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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826345264
ISBN
9780826345264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.51

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.55

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 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

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826517968
ISBN
9780826517968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; LAT; LNFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826519115
ISBN
9780826519115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.55

Hardcover. Biography of the first African American basketball player in the SEC, set in the civil rights conflicts of the tumultuous Sixties Num Pages: 472 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGS; JFSL3; JPVH1; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1061.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826520234
ISBN
9780826520234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842374187
ISBN
9780842374187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.96

Paperback. A writer's lyrical memoir of one summer long ago, spent in a shack on the Provincetown dunes. Cynthia Huntington's poems express wonder, awe and appreciation for life's simplicity and the power of nature. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584652946
ISBN
9781584652946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.64

Hardback. Editor(s): Pizer, Donald. Series: The Dreiser Edition. Num Pages: 392 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252031069
ISBN
9780252031069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.37

Hardback. First-hand accounts of one woman's fight to improve working conditions for Americans in the early twentieth century Editor(s): Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Palmer, Beverly Wilson. Num Pages: 520 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; BJ; JFF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034046
ISBN
9780252034046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.53

Hardback. As either observer or participant, radio deejay and political activist Richard E Stamz witnessed every significant period in the history of blues and jazz in the last century. This book presents the story of his life. It is also a window into milestones of African American history. Num Pages: 160 pages, 25 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034985
ISBN
9780252034985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.33

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