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Chino And The Dance Of The Butterfly - A Memoir

by Dana Tai Soon Burgess

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 Renowned Korean American modern-dance choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess shares his deeply personal hyphenated world and how his multifaceted background drives his prolific art-making. This insightful journey delves into an artistâ€™s process that is inspired by the intersection of varying cultural perspectives, stories, and experiences.
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Dancing On The Sun Stone - Mexican Women And The Gendered Politics Of Octavio Paz

by Marjorie Becker

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 A unique transdisciplinary work that fuses modern Latin American history and literature to explore womenâ€™s lives and gendered politics in Mexico. Marjorie Beckerâ€™s multigenre work reconstructs Mexican history through the temporal experiences of crucial Michoacan females.
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Breakdown - Lessons For A Congress In Crisis

by Jeff Bingaman

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 Traces the development of congressional dysfunction over more than three decades and provides eight case studies that examine how the crisis affects our governmentâ€™s ability to meet major policy challenges.
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A Cross And A Star - Memoirs Of A Jewish Girl In Chile

by Ruth Behar

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 In this classic memoir that explores the Nazi presence in the south of Chile after the war, Marjorie Agosin writes in the voice of her mother, Frida, who grew up as the daughter of European Jewish immigrants in Chile in the World War II era. This is a moving testament to endurance and to the power of memory and words.
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The Empty Bowl - Poems Of The Holocaust And After

by Judith H. Sherman

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 Written largely in the words of a fifteen-year-old survivor, these poems provide historical entry into the Holocaust. Put simply, the poems explore the reality of the events experienced by Judith Sherman in her determination to survive.
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The Abolitionist'S Journal - Memories Of An American Antislavery Family

by James D. Richardson

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 Over the course of more than twenty years, James Richardson and his wife retraced the steps of his ancestor, George Richardson, across nine states, uncovering letters, diaries, and memoirs hidden away. In narrating his compelling life, The Abolitionistâ€™s Journal explores the weight of the past as well as the pull of oneâ€™s ancestral history.
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Feel Puma - Poems

by Ray Gonzalez

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 Ray Gonzalez traces his love of reading, philosophy, and learning with poems constantly in conversation - with each other, with texts by other writers and the writers themselves, with world history and his personal history and people he has encountered.
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The Music Of Her Rivers - Poems

by Renny Golden

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 Pays homage to the rivers that taught the poet - the Rio Grande and the Chicago and Illinois Rivers. Sharp-eyed and empathetic, Golden serves as a witness, documenting place, history, and people, especially those left voiceless due to violence or discrimination.
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To Cleave - Poems

by Barbara Rockman

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 Full of sensory detail and written with astute observation, to cleave searches for and lays bare the mythic moments one finds even in the most ordinary life. In this stunning collection Rockman explores the themes of aging; our relationships to our bodies; marriage; and the surprises, griefs, and joys of motherhood.
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The Definition Of Empty - Poems

by Bill O'Neill

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 Told from the point of view of a public servant trying his best to work with people at various levels of brokenness, these poems are compassionate, heartbreaking, and even sometimes brutal while the voice is gentle, outraged, and naive in turns.
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Ancestral Demon Of A Grieving Bride - Poems

by Sy Hoahwah

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 Fractured storytelling for a fractured world, Ancestral Demon of a Grieving Bride draws readers into a world that appears eerily familiar but unsettling as well. Fierce, visceral, sometimes funny, and wholly original, Hoahwah's poems will linger in a reader's dreams long after she's closed the book.
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Critical Assembly - Poems Of The Manhattan Project

by John Canaday

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 With technical mastery and remarkable empathy, Canaday introduces readers to the people involved in the creation and testing of the first atomic bomb, from initial theoretical conversations to the secretive work at Los Alamos. Critical Assembly also includes brief biographies, notes, and a bibliography for further exploration about this critical event in world history.
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Sarapiqui Chronicle - A Naturalist In Costa Rica, Revised And Expanded Edition

by Allen M. Young

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 The abundant insect life of the rainforests of northeastern Costa Rica is the subject of this engaging book, first published over twenty-five years ago and now including two new chapters on the rise of ecotourism in the region.
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Â¡Corrido! - The Living Ballad Of Mexico'S Western Coast

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 This compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the worldâ€™s great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years. The 107 corridos presented here offer a window into the ethos of heroism among the cultures of coastal West Mexico, a region that has been plagued by recurrent cycles of violence.
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Huichol Women, Weavers, And Shamans

by Stacy B. Schaefer

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 "A beautiful ethnographic work. Schaefer deftly relates mythology, cosmology, family life, and economics within the spiritual practice and mechanics of weaving. There is clearly a preservation ethos underlying Schaefer's work, yet her depiction is not mournful, it is celebratory."--Ethnohistory
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The American Title Insurance Industry - How A Cartel Fleeces The American Consumer

by David Eaton e Joseph W Eaton

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 Presents evidence that improvements in recordkeeping over the years - particularly the advent of computers-have reduced the likelihood of a defective title going unnoticed in a property transaction. This title examines the ignored role that the federal and state governments play in perpetuating the title insurance industry's unfair practices.
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G-Dog And The Homeboys - Father Greg Boyle And The Gangs Of East Los Angeles

by Celeste Fremon

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 Father Gregory J Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth. This title presents the story of Boyle's unconventional ministry and its extraordinary successes.
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Losing The Ring In The River

by Marge Saiser

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 "Spare and incisive, the poems in Losing the Ring in the River deal with three strong women--Clara, Emma, and Liz, women who are tough, often sassy, and have dreams that aren't quelled by the realities they face"--Provided by publisher.
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Desert Visions And The Making Of Phoenix, 1860-2009

by Philip Vandermeer

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 Whether touted for its burgeoning economy, affordable housing, and pleasant living style, or criticized for being less like a city than a sprawling suburb, Phoenix, by all environmental logic, should not exist. Yet despite its extremely hot and dry climate and its remoteness, Phoenix has grown into a massive metropolitan area. This exhaustive study examines the history of how Phoenix came into being and how it has sustained itself, from its origins in the 1860s to its present status as the US's fifth largest city.
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The Devil'S Butcher Shop - The New Mexico Prison Uprising

by Roger Morris

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 <p>"A modern horror story told in graphic detail. Morris's meticulous documentation traces prison corruption . . . proving the tragedy could have been avoided. I recommend this book without reservation."--Jack Anderson
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Navaho Trading Days - A Southwestern Classic With 318 Rare Photographs

by E.C. Hegemann

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 Elizabeth Hegemann, born in Cincinnati in 1897, was an accomplished photographer and a woman who enjoyed adventure. Hegemann's photographs document interaction between Anglos and Indians, ceremonial dances, trading post life, and archaeological monuments that have been altered by time. Her text recounts her travels around Navaho country, especially the northeastern portion of the Reservation.
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The Spanish Language Of New Mexico And Southern Colorado - A Linguistic Atlas

by G.D. Bills e Neddy A. Vigil

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 Details the effects of inevitable encroachment that intensified during the twentieth century and seriously threaten the viability of the New Mexican Spanish language.
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A Poetry Of Remembrance - New And Rejected Works

by Levi Romero

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 Through familiar details - leaking faucets and lowriders, chicharrones and chicken coops - the author remembers familia, comunidad, and tradiciones from his upbringing in northern New Mexico's Embudo Valley.
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Small Lives - Poems

by Gary Jackson

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