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our newest title: | Saints
and Sinners: An Esoteric Collection of
Poetry and Photographs from
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Saints and Sinners "...Sentimental and sarcastic, serious and silly, with beautiful full-color photography and art, accompanied by accessible poetry reflecting a sense of place. New Mexico centric, but with appeal beyond state borders. Perfect for gift giving or for anyone with an interest in multi-cultural perspectives. Topics cover every subject, but focuses include environmental issues, feminist issues, experiences of faith and observations on aging. With an iconic building from northern New Mexico on the cover, New Mexico readers (or those who love New Mexico) will be quick to recognize, pick up, browse, and buy. |
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Rancho de Valentino Our hearts sank when we saw the scene: the fence on our ranchland along the Tecolote River had not just been cut in one spot. Every one of
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Rancho de Valentino ...Thus opens Nancy Marsh Price’s story of how she and her husband, Ted, and son, Jay, bought some ranchland near Santa Fe, New Mexico, to use as a getaway from their busy lives in the state’s capital. Having arrived in Santa Fe from Michigan in 1970, they quickly embraced their new surroundings, including the much-touted tri-cultural ambience and the exotic Southwestern landscape. Price’s story of establishing their rural retreat acquaints us with the rewards and challenges of pursuing a traditional lifestyle in a region whose way of life was beginning to crack under the strain of poverty, a shifting population, and cultural clashes.
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El Hermano El Hermano is an excellent addition to New Mexico literature. Congratulations! —Rudolfo Anaya, author Bless Me Ultima Between the world wars in the remote mountain hamlets and villages of New Mexico, their religious well-being was looked after by a Cofraidía, a brotherhood, also known as Penitentes for their austere rituals and practices, some of which were done in secret. Price: $16.95 More about this book. |
El Hermano . . . takes place during the forty days of Lent in 1928 as José and his cousins conspire to spy on one of the Brotherhood’s secret rituals to see what lies ahead for them as novices. José knows his time to join the Cofradía (of which his own father is Hermano Mayor) is near, but having seen Hermanos who appear to be in pain after a night spent at the Morada, a meeting house and chapel, and having heard stories about those who even died in the past because of whatever went on within the sacred structure, his fear guides him to join his cousins in their clandestine scheme. |
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Backpackers’ Ultra Food by Cinny Green Dehydrate your own lightweight, tasty, nutrituous power meals! Price: $16.95 More about this book. |
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Trail Writer's Guide by Cinny Green Price: $16.95 More about this book |
Write in the Wilderness, The beautifully illustrated Trail Writers Guide links elements of writing to your moments of inspiration crossing forest paths, mountain creeks, or alpine tundra. These Writer's Trails lead to:
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We Became As Mountains
Poems of the Pueblo Conquest
Item #:
1088 Price: $14.95
ISBN:
978-1-889921-22-8
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96 Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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Brujas, Bultos, Y Brasas: Tales Of the Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the Pecos Valley by Nasario Garcia "As a child I heard many of these cuentos about witches... Some were scary enough to make us behave. This book not only entertains, it helps preserve a very important element of Nuevo Mexican culture." - Rudolpho A. Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima$16.95 232 Pages 5-1/2" x 8-1/4" 35 b/w photos, Spanish/English, witchcraft glossary, ISBN 1-889921-03-3 |
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Comadres Hispanic Woman of the Rio Puerco Valley Collected and edited by Nasario Garcia Preface by Demetria Martinez A celebration of a generation of women and their contribution to New Mexican history and culture. Twelve women pay tribute to Hispana experiences during the first decades of statehood. Branding cows. birthing children, washing sheets, and building walls. The hands of these women shaped the world in which they lived; their stories make an ongoing legacy of culture and life ways.
"caution is
advised. If you are
English-speaking, an overwhelming
desire to learn Spanish will consume you." - Pat Quade, Denver Westerners
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Hunting Sacred - Everything Listens: A Pueblo Indian Man's Oral Tradition Legacy By Larry Littlebird "Thirty-five years ago Larry Littlebird let me hear a song, a singing of being, seeing and healing. It stayed wit me ever after. Now here he is sharing it! These songs and tellings, this little teaching book, deceptive in it's slimness and grace, tells of how to be, in the deepest ways." -
Gary Snyder, Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet and Essayist
$10.95 128 Pages, 5-3/8" x 8" Illustrated, ISBN 1-889921-11-4 |
Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest By L.M.S. Curtin. Revised by Michael Moore This book is the seminal work on traditional home remedies of the Southwest. Beautifully illustrated by Mimi Kamp. "...considered a bible among many Curanderas..." - Book Talk 248 Pages, 5-1/2" x 8- 1/4" 93 drawings, ISBN 1-889921-01-7 |
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Saints and Saintmakers of New Mexico By E. Boyd Revised by Robin Farwell Gavin A thorough-going charmer for anyone delighted with santos and interested in tracing the development of our knowledge of the Hispanic art of the colonial period. -Center for Latin American Ar and Archeology, Denver Art Museum" $24.95 paper, 144 Pages text, 7" x 10" 24 pages in color ISBN 1-889921-02-5 |
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Reflections in the Lizard's Eye: Notes from the High Desert By John Brandi Brandi has reached into his soul and extracted some wondrous and pertinent truths about our high desert. Acquire the book and accompany him on an indelible tour. -Max Evans, The Rounders & The Hi Lo Country $14.95, 208 Pages 5-3/8" x 8" 6 b/w photos ISBN 1-889921-08-4 |
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Warrior, Shield, and Star: Imagery and Ideology of Pueblo Warfare By Polly Schaafsma "...demolishes the 'peaceful farmer' model of the Pueblos and the idea that Pueblo Indians developed in isolation from the Mesoamerica...a significant contribution to the literature of the Southwest...An excellent book, well focused and tightly written." --Carroll L. Riley, Origins of Civilization $24.95 paper 216 Pages, 7" x 10", 180 b/w photos, 22 color photos, 16 drawings and maps ISBN 1-889921-06-8 |
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Eiteljorg Museum of
American Indians and Western Art
By Suzan Campbell, PhD In 2002 the Gund Family gave their collection to the Eiteljorg Museum. The collection contributes a handsome addition to artistic portrayals of the American West, and also serves as a lasting tribute to the passion, connoisseurship and generosity of the George Gund Family.
The book presents the entire Gund collection of Western art in beautiful,
full color illustrations and colorful biographies of the featured artists
including: Thomas Moran, Friedric Remington, Charles Russell, Charles Bird
King, Alfred Jacob Miller, Frank Tenney Johnson and others.
About the Author:
Suzan Campbell is the Gund Curator of Western Art, History and Culture for
the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
Suzan is the author of other books including: The American West,
People Places and Ideas and Taos Artists and their Patron $34.95 10 1/2 x 8 ISBN 1-889921-21-1 |
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