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Stories of the Sioux, New Edition
UNP - Bison Books 2013; US$ 9.95Luther Standing Bear, a Lakota Sioux born in the 1860s, heard these legends in his youth, when his people were being moved to reservations. In haunting mood and imagery, they celebrate the old nomadic life of the Sioux, when buffalo were plentiful and all nature fed the spirit. The twenty stories honor not only the buffalo but also the dog, the horse,... more...
Notes from a Miner's Canary
University of New Mexico Press 2010; US$ 29.95A leading scholar takes on a variety of contemporary issues as they relate to Native Americans. more...
Not Your Mother's Book . . . On Being a Woman
Publishing Syndicate LLC 2013; US$ 8.99Each title in the Not Your Mother's Book series contains approximately 60 real-life stories dedicated to a unique theme, drawn from the passion and experience of dozens of writers in a whimsical and entertaining mix of irreverence and humor. Founded by former coauthors and editors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, this similarly styled anthology... more...
Campaign for President
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2013; US$ 28.99In this book, a distinguished group of presidential campaign staff, journalists, and political observers take us inside the 2012 race for the Republican nomination and general election, guiding us through each candidate's campaign from the time each candidate announced his or her intention to seek the presidency through the primaries, conventions,... more...
Personal Memoirs
Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 16.00Mark Twain had known many of the great men of the Civil War and the Gilded Age, and esteemed none more highly than Ulysses S. Grant, who was modest, sensitive, generous, honest, and superlatively intelligent. Grant's courage, both moral and physical, was a matter of record. His genius as a general assured his immortality. In 1881, Twain urged Grant... more...
Beyond the Wave
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 24.50A poignant and inspirational story that personalised the overwhelming devastation of the tsunami for all Australians. more...
Ojibwe Singers
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 94.99Missionaries taught the Ojibwe to sing hymns translated into their language, both as a means of worship and to eradicate their "Indianness". This study examines how a native American people has drawn on the resources of ritual to negotiate identity and survival within the structures of colonialism. more...
The Land Looks After Us
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 14.99This text draws its narrative from folk stories, rituals, and even landscapes to trace the development of Native American religion from ancient burial mounds, through interactions with European conquerors and missionaries, and on to the modern-day rebirth of ancient rites and beliefs. more...
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 6.99Frederick Douglass was an ex-slave and a great orator in early 19th-century USA. His autobiography details his experiences as a slave and is considered the most famous such work, though many similar were written by his contemporaries. This work also influenced and fueled the abolitionist movement, in which Douglass was an important figure. more...









