Sophie's House of Cards
A Novel
"A deftly woven story textured with beautifully flawed characters who redefine what it means to be a family in an age where love, not blood, connects all creatures--from humans to honeybees. What a charming and deeply compassionate novel."--B. K. Loren, author of Theft: A Novel
Loose Cannons
Selected Prose
Like his poetry, Middleton's prose pieces are alive with incongruity, collage, and surprising juxtapositions.
Goin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends
In this enthralling memoir we follow Evans and Peckinpah through conversations in bars, family gatherings, binges on drugs and alcohol, struggles with film producers and executives, and Peckinpah's abusive behavior--sometimes directed at Evans himself.
Edmund G. Ross
Soldier, Senator, Abolitionist
This first full-scale biography of Ross reveals his importance in the history of the United States.
Global West, American Frontier
Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression
Looking at both European and American travelers' accounts of the West, from de Tocqueville's Democracy in America to William Least Heat-Moon's Blue Highways, David Wrobel offers a counternarrative to the nation's romantic entanglement with its western past and suggests the importance of some long-overlooked authors, lively and perceptive witnesses to our history who deserve new attention.
Enduring Acequias
Wisdom of the Land, Knowledge of the Water
Touching on the Middle East, Europe, Mexico, and South America before circling back to New Mexico, Arellano makes a case for preserving the acequia irrigation system and calls for a future that respects the ecological limitations of the land.
The Powwow Highway
A Novel
"Takes us into the places where Indians live . . . their jokes, their lovemaking, their hearts. . . . Leaves me feeling as if I had made the journey myself."--Denver Post
The National Council on Indian Opportunity
Quiet Champion of Self-Determination
In this book, the first study of the NCIO, historian Thomas A. Britten traces the workings of the council along with its enduring impact on the lives of indigenous people.
Sweet Medicine
A Novel
"Full of adventure, humor, love and sex, and occasionally some eloquent rage about the way Indians have been treated in America. . . . A trickster tale . . . in which a . . . clever and resourceful hero outsmarts stronger enemies and lives to fight another day."--New York Times Book Review
Railroad Empire across the Heartland
Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey
This book presents recent photographs by John R. Charlton of the scenes Alexander Gardner recorded, paired with the Gardner originals and accompanied by James E. Sherow's discussion.
The Sky Is Shooting Blue Arrows
Poems
Celebrating life, travel, aging, and nature, this new book shines with Luschei's view of the world.
Dispatches from the Drownings
Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction
In homage to Michael Lesy's cult classic, Wisconsin Death Trip, Hollars pairs reports from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century journalists with fictional versions, creating a hybrid text complete with facts, lies, and a wide range of blurring in between.
Africans into Creoles
Slavery, Ethnicity, and Identity in Colonial Costa Rica
Unlike most books on slavery in the Americas, this social history of Africans and their enslaved descendants in colonial Costa Rica recounts the journey of specific people from West Africa to the New World.
A Selected History of Her Heart
Poems
"Through the lens of her singular and compelling life, Carole Simmons Oles guides us through our fractured, confused, violent century. At seventy, facing an increasingly fragile body, Oles crafts language that creates bonds--across cultures and tongues, across decades and oceans and continents. These powerhouse poems reach out generation to generation with generosity and compassion. These poems invite us in, offer food and drink and shelter."--Peggy Shumaker, author of Gnawed Bones
Mysterious New Mexico
Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment
Using folklore, sociology, history, psychology, and forensic science--as well as good old-fashioned detective work--Radford reveals the truths and myths behind New Mexico's greatest mysteries.
Conjugal Bliss
A Comedy of Martial Arts
"A hilarious, raucous, painfully graphic portrait of The Marriage from Hell."--Chicago Tribune
A Carol Dickens Christmas
A Novel
"Joyfully riffing on a holiday classic, Tom Averill's A Carol Dickens Christmas is a moving and contemporary tale that, like the work of that other Dickens, focuses on what affects us deeply: judgment and compassion, grief and hope, cruelty and kindness. With a warm and realistic cast of characters, this is a story for people who believe in the magic of the season and--more to the point--in simply caring for each other."--Laura Moriarty, author of The Chaperone
Mayan Tales from Chiapas, Mexico
Presented here in English, Tzotzil, and Spanish are forty-two stories told to Robert Laughlin in Tzotzil by the only speaker of Tzotzil left in the village of San Felipe Ecatepec in Chiapas, Mexico. The stories range from mythological sacred stories to historical accounts of life in the twentieth century.
Maya Pilgrimage to Ritual Landscapes
Insights from Archaeology, History, and Ethnography
Through cross-cultural comparisons, archaeological data, and ethnographic insights, Joel W. Palka addresses central questions about Maya pilgrimage practice and discusses the broad importance of Maya ritual landscapes and pilgrimage for Mesoamerica as a whole.
Imagining Geronimo
An Apache Icon in Popular Culture
Clements's study examines Americans' changing sense of Geronimo and looks at the ways Geronimo tried to maintain control of his own image during more than twenty years in which he was a prisoner of war.
The Cultural Dynamics of Shell-Matrix Sites
The contributors to this book introduce new ways to study shell-matrix sites, ranging from the geochemical analysis of shellfish to the interpretation of human remains buried within. Drawing upon examples from around the world, this is one of the only books to offer a global perspective on the archaeology of shell-matrix sites.
New Mexico's Spanish Livestock Heritage
Four Centuries of Animals, Land, and People
The Spanish introduced European livestock to the New World--not only cattle and horses but also mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry. This survey of the history of domestic livestock in New Mexico is the first of its kind, going beyond cowboy culture to examine the ways Spaniards, Indians, and Anglos used animals and how those uses affected the region's landscapes and cultures.
Intimate Memories
The Autobiography of Mabel Dodge Luhan
At last edited into one volume, the story of one of 20th-century America's most flamboyant women, from her youth in upper-class Buffalo to her "discovery" of New Mexico.
Creating Mexican Consumer Culture in the Age of Porfirio Díaz
Steven Bunker's study shows how goods and consumption embodied modernity in the time of Porfirio Díaz, how they provided proof to Mexicans that "incredible things are happening in this world."
A Prehistory of Western North America
The Impact of Uto-Aztecan Languages
This book offers a new approach to the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory. The author shows how a well-studied language family--in this case Uto-Aztecan--can be used as an instrument for reconstructing prehistory.
Jesuit Student Groups, the Universidad Iberoamericana, and Political Resistance in Mexico, 1913-1979
This book focuses on the twentieth-century efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to influence Mexican society through Jesuit-led student organizations designed to promote conservative Catholic values. The author shows that they left a very different imprint on Mexican society, training a generation of activists.
Clovis Caches
Recent Discoveries and New Research
This collection of essays investigates caches of Clovis tools, many of which have only recently come to light. The studies comprising this volume treat methodological and theoretical issues including the recognition of Clovis caches, Clovis lithic technology, mobility, and land use.
The Science of Soccer
A Bouncing Ball and a Banana Kick
In a book that targets middle and high school players, Taylor explains the science behind the most popular sport in the world, soccer.
Emotions and Daily Life in Colonial Mexico
The history of emotions is a new approach to social history, and this book is the first in English to systematically examine emotions in colonial Mexico.