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Garage Sales and Flea Market Business Opportunity Kit

Garage Sales and Flea Market Business Opportunity Kit
Sammy Sorrell

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A Gathering of Spirit

A Gathering of Spirit
Barbara Loure Gunn

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The Ghost on the Moki Step

The Ghost on the Moki Steps
Larry Larason and Mary Jean Hendrick

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The Ghost on the Moki Steps
Larry Larason and Mary Jean Hendrick
Reg. price 12.95
ISBN 1-4184-9513-1
AuthorHouse, 2004. 151 pages

Young Phil Richart, half Navajo, needing money to help his family out of a financial bind, is lured into looting an ancient Pueblo ruin by George
Ruffner, an illegal antiquities collector. George takes Phil to a remote canyon, which is home to the bitter, lonely spirit of a young woman who died 700 years ago. George flees the supernatural presence leaving Phil alone in the canyon for a week. The ghost attempts to scare Phil away, as well, but as she comes to know him she changes her plan.

REVIEWS
I was amazed at how well executed and suspenseful this book was. It was great fun to read and the descriptions of the canyons and the hidden places in the Southwest were accurate and colorful. -- Gallup Independent

A quick read which does justice to the Navajo Way. The reader is swept up in the story. -- Barnes& Noble.com

This is a delightful book for mid school age children on through adults. Although when I was given the book I was told it was for 'youth', I found it very appealing as an older person. -- Mary Raje; San Fidel, NM.

Part western, part ghost story, part mystery and all charm, 'The Ghost on the Moki Steps' is hard to put down even by adults who open its pages. -- Cibloa County Beacon

Ghost Towns Alive: Trips to New Mexico’s Past

Ghost Towns Alive: Trips to New Mexico’s Past
Linda Harris with photos by Pamela Porter

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The Ghost Wore Polyester

The Ghost Wore Polyester
Gail Koger and Sally Smith

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The Ghost Wore Polyester
Gail Koger and Sally Smith
Reg. price $12.95
ISBN 1-890109-76-2
Cross Quarter Publishing Group, 2004. 185 pages, trade paper

Tildy MacNamara is a psychic whose screwy predictions no matter how well-intentioned often leave chaos in their wake. When she moves to Sedona, Arizona, she finds new friends, a new purpose, and a new home complete with a pain-in-the-butt ghost. The dead guy is Houston Powers, a journalist murdered twenty-five years ago while tracking down a lead on the car bomb death of newspaper reporter Don Bolles. Houston needs Tildy to find out who killed him. But she’ll need all her psychic insights to not join him on the other side.

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Tildy MacNamara is a female sleuth with charm, wit and psychic powers. Her first client is a ghost and his case has more twists and turns than a roller coaster ride. After reading this, I’m looking forward to going along on Tildy’s next adventure. -- Carol Costa, author of Love Steals the Scene

I laughed out loud. Tildy is a one of a kind detective in this highly original mystery. -- Kit Dee, author of Destiny’s Warrior

A humorous, high-spirited romp told in a wisecracking voice; Yasmine Galenorn meets Sarah Strohmeyer -- Lorri Amsde, Book Crazy Radio

A Girl's Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout

A Girl's Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout
Gail Rubin

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A Girl's Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout
Gail Rubin
Reg. price $15.50
ISBN 1-4140-1279-9
AuthorHouse Publishers, 2004, 160 pages

Awards
A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout received Bronze Place recognition in the 2004 Humor category of ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout also won first place in the nonfiction book category of the 18th Annual SouthWest Writers Writing Contest.

If men were fish and women the anglers, A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout by Gail Rubin is your how-to guide to land a good catch, illuminating the murky waters of the dating pool with humorous insights inspired by fly-fishing techniques and advice. This witty, sometimes spicy book dishes information on quality streams to fish (places to meet good men), leader lines to cast (conversation openers) and natural, artificial and exotic lures to utilize. Rounding out the book: what to do when the fishing hole runs dry, prospects for angling in the later years, trouser trout tips, and tall tales of trout landed or lost.

REVIEWS
Even if you’re not a master caster, it’s not hard to come up with the similes. In the slender paperback volume, “anglers” are women seeking partners, “bottom dwellers” are men one would do well to avoid and a “lure” can be anything from breast implants to a flashy piece of jewelry. -- The Albuquerque Tribune

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride? Change your luck with A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout. Written by Albuquerque public relations professional Gail Rubin, this manual for manhunters uses trout fishing jargon to explain the finer points of hooking a husband. -- Albuquerque The Magazine

Got a single gal on your shopping list? This book will not only brighten her holiday with its humor, but will enlighten her about the fine art of hunting a man. -- Crosswinds Weekly

Rubin’s humorous and insightful commentary takes a light-hearted look at a ‘sport’ women have been participating in for ages and gives new meaning to the age old phrase, There are plenty of fish in the sea. -- The New Mexico Jewish Link

Gods and Goddesses of the Zodiac: a coloring book

Gods and Goddesses of the Zodiac: a coloring book
Anne Marie Garrison

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The Gold of the Ortiz Mountains

The Gold of the Ortiz Mountains
A Story of New Mexico and The West’s First Major Gold Rush
William Baxter

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Good, Better, Best: A Coaching Story from the Rio Grande Valley

Good, Better, Best: A Coaching Story from the Rio Grande Valley
L. Robert Olivas

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Good, Better, Best: A Coaching Story from the Rio Grande Valley
L. Robert Olivas
Reg. price $14.95
ISBN 0-9764708-0-2
Savillo Publishing Company, 2005. 123 pages with 37 illustrations

Good, Better, Best: A Coaching Story from the Rio Grande Valley, by L. Robert Olivas, is an emotional read for all parents, teachers, teenagers, and up-and-coming coaches looking to become the best in anything you do. It’s a story about life’s lessons and the ability to take what you’ve learned while growing up and to pass it on to young individuals, hoping that you can make a difference in their lives.
This 123-page book shows how to help young individuals to develop a positive, can-do attitude, to strive to do their best, and to make responsible choices. The lessons about teamwork, self-discipline, and working hard to achieve a goal are taken from a sports environment, but they can be applied to other real-life situations.

Good, Better, Best: A Coaching Story from the Rio Grande Valley, by L. Robert Olivas.
A journey through a child’s love for sports…to high school reality where one game changed his way of thinking, to an international rules basketball tournament to successfully coaching teenagers in a city along the Rio Grande Valley.

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A resourceful tool for today’s coach dealing with today’s athlete. A refreshing real-life approach that gives the reason to the drill instead of “just do it!” -- Ernie Blackstone, Business Owner, Youth Coach, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Good, Better, Best is a great way of describing how basketball can be played successfully in a fast and furious manner. -- Russ Gilmore, Hobbs Eagles Basketball Coach, Hobbs, New Mexico

I was never a basketball fan, but after reading your book, I realize that basketball is not only a popular sport, but also a way of life for many people. It is very refreshing to know that the enthusiasm and discipline that many basketball players express on the court can be applied in their personal lives. Good, Better, Best may be a great start for some parents to initiate an interest that will benefit their children on and off the court. -- Bonita Ulibarri, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Goodbye, Jake

Goodbye, Jake
Bam Schildkraut

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Goodbye, Jake
Bam Schildkraut
Reg. price $7.95
ISBN-13: 978-0-9792144-0-0
ISBN-10: 0-9792144-0-8
Operation Outreach-USA Press. May, 2007.
48 pages, fully illustrated.

Goodbye, Jake by Bam Schildkraut centers on a family coping with the loss of one of their beloved pets - Jake, a red and black greyhound. The story focuses on Cole, an inquisitive, sensitive young boy. Jake’s passing is Cole’s first experience with death. With the help of his grandmother and a local archaeologist studying ancient Native American cultures, Cole learns how people, past and present, preserve memories and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have died. Goodbye, Jake is a reassuring story for children dealing with the death of a pet or anyone coping with loss.

REVIEWS
Bam Schildkraut has written a wonderful book on dealing with Children and the loss of a beloved Pet. "Goodbye, Jake" is beautifully illustrated, and set in the ranchlands of New Mexico. I found tears rolling down my cheeks as I read it, and can't wait to share it with my little girls this weekend. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves pets and children. Steve Stucker, KOB-TV 4

Schildkraut approaches the issue of a pet’s death with sensitivity and warmth. She gets the child involved with the animal, honors the boy’s feelings and fears, and then shows him a way to turn his sadness into something positive. The idea of using ritual to help heal after a pet’s death is beautifully handled and provides parents with a coping mechanism they can use when they talk with their children about this difficult subject. The soft, watercolor illustrations by Whitney Martin set the perfect tone for the story and add texture to the words. Written for young children, it is a book that will touch adults as well. Goodbye, Jake is an outstanding addition to children’s books on death and how to discuss it. I highly recommend it to parents, libraries and anyone facing the trauma of a pet’s death. - Nancy Marano, PETroglyphs

La Gran Línea: Mapping the United States-Mexico Boundary, 1849-1857-hardcover

La Gran Línea: Mapping the United States-Mexico Boundary, 1849-1857
Paula Rebert

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La Gran Línea: Mapping the United States-Mexico Boundary, 1849-1857
Paula Rebert
Reg. Price: $22.95 paperback; $45.00 clothbound (no dust jacket)
ISBN 0-292-77111-8 PB; 0-292-77110-X HB
University of Texas Press, 2001. 259 pp; 44 maps and map reproductions

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848 and cost Mexico nearly half its territory, while the United States gained land that would become much of the American West, including New Mexico and Arizona. The United States-Mexico boundary was drawn through regions that had not been fully explored or accurately mapped, so commissions from both nations were appointed to locate and map the boundary and mark it on the ground. In this book, Paula Rebert tells the story of the two commissions that surveyed the boundary and created two sets of fifty-four boundary maps in the years 1849 to 1857. She explores how, despite the efforts of both the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Commissions to draw neutral, scientific maps, the maps that they actually made reflected the differing methods, goals, and outlooks of the two countries. She also shows the importance of these historical maps for ongoing boundary administration, and traces how the differences between the U.S. and Mexican maps have had important consequences for the history of the boundary.

REVIEWS
La Gran Línea is indeed a work to be welcomed by readers interested in Western surveying and mapping. Paula Rebert has accomplished an amazing feat by going over this well-covered ground and coming up with a fresh and original book that substantially adds to our knowledge of the subject. -- Patrick Toscano, Professional Surveyor

Paula Rebert’s excellent publication is the best academic study on the subject since William Goetzmann’s classic, Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863. --Harry P. Hewitt, Pacific Historical Review

The exposition of the Mexican documentation alone makes this volume an important contribution to understanding not only the ramifications of the (Mexican-American) war but the history of North American cartography and exploration as well.
This is a well-written and well-organized book. It also is an important one for anyone interested in North American borderlands history. To her credit, Rebert has conveyed not only the science, technology, and politics of the boundary survey but also some of its high adventure. --Dennis Reinhartz, The Journal of American History

Dr. Rebert’s work is an excellent, precise, and well-researched study of one of the major surveys in the history of the Americas. It is an important contribution to the history of North American cartography and is indispensable for research on the international boundary between Mexico and the United States. --W. Michael Mathes, Imago Mundi

La Gran Línea: Mapping the United States-Mexico Boundary, 1849-1857-softcover

La Gran Línea: Mapping the United States-Mexico Boundary, 1849-1857
Paula Rebert

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La Gran Línea: Mapping the United States-Mexico Boundary, 1849-1857
Paula Rebert
Reg. Price: $22.95 paperback; $45.00 clothbound (no dust jacket)
ISBN 0-292-77111-8 PB; 0-292-77110-X HB
University of Texas Press, 2001. 259 pp; 44 maps and map reproductions

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848 and cost Mexico nearly half its territory, while the United States gained land that would become much of the American West, including New Mexico and Arizona. The United States-Mexico boundary was drawn through regions that had not been fully explored or accurately mapped, so commissions from both nations were appointed to locate and map the boundary and mark it on the ground. In this book, Paula Rebert tells the story of the two commissions that surveyed the boundary and created two sets of fifty-four boundary maps in the years 1849 to 1857. She explores how, despite the efforts of both the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Commissions to draw neutral, scientific maps, the maps that they actually made reflected the differing methods, goals, and outlooks of the two countries. She also shows the importance of these historical maps for ongoing boundary administration, and traces how the differences between the U.S. and Mexican maps have had important consequences for the history of the boundary.

REVIEWS
La Gran Línea is indeed a work to be welcomed by readers interested in Western surveying and mapping. Paula Rebert has accomplished an amazing feat by going over this well-covered ground and coming up with a fresh and original book that substantially adds to our knowledge of the subject. -- Patrick Toscano, Professional Surveyor

Paula Rebert’s excellent publication is the best academic study on the subject since William Goetzmann’s classic, Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863. --Harry P. Hewitt, Pacific Historical Review

The exposition of the Mexican documentation alone makes this volume an important contribution to understanding not only the ramifications of the (Mexican-American) war but the history of North American cartography and exploration as well.
This is a well-written and well-organized book. It also is an important one for anyone interested in North American borderlands history. To her credit, Rebert has conveyed not only the science, technology, and politics of the boundary survey but also some of its high adventure. --Dennis Reinhartz, The Journal of American History

Dr. Rebert’s work is an excellent, precise, and well-researched study of one of the major surveys in the history of the Americas. It is an important contribution to the history of North American cartography and is indispensable for research on the international boundary between Mexico and the United States. --W. Michael Mathes, Imago Mundi