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Biography
Paperback. For more than twenty years Josie Mendez-Negrete has endured the emotional journey of watching her son Tito struggle with schizophrenia. Her powerful account is the first memoir by a Mexican American author to share the devastation and hope a family experiences in dealing with this mental illness. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JMP; MMJT; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340566
- ISBN
- 9780826340566
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
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Paperback. "This is an important book at the right time. We need to read this story and understand its vision. Recommended."--Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway: A True Story Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: B; JFSJ1; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340580
- ISBN
- 9780826340580
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
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Paperback. Comic and unsparing, Cancerlandia! chronicles Alvarado Valdivia's journey as he not only fights to survive his personified adversary, Mr. Hodgkins, but also as he struggles with his own self-destructive spirit." Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826341891
- ISBN
- 9780826341891
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Paperback. Tells the story of a remarkable woman whose artistic mission was to relate Mexican cultural history to English-language readers. A world-renowned playwright in the 1930s and best-selling novelist in the 1940s, Josefina Niggli published at a time when Chicana/o literature was not yet recognized as such. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826342720
- ISBN
- 9780826342720
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. The murder of 18-year-old Ovida "Cricket" Coogler in 1949 launched a series of court inquiries and trials that would reshape the direction of New Mexico politics and expose political corruption. Paula Moore examines the infamous murder and the events that unfolded in its wake.University of New Mexico Press Num Pages: 215 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826343420
- ISBN
- 9780826343420
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Condition: New
€ 22.35
€ 22.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826343451
- ISBN
- 9780826343451
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
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Paperback. In 1972 David Sklar left in his senior year of college to volunteer at a community clinic in rural Mexico. The experience challenged him and, ultimately, molded him into a skilled emergency physician. Years later, Sklar revisited the village and clinic that had inspired him to be not only a doctor but later a good husband and father. Series: Literature and Medicine Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BM; MMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826345264
- ISBN
- 9780826345264
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.33
€ 21.99
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Paperback. John Doyle Lee was convicted for the 1857 attack on an Arkansas immigrant wagon train camped at Mountain Meadows, Utah. He was the only member of the Church of Latter Day Saints to be sentenced for participation in the killing of more than 120 men, women, and children. This biography offers an account of his arrest and execution. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826345677
- ISBN
- 9780826345677
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
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Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 252 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826347558
- ISBN
- 9780826347558
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826351746
- ISBN
- 9780826351746
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.33
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Paperback. "This is a memoir about a father's illness and death from early onset Alzheimer's disease and will be helpful to other people who find themselves in the position of caring for a demented family member. The author's father, Ross Ward, was the founder of Tinkertown, the folk art museum located on the highway to Sandia Peak"-- Series: Literature and Medicine Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; BGT; MBD; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826353665
- ISBN
- 9780826353665
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Condition: New
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Paperback. In this account of his boyhood Garcia writes unforgettably about his family's village life, telling story after story, all of them true, and fascinating everyone interested in New Mexico history and culture." Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826355652
- ISBN
- 9780826355652
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
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Paperback. "An authoritative and exhaustive examination of John Crosby--the musician, the visionary, the impresario, the man--and his magnum opus, the Santa Fe Opera."--Juliana Gondek, professor of voice and opera studies, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826355751
- ISBN
- 9780826355751
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
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Paperback. "Prentiss reveals the power of Ed Abbey's lasting call to action, not just as a Monkey Wrencher, but also as an ethicist who lives by Ed's own motto, 'Follow the truth no matter where it leads.'"--Jack Loeffler, author of Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826355911
- ISBN
- 9780826355911
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Condition: New
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Hardcover. Series: Utp Correspondence James Polk. Num Pages: 762 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826512116
- ISBN
- 9780826512116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.51€ 62.92
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€ 62.92
Hardcover. For 23 years, philosophers Charles Hartshorne and Edgar Sheffield Brightman carried out an intensive correspondence. This volume presents their letters, along with material that follows their lives and interactions after 1945, when Brightman's ill-health prevented him from corresponding. Series: The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826513762
- ISBN
- 9780826513762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.12€ 73.06
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Paperback. This text poses and answers questions surrounding how and why under-educated and impoverished children who successfully went to college did so and seeks to provide recommendations for mentoring disadvantaged children to enable them to get to college also. Series: Vanderbilt Issues in Higher Education S. Num Pages: 280 pages, tables, bibiliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JNM; JNS; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826513922
- ISBN
- 9780826513922
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.55
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Paperback. In passionate first-person accounts, this book tells the story of six remarkable people who set out to change the world. People who abandoned conventional lives to become civil rights activists and then revolutionaries and united against Klan/Nazi terror. Num Pages: 400 pages, 57 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJP; BG; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826514394
- ISBN
- 9780826514394
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.55
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€ 37.55
Hardcover. At the height of the Vietnam War, Jerry Elmer committed his first felony by refusing to register for the draft. Over the next 20 years, using nonviolent tactics, Jerry worked for peace, justice, and the environment. Here, he gives us his lifetime of lessons in nonviolent protest as an example for all who wish to make a positive difference today. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBWS2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826514943
- ISBN
- 9780826514943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.86€ 90.28
€ 99.86
€ 90.28
Paperback. At the height of the Vietnam War, Jerry Elmer committed his first felony by refusing to register for the draft. Over the next 20 years, using nonviolent tactics, Jerry worked for peace, justice, and the environment. Here, he gives us his lifetime of lessons in nonviolent protest as an example for all who wish to make a positive difference today. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBWS2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826514950
- ISBN
- 9780826514950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.55
€ 44.99
€ 37.55