks associated with standard hormone replacement therapy.This book is divided into three parts. Part I describes the body&’s own hormones, looking at their functions and the different side effects that can occur if these hormones are not at optimal levels. Part II focuses on the most common problems that arise from hormonal imbalances, such as PMS, hot flashes, postpartum depression, and endometriosis. You will learn that even disorders that seemingly have nothing to do with hormones, such as heart disease and osteoporosis, can be affected by a hormonal imbalance. Lastly, Part III details hormone replacement therapy, focusing on the difference between natural and synthetic hormone treatments. It explains how you can have your hormonal levels measured, and provides examples of the various hormone replacement therapies available. In addition, there is now a helpful table on the various ways to treat insulin resistance, a key factor in creating hormone imbalance.Whether you are looking for help with menopausal symptoms or you simply want to enjoy vibrant health and well-being, this new edition of What You Must Know About Women&’s Hormones can make a profound difference in the quality of your life.
The Spoils of Conquest
by Seth HunterThe Mouth of the Nile, August 9, 1798: Admiral Nelson has sent Captain Nathan Peake on a desperate journey across the Middle East to convey a grim warning to British India. Bonaparte's army is poised to deliver a fatal blow to the source of Britain's wealth and power by marching overland to India. Arriving in Bombay, Nathan takes command of the East India Company's naval wing—the Bombay Marine—an under-armed and poorly crewed flotilla of sloops and gunboats. With these meager resources, he must stop the flow of French supplies to their Indian ally and protect the Company's trade from the pirates and privateers swarming in the Bay of Bengal. But when Nathan discovers the truth behind the East India Company's honorable facade, he confronts some tough personal choices.
Missouri Off the Beaten Path®: Discover Your Fun (Off the Beaten Path Series)
by Patti DeLanoTired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you&’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, Missouri Off the Beaten Path shares with you the Show Me State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed—from the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds and unusual locales. So if you&’ve &“been there, done that&” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.
Closed Range (An Evans Novel of the West)
by Bliss LomaxWyoming&’s free range is in peril. The free rangers, led by the Catlin brothers, are accustomed to letting their cattle roam where the grass is green and water easy to come by. When they first spot the barbed wire barricades, blocking the herds&’ progress to the river, they are incensed. Tempers flare, bullets fly, and soon it&’s an all-out range war between the cattle barons and the little free-range outfits.San Saba Lee, foreman of the prosperous Tincup Ranch, finds himself in a tough spot when his boss decides to erect barbed-wire fences on the Tincup spread. He admires the Catlin brothers, and he carries a torch for their beautiful and brave sister Rhoda, but he needs to keep his position as foreman in order to make amends for a past mistake. Lee finds himself torn between his heart and his sense of duty, desperate to forge an agreement to stop the flying bullets from stealing the life of another one of his friends.
Green Wood and Chloroform: How a Young English Doctor Settled in Rural Maine
by Anthony BettsLike many new general practitioners in the 1950s, Dr. Anthoy Betts faced few real opportunities under the new British National Health Care system. So, with little more than a suitcase, he and his wife and two babies set off for the U.S.A.Moving to rural Maine in the middle of January, they quickly learned practical lessons about snow tires, long johns, dry gas, and the distinction between "green" and "white" firewood. Dr. Betts also found that his new practice sometimes required procedures not endorsed in any modern medical text—for example, home births took place atop a thick layer of newspapers spread on the floor in front of the wood stove! He was expected to be on call at all times, though he learned that if he hung a "Gone Fishing" sign on his door nobody would question his absence. And he also quickly learned not to trust verbal directions to houses on back-country roads.Despite the differences of language and social custom, the young urban Englishman was welcomed by most of his patients and fellow doctors—even sharing an office with Dr. Jack Hornberger, the real Hawkeye and author of M*A*S*H, newly returned from Korea to build his own practice.Dr. Betts's sense of humor helped him adapt to the strange culture he encountered in Maine. And it is that same wry amusement that makes this memoir so immensely enjoyable.
It Happened in Louisiana: Remarkable Events that Shaped History (It Happened In Series)
by Bonnye StuartTrue Tales from the Pelican State—from the longest Civil War battle to one of history&’s worst man-made disastersLouisiana is well known for its spicy gumbo, Cajun music, and horrific hurricanes, but few may know why Tarzan once swung through the piney woods, how an entrepreneur used a land auction to build a town in a day, or how one man&’s vision drew thousands of miracle-seekers to an empty field for over twenty years. It Happened in Louisiana goes behind the scenes to tell these stories and many more, in short episodes that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped the Pelican State.Discover how a well-drilling job gone awry turned an entire freshwater lake into a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater pit—and temporarily created the state&’s tallest waterfall—in a matter of 48 hours.Relive the night that a life-changing performance finally put a world-famous rock 'n' roll legend on the path to fame. Learn the many disturbing reasons that one Louisiana prison—which today has its own radio station and annually hosts the longest-running prison rodeo in the United States—was once named the &“worst prison in America.&”Read about a determined, compassionate doctor from New Orleans who created a place of refuge and healing in his attempt to cure societal castaways who suffered from &“the illness you do not talk about.&”Bonnye Stuart is a tenth-generation New Orleanian who got her B.A. at Louisiana State University and her M.A. from the University of New Orleans. She is the author of It Happened in New Orleans, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women, and Louisiana Curiosities (all Globe Pequot Press) and Discovering Vintage New Orleans and Haunted New Orleans (both Rowman & Littlefield) and she lives in Tega Cay, SC.
The Denouncer: A Novel
by Paul M. LevittDenunciation became so commonplace under Stalin that people regarded it as their patriotic duty to spy on others and even expose members of their own family. The original Bolsheviks, for reasons of ideological purity, put great store in transparency. But under Stalin, transparency evolved into a state of constant surveillance. In the late 1930s, a young man named Sasha Parsky kills two soldiers who come to arrest his parents as kulaks. He escapes arrest—though not suspicion. Sasha, now under greater scrutiny, is asked by Boris Filatov, the chief of the local secret police, to take a position as the head of a small boys&’ school with the condition that Sasha spy on the previous director, who was dismissed for political reasons. As Sasha&’s visits to the exiled man turn into discussions on politics and Sasha begins making changes at the school, it is only a matter of time before anonymous letters denouncing him begin to appear on Filatov&’s desk. But even more ominous is the appearance of two men from the past who have the knowledge to do Sasha great harm. Caught between Filatov and the fear of exposure, Sasha risks everything by testing the fidelity of a loved one.
I Can't Believe They Said That!: The Book of Outrageous Comments, Quips, and Zingers
by Boze HadleighGet ready to laugh out loud with I Can't Believe They Said That!, a riotous collection of the most outrageous and jaw-dropping zingers exchanged among the rich and famous that will leave you wondering, "Did they really just say that?!" The story of humankind has been filled with prevarication, equivocation, misdirection, and just plain over-the-top things people have said. I Can&’t Believe They Said That! entertains via shock and humor and flabbergasting things famous people have said—often about each other. Much of it is politically incorrect— the kind of thing someone will read and then repeat to someone else, saying, "Can you believe they said that?!"
Insiders' Guide® to Santa Fe (Insiders' Guide Series)
by Nicky LeachInsiders' Guide to Santa Fe is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this beautiful New Mexico city. Written by a local (and true insider), it offers a personal and practical perspective of Sante Fe and its surrounding environs.
Growing Up Rural: Qualitative Longitudinal Explorations of Young People Living in the Nordic Countries (Studies in Childhood and Youth)
by Kaisa Vehkalahti Ingunn Marie Eriksen Jeanette ØstergaardThis open access book explores the everyday lives of young people living in rural areas in Nordic countries, drawing on qualitative longitudinal methods. The young people&’s life stories are set against a backdrop of Nordic welfare states under increasing global pressure. Growing Up Rural contributes to the growing literature on spatialized youth studies by providing a refreshing antidote to one-sided stories about depraved young lives in rural areas. By drawing on novel empirical analyses of longitudinal data, thereby foregrounding processual shifts and changes over time, it highlights the vast varieties in young people&’s lives as well as the agency and navigation skills required to master vulnerabilities in transitions to adulthood. It contributes to ongoing discussions about how longitudinal qualitative research design provides a deeper understanding of the lives of young people as they unfold. This book provides useful and inspiring insights for scholars and students of youth studies, rural studies, life course studies, and qualitative research more generally.
Big Data and Social Computing: 10th China National Conference, BDSC 2025, Kunming, China, August 15–17, 2025, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2622)
by Xiaofeng Meng Lizhen Wang Hao Chen Xiu-Xiu Zhan Hongmei Chen Shuai XuThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th China National Conference on Big Data and Social Computing, BDSC 2025, held in Kunming, China, during August 15–17, 2025. The 40 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Digital Society Construction and Governance; Modelling and Simulation of Social Systems; Internet Intelligent Algorithm Governance; Social Network and Group Behavior; Innovation, Risks, and Security of Large Language Models; Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science; Applications of Large Language Models in Societal Contexts and Social Geography and Urban Computing.
Wellbeing for Infants and Toddlers in Education and Care: International Perspectives (Policy and Pedagogy with Under-three Year Olds: Cross-disciplinary Insights and Innovations #6)
by Gloria Quinones Andrea DelauneThis collection explores key issues related to infant and toddler wellbeing, offering diverse international perspectives on how wellbeing is culturally understood. Scholars from Drawing from Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Brazil, Greece, Norway, Portugal and the UK present local conceptualizations that contribute to a broader, global understanding of wellbeing. The international contributors examine wellbeing as a crucial construct, emphasising the importance of relationships, health, emotions, imagination, and professional practice in infant-toddler education. Their research covers various topics, including transitions, peer relationships, love, interactions with objects and environments, conceptualisations of time, pedagogical weaving, Indigenous knowledge, and intra-connectedness. This book highlights the significance of relationships—between people, places, objects, and time—in shaping wellbeing. It challenges readers to reconsider wellbeing as both central to pedagogy and deeply interconnected with humans, non-humans, and vibrant environments. Drawing on diverse theoretical frameworks and research projects, the collection offers rich, multifaceted insights into wellbeing across varied contexts.
Complex Systems and Their Applications: Fifth International Conference (EDIESCA 2024)
by Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle Guillermo Huerta-Cuellar Eric Campos-Canton Hector Eduardo Gilardi-VelazquezThis book compiles select articles presented during the Fifth Meeting for Dissemination and Research in the Study of Complex Systems and their Applications (EDIESCA 2024). EDIESCA arises from the need to foster academic and research groups that carry out scientific research and further technological development at the national and international level. The meeting promotes participation among graduate students, industry specialists, and researchers to establish collaborations on the study of complex systems and their applications that may have a strong impact on the development of new projects. The study and characterization of systems with non-linear and/or chaotic behavior has been of great interest to researchers around the world, for which various applications have been developed. The dynamic study of chaotic systems of different models, for example, such as Rössler, Lorenz, and Chua to name a few, has generated important advances in areas of research on chemical reactions, meteorological behavior, design of electronic devices, and other applications. Among the best-known results, the study of systems that show multistability and hidden attractors has been a subject of interest in recent years, generating new lines for research.
Bauen – Pflegen – Zukunft: Lösungen für den Fachkräftemangel in unterschätzten und systemrelevanten Berufen
by Mario KohlmannDer Fachkräftemangel in Handwerk, Pflege und anderen praktischen Berufen ist längst Realität. Baustellen bleiben unvollendet, Pflegekräfte arbeiten am Limit und Unternehmen finden keine qualifizierten Mitarbeiter mehr. Dieses Fachbuch setzt einen neuen Akzent in der Diskussion um Arbeit und Fachkräftemangel. Es zeigt, warum Handwerk, Pflege und andere essenzielle Berufe für die Zukunft Deutschlands entscheidend sind – und wie wir sie wieder zu attraktiven, erfüllenden und angesehenen Berufsfeldern machen können. Bessere Arbeitsbedingungen, gezielte Bildungsreformen, smarte Digitalisierung und neue gesellschaftliche Wertschätzung – das sind die Schlüssel. Dazu gehört auch eine berufsdifferenzierte Altersvorsorge – angepasst an die Realität der Menschen, die sie leisten. Dabei geht es nicht nur um kurzfristige Lösungen, sondern um eine umfassende Vision für eine Arbeitswelt, in der Praxis und Präsenz genauso geschätzt werden wie akademische Berufe. Das Buch richtet sich an alle, die Verantwortung tragen: an Arbeitgeber, Verbände, politische Entscheidungsträger und Gestalter im Bildungssystem. Es ist ein Impulsgeber für alle, die nicht länger nur über den Fachkräftemangel sprechen, sondern ihn entschlossen angehen wollen. Ein Werkzeugkasten voller praxisnaher Ideen, konkreter Empfehlungen und strategischer Ansätze – bereit zur Umsetzung. Es will bewegen und soll benutzt werden – als Kompass, Werkzeug und Ideengeber. Der Inhalt• Analyse eines veränderten Arbeitsmarktes• Was passiert, wenn wir nichts ändern?• Zurück auf Anfang – gemeinsam die Zukunft der Arbeit gestalten
Heavy Metal Contamination in Wastewater and Its Bioremediation by Microbial-Based Approaches (Advances in Wastewater Research)
by Maulin P. Shah Vishal Mishra Sachchida Nand Rai Veer SinghThis book covers various aspects of heavy metal contamination in wastewater and its removal by microbial-based approaches. The heavy metal contamination in water is generally caused due to natural and anthropogenic activities. There are many industrial processes responsible for such a contamination, for example, leather tanning, coal washeries, agriculture activities, chrome plating and paint industries. The industrial effluent directly or indirectly discharges into water sources, and heavy metal containing wastewater decreases the quality of surface water and groundwater. The heavy metal contamination causes various types of health issues in human and other living organisms, including kidney and liver damage, heart failure, mental retardation, cancers, and skin and gastric problems. The high level of heavy metal concentration in the cell generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) which may cause damage to cell organelles. Due to their high toxicity, there is an urgent need to develop effective heavy metal removal method for wastewater treatment. There are several conventional methods available for the removal of heavy metal ions from contaminated sites. These methods have some disadvantages such as the generation of secondary toxic sludge and high operation cost. Hence, it is required to develop cost-effective and eco-friendly methods for decontamination. Microorganisms have tendency to accumulate heavy metal ions into their intracellular space and can grow in various high-stress environments, and microbial-based methods are considered as eco-friendly and cost-effective. Moreover, the integrated approach of wastewater treatment and utilization of microbial biomass for bioenergy production can be beneficial in terms of heavy metal bioremediation and zero waste generation. This book focuses on the heavy metal contamination, their toxicity and microbial methods for the removal of heavy metal ions from contaminated sites.
People Power Strategies to Curtail Corporate Power: Serving the Public Good
by Dalilah A. Shemia-GoekeHow can corporate power be effectively challenged when states struggle to regulate corporations, and companies wield stronger incentives and threats than citizens can exert on governments? Historically, industrial actions and labor movements have been the most effective forces against corporate dominance—but are they the only ones? What roles can other stakeholders beyond trade unions play? This book argues that curbing corporate power, preventing its abuses, and strengthening democracy require strategic people power. By collectively withdrawing cooperation and consent, civil society can disrupt and erode the pillars that sustain corporate influence. Drawing on nonviolent action theory and social movement research, this book expands the conversation on corporate social responsibility and corporate accountability. It explores how the strategic logic behind the civil rights movement, democracy campaigns, and anti-colonial struggles can guide modern efforts to hold multinational corporations accountable. This work is essential reading for scholars in corporate social responsibility, labor studies, sustainability, organizational studies, and collective action. It also offers valuable insights for activists, practitioners of nonviolent resistance, and anyone committed to corporate accountability and social justice.
Advances in Real-Time and Autonomous Systems: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Autonomous Systems (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1543)
by Herwig Unger Marcel SchaibleThis book serves as both a cutting-edge reference and a practical guide to building AI systems that are transparent, trustworthy, and tuned for real-world impact, featuring contributors from three continents and backed by leading institutions. Unlock the next wave of graph-based artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, and human-centric machine learning with this authoritative Springer proceedings book. Twenty-four rigorously peer-reviewed chapters—spanning semantic similarity in Wikipedia, sparse distributed representations, explainable image generation, privacy-preserving mobility analytics, sentiment mining in public transport, counterfeit-banknote detection, 5G network capacity planning, and mixed-order traffic prediction—provide a panoramic view of state-of-the-art research that turns theory into deployable solutions. Readers gain step-by-step methodologies for building restricted Boltzmann machines enhanced with fuzziness, dual-graph semantic extractors, Bloom-filter variants, and the versatile GraphLearner simulator. Each contribution includes reproducible workflows, comparative baselines, and publicly available code or datasets—accelerating adoption in academia and industry alike. Highlights include a blueprint for emotion-aware AI agents, a cloud-intelligence framework that empowers SMEs with decision support, and an adaptive metric for privacy-preserving urban-mobility sharing that balances usability and anonymity.
The Saffron Genome (Compendium of Plant Genomes)
by Chittaranjan Kole Jyoti Vakhlu Sheetal Ambardar Seyed Alireza SalamiThis book is about Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) that is the most expensive spice in the world. Though there are other books on saffron but none of them has comprehensive information on saffron genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome and microbiome. The book has been divided into five sections and 17 chapters that cover all the areas related to its cultivation, market & economy, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, tissue culture, microbiomics, metagenomics etc. In addition a chapter on molecular markers and their use in molecular genetic mapping in saffron that lacks genetic diversity as a sterile plant paves a way for selection of elite varieties based on the epigenetic variability. A section on in-vitro propagation elaborates on the corm production under controlled conditions. In summary this book encompasses most of the information available on this golden spice
European Coasts of Bohemia: Negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal in a Troubled Twentieth Century (Technology and European History Series)
by Jirí JanácThe Danube–Oder–Elbe Canal attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century. Its promoters, The Danube–Oder–Elbe Canal, attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century and defined it as a tool for integrating a divided Europe. Although the canal was situated almost exclusively on Czech territory, it promised to create an integrated waterway system across the Continent that would link Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets. In return, the landlocked Czechoslovakian state would have its own connections to the sea. Today, the canal is an important building block of the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways.,This book provides a fascinating story of the experts who confronted and contributed to different and often conflicting geopolitical visions of Europe. The canal was never completed, yet what is more remarkable is the fact that the canal remained on various agendas and attracted vast resources throughout the twentieth century.
A Real Van Gogh: How the Art World Struggles with Truth
by Henk TrompVincent van Gogh’s paintings and drawings are fabulously expensive. Millions of people admire his work, but are those masterpieces all genuine? To this day, the international art world struggles to separate the real Van Goghs from the fake ones, and the key question addressed in this book is what may happen to art experts when they publicly voice their opinions on a particular Van Gogh (or not). The story starts with art expert J.B. de la Faille who discovered to his own bewilderment that he had included dozens of fake Van Goghs in his 1928 catalogue raisonné. He wanted to set the record straight, but met with strong resistance from art dealers, collectors, critics, politicians and others, marking the beginning of a fierce clash of interests that had seized the art world for many decades of the twentieth century. In his fascinating account of the struggle for the genuine Vincent van Gogh, Tromp shows the less attractive side of the art world. His reconstruction of many such confrontations yields a host of intriguing and sometimes bewildering insights into the fates of art experts when they bring unwelcome news. A Real Van Gogh shows how much resistance an art expert might meet when he discovers a fake Van Gogh.
Didn't See That Coming
by Jesse Q. SutantoA hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You&’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identity and the online bestie she&’s never met IRL until she unwittingly transfers to his school, from the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties, The Obsession, and Well, That Was Unexpected.Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. She can&’t help but be totally herself… except when she&’s online.Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. Even her online best friend—a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg—doesn&’t know her true identity. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn&’t know his real name either, and it&’s not like they&’re ever going to cross paths IRL.Until she transfers to an elite private school for her senior year and discovers that Sourdawg goes there, too.But who is he? How will he react when he finds out Kiki&’s secret? And what happens when Kiki realizes she&’s falling for her online BFF?
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
by Alex Kotlowitz2020 J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE WINNERFrom the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods.The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul. The result is a spellbinding collection of deeply intimate profiles that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America. Among others, we meet a man who as a teenager killed a rival gang member and twenty years later is still trying to come to terms with what he's done; a devoted school social worker struggling with her favorite student, who refuses to give evidence in the shooting death of his best friend; the witness to a wrongful police shooting who can't shake what he has seen; and an aging former gang leader who builds a place of refuge for himself and his friends. Applying the close-up, empathic reporting that made There Are No Children Here a modern classic, Kotlowitz offers a piercingly honest portrait of a city in turmoil. These sketches of those left standing will get into your bones. This one summer will stay with you.
Classic German Cooking: The Very Best Recipes for Traditional Favorites, from Semmelknödel to Sauerbraten
by Luisa WeissA collection of more than 100 of the best, most emblematic recipes of German and Austrian home cooks, from the author of Classic German Baking.To many, German food is humble comfort food, the kind of food that may not win a beauty award, but more than makes up for it with its power to soothe, nourish and cheer. In Classic German Cooking, Luisa Weiss—who was born in Berlin to an Italian mother and American father, and married into a family with roots in Saxony—has collected and mastered the essential everyday recipes of Germany and Austria. Classic German Cooking features traditional and time-honored recipes that are beloved in homes across the region, such as Rinderrouladen (Braised Beef Rolls), Quarkauflauf (Fresh Cheese Soufflé), Hühnerfrikassee (Chicken Fricassee) and authentic Viennese Gulasch or Alpine Germknödel (Plum Butter-Stuffed Steamed Dumplings). Cozy Apfelküchle (Apple Fritters) bring warmth to an afternoon snack, while tangy Spargelsalat (White Asparagus Salad) signals the sweet start of Spring.Luisa gives history and context to the cooking of Germany and its influences worldwide. Sprinkled with both personal stories and historical insights, Classic German Cooking will leave you with a well-rounded understanding of the cuisine and its lasting influence.
Best Easy Bike Rides Denver
by Robert HurstHidden in and around Denver are some great roads, trails, and bike paths that are fun to explore. Best Easy Bike Rides Denver describes 18 great rides in the metro area. With most rides between 5 and 30 miles—including road rides, rail trails, bike paths, and mountain bike rides—it&’s easy to find an interesting place to ride. Each route includes complete directions, a map, a text description of the area you&’ll be riding, and GPS coordinates of the start/finish point. Look inside to find:• Detailed maps and directions• Rides for everyone, including families• In-depth information about each ride, including length, terrain,traffic conditions, and road hazards• Interesting facts about each area