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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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The Fly-Fishing Predator

University of New Mexico Press

Raymond Shewnack invites fishermen to hone their hunting skills, sharpen their senses, and become predators in the trout stream.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

University of New Mexico Press, High Desert Field Guides

Color diagrams and graphics of the history of geologic formations, including the Rio Grande rift, provide background for understanding the area, and a detailed, durable topographic map provides information about trails and features for the day hiker.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Hard Time at Tehachapi

California's First Women's Prison

University of New Mexico Press

The brief history of this controversial and experimental women's prison posed questions about crime and rehabilitation that remain unresolved today.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Fire

The Spark That Ignited Human Evolution

University of New Mexico Press

Fire and light, and their impacts on our earliest human ancestor, are the subjects of this innovative study of the development of the species.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Weighty Words, Too

University of New Mexico Press

Young readers will build their vocabularies with this new, amusing collection of weighty words.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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The Weighty Word Book

University of New Mexico Press

"Each of these twenty-six short stories takes an elaborate, circuitous path that leads to a 'weighty' one-word punch line."--School Library Journal

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Developing Zapatista Autonomy

Conflict and NGO Involvement in Rebel Chiapas

University of New Mexico Press

Based on his own experience and further research in Chiapas, Barmeyer provides an in-depth analysis of the advances and limitations of the Zapatista autonomy project over the past fourteen years.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Simon J. Ortiz

A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuance

University of New Mexico Press

This volume reveals the insights and aesthetics of Ortiz's indigenous lens.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Paddy on the Hardwood

A Journey in Irish Hoops

University of New Mexico Press

A burned out basketball coach takes a job in Ireland and is surprised by what he finds.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Land of a Thousand Dances

Chicano Rock 'n' Roll from Southern California

University of New Mexico Press

Reyes and Waldman tell the stories of Chicano rock music in Southern California and the musicians who continue to make pop music with a Latin beat.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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