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Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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''Lonely Planet's Southwest USA is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Marvel at the Grand Canyon, experience unbeatable nightlife in Las Vegas and visit world-class museums in Santa Fe; all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's Southwest USA Travel Guide: Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection...
2) Dane's mark
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Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Katy Chavos refilled coffee cups and made her way around the small diner in Broken Butte, New Mexico heading for that last table at the far corner, placed before two plate glass windows that looked out on the lower end of the main street and the sheriff's office. There were rumors that one of the occupants took that table for the sole purpose of catching sight of the sheriff's wife. But what man would do that while flirting with only her and no one...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Storytelling has been a vital and vivid tradition in Apache life. Coyote tales, the creation legend and stories of historic battles with Comanche and Anglo intruders create a colorful mosaic of tribal heritage. Percy Bigmouth, a prominent oral historian of the Mescalero and Lipan Apache tribes, realized in the early twentieth century that the old ways were waning. He wrote in longhand what he had learned from his father, Scout Bigmouth, a prison...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A stunning carhop who wants to be a country singer and her sweetheart who dreams he's Billy the Kid become involved in robbery and murder.
"A stunning carhop who wants to be a country singer and her sweetheart who dreams he's Billy the Kid become involved in robbery and murder"--Container.
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Schiffer Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A fun fictional story introducing children to the art of Georgia O'Keefe--inspired by her dog Bo! Georgia O’Keeffe’s time in New Mexico and the paintings that were inspired by the region solidified her legacy as one of the most famous American modernists. But did you ever wonder how she found her inspiration? Over the years, Georgia had many dogs and cats by her side as she painted. She had six chow dogs in her lifetime; one of whom was named...
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Another Posadas County mystery with Estelle Reyes-Guzman as the undersheriff, but with the ever more popular Bill Gastner peering out of the wings to which he dispatched himself upon retirement. Estelle's new job continues to be far from easy, and now she is faced the death of a young woman on a motorcycle—a death that could have been caused by improper driving from one of the county's traffic officers when he tried to stop her for speeding. But...
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The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Redefining the American experience for a new generation of readers, this brilliant collection of writings from one of the giants of Latino literature captures the richness and complexity of history, community, and place in the American Southwest.
Rediscover Rudolfo Anaya: mythmaker, master storyteller, American original “The godfather and guru of Chicano literature.” —Tony Hillerman A writer powerfully attuned to the land and history of his...
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"Whiskey Tender is a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and the frictions between being raised to strive towards the American dream while also coming into an understanding of how the narratives of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo heritages have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of America"--
"Reminiscent of the works of Mary Karr and Terese Marie Mailhot, a memoir of family and survival,...
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
''From the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize–winner and one of America's greatest writers: available together in one volume, the three novels of Cormac McCarthy's award-winning and bestselling Border Trilogy constitute a genuine American epic. "An American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century." —San Francisco Chronicle Beginning with All the Pretty Horses and continuing through The Crossing and Cities of the Plain, McCarthy...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The phenomenon continues. Walter White, a one-time mild-mannered chemistry teacher whose transformation into a deadly criminal kicks into overdrive in the explosive fourth season. As his young accomplice Jesse turns increasingly distant and hostile, Walt must deal with his estranged wife, his relentless DEA Agent brother-in-law, and the ruthless kingpin manipulating the entire operation, culminating in a bombshell season finale.
In season four, Walt...
11) Lost birds
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English
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"Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagáana family but believes she is Diné based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable,...
12) Deb Haaland
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Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Deb Haaland! As a child of two military parents, Deb Haaland moved around a lot when she was young before finally settling in Albuquerque to be near family. But she persisted, studying hard and eventually earning a law degree. An enrolled member of the Pueblo Laguna...
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In Season Two, Lt. Joe Leaphorn reunites with Jim Chee, his former deputy turned private eye when their separate cases bring them together in pursuit of the same suspect. They find themselves in the high desert of Navajo Country chasing a killer.
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"When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding—complete with a true-believer bridegroom—she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don’t exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one. Odder still, her abductor is far from what the popular media have led her to expect, with a body like a tumbleweed and a mass of lightning-fast...
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Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Sergeant Jim Chee, after visiting the sacred Rainbow bridge, investigates the death of a Navajo artist, putting his own life at risk, while Officer Bernadette Manuelito searches for the killer of a hitchhiker connected to a Navajo Nation cannabis enterprise.
"An ancient mystery resurfaces with ramifications for the present day in this gripping chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series from New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman....
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"A searing and deeply personal memoir that explores the institutions--family, society, country--that defined a Puerto Rican woman and what she unlearned to rediscover herself. Growing up in the Midwest, raised by a Puerto Rican mother who was abandoned byher family, Jamie Figueroa and her sisters were estranged from their culture, consumed by the whiteness that surrounded them. In Mother Island, Figueroa traces her search for identity as shaped by...
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Publisher
Persevero Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and naïve would-be writer-to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WW2; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz); and...
18) New Mexico
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Series
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Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Identifies sightseeing highlights and recommends hotels, shopping, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, and outdoor excursions.
"From hiking sandstone canyons to chowing down on southwestern cuisine, fall under the spell of the Land of Enchantment with Moon New Mexico. Inside you'll find: Strategic, flexible itineraries with ideas for art lovers, outdoor adventurers, history buffs, and more Top experiences and unique activities: Wander through...
19) Dead Mountain
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Series
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Grand Central Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, who investigate a mystery so enigmatic it may have no solution. In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door...
20) Lost birds
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Series
Publisher
Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagáana family but believes she is Diné based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child’s blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client’s adoption was...
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