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Established in 1929, the University of New Mexico Press publishes creative works and scholarship in several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, indigenous studies, Native studies, Latin American studies, art, architecture, and the history, literature, ecology, and cultures of the American West. UNM Press is the largest publisher in New Mexico and seeks to represent the culture, history, and stories of the Southwest.

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Old Ramon

By Jack Schaefer; Illustrated by Harold E. West
University of New Mexico Press

Awarded a 1961 Newbery Honor, Old Ramon tells the timeless coming-of-age story of a young boy who spends a summer with an old shepherd in the Mojave Desert.

  • Copyright year: 1960
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America Unbound

Encyclopedic Literature and Hemispheric Studies

University of New Mexico Press

This original contribution to hemispheric American literary studies comprises readings of three important novels from Mexico, Canada, and the United States: Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra, Quebecois writer Jacques Poulin's Volkswagen Blues, and Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Mayan Literacy Reinvention in Guatemala

University of New Mexico Press

Through this investigation, the promises and pitfalls of a literacy-revitalization endeavor are detailed and our understanding of the concept of literacy is reexamined.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Costly and Cute

Helpless Infants and Human Evolution

University of New Mexico Press

The contributors to this volume propose that the "helpless infant" has played a role in human evolution equal in importance to those of "man the hunter" and "woman the gatherer."

  • Copyright year: 2016
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The Canyon

University of New Mexico Press

Based on a Cheyenne legend, this novel holds universal appeal as it explores the theme of a man's conflict with his culture.

  • Copyright year: 1953
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Heroes without Glory

Some Good Men of the Old West

University of New Mexico Press

Schaefer profiles pioneers of the West--the doctors, explorers, and cowboys who settled the challenging landscape and built communities in the Old West.

  • Copyright year: 1965
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Underground Ranger

Adventures in Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Other Remarkable Places

University of New Mexico Press

In Underground Ranger Doug Thompson passes along the essence of what he learned on this unusual job as a park ranger at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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The Pursuit of Ruins

Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains in Mexico took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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The Cooking with Kids Cookbook

University of New Mexico Press

Written for families to use together, this cookbook includes Cooking with Kids' most enthusiastically kid-tested dishes, along with tips for engaging children in the kitchen and in the garden.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Río

A Photographic Journey down the Old Río Grande

Edited by Melissa Savage; Introduction by William deBuys
University of New Mexico Press

Weaving together landscape and memory, this book presents historical photographs of the Río Grande of the American Southwest.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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