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Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Auntie always greets Cree in nēhiyawēwin when she comes for a visit. When Auntie arrives with a surprise gift hidden in her bag, Cree can't wait to discover what it is. The first clue? It's from the rez. As Cree tries to figure out what it might be, the bag starts to move. Cree is thrilled when the bag opens and out jumps a rez puppy! Cree asks Auntie how to take care of the new puppy. Auntie talks to Cree about the importance of dogs in their...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
55 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
""I was bored with my husband," says Anne-Marie, the irrepressible voice of Anne-Marie la Beauté, "but you know, boredom is part of love." Mostly she is speaking here of her more famous friend and colleague, the French actress Giselle Fayolle, in whose shadow she has spent her career. "My life was a near miss," she adds, before explaining that she enunciated well because "I loved to say the words." A very short novel with the power and resonance...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Laguna Beach, California, 2009. Alireza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, takes up surfing, and sneaks away to all-night raves. For the first time, Reza--now Rez--feels like an American teen. Life is smooth; even lying to...
24) Skins
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], 2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, lies one of the poorest counties in America, The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge, the painful legacy of Indian existence is brought home every night as he locks up drunk and disorderly Indians, including his own brother. Rudy's frustration leads him to take the law into his own hands. Ultimately, Rudy is able to honor his big brother, and his people with a life-affirming act of defiance....
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. In The Lost World of the Old Ones, David Roberts expands and updates the research from his 1996 classic, In Search of the Old Ones. As he elucidates startling archaeological breakthroughs, Roberts also recounts his past twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock-art...
27) Apti
Author
Publisher
Innova Recordings
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Popular leadership blogger gives the low-down on standing up for yourself. In Pushback, top leadership consultant Selena Rezvani argues that self-advocacy is critical to success. Yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men, resulting in getting less of what they want--promotion opportunities, plum assignments, and higher pay. This book shines a light on the real rules of holding your own and pushing back for what is rightfully...
Series
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
xxi, 230 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of poetry, fiction, and essays by Native American women, reflecting on the relation of women to their community, including transformation in the female experience, the theme of inner strength, reactions to stereotypes and simplified images, love, and sex.
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Musician and music historian Craig Harris tells the compelling stories of contemporary Indigenous musicians of North America in their own words"--
"Music historian Craig Harris explores more than five hundred years of Indigenous history, religion, and cultural evolution in Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America. More than powwow drums and wooden flutes, Indigenous music intersects with rock, blues, jazz, folk music, reggae, hip-hop, classical...
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
xxii, 1347 pages ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"This up-to-date reference book brings together three hundred leading Canadianists to look at literature in Canada from a variety of perspectives. In over two thousand entries that attest to Canada's cultural plurality, the Encyclopedia covers literature in English and French, and also in such other languages as Yiddish, Spanish, Haida, and Cree. It discusses authors and their work, related literary and social issues, professional institutions that...
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