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The New Mexico Book Co-op offers books from its participating members. Your book order will be shipped by the author or publisher and should usually be completed within four (4) days of your order. If there will be any delay on shipping, we will email you about any needed changes on this shipping schedule.
We are offering a variety of books by New Mexico authors or publishers, books on the Southwest, as well as other New Mexico products. Please check us out. We have several pages of items indexed so have fun browsing!
Thank you.
The New Mexico Book Co-op offers books from its participating members. Your book order will be shipped by the author or publisher and should usually be completed within four (4) days of your order. If there will be any delay on shipping, we will email you about any needed changes on this shipping schedule.
We are offering a variety of books by New Mexico authors or publishers, books on the Southwest, as well as other New Mexico products. Please check us out. We have several pages of items indexed so have fun browsing!
Thank you.
La Ultima Posada (Christmas Story/Recipes)
La Ultima Posada (Christmas Story/Recipes)
Sylvia Ernestina Vergara
La Ultima Posada (Christmas Story/Recipes)
Sylvia Ernestina Vergara
Reg. price $21.60
ISBN 0-9715983-6-3
La Carreta, 1999. 36 pages
La Ultima Posada Christmas story is set in northern New Mexico during territorial times. Included in the text are thirteen detailed traditional Spanish colonial family recipes, and the words to Las Posadas, a Spanish Christmas song with English translation. The Ultima Posada story unfolds a physical and spiritual journey made by a family on Christmas Eve as they struggle to reunite at Mamitas farm over in the next valley. An untimely snowstorm interrupts their journey-- an encounter with a mysterious stranger changes their lives forever. Bonds of family, love and faith are strengthened by all their experiences.
Sylvia Ernestina Vergara
Reg. price $21.60
ISBN 0-9715983-6-3
La Carreta, 1999. 36 pages
La Ultima Posada Christmas story is set in northern New Mexico during territorial times. Included in the text are thirteen detailed traditional Spanish colonial family recipes, and the words to Las Posadas, a Spanish Christmas song with English translation. The Ultima Posada story unfolds a physical and spiritual journey made by a family on Christmas Eve as they struggle to reunite at Mamitas farm over in the next valley. An untimely snowstorm interrupts their journey-- an encounter with a mysterious stranger changes their lives forever. Bonds of family, love and faith are strengthened by all their experiences.
Undercurrents New Mexico Stories Then and Now
Undercurrents New Mexico Stories Then and Now
Adela Amador
Undercurrents New Mexico Stories Then and Now
Adela Amador
Reg. price $12.00
ISBN 0-938513-27-3
Amador Publishers, 1999. 160 pages, 15 illustrations
Full of anecdotes in the style of the Spanish cuento, this book celebrates permanence, and change, and casts light on the lives of the varied peoples of New Mexico over many decades. Beneath a placid-seeming surface, deep Undercurrents are flowing. Gardens, mountains, deserts, caverns, brujerias, fears, dreams, children's games, good food, sharing, anger, pain and wisdom ˜ all these and more are here.
Adela Amador was born in northern New Mexico. She was reared in Placitas and moved to Albuquerque in the 60s. She is a graduate of the Edith McCurdy School and the University of New Mexico, with a degree in Spanish and philosophy. She has traveled widely and is an avid reader. She helped build C-47s during World War II. She has been postmistress, housewife, mother and business-woman. She now writes "Southwest Flavor," a column for The New Mexico Magazine.
REVIEWS
Escribe con el corazon en el punto de la pluma [She writes with her heart on the point of her pen]. -- Jorge Gabaldo, Palm Springs, CA
Too many of us rush through life. We never stop to savor the moment, to ponder the lessons of the past or to consider where we're heading as we hurry from one appointment to the next. With disarming simplicity that masks a true depth of perception, Adela Amador reaches beyond the glib and the superficial to tap those deeper veins that give meaning to life. She's a natural-born storyteller, always sharply observant and inherently trustworthy, someone who can laugh at human foibles without demeaning anyone. I'm glad we dragged her out of her beloved kitchen long enough to cast light on New Mexico and all those aspects of our culture and environment that make this such an inspiring place to live. Her "Southwest Flavor" column consistently draws more fan mail than any other department in New Mexico Magazine. Readers first turned to the column for Adela's recipes, but soon they discovered she could write just as well as she could cook. What perfect ingredients for creative success, magically distilled in these heartfelt essays! -- New Mexico Magazine
Adela Amador's collection of stories and reminiscences is a delight. Both a participant in and a sensitive observer of the transition of Hispanic life in New Mexico between the pre- and post-World War II years, the author makes readers feel that they too are caught up in the Undercurrents that affected her people. Written in a deceptively simple but charming style, each story is told with a gamut of emotions ranging from joy to sorrow, from deep nostalgia to upbeat acceptance of present-day conditions. A charming narrative style adds zest and flavor to her journey of "Memories, Dreams, Reflections," as the first and last chapters are entitled. -- Dr. Tim MacCurdy, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, University of New Mexico (author of Caesar Of Santa Fe)
Back to the future. I was taken on a poignant, nostalgic and wonderful voyage, back into the barrio that nurtured me. Thanks, Adela. -- José Armas, Ph.D., syndicated columnist
Adela Amador's collection of reminiscences and tales lovingly evokes a variety of New Mexico characters, ages 8 to 80. Her intimate feel for the land, and for everyday family life, is likewise beautifully conveyed. Whether her chosen subject be a childhood amid tall flowers or girls picking pinon nuts, the ways in which little kids can hurt each other or marriages go wrong, one is ever conscious of her unmistakable voice: wistful, bittersweet, nostalgic — yet also wise. Her side trips to Mayan ruins and to the caves at Carlsbad and Altamira further enrich this store of human experiences. And of course, we can directly savor the accounts of Adela's special and most exquisite craft: FOOD! I highly recommend Undercurrents. -- Dr. Gene H. Bell-Villada, Professor of Modern Languages, Williams College, MA (author of The Pianist Who Liked Ayn Rand)
Adela Amador
Reg. price $12.00
ISBN 0-938513-27-3
Amador Publishers, 1999. 160 pages, 15 illustrations
Full of anecdotes in the style of the Spanish cuento, this book celebrates permanence, and change, and casts light on the lives of the varied peoples of New Mexico over many decades. Beneath a placid-seeming surface, deep Undercurrents are flowing. Gardens, mountains, deserts, caverns, brujerias, fears, dreams, children's games, good food, sharing, anger, pain and wisdom ˜ all these and more are here.
Adela Amador was born in northern New Mexico. She was reared in Placitas and moved to Albuquerque in the 60s. She is a graduate of the Edith McCurdy School and the University of New Mexico, with a degree in Spanish and philosophy. She has traveled widely and is an avid reader. She helped build C-47s during World War II. She has been postmistress, housewife, mother and business-woman. She now writes "Southwest Flavor," a column for The New Mexico Magazine.
REVIEWS
Escribe con el corazon en el punto de la pluma [She writes with her heart on the point of her pen]. -- Jorge Gabaldo, Palm Springs, CA
Too many of us rush through life. We never stop to savor the moment, to ponder the lessons of the past or to consider where we're heading as we hurry from one appointment to the next. With disarming simplicity that masks a true depth of perception, Adela Amador reaches beyond the glib and the superficial to tap those deeper veins that give meaning to life. She's a natural-born storyteller, always sharply observant and inherently trustworthy, someone who can laugh at human foibles without demeaning anyone. I'm glad we dragged her out of her beloved kitchen long enough to cast light on New Mexico and all those aspects of our culture and environment that make this such an inspiring place to live. Her "Southwest Flavor" column consistently draws more fan mail than any other department in New Mexico Magazine. Readers first turned to the column for Adela's recipes, but soon they discovered she could write just as well as she could cook. What perfect ingredients for creative success, magically distilled in these heartfelt essays! -- New Mexico Magazine
Adela Amador's collection of stories and reminiscences is a delight. Both a participant in and a sensitive observer of the transition of Hispanic life in New Mexico between the pre- and post-World War II years, the author makes readers feel that they too are caught up in the Undercurrents that affected her people. Written in a deceptively simple but charming style, each story is told with a gamut of emotions ranging from joy to sorrow, from deep nostalgia to upbeat acceptance of present-day conditions. A charming narrative style adds zest and flavor to her journey of "Memories, Dreams, Reflections," as the first and last chapters are entitled. -- Dr. Tim MacCurdy, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, University of New Mexico (author of Caesar Of Santa Fe)
Back to the future. I was taken on a poignant, nostalgic and wonderful voyage, back into the barrio that nurtured me. Thanks, Adela. -- José Armas, Ph.D., syndicated columnist
Adela Amador's collection of reminiscences and tales lovingly evokes a variety of New Mexico characters, ages 8 to 80. Her intimate feel for the land, and for everyday family life, is likewise beautifully conveyed. Whether her chosen subject be a childhood amid tall flowers or girls picking pinon nuts, the ways in which little kids can hurt each other or marriages go wrong, one is ever conscious of her unmistakable voice: wistful, bittersweet, nostalgic — yet also wise. Her side trips to Mayan ruins and to the caves at Carlsbad and Altamira further enrich this store of human experiences. And of course, we can directly savor the accounts of Adela's special and most exquisite craft: FOOD! I highly recommend Undercurrents. -- Dr. Gene H. Bell-Villada, Professor of Modern Languages, Williams College, MA (author of The Pianist Who Liked Ayn Rand)
Vanishing Point: A Claire Reynier Mystery
Vanishing Point
A Claire Reynier Mystery
Judith Van Gieson
Vanishing Point
A Claire Reynier Mystery
Judith Van Gieson
Reg. price $14.00
ISBN 0-8263-2383-9
UNM Press, February, 2001. 216 Pages
Claire Reynier returns to investigate the strange disappearance of a celebrated author. First Jonathan Vail's novel made him famous, then his disappearance made him a legend. Thirty-five years ago the young writer embarked on a camping trip in Utah's Slickrock Canyon, never to be seen again. Now archivist Claire Reynier, preserver of Vail's legacy, finds herself drawn into literature's most elusive mystery. But separating fact from fiction proves to be a dangerous proposition.
REVIEWS
Van Gieson's back - and better than ever. -- Tony Hillerman
I loved Vanishing Point. It's even better than The Stolen Blue. -- Fred Harris
A classy new mystery series . . . moves confidently from one reasonable plot development to the next, incorporating in the action a nice sense of place. -- Arizona Daily Star
Van Gieson evokes the desert beauty of New Mexico with meticulous care. -- Publisher's Weekly
A Claire Reynier Mystery
Judith Van Gieson
Reg. price $14.00
ISBN 0-8263-2383-9
UNM Press, February, 2001. 216 Pages
Claire Reynier returns to investigate the strange disappearance of a celebrated author. First Jonathan Vail's novel made him famous, then his disappearance made him a legend. Thirty-five years ago the young writer embarked on a camping trip in Utah's Slickrock Canyon, never to be seen again. Now archivist Claire Reynier, preserver of Vail's legacy, finds herself drawn into literature's most elusive mystery. But separating fact from fiction proves to be a dangerous proposition.
REVIEWS
Van Gieson's back - and better than ever. -- Tony Hillerman
I loved Vanishing Point. It's even better than The Stolen Blue. -- Fred Harris
A classy new mystery series . . . moves confidently from one reasonable plot development to the next, incorporating in the action a nice sense of place. -- Arizona Daily Star
Van Gieson evokes the desert beauty of New Mexico with meticulous care. -- Publisher's Weekly
VERMIN and Other Survival Stories
Harry Willson
$10.00
ISBN 0-938513-22-2
Amador Publishers, 1996 short stories, 183 pp
With dead aim and withering wit, Willson takes on plutonium, radioactive materials in the sewers, ozone depletion, government plans for the storage of nuclear waste, overpopulation, and more personal follies, like fundamentalism, free will, rituals, and even satire itself. In the title novella, VERMIN, rats, cockroaches and crows debate the use of scarce resources, while wondering what could have become of the humans. 'The Extermination Game,' remarks Ariel, the crow. 'They were heavily into extermination.'
Harry Willson's previous novels showed his almost magical optimism about humanity. VERMIN, in contrast, is a group of cautionary tales and fables, some quite realistic, others quite absurd. Willson's dissection of human folly is necessarily painful, but he provides the appropriate general
anaesthetic for the operation: a daring sense of humor. Definitely recommended.-- Bill Meyers, editor-in-chief, THE STAKE
These are the musings of an agnostic pantheist, who is not above tackling that old philisophical chestnut called, 'free will.' Throughout my reading of these stories and pithy comments, the words of Shakespeare's Puck resurfaced again and again: 'What fools these mortals be!-- Fred Gillette Sturm, Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico
http://www.amadorbooks.com/books/vermin.htm
Harry Willson
$10.00
ISBN 0-938513-22-2
Amador Publishers, 1996 short stories, 183 pp
With dead aim and withering wit, Willson takes on plutonium, radioactive materials in the sewers, ozone depletion, government plans for the storage of nuclear waste, overpopulation, and more personal follies, like fundamentalism, free will, rituals, and even satire itself. In the title novella, VERMIN, rats, cockroaches and crows debate the use of scarce resources, while wondering what could have become of the humans. 'The Extermination Game,' remarks Ariel, the crow. 'They were heavily into extermination.'
Harry Willson's previous novels showed his almost magical optimism about humanity. VERMIN, in contrast, is a group of cautionary tales and fables, some quite realistic, others quite absurd. Willson's dissection of human folly is necessarily painful, but he provides the appropriate general
anaesthetic for the operation: a daring sense of humor. Definitely recommended.-- Bill Meyers, editor-in-chief, THE STAKE
These are the musings of an agnostic pantheist, who is not above tackling that old philisophical chestnut called, 'free will.' Throughout my reading of these stories and pithy comments, the words of Shakespeare's Puck resurfaced again and again: 'What fools these mortals be!-- Fred Gillette Sturm, Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico
http://www.amadorbooks.com/books/vermin.htm
Victory: How to Organize to Survive a Cancer Diagnosis
Victory: How to Organize to Survive a Cancer
Diagnosis
Barbara Kline Hammond
Victory: How to Organize to Survive a Cancer
Diagnosis
Barbara Kline Hammond
Reg. price $14.95 Softcover
ISBN 0-86534-386-1
Breakthru Communications 2003. 78 pp
A cancer diagnosis. Shock, fear, and a virtual landslide of paper. You are about the enter the Paper Zone! You will be amazed at the amount of paper you accumulate as you go through the process of surviving — and healing. The best time to get that paper under control is NOW! . . . This workbook was designed to help you reduce or eliminate one major level of stress. Your most important work right now is healing, and maintaining your records rigorously will do more to reduce stress and let you concentrate on the important work of managing your health than you can
possibly imagine.
Barbara Kline Hammond
Reg. price $14.95 Softcover
ISBN 0-86534-386-1
Breakthru Communications 2003. 78 pp
A cancer diagnosis. Shock, fear, and a virtual landslide of paper. You are about the enter the Paper Zone! You will be amazed at the amount of paper you accumulate as you go through the process of surviving — and healing. The best time to get that paper under control is NOW! . . . This workbook was designed to help you reduce or eliminate one major level of stress. Your most important work right now is healing, and maintaining your records rigorously will do more to reduce stress and let you concentrate on the important work of managing your health than you can
possibly imagine.
Villages & Villagers: Stories from New Mexico Villages-hardcover
Villages & Villagers: Stories from New Mexico
Villages
by Abe Pena
Villages & Villagers: Stories from New Mexico
Villages
by Abe Pena
264 pages, 58 photographs/illustrations
$18.95 softcover (ISBN 1-890689-80-3)
$32.95 hardcover (ISBN 1-890689-90-2)
Finalist, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards
Finalist, 2007 National Best Book Awards
Abe Peña will transport you again to a Hispanic New Mexico village in the Land of Cíbola. Here are 71 more stories that pick up where the best-seller Memories of Cíbola left off. Peña’s stories of the people and places in Cíbola speak to such universal themes as coming of age, striking out on one’s own, and joining family and neighbors to celebrate good times and to aid them in overcoming hardships. He shares with us a remarkable cross-section of humanity.
Marc Simmons, the noted historian and author, says,“Abe Peña mines his own extensive body of personal experiences and the experiences of native folk he has known during his early days on sheep ranches in western New Mexico. His memory of times gone by is sharp, and he shines as a keen observer of the human condition. The people and events he sketches have a timeless quality about them, leading the reader to slip easily into another world and a different age. As a book that will both entertain and inform, this adds to our understanding of the New Mexico that is now but a fading memory.”
Abe Peña ran the family ranch for many years before serving twelve years in Latin America in various foreign service positions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Abe Peña writes about the people of San Mateo and other nearby places from the 1920s to 1950s. Pena, who lives in Grants, grew up on a sheep ranch near San Mateo, immersed in the traditional Hispanic culture of west-central New Mexico. He ran the family ranch for many years before serving 12 years in Latin America in foreign service positions. Pena writes about traditional events such as Los Pastores, the shepherds’ pageant performed at Christmas time. He remembers Spanish-speaking Lebanese immigrant children who proudly proclaimed, “Yo soy Mexicano, casi” (I’m Hispanic, almost). He tells of villagers who in a drought paraded a statue of their patron saint in hopes of rain. When hail fell instead, they took him out of the church again to show him “the mess he made.”
“Peña has a good ear for a story,” says historian Marc Simmons, who wrote the book’s introduction. “The engaging men and women who walk so freely through his pages seemed infused with the elixir of southwestern air and landscape and with the tonic of their own vibrant cultural history.”
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ABE PEÑA
“Abe Peña has a good ear for a story.” — Marc Simmons
“One can do no better than Abe Peña’s vignettes of life.”—Alibi
“A master storyteller, Peña captures the mood and the spirit of yester-year as he weaves his tales about the daily lives of Cíboleros.”— New Mexico Magazine
by Abe Pena
264 pages, 58 photographs/illustrations
$18.95 softcover (ISBN 1-890689-80-3)
$32.95 hardcover (ISBN 1-890689-90-2)
Finalist, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards
Finalist, 2007 National Best Book Awards
Abe Peña will transport you again to a Hispanic New Mexico village in the Land of Cíbola. Here are 71 more stories that pick up where the best-seller Memories of Cíbola left off. Peña’s stories of the people and places in Cíbola speak to such universal themes as coming of age, striking out on one’s own, and joining family and neighbors to celebrate good times and to aid them in overcoming hardships. He shares with us a remarkable cross-section of humanity.
Marc Simmons, the noted historian and author, says,“Abe Peña mines his own extensive body of personal experiences and the experiences of native folk he has known during his early days on sheep ranches in western New Mexico. His memory of times gone by is sharp, and he shines as a keen observer of the human condition. The people and events he sketches have a timeless quality about them, leading the reader to slip easily into another world and a different age. As a book that will both entertain and inform, this adds to our understanding of the New Mexico that is now but a fading memory.”
Abe Peña ran the family ranch for many years before serving twelve years in Latin America in various foreign service positions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Abe Peña writes about the people of San Mateo and other nearby places from the 1920s to 1950s. Pena, who lives in Grants, grew up on a sheep ranch near San Mateo, immersed in the traditional Hispanic culture of west-central New Mexico. He ran the family ranch for many years before serving 12 years in Latin America in foreign service positions. Pena writes about traditional events such as Los Pastores, the shepherds’ pageant performed at Christmas time. He remembers Spanish-speaking Lebanese immigrant children who proudly proclaimed, “Yo soy Mexicano, casi” (I’m Hispanic, almost). He tells of villagers who in a drought paraded a statue of their patron saint in hopes of rain. When hail fell instead, they took him out of the church again to show him “the mess he made.”
“Peña has a good ear for a story,” says historian Marc Simmons, who wrote the book’s introduction. “The engaging men and women who walk so freely through his pages seemed infused with the elixir of southwestern air and landscape and with the tonic of their own vibrant cultural history.”
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ABE PEÑA
“Abe Peña has a good ear for a story.” — Marc Simmons
“One can do no better than Abe Peña’s vignettes of life.”—Alibi
“A master storyteller, Peña captures the mood and the spirit of yester-year as he weaves his tales about the daily lives of Cíboleros.”— New Mexico Magazine
Villages & Villagers: Stories from New Mexico Villages-softcover
Villages & Villagers: Stories from New Mexico
Villages
by Abe Pena
Villages & Villagers: Stories from New Mexico
Villages
by Abe Pena
264 pages, 58 photographs/illustrations
$18.95 softcover (ISBN 1-890689-80-3)
$32.95 hardcover (ISBN 1-890689-90-2)
Finalist, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards
Finalist, 2007 National Best Book Awards
Abe Peña will transport you again to a Hispanic New Mexico village in the Land of Cíbola. Here are 71 more stories that pick up where the best-seller Memories of Cíbola left off. Peña’s stories of the people and places in Cíbola speak to such universal themes as coming of age, striking out on one’s own, and joining family and neighbors to celebrate good times and to aid them in overcoming hardships. He shares with us a remarkable cross-section of humanity.
Marc Simmons, the noted historian and author, says,“Abe Peña mines his own extensive body of personal experiences and the experiences of native folk he has known during his early days on sheep ranches in western New Mexico. His memory of times gone by is sharp, and he shines as a keen observer of the human condition. The people and events he sketches have a timeless quality about them, leading the reader to slip easily into another world and a different age. As a book that will both entertain and inform, this adds to our understanding of the New Mexico that is now but a fading memory.”
Abe Peña ran the family ranch for many years before serving twelve years in Latin America in various foreign service positions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Abe Peña writes about the people of San Mateo and other nearby places from the 1920s to 1950s. Pena, who lives in Grants, grew up on a sheep ranch near San Mateo, immersed in the traditional Hispanic culture of west-central New Mexico. He ran the family ranch for many years before serving 12 years in Latin America in foreign service positions. Pena writes about traditional events such as Los Pastores, the shepherds’ pageant performed at Christmas time. He remembers Spanish-speaking Lebanese immigrant children who proudly proclaimed, “Yo soy Mexicano, casi” (I’m Hispanic, almost). He tells of villagers who in a drought paraded a statue of their patron saint in hopes of rain. When hail fell instead, they took him out of the church again to show him “the mess he made.”
“Peña has a good ear for a story,” says historian Marc Simmons, who wrote the book’s introduction. “The engaging men and women who walk so freely through his pages seemed infused with the elixir of southwestern air and landscape and with the tonic of their own vibrant cultural history.”
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ABE PEÑA
“Abe Peña has a good ear for a story.” — Marc Simmons
“One can do no better than Abe Peña’s vignettes of life.”—Alibi
“A master storyteller, Peña captures the mood and the spirit of yester-year as he weaves his tales about the daily lives of Cíboleros.”— New Mexico Magazine
by Abe Pena
264 pages, 58 photographs/illustrations
$18.95 softcover (ISBN 1-890689-80-3)
$32.95 hardcover (ISBN 1-890689-90-2)
Finalist, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards
Finalist, 2007 National Best Book Awards
Abe Peña will transport you again to a Hispanic New Mexico village in the Land of Cíbola. Here are 71 more stories that pick up where the best-seller Memories of Cíbola left off. Peña’s stories of the people and places in Cíbola speak to such universal themes as coming of age, striking out on one’s own, and joining family and neighbors to celebrate good times and to aid them in overcoming hardships. He shares with us a remarkable cross-section of humanity.
Marc Simmons, the noted historian and author, says,“Abe Peña mines his own extensive body of personal experiences and the experiences of native folk he has known during his early days on sheep ranches in western New Mexico. His memory of times gone by is sharp, and he shines as a keen observer of the human condition. The people and events he sketches have a timeless quality about them, leading the reader to slip easily into another world and a different age. As a book that will both entertain and inform, this adds to our understanding of the New Mexico that is now but a fading memory.”
Abe Peña ran the family ranch for many years before serving twelve years in Latin America in various foreign service positions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Abe Peña writes about the people of San Mateo and other nearby places from the 1920s to 1950s. Pena, who lives in Grants, grew up on a sheep ranch near San Mateo, immersed in the traditional Hispanic culture of west-central New Mexico. He ran the family ranch for many years before serving 12 years in Latin America in foreign service positions. Pena writes about traditional events such as Los Pastores, the shepherds’ pageant performed at Christmas time. He remembers Spanish-speaking Lebanese immigrant children who proudly proclaimed, “Yo soy Mexicano, casi” (I’m Hispanic, almost). He tells of villagers who in a drought paraded a statue of their patron saint in hopes of rain. When hail fell instead, they took him out of the church again to show him “the mess he made.”
“Peña has a good ear for a story,” says historian Marc Simmons, who wrote the book’s introduction. “The engaging men and women who walk so freely through his pages seemed infused with the elixir of southwestern air and landscape and with the tonic of their own vibrant cultural history.”
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ABE PEÑA
“Abe Peña has a good ear for a story.” — Marc Simmons
“One can do no better than Abe Peña’s vignettes of life.”—Alibi
“A master storyteller, Peña captures the mood and the spirit of yester-year as he weaves his tales about the daily lives of Cíboleros.”— New Mexico Magazine
The Vote (non-fiction narrative)
Sylvia Ernestina Vergara
Reg. price $27.00
ISBN 0-9715983-9-8
La Carreta, 2005. 109 pages
The Vote is a non-fiction narrative about the authors experience of being a Challenger for the Democratic Party at the Alcalde Precinct 2 November 2, 2004. The account covers a period during the election campaign, the Election Day and time after the election. It is about the personal experience of political involvement. Her narrative is derived from a citizens point of view -- What happens when a regular, over worked American Citizen decides to get involved in the political process of an election. Like millions of Americans, Vergara has questions and seeks to reveal the laments and challenges of living in a changing world.
Sylvia Ernestina Vergara
Reg. price $27.00
ISBN 0-9715983-9-8
La Carreta, 2005. 109 pages
The Vote is a non-fiction narrative about the authors experience of being a Challenger for the Democratic Party at the Alcalde Precinct 2 November 2, 2004. The account covers a period during the election campaign, the Election Day and time after the election. It is about the personal experience of political involvement. Her narrative is derived from a citizens point of view -- What happens when a regular, over worked American Citizen decides to get involved in the political process of an election. Like millions of Americans, Vergara has questions and seeks to reveal the laments and challenges of living in a changing world.
Wake for a Fat Vicar
Fray Angelico Chavez and Thomas E. Chavez
Reg. price 25.95 hardcover
ISBN 1-890689-06-8
LPD Press, 2004. 224 pages, 18 b/w photos
Awards
Finalist, 2007 INDIE Excellence Book Awards
2004 Southwest Books of the Year
This is the third and final chapter of the trilogy started by Fray Angelico Chavez in 1981 on the three Hispanic leaders of the Catholic Church in New Mexico in the middle of the nineteenth century — Padres Martinez, Gallegos, and Ortiz. This is the story of Padre Juan Felipe Ortiz and his church at a crucial time in the history of New Mexico. This is the last book by Fray Angelico; it is the message, ideas, and words of Fray Angelico Chavez, with the gentle assistance of his nephew Thomas E. Chavez.
REVIEWS
Wake for a Fat Vicar tells the story of Fr. Juan Felipe Ortiz and his jurisdictional disputes with Bishop Jean Baptiste Lamy and Lamy’s vicar, Joseph Machebeuf. Chavez and Chavez seek to overturn the standard interpretation of Ortiz as an obstinate and corrupt man who selfishly resisted losing his leadership post among Catholics in New Mexico. More than a biography, this book is a rejoinder to the Anglo-centric historiography that commonly portrays mid-nineteenth-century New Mexico Catholics as hopefully superstitious and ignorant. The authors convincingly show that Lamy and Machebeuf arrived in New Mexico from France in 1851 more disposed to believe descriptions of New Mexico written by anti-Catholic or racist Americans than they were willing to learn about the region from its own inhabitants. -- Western Historical Quarterly, Summer 2005
This is the concluding book in a trilogy which carefully, objectively, and without rancor sets the historical record straight.… In doing so, these books call into question more literary works on the same subject. …This happy combination has produced an important book. -- Bernard Fontana, University of Arizona
Extensively researched, richly detailed. Transports the reader through time in its deft accounting of an era gone by. -- MidWest Book Reviews
An admirable and significant addition to our understanding of a fascinating and pivotal period in New Mexico’s history. -- Santa Fe New Mexican
Among Tom and Fray Angelico Chavez’s best writings. -- La Herencia
Very good! -- Today's Books
This book reads like an adventure into the nineteenth century. It has wonderful black and white photographs, extensive footnotes, copies of original documents, and a broad bibliography. This reviewer highly recommends this book to libraries, university classes in religion, history and Latin American studies. Lay people will enjoy this book as it is very well written and interesting to read. -- Reviewers Consortium
Fray Angelico Chavez and Thomas E. Chavez
Reg. price 25.95 hardcover
ISBN 1-890689-06-8
LPD Press, 2004. 224 pages, 18 b/w photos
Awards
Finalist, 2007 INDIE Excellence Book Awards
2004 Southwest Books of the Year
This is the third and final chapter of the trilogy started by Fray Angelico Chavez in 1981 on the three Hispanic leaders of the Catholic Church in New Mexico in the middle of the nineteenth century — Padres Martinez, Gallegos, and Ortiz. This is the story of Padre Juan Felipe Ortiz and his church at a crucial time in the history of New Mexico. This is the last book by Fray Angelico; it is the message, ideas, and words of Fray Angelico Chavez, with the gentle assistance of his nephew Thomas E. Chavez.
REVIEWS
Wake for a Fat Vicar tells the story of Fr. Juan Felipe Ortiz and his jurisdictional disputes with Bishop Jean Baptiste Lamy and Lamy’s vicar, Joseph Machebeuf. Chavez and Chavez seek to overturn the standard interpretation of Ortiz as an obstinate and corrupt man who selfishly resisted losing his leadership post among Catholics in New Mexico. More than a biography, this book is a rejoinder to the Anglo-centric historiography that commonly portrays mid-nineteenth-century New Mexico Catholics as hopefully superstitious and ignorant. The authors convincingly show that Lamy and Machebeuf arrived in New Mexico from France in 1851 more disposed to believe descriptions of New Mexico written by anti-Catholic or racist Americans than they were willing to learn about the region from its own inhabitants. -- Western Historical Quarterly, Summer 2005
This is the concluding book in a trilogy which carefully, objectively, and without rancor sets the historical record straight.… In doing so, these books call into question more literary works on the same subject. …This happy combination has produced an important book. -- Bernard Fontana, University of Arizona
Extensively researched, richly detailed. Transports the reader through time in its deft accounting of an era gone by. -- MidWest Book Reviews
An admirable and significant addition to our understanding of a fascinating and pivotal period in New Mexico’s history. -- Santa Fe New Mexican
Among Tom and Fray Angelico Chavez’s best writings. -- La Herencia
Very good! -- Today's Books
This book reads like an adventure into the nineteenth century. It has wonderful black and white photographs, extensive footnotes, copies of original documents, and a broad bibliography. This reviewer highly recommends this book to libraries, university classes in religion, history and Latin American studies. Lay people will enjoy this book as it is very well written and interesting to read. -- Reviewers Consortium
Wake Up!
Barbara Loure Gunn
Reg. price: $19.95
ISBN# 1-4137-1689-X
Publish America, 2004. 172 pages
Part one takes the reader on a unique spiritual journey through Cibola County New Mexico to find the real person lost inside of a mother who felt she had outlived her usefulness, after raising her three children. Part two shares the true life stories, obtained from personal interviews, of thirty of her friends and neighbors.
REVIEWS
A superior quest for deeper understanding. The author looks at things through the eyes of an explorer often surprised to find herself in unknown territory that is strangely familiar. - Marilyne M - published author
This book has a natural effortless style, which carries the reader into a world far beyond the obvious. Ms. Gunn’s belief that she is fulfilling a contract with her creator to share what she has learned is a most powerful motivating force. - Loriann R. - retired high school teacher
Thought provoking… Hidden in the writings are kernels of truth, which can help others tune their own senses to the spiritual part of their being. - John R. - city code officer
This book is like bread and wine for the spirit. It inspires, encourages and changes everyone who reads it. - June O. - health care office manager
Barbara Loure Gunn
Reg. price: $19.95
ISBN# 1-4137-1689-X
Publish America, 2004. 172 pages
Part one takes the reader on a unique spiritual journey through Cibola County New Mexico to find the real person lost inside of a mother who felt she had outlived her usefulness, after raising her three children. Part two shares the true life stories, obtained from personal interviews, of thirty of her friends and neighbors.
REVIEWS
A superior quest for deeper understanding. The author looks at things through the eyes of an explorer often surprised to find herself in unknown territory that is strangely familiar. - Marilyne M - published author
This book has a natural effortless style, which carries the reader into a world far beyond the obvious. Ms. Gunn’s belief that she is fulfilling a contract with her creator to share what she has learned is a most powerful motivating force. - Loriann R. - retired high school teacher
Thought provoking… Hidden in the writings are kernels of truth, which can help others tune their own senses to the spiritual part of their being. - John R. - city code officer
This book is like bread and wine for the spirit. It inspires, encourages and changes everyone who reads it. - June O. - health care office manager
Waking The Ancients: A Novel Of The Mogollon Rim
Waking The Ancients: A Novel Of The Mogollon Rim
Gail Wanman Holstein
Waking The Ancients: A Novel Of The Mogollon Rim
Gail Wanman Holstein
Reg. price $14.00
ISBN 0-9740806-3-2
Thundercloud Books, 2003. 183 pages
Who hasn’t longed to retreat into the past, to a time when life was simple and pure? Leah Ellis, wife of the heir to a Philadelphia fortune, becomes an unwilling ally in an outrageous experiment to create a new society, dominated by a cunning renegade archaeologist, in an abandoned Arizona cliff dwelling. If she leaves, she loses her husband and children. If she stays, they all die. But Leah has her magic, a fetish she found in a cave....
REVIEWS
I had to finish this heart-wrenching novel. Cheered for Leah through her triumphs . . . and cried with her as she grieved. Any author who can make me care so much about her characters, any author who can draw me so far into the story, will certainly make a fan of me. I will definitely read [Gail Holstein's] work again! --April Dawn LeFevre, Holbrook Tribune-News
Clever amalgam of a survivalist thriller and a psychological study of how power within groups goes wildly out of balance and cults form. Holstein has pared her short novel down into a page turner that you may finish in a few hours. Then wait for the movie. With the scenery and suspense, Holstein's book would make a fine summer thriller. -- Patricia Miller, The Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado
It’s fun to read, and the survival information is a practical bonus. -- Judi Siegfried, Silver City Daily Press
A profound and chilling tale of what can happen when you give away your power of intellect to another human being. If you’ve ever tried to help a loved one free themselves from any sort of addiction, whether a cult, drugs, or alcohol, Leah’s pain becomes your own in this deep and engrossing work. The unique storyline, great dialog and array of characters stuck with me long after I’d finished the book. Gail Wanman Holstein is one fabulous writer. -- Ingrid Taylor, Small Press Review
Gail Wanman Holstein
Reg. price $14.00
ISBN 0-9740806-3-2
Thundercloud Books, 2003. 183 pages
Who hasn’t longed to retreat into the past, to a time when life was simple and pure? Leah Ellis, wife of the heir to a Philadelphia fortune, becomes an unwilling ally in an outrageous experiment to create a new society, dominated by a cunning renegade archaeologist, in an abandoned Arizona cliff dwelling. If she leaves, she loses her husband and children. If she stays, they all die. But Leah has her magic, a fetish she found in a cave....
REVIEWS
I had to finish this heart-wrenching novel. Cheered for Leah through her triumphs . . . and cried with her as she grieved. Any author who can make me care so much about her characters, any author who can draw me so far into the story, will certainly make a fan of me. I will definitely read [Gail Holstein's] work again! --April Dawn LeFevre, Holbrook Tribune-News
Clever amalgam of a survivalist thriller and a psychological study of how power within groups goes wildly out of balance and cults form. Holstein has pared her short novel down into a page turner that you may finish in a few hours. Then wait for the movie. With the scenery and suspense, Holstein's book would make a fine summer thriller. -- Patricia Miller, The Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado
It’s fun to read, and the survival information is a practical bonus. -- Judi Siegfried, Silver City Daily Press
A profound and chilling tale of what can happen when you give away your power of intellect to another human being. If you’ve ever tried to help a loved one free themselves from any sort of addiction, whether a cult, drugs, or alcohol, Leah’s pain becomes your own in this deep and engrossing work. The unique storyline, great dialog and array of characters stuck with me long after I’d finished the book. Gail Wanman Holstein is one fabulous writer. -- Ingrid Taylor, Small Press Review
Western Animal Heroes: An Anthology of Stories by Ernest Thompson Seton
Western Animal Heroes: An Anthology of Stories by
Ernest Thompson Seton
Compiled and Edited by Stephen Zimmer
Western Animal Heroes: An Anthology of Stories by
Ernest Thompson Seton
Compiled and Edited by Stephen Zimmer
Reg. price $23.00, softcover
ISBN 0-86534-356-X
Sunstone Press, 2005. 304 pages, illustrated
Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton created a new literary form when he began writing stories about his adventures with wild animals. His first stories were compiled in the book, Wild Animals I Have Known, that became popular throughout the United States and Canada. The stories are spellbinding chronicles of wild animal courage, intelligence, and endurance as the animals valiantly attempt to escape the traps, poisons, guns, and lariats of their human pursuers.
During the 1890s Seton traveled to the American West and from his experiences wrote the thrilling tales contained in this collection. The exploits of Lobo (wolf), The Pacing Mustang, Tito (coyote), Monarch (grizzly), Coaly-Bay (horse), Johnny Bear, and Badlands Billy (wolf) are presented in their entirety along with many of Seton’s drawings.
Compiled and Edited by Stephen Zimmer
Reg. price $23.00, softcover
ISBN 0-86534-356-X
Sunstone Press, 2005. 304 pages, illustrated
Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton created a new literary form when he began writing stories about his adventures with wild animals. His first stories were compiled in the book, Wild Animals I Have Known, that became popular throughout the United States and Canada. The stories are spellbinding chronicles of wild animal courage, intelligence, and endurance as the animals valiantly attempt to escape the traps, poisons, guns, and lariats of their human pursuers.
During the 1890s Seton traveled to the American West and from his experiences wrote the thrilling tales contained in this collection. The exploits of Lobo (wolf), The Pacing Mustang, Tito (coyote), Monarch (grizzly), Coaly-Bay (horse), Johnny Bear, and Badlands Billy (wolf) are presented in their entirety along with many of Seton’s drawings.
What a Wonderful World: Seeing Through New Eyes (Book)
What a Wonderful World: Seeing Through New Eyes
(Book)
Ron Chapman
What a Wonderful World: Seeing Through New Eyes
(Book)
Ron Chapman
Reg. price $13.95
ISBN 1589612329
PageFree Publishing, 2004. 184 pages
What a Wonderful World offers a joyous, fresh realm of wonder while celebrating and encouraging personal awakening. Heartfelt stories replete with curious surprises and exciting insights await the reader. Seeing Through New Eyes inspires a world where a state of perpetual wonder becomes a normal way of being.
REVIEWS
An inspiring, eye opening guidebook to learning to see the world from a fresh perspective … highly recommended for anyone who wishes to live life at a deeper level. -- Sean Murphy, Winner of the Hemingway Award for First Novel for The Hope Valley Hubcap King
… a brilliant expression of a man in relationship with himself. -- Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D., Author of Potatoes Not Prozac
Ron lets each of us know that we are not alone, that our most selfish, judgmental thoughts unite us, rather than separate us. Ron points us in the direction of grace and a deeper spiritual life. -- Karen Weaver, Editor of Touch and Go: The Nature of Intimacy
Do we watch, listen and understand the world the way Ron Chapman does – with a generosity so big our soul is much the better for it? -- Robert Baldwin, Author of The Water Thief and Light & Darkness
Ron Chapman
Reg. price $13.95
ISBN 1589612329
PageFree Publishing, 2004. 184 pages
What a Wonderful World offers a joyous, fresh realm of wonder while celebrating and encouraging personal awakening. Heartfelt stories replete with curious surprises and exciting insights await the reader. Seeing Through New Eyes inspires a world where a state of perpetual wonder becomes a normal way of being.
REVIEWS
An inspiring, eye opening guidebook to learning to see the world from a fresh perspective … highly recommended for anyone who wishes to live life at a deeper level. -- Sean Murphy, Winner of the Hemingway Award for First Novel for The Hope Valley Hubcap King
… a brilliant expression of a man in relationship with himself. -- Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D., Author of Potatoes Not Prozac
Ron lets each of us know that we are not alone, that our most selfish, judgmental thoughts unite us, rather than separate us. Ron points us in the direction of grace and a deeper spiritual life. -- Karen Weaver, Editor of Touch and Go: The Nature of Intimacy
Do we watch, listen and understand the world the way Ron Chapman does – with a generosity so big our soul is much the better for it? -- Robert Baldwin, Author of The Water Thief and Light & Darkness
What Are the Spiritual Blessings in Christ?
What Are the Spiritual Blessings in Christ?
Susan Sherwood Parr
What Are the Spiritual Blessings in Christ?
Susan Sherwood Parr
Reg. price $9.95
ISBN 0-9728590-0-4. TRADE PAPER
Word Productions. 96 pages
BIBLICAL STUDIES. On the “Must Read List” at the women’s retreat hosted by Calvary Golden Springs at the retreat center in Murietta, CA, this powerful book will transform new and experienced Christians alike. It will create a new fire within the readers’ souls as they travel from the spiritual blessings belonging to every Christian based on Ephesians to the limitless power of God to move in and transform a life.
Susan Sherwood Parr
Reg. price $9.95
ISBN 0-9728590-0-4. TRADE PAPER
Word Productions. 96 pages
BIBLICAL STUDIES. On the “Must Read List” at the women’s retreat hosted by Calvary Golden Springs at the retreat center in Murietta, CA, this powerful book will transform new and experienced Christians alike. It will create a new fire within the readers’ souls as they travel from the spiritual blessings belonging to every Christian based on Ephesians to the limitless power of God to move in and transform a life.
When Kindness Fails
Elizabeth Fackler
Reg. price $25.95
ISBN 0-7862-5443-2
Five Star, 2003 Signed 1st edition. 315 pages
Homicide Detective Devon Gray comes home to find his girlfriend and her ex-husband entirely too cozy, then discovers the ex-husband was living with the woman whose murder he was assigned that afternoon. Jealousy leads to rejection after his girlfriend is raped, derailing Devon onto a roller coaster of violence that ends with his suspension, a period of forced inactivity that serves to catapult him onto a new road to disaster.
REVIEWS
First-rate suspense combined with Fackler’s nuanced portrayal of a charismatic yet deeply flawed hero make this a compelling series. -- Booklist
An exciting police procedural that contains twists and turns including one shocker of an ending. -- TheBestReviews.com
This uncommonly good police procedural far transcends the genre. There are social, psychological and political overtones, and the story has a noir quality worthy of the detective tales of the 1940s. -- Rio Rancho Observer
Fackler is an unusually good writer. Her dialogue is always right on the mark and her descriptive passages lyrical. -- Southwest Bookviews
Elizabeth Fackler
Reg. price $25.95
ISBN 0-7862-5443-2
Five Star, 2003 Signed 1st edition. 315 pages
Homicide Detective Devon Gray comes home to find his girlfriend and her ex-husband entirely too cozy, then discovers the ex-husband was living with the woman whose murder he was assigned that afternoon. Jealousy leads to rejection after his girlfriend is raped, derailing Devon onto a roller coaster of violence that ends with his suspension, a period of forced inactivity that serves to catapult him onto a new road to disaster.
REVIEWS
First-rate suspense combined with Fackler’s nuanced portrayal of a charismatic yet deeply flawed hero make this a compelling series. -- Booklist
An exciting police procedural that contains twists and turns including one shocker of an ending. -- TheBestReviews.com
This uncommonly good police procedural far transcends the genre. There are social, psychological and political overtones, and the story has a noir quality worthy of the detective tales of the 1940s. -- Rio Rancho Observer
Fackler is an unusually good writer. Her dialogue is always right on the mark and her descriptive passages lyrical. -- Southwest Bookviews
When That Time Comes
Sabra Brown Steinsiek
Reg. price $21.95
ISBN 0-595-22223-4
iUniverse, 2002. 407 pages
Book 2 of the Taylor Morgan Trilogy. Continuing the story of Taylor Morgan
and Laura Collins that began in the prize-winning Timing Is Everything to
beyond happily every after, to a life filled with passion and unexpected
turns. Taylor and Laura, now married with a family of their own, must learn
that life isn't always what you've planned.
REVIEWS
Sabra brings depth to her characters and succeeds in making you laugh and
cry as you follow the Morgan‚s through the journey of life. Having a large
cast of characters throughout the book that play an integral part to the
unfolding of their lives, just enriches the storyline.This book is an
enjoyable read and will not leave you disappointed when you add it to
shelf. -- Romance At Heart (www.romanceatheart.com)
... a fast-paced contemporary love story that aptly demonstrates that no
matter what plans we make, our hearts can dictate a better path if we
listen. -- Renee Bernard, author of Blind Aphrodite
Sabra Brown Steinsiek
Reg. price $21.95
ISBN 0-595-22223-4
iUniverse, 2002. 407 pages
Book 2 of the Taylor Morgan Trilogy. Continuing the story of Taylor Morgan
and Laura Collins that began in the prize-winning Timing Is Everything to
beyond happily every after, to a life filled with passion and unexpected
turns. Taylor and Laura, now married with a family of their own, must learn
that life isn't always what you've planned.
REVIEWS
Sabra brings depth to her characters and succeeds in making you laugh and
cry as you follow the Morgan‚s through the journey of life. Having a large
cast of characters throughout the book that play an integral part to the
unfolding of their lives, just enriches the storyline.This book is an
enjoyable read and will not leave you disappointed when you add it to
shelf. -- Romance At Heart (www.romanceatheart.com)
... a fast-paced contemporary love story that aptly demonstrates that no
matter what plans we make, our hearts can dictate a better path if we
listen. -- Renee Bernard, author of Blind Aphrodite
Wild and Untamed
Harry E. Ewing
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 0759687315
Authorhouse, 2002. 404 pages.
After leaving his home in Santa Fe, Alfredo headed north. His arrival in Taos was not without incident. In Taos he became a blood brother to a young Taos Pueblo Indian. The friendship and the bond lasted his lifetime. While working in Taos, he made a trip to Mora where he ran into a young girl that later became his wife. After their marriage, the couple relocated to the Cimarron Valley to spend the remainder of their life: The frontier life was not an easy life. Together they faced many problems with Indians, outlaws, wild animals, and weather situations. They were raising a family in an area that was surrounded by Indians. The text contains, love, humor, fear, respect, honor. It is a story about a real place in New Mexico.
REVIEWS
I have read the book from cover to cover, and frankly I found it interesting, and it kept my interest from chapter to another, it was informative and gave me a lot of New Mexico history. Being a history buff I enjoyed it, keep up the good work Harry. -- Reader in West Valley City, Utah
Historical novels are a great favorite of mine and I thought your book was well done. I like the way you portrayed the historical era and the place. The research you had done was obvious, but not intrusive to the book. You gave me a lot of information, but it didn't feel forced. I can't say I knew much about New Mexico before it was a State, but I like the way you showed the Spanish ancestry of the town and the deeply Catholic ways of the people. You also depicted the Indian population of the area as well, I thought the people were very well portrayed, sympathetic, but yet unique to the times and the culture. -- Readers Digest Magazine
It was one of the greatest love stories I have ever read. -- Reader in Cimarron, New Mexico
Harry E. Ewing
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 0759687315
Authorhouse, 2002. 404 pages.
After leaving his home in Santa Fe, Alfredo headed north. His arrival in Taos was not without incident. In Taos he became a blood brother to a young Taos Pueblo Indian. The friendship and the bond lasted his lifetime. While working in Taos, he made a trip to Mora where he ran into a young girl that later became his wife. After their marriage, the couple relocated to the Cimarron Valley to spend the remainder of their life: The frontier life was not an easy life. Together they faced many problems with Indians, outlaws, wild animals, and weather situations. They were raising a family in an area that was surrounded by Indians. The text contains, love, humor, fear, respect, honor. It is a story about a real place in New Mexico.
REVIEWS
I have read the book from cover to cover, and frankly I found it interesting, and it kept my interest from chapter to another, it was informative and gave me a lot of New Mexico history. Being a history buff I enjoyed it, keep up the good work Harry. -- Reader in West Valley City, Utah
Historical novels are a great favorite of mine and I thought your book was well done. I like the way you portrayed the historical era and the place. The research you had done was obvious, but not intrusive to the book. You gave me a lot of information, but it didn't feel forced. I can't say I knew much about New Mexico before it was a State, but I like the way you showed the Spanish ancestry of the town and the deeply Catholic ways of the people. You also depicted the Indian population of the area as well, I thought the people were very well portrayed, sympathetic, but yet unique to the times and the culture. -- Readers Digest Magazine
It was one of the greatest love stories I have ever read. -- Reader in Cimarron, New Mexico
The Wolf Path
Judith Van Gieson
Reg. Price $14.95
ISBN 0-9774161-1-9
ABQ Press, 2006, 232 pages, 1 illustration
In the fourth Neil Hamel mystery Neil becomes immersed in a deadly conflict between ranchers and environmentalists over wolf reintroduction in the Southwest. Since this book was first published in the nineties wolves have been reintroduced to Arizona and New Mexico with mixed results. This edition has an update on the reintroduction effort by wolf activist Bobbie Holaday who founded PAWS (Preserve Arizona's Wolves). The magnificent cover illustration is by the Navajo artist Ernie Franklin.
Reviews
Crisp, taut and utterly compelling. -- Entertainment Weekly
Van Gieson's Southwest is breathtaking and her mission seems to be to make us appreciate it while developing an environmental consciousness. Smart, involving, informative. The author's best to date. -- Kirkus Reviews
The Wolf Path is a smash whodunit. -- Albuquerque Journal
There is a lot of substance to this book and Neil continues to fascinate us as a character . . . She can stand with what the best woman writers in the field have to offer. -- Denver Post
Judith Van Gieson
Reg. Price $14.95
ISBN 0-9774161-1-9
ABQ Press, 2006, 232 pages, 1 illustration
In the fourth Neil Hamel mystery Neil becomes immersed in a deadly conflict between ranchers and environmentalists over wolf reintroduction in the Southwest. Since this book was first published in the nineties wolves have been reintroduced to Arizona and New Mexico with mixed results. This edition has an update on the reintroduction effort by wolf activist Bobbie Holaday who founded PAWS (Preserve Arizona's Wolves). The magnificent cover illustration is by the Navajo artist Ernie Franklin.
Reviews
Crisp, taut and utterly compelling. -- Entertainment Weekly
Van Gieson's Southwest is breathtaking and her mission seems to be to make us appreciate it while developing an environmental consciousness. Smart, involving, informative. The author's best to date. -- Kirkus Reviews
The Wolf Path is a smash whodunit. -- Albuquerque Journal
There is a lot of substance to this book and Neil continues to fascinate us as a character . . . She can stand with what the best woman writers in the field have to offer. -- Denver Post
A WORLD FOR THE MEEK
A WORLD FOR THE MEEK
Harry Willson