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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.
Dear Writer in the Window: The Wit and Wisdom of a Sidewalk Sage
Dear
Writer in the Window: The Wit and Wisdom of a
Sidewalk Sage
Georgelle Hirliman
Dear Writer in the
Window: The Wit and Wisdom of a Sidewalk Sage
Georgelle Hirliman
Reg. price $14.95
ISBN 0-595-00415-6
iUniverse, Inc., 2000. 228 pages
While trying to write a novel, Georgelle Hirliman found herself suffering a case of writer‚s block. To cure it she installed herself in the window of a bookstore with her laptop and invited passersby to ask her anything. This became so popular that Writer in the Window spent the next 19 years traveling to bookstores throughout America. Dear Writer in the Window is a collection of questions and answers gathered in those travels.
Georgelle Hirliman
Reg. price $14.95
ISBN 0-595-00415-6
iUniverse, Inc., 2000. 228 pages
While trying to write a novel, Georgelle Hirliman found herself suffering a case of writer‚s block. To cure it she installed herself in the window of a bookstore with her laptop and invited passersby to ask her anything. This became so popular that Writer in the Window spent the next 19 years traveling to bookstores throughout America. Dear Writer in the Window is a collection of questions and answers gathered in those travels.
The Death of Jabari
Kim Bundy
Reg. price $14.95
ISBN 0-595-16024-7
Writer's Club Press 2000. 292 pages
Awards
Included in the Jack Williamson Collection
A planet where magic and technology work hand in hand and its gods are men. A fantastical place with two moons and an origin of destruction. Two stories of a race against time through sabotage and possession, cloning and mutation, death and rebirth, and a prophesy manipulated, ending with the fate of a world.
REVIEWS
The cover promises sci-fi, the back cover text promises fantasy, and the book itself proves to be an intriguing blend of both. -- Christine Morgan of Sabledrake Magazine.
The primary conceit Bundy uses is a fascinating one. The fate of an entire world and its 'gods' depends on how Ryung's people and gods deal with the death of Jabari. The on-world and off-world plots do mesh well and they do lead to a satisfying denouement... -- Audrey Snowden of Inscriptions
Magazine.
I expected to have to write back to Ms. Bundy thanking her for the book, while carefully throwing the novel, hand on nose, into the nearest circular file. Except the darn thing was too much fun to stop reading. -- www.1000delights.com
Perhaps the author's fascination with alien worlds comes naturally. Kim Bundy was raised in Roswell, New Mexico and attended the "real" Roswell High. With a wonderful writing style and an imagination to match, we are certain to see much more from Kim Bundy. -- Sarah Mankowski, SFFworld
Kim Bundy
Reg. price $14.95
ISBN 0-595-16024-7
Writer's Club Press 2000. 292 pages
Awards
Included in the Jack Williamson Collection
A planet where magic and technology work hand in hand and its gods are men. A fantastical place with two moons and an origin of destruction. Two stories of a race against time through sabotage and possession, cloning and mutation, death and rebirth, and a prophesy manipulated, ending with the fate of a world.
REVIEWS
The cover promises sci-fi, the back cover text promises fantasy, and the book itself proves to be an intriguing blend of both. -- Christine Morgan of Sabledrake Magazine.
The primary conceit Bundy uses is a fascinating one. The fate of an entire world and its 'gods' depends on how Ryung's people and gods deal with the death of Jabari. The on-world and off-world plots do mesh well and they do lead to a satisfying denouement... -- Audrey Snowden of Inscriptions
Magazine.
I expected to have to write back to Ms. Bundy thanking her for the book, while carefully throwing the novel, hand on nose, into the nearest circular file. Except the darn thing was too much fun to stop reading. -- www.1000delights.com
Perhaps the author's fascination with alien worlds comes naturally. Kim Bundy was raised in Roswell, New Mexico and attended the "real" Roswell High. With a wonderful writing style and an imagination to match, we are certain to see much more from Kim Bundy. -- Sarah Mankowski, SFFworld
Dejad a los Ninos
John M. Taylor
Reg. price $25.00 softcover
ISBN 1-890689-31-9
LPD Press, 2005. 108 pages 120 illustrations
Winner, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards
This is a fresh new look at the history of the east bank of the Rio Grande from Isleta to Tome with a focus on the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Peralta. The book includes love stories, power politics, some genealogy and an unsolved murder and is lavishly illustrated with more than130 photos, paintings, and maps, many never published previously. John Taylor, long-time historian of this part of the Rio Abajo, captures both the history and the importance of religion in the lives of the residents of this area. This work will be of interest to students, historians, residents of the area, and parishioners alike.
REVIEWS
John Taylor has done a masterful job in recreating the rich history of the Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in social, economic, and religious terms. Newcomers, long-time residents, and New Mexico historians will benefit from the fine detail and engaging stories Taylor tells. We have much to preserve in our Rio Abajo communities, but our lives are like closed shutters without a thorough knowledge of our past. John Taylor has done much to throw open the shutters to our collective past with this valuable new edition of his much-admired earlier book. — Richard Melzer, President, Historical Society of New Mexico
John M. Taylor
Reg. price $25.00 softcover
ISBN 1-890689-31-9
LPD Press, 2005. 108 pages 120 illustrations
Winner, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards
This is a fresh new look at the history of the east bank of the Rio Grande from Isleta to Tome with a focus on the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Peralta. The book includes love stories, power politics, some genealogy and an unsolved murder and is lavishly illustrated with more than130 photos, paintings, and maps, many never published previously. John Taylor, long-time historian of this part of the Rio Abajo, captures both the history and the importance of religion in the lives of the residents of this area. This work will be of interest to students, historians, residents of the area, and parishioners alike.
REVIEWS
John Taylor has done a masterful job in recreating the rich history of the Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in social, economic, and religious terms. Newcomers, long-time residents, and New Mexico historians will benefit from the fine detail and engaging stories Taylor tells. We have much to preserve in our Rio Abajo communities, but our lives are like closed shutters without a thorough knowledge of our past. John Taylor has done much to throw open the shutters to our collective past with this valuable new edition of his much-admired earlier book. — Richard Melzer, President, Historical Society of New Mexico
Deliver Us From Evil
Louis Wynne
Reg. Price $15.50
ISBN 1-40332-065-9 paperback
1st Books Library 2002; 504 pages
Deliver Us From Evil is an espionage novel of terrorism, betrayal, and redemption which begins as North Korean dissidents plot to commit an act of international terrorism within the United States using nerve gas as the weapon of mass destruction.
A US Air Force intelligence officer on temporary duty in the Far East accidentally stumbles on a terrorist plot by a group of North Korean dissidents targeting a US national laboratory with a weapon of mass destruction. The terrorists capture, then torture him, and then let him go---but in a psychotic condition.
He is admitted to a mental health facility in the southwestern US where the psychiatric treatment staff squabbles over the care of this mentally ill patient. Who is he? What information does he possess? Should he be on schizophrenia medications or antidepressants? What about other psychotropic medications? Does he really have paranoid schizophrenia? Is his life still at risk? What else is in danger?
The terrorists also argue among themselves. Should they now aim at a different target? Afraid of effective counter terrorism, they place someone at the hospital to monitor the situation.
In the microcosm of Dos Cerros State Hospital there are good guys and bad guys, but the categories cut across professions and maybe nationalities, too.
This book, written by a psychologist and former intelligence officer who has himself played many of the parts in this drama, is for anyone concerned about both American vulnerability to biological terrorism, and the care of mental illness in the US.
REVIEWS
Torture of the most appalling sort has become a commonplace of the 21st century world although most Americans leading insulated lives do not want to know about it or think about its vast implications. Capt. Tom Fresquez, Wynne's Hispanic anti-hero, blunders into this physically and spiritually excruciating conundrum.
As a cautiously correct U.S. Air Force officer Fresquez has already sacrificed most of his individual identity to buy into the American dream of respectable conformity when he unwittingly becomes the focus of a murderous cabal of foreign terrorists who happen not to be Islamic. Not only does he know too much, but as an intelligence officer Fresquez still doesn't realize what it is that he knows. When the most skilled torturer of the terrorist group deftly drives Fresquez into insanity he is left to the tender mercies of our own state-sponsored "mental health system."
Why the terrorists, and indirectly our author the former intelligence officer and experienced clinical psychologist Dr. Louis Wynne, leave antihero Fresquez alive but incapacitated instead of finishing him off along with his secret is the deepest riddle of this disquieting work of near-fiction. After working professionally with the author this reviewer suspects that Dr. Wynne is presenting us with an allegory, a modern Pilgrim's Progress in which Everyman struggles not with Sin but with that even more seductive principle, Conformity. This struggle is the theme uniting the three worlds that we vicariously experience in this enthralling first novel. These are the equally insane worlds of the psychiatric establishment, the military bureaucracy, and the surprisingly conformist of international terrorism. Wynne dissects all three with irony while keeping the reader involved in the unfolding action. -- Tim Schuster, MD
Dr. Wynne not only delivers a powerful story of intrigue, intricate characters, and commentary on present day psychiatric services, but also weaves the flavor of the Southwest, the Orient, and small town America into a novel that leaves the reader eager to know what happens next. From the opening pages that create an image of soaring cranes to the seamy inner city closing scenes, "Deliver Us From Evil" unfolds into a series of involvements asking the question, "Just who is the bad guy?" This story appeals to all of the senses! Can't wait to see it on the big screen! -- Susan Trodoux
What could be more timely than a story revolving around the international intrigue of psychological terrorism interwoven with the mysterious world of mental health treatment in the United States? Louis Wynne has created an exciting, believable and, unexpectedly, informative novel. Deliver Us From Evil leads the reader through a maze of conspiracy, embedded in historical incidents and ultimately having repercussions in an otherwise unremarkable and unsuspecting mental health facility in a decidedly ordinary town. There are even subplots that allow for the weak and human side of the main characters to come through.
Captain Fresquez is the unwitting victim of a frightening stratagem put in motion by the evil forces of a communist regime. Drs Cassaday and Whittaker become detectives by default through their involvement in trying to understand Fresquez' bizarre behaviors. All of this takes place in a mental institution with its own penchant for trickery and deception. Psychological thrillers are not my typical choice for relaxing reading. I usually find myself becoming increasingly annoyed and anything but relaxed because the stereotypes abound regarding the manifestations of the "psychological symptoms." But Deliver Us From Evil was the most realistic depiction of the genuine effects of trauma, the subsequent repercussions on family and the mental health experts' struggle to understand and treat these effects that I have ever read.
It was also hard to put down. In Deliver Us From Evil, Wynne has captured all the elements of a great thriller. It is at once suspenseful and taxing on the reader's emotions while allowing the story to unfold within different subplots that sweep the reader away into a world of intellect and passion. While worrying about the ultimate outcome for poor Captain Fresquez there is a constant and tantalizing distraction regarding the relationship that may or may not evolve between the psychologist and the psychiatrist. Not to mention the global implications of what is unfolding. Dr. Whittaker's humor and sincerity make him at times admired, but at other times there is the dread that he will somehow disappoint by appearing all too driven and even human.
Wynne's writing style is genuinely believable whether it is narration or dialogue. And the context of history was easy to follow and to imagine as plausible. Descriptions of military protocol, hospital politics and New Mexico suggest firsthand knowledge of the subject matter, much like Crichton or Grisham novels. Reference to actual, recent news items was an especially nice touch. The characters are variously likeable or not but they are all certainly engaging. There are also some very touching and provoking simple conversations between characters that make the reader think about similar conversations they may have had with a best friend. When a novel reaches you at that level you've got a winner.
As a behavioral psychologist I was challenged by many of the discussions and disagreements surrounding the treatment of mental illness. And I have even considered making this novel an assignment in a college graduate course addressing clinical and ethical issues. But the real pleasure of reading this book was not so academic. It was just one great page turner. The beginning captures you right away and the ending leaves you satisfied and even a little informed. I guarantee you will finish it quickly and then insist your best friend read it. -- Phyllis N. Williamson, Ph.D.
Take a bit of Tom Clancy, a smattering of Robert Ludlum and a heavy dose of CNN Headlines and you end up with Deliver Us From Evil by Louis Wynne. It is a book full of plot twists, layered characters and real life situations.
From his experiences in life, Dr. Wynne has taken the unthinkable and made it real. Events in the book ring with accuracy and descriptions that only one who had seen similar events could describe. The characters have a truth about them shown by the imperfections seen in all people. They feel love, hate, fear, indifference, frustration, just as the reader does following their story. There are no perfect characters, and no perfect actions, only the common responses to the uncommon situations.
As the reader continues through the book, multiple plot lines end up spinning into a vortex of love, lust and national peril, while dragging the unsuspecting reader along.
If you are looking for an intense read full of international intrigue, plot twists, medical mayhem and realistic characters that will keep you glued to your chair, this is the book for you. -- Dee Skinner
Louis Wynne
Reg. Price $15.50
ISBN 1-40332-065-9 paperback
1st Books Library 2002; 504 pages
Deliver Us From Evil is an espionage novel of terrorism, betrayal, and redemption which begins as North Korean dissidents plot to commit an act of international terrorism within the United States using nerve gas as the weapon of mass destruction.
A US Air Force intelligence officer on temporary duty in the Far East accidentally stumbles on a terrorist plot by a group of North Korean dissidents targeting a US national laboratory with a weapon of mass destruction. The terrorists capture, then torture him, and then let him go---but in a psychotic condition.
He is admitted to a mental health facility in the southwestern US where the psychiatric treatment staff squabbles over the care of this mentally ill patient. Who is he? What information does he possess? Should he be on schizophrenia medications or antidepressants? What about other psychotropic medications? Does he really have paranoid schizophrenia? Is his life still at risk? What else is in danger?
The terrorists also argue among themselves. Should they now aim at a different target? Afraid of effective counter terrorism, they place someone at the hospital to monitor the situation.
In the microcosm of Dos Cerros State Hospital there are good guys and bad guys, but the categories cut across professions and maybe nationalities, too.
This book, written by a psychologist and former intelligence officer who has himself played many of the parts in this drama, is for anyone concerned about both American vulnerability to biological terrorism, and the care of mental illness in the US.
REVIEWS
Torture of the most appalling sort has become a commonplace of the 21st century world although most Americans leading insulated lives do not want to know about it or think about its vast implications. Capt. Tom Fresquez, Wynne's Hispanic anti-hero, blunders into this physically and spiritually excruciating conundrum.
As a cautiously correct U.S. Air Force officer Fresquez has already sacrificed most of his individual identity to buy into the American dream of respectable conformity when he unwittingly becomes the focus of a murderous cabal of foreign terrorists who happen not to be Islamic. Not only does he know too much, but as an intelligence officer Fresquez still doesn't realize what it is that he knows. When the most skilled torturer of the terrorist group deftly drives Fresquez into insanity he is left to the tender mercies of our own state-sponsored "mental health system."
Why the terrorists, and indirectly our author the former intelligence officer and experienced clinical psychologist Dr. Louis Wynne, leave antihero Fresquez alive but incapacitated instead of finishing him off along with his secret is the deepest riddle of this disquieting work of near-fiction. After working professionally with the author this reviewer suspects that Dr. Wynne is presenting us with an allegory, a modern Pilgrim's Progress in which Everyman struggles not with Sin but with that even more seductive principle, Conformity. This struggle is the theme uniting the three worlds that we vicariously experience in this enthralling first novel. These are the equally insane worlds of the psychiatric establishment, the military bureaucracy, and the surprisingly conformist of international terrorism. Wynne dissects all three with irony while keeping the reader involved in the unfolding action. -- Tim Schuster, MD
Dr. Wynne not only delivers a powerful story of intrigue, intricate characters, and commentary on present day psychiatric services, but also weaves the flavor of the Southwest, the Orient, and small town America into a novel that leaves the reader eager to know what happens next. From the opening pages that create an image of soaring cranes to the seamy inner city closing scenes, "Deliver Us From Evil" unfolds into a series of involvements asking the question, "Just who is the bad guy?" This story appeals to all of the senses! Can't wait to see it on the big screen! -- Susan Trodoux
What could be more timely than a story revolving around the international intrigue of psychological terrorism interwoven with the mysterious world of mental health treatment in the United States? Louis Wynne has created an exciting, believable and, unexpectedly, informative novel. Deliver Us From Evil leads the reader through a maze of conspiracy, embedded in historical incidents and ultimately having repercussions in an otherwise unremarkable and unsuspecting mental health facility in a decidedly ordinary town. There are even subplots that allow for the weak and human side of the main characters to come through.
Captain Fresquez is the unwitting victim of a frightening stratagem put in motion by the evil forces of a communist regime. Drs Cassaday and Whittaker become detectives by default through their involvement in trying to understand Fresquez' bizarre behaviors. All of this takes place in a mental institution with its own penchant for trickery and deception. Psychological thrillers are not my typical choice for relaxing reading. I usually find myself becoming increasingly annoyed and anything but relaxed because the stereotypes abound regarding the manifestations of the "psychological symptoms." But Deliver Us From Evil was the most realistic depiction of the genuine effects of trauma, the subsequent repercussions on family and the mental health experts' struggle to understand and treat these effects that I have ever read.
It was also hard to put down. In Deliver Us From Evil, Wynne has captured all the elements of a great thriller. It is at once suspenseful and taxing on the reader's emotions while allowing the story to unfold within different subplots that sweep the reader away into a world of intellect and passion. While worrying about the ultimate outcome for poor Captain Fresquez there is a constant and tantalizing distraction regarding the relationship that may or may not evolve between the psychologist and the psychiatrist. Not to mention the global implications of what is unfolding. Dr. Whittaker's humor and sincerity make him at times admired, but at other times there is the dread that he will somehow disappoint by appearing all too driven and even human.
Wynne's writing style is genuinely believable whether it is narration or dialogue. And the context of history was easy to follow and to imagine as plausible. Descriptions of military protocol, hospital politics and New Mexico suggest firsthand knowledge of the subject matter, much like Crichton or Grisham novels. Reference to actual, recent news items was an especially nice touch. The characters are variously likeable or not but they are all certainly engaging. There are also some very touching and provoking simple conversations between characters that make the reader think about similar conversations they may have had with a best friend. When a novel reaches you at that level you've got a winner.
As a behavioral psychologist I was challenged by many of the discussions and disagreements surrounding the treatment of mental illness. And I have even considered making this novel an assignment in a college graduate course addressing clinical and ethical issues. But the real pleasure of reading this book was not so academic. It was just one great page turner. The beginning captures you right away and the ending leaves you satisfied and even a little informed. I guarantee you will finish it quickly and then insist your best friend read it. -- Phyllis N. Williamson, Ph.D.
Take a bit of Tom Clancy, a smattering of Robert Ludlum and a heavy dose of CNN Headlines and you end up with Deliver Us From Evil by Louis Wynne. It is a book full of plot twists, layered characters and real life situations.
From his experiences in life, Dr. Wynne has taken the unthinkable and made it real. Events in the book ring with accuracy and descriptions that only one who had seen similar events could describe. The characters have a truth about them shown by the imperfections seen in all people. They feel love, hate, fear, indifference, frustration, just as the reader does following their story. There are no perfect characters, and no perfect actions, only the common responses to the uncommon situations.
As the reader continues through the book, multiple plot lines end up spinning into a vortex of love, lust and national peril, while dragging the unsuspecting reader along.
If you are looking for an intense read full of international intrigue, plot twists, medical mayhem and realistic characters that will keep you glued to your chair, this is the book for you. -- Dee Skinner
Dichos
Aspectos Culturales
Reg. price $6.00
ISBN 0-9768474-4-2
Aspectos Culturales, 1992
Dichos is a collection of 366 dichos-one for every day of the year, including February 29! Dichos are folk sayings in Spanish which reflect the philosophy of the culture. Many of them are in rhymes. This little book contains the dichos by month/day in the front and in alphabetical order in the back for those who forget the dichos. Since each dicho often has a direct meaning and two or three deeper meanings, they provide a wealth of insight and possibility for discussion of Hispano culture and philosophy.
Aspectos Culturales
Reg. price $6.00
ISBN 0-9768474-4-2
Aspectos Culturales, 1992
Dichos is a collection of 366 dichos-one for every day of the year, including February 29! Dichos are folk sayings in Spanish which reflect the philosophy of the culture. Many of them are in rhymes. This little book contains the dichos by month/day in the front and in alphabetical order in the back for those who forget the dichos. Since each dicho often has a direct meaning and two or three deeper meanings, they provide a wealth of insight and possibility for discussion of Hispano culture and philosophy.
Dinosaur Learning Activity Book
Geoff Habiger
Reg. price $7.95
ISBN 1-932926-96-8
Artemesia Publishing, 2005. 80 pages, illustrated
Dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 180 million years. Now, let them entertain you with the Dinosaur Learning Activity Book. Matching, puzzles, mazes, connect-the-dots, and lots of pages to color make learning about dinosaurs and geology fun for paleontologists of any age.
REVIEWS
A cute, simple and fun way to learn what dinosaur paleontologists do. I highly recommend this book to parents and their young grade-schoolers. -- Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D., Curator of Lower Vertebrate Paleontology and Chief Preparator, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Finally, a dinosaur book for children written by someone with a background in paleontology! Kids will have hours of fun and absorb
current and accurate information about the ancient world at the same time. The Dinosaur Learning Activity Book is win-win! -- Geb Bennett, Collection Manager and Fossil Preparator, Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
A valuable and fun resource to introduce children to many aspects of dinosaur science. -- Jerry D. Harris, Director of Paleontology, Dixie State College
Mr. Habiger has created an exciting activity book packed with information. The best part of this book is that it provides not just the same information found in other books; instead there is a great deal of effort to show how paleontologists discover that information and use it. -- Andrew B. Heckert, Ph.D., Director of the McKinney Geological Teaching Museum at Appalachian State University
Geoff Habiger
Reg. price $7.95
ISBN 1-932926-96-8
Artemesia Publishing, 2005. 80 pages, illustrated
Dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 180 million years. Now, let them entertain you with the Dinosaur Learning Activity Book. Matching, puzzles, mazes, connect-the-dots, and lots of pages to color make learning about dinosaurs and geology fun for paleontologists of any age.
REVIEWS
A cute, simple and fun way to learn what dinosaur paleontologists do. I highly recommend this book to parents and their young grade-schoolers. -- Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D., Curator of Lower Vertebrate Paleontology and Chief Preparator, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Finally, a dinosaur book for children written by someone with a background in paleontology! Kids will have hours of fun and absorb
current and accurate information about the ancient world at the same time. The Dinosaur Learning Activity Book is win-win! -- Geb Bennett, Collection Manager and Fossil Preparator, Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
A valuable and fun resource to introduce children to many aspects of dinosaur science. -- Jerry D. Harris, Director of Paleontology, Dixie State College
Mr. Habiger has created an exciting activity book packed with information. The best part of this book is that it provides not just the same information found in other books; instead there is a great deal of effort to show how paleontologists discover that information and use it. -- Andrew B. Heckert, Ph.D., Director of the McKinney Geological Teaching Museum at Appalachian State University
Dissonance: a novel
Lisa Lenard-Cook
Reg. price 21.95 hardcover
ISBN 0-8263-3090-8
UNM Press, 2003. 186 pp
Awards
Jim Sagel Prize for the Novel; featured selection NPR Performance Today's Summer Reading Series; 2004 selection Durango-La Plata Reads!; 2003 Tucson-Pima County Library SW Book of the Year; 2003 Librarian's Choice, Cincinnati Public Library; Book Buzz Selection, Ramsey County (MI) Library; others
A mysterious legacy leads a Los Alamos piano teacher on a journey of self-discovery.
REVIEWS
The best book I've read in years... it won many awards, but not enough people know about smaller press titles. Check it out. If you agree, start an e-mail chain and tell all your friends who read. And ask them to tell all their friends who read. -- Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of Pay It Forward and Walter's Purple Heart
A fine, clear, spare novel about music, the mysteries of the past, and the struggle to make meaning out of our present lives. In language that is always melodious, Lenard-Cook writes luminously of Europe and New Mexico, of the years of the last century that were its most brutal and the years at its close that were its most perplexing. Dissonance is a work of beauty. -- Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair
Dissonance . . . is bold in its scale, placing us at different eras in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt and in the scientific world of Los Alamos, New Mexico. . . . Few contemporary novels challenge the reader's conscience as Dissonance does... -- Kevin McIlvoy, author of Hyssop
An academic-press novel that deserves attention -- written in polished, impressive prose. -- Gregg Easterbrook, The New Republic
Dissonance is lyrical, luminous and pitch-perfect. -- Historical Novels Review
a promising debut. -- Dallas Morning News
Lisa Lenard-Cook
Reg. price 21.95 hardcover
ISBN 0-8263-3090-8
UNM Press, 2003. 186 pp
Awards
Jim Sagel Prize for the Novel; featured selection NPR Performance Today's Summer Reading Series; 2004 selection Durango-La Plata Reads!; 2003 Tucson-Pima County Library SW Book of the Year; 2003 Librarian's Choice, Cincinnati Public Library; Book Buzz Selection, Ramsey County (MI) Library; others
A mysterious legacy leads a Los Alamos piano teacher on a journey of self-discovery.
REVIEWS
The best book I've read in years... it won many awards, but not enough people know about smaller press titles. Check it out. If you agree, start an e-mail chain and tell all your friends who read. And ask them to tell all their friends who read. -- Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of Pay It Forward and Walter's Purple Heart
A fine, clear, spare novel about music, the mysteries of the past, and the struggle to make meaning out of our present lives. In language that is always melodious, Lenard-Cook writes luminously of Europe and New Mexico, of the years of the last century that were its most brutal and the years at its close that were its most perplexing. Dissonance is a work of beauty. -- Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair
Dissonance . . . is bold in its scale, placing us at different eras in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt and in the scientific world of Los Alamos, New Mexico. . . . Few contemporary novels challenge the reader's conscience as Dissonance does... -- Kevin McIlvoy, author of Hyssop
An academic-press novel that deserves attention -- written in polished, impressive prose. -- Gregg Easterbrook, The New Republic
Dissonance is lyrical, luminous and pitch-perfect. -- Historical Novels Review
a promising debut. -- Dallas Morning News
Do It Yourself Will Kit
Sammy Sorrell
Reg. price $19.95
American Trend Publishing, 2004. All forms & instructions in Kit format.
For individuals, husband and wife. Also includes living will and power of attorney. Anyone can complete your own will without an attorney with this kit-just follow the instructions.
Sammy Sorrell
Reg. price $19.95
American Trend Publishing, 2004. All forms & instructions in Kit format.
For individuals, husband and wife. Also includes living will and power of attorney. Anyone can complete your own will without an attorney with this kit-just follow the instructions.
Doctorate in Death
Jeffrey Raymond Hansson
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 1-4241-0766-0
PublishAmerica, 2006. 246 pages
Anthropologists Dana Winfield and Travis Hitchcock are digging up something other than the missing link, and somebody wants them out of the way.
The setting for Doctorate in Death is Las Cruces, New Mexico, where cultural anthropologist Dana Winfield teams up with archaeologist Travis Hitchcock to solve the mystery of a missing graduate student while fighting the undertow of university politics.
Jeffrey Raymond Hansson
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 1-4241-0766-0
PublishAmerica, 2006. 246 pages
Anthropologists Dana Winfield and Travis Hitchcock are digging up something other than the missing link, and somebody wants them out of the way.
The setting for Doctorate in Death is Las Cruces, New Mexico, where cultural anthropologist Dana Winfield teams up with archaeologist Travis Hitchcock to solve the mystery of a missing graduate student while fighting the undertow of university politics.
Don,t Ever Tell Me YOU CAN,T!
Celia Ruiz Tomlinson
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 9-7155-5515-2
De la Salle University Press. 171 pages; 20 photographs
A true story of grit, resilience, pursuit of the American Dream, and triumph of the human spirit, authored by New Mexico,s first registered Asian female professional engineer. It is the story of how a young, female Asian immigrant engineer who came to the U.S. in 1968 with only $300 and her civil engineer,s diploma, overcame absolute poverty, language barriers, racial and gender discrimination and established a successful engineering business.
REVIEWS
The autobiography of Celia Ruiz Tomlinson is the story of an extraordinary woman. It is not an everyday life story, but something unusual. ...When I started to read the book, another autobiography comes to mind..I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. -- Zsonia Anna Toth, WOMENWRITERS.NET
Ms. Tomlinson,s success is a classic example of facticity and the ability and strength to overcome limitations and hindrances, pursuing dreams, and achieving success... a must read for ...all minorities who have to live the harsh reality of America. -- Irwin Jazmines, Manila Magazine
This is the greatest personal story I have ever read.....There were so many hardships that Celia Tomlinson had to overcome. You will applaud her several times during her story, of how she made her dreams a reality and paving the path for more women to realize their goals are not out of reach! -- Lisa diAngelo, Book Review Cafe
Celia Ruiz Tomlinson
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 9-7155-5515-2
De la Salle University Press. 171 pages; 20 photographs
A true story of grit, resilience, pursuit of the American Dream, and triumph of the human spirit, authored by New Mexico,s first registered Asian female professional engineer. It is the story of how a young, female Asian immigrant engineer who came to the U.S. in 1968 with only $300 and her civil engineer,s diploma, overcame absolute poverty, language barriers, racial and gender discrimination and established a successful engineering business.
REVIEWS
The autobiography of Celia Ruiz Tomlinson is the story of an extraordinary woman. It is not an everyday life story, but something unusual. ...When I started to read the book, another autobiography comes to mind..I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. -- Zsonia Anna Toth, WOMENWRITERS.NET
Ms. Tomlinson,s success is a classic example of facticity and the ability and strength to overcome limitations and hindrances, pursuing dreams, and achieving success... a must read for ...all minorities who have to live the harsh reality of America. -- Irwin Jazmines, Manila Magazine
This is the greatest personal story I have ever read.....There were so many hardships that Celia Tomlinson had to overcome. You will applaud her several times during her story, of how she made her dreams a reality and paving the path for more women to realize their goals are not out of reach! -- Lisa diAngelo, Book Review Cafe
Don't Forget the Details: Poetry & Poetic Essays
Don't Forget the Details: Poetry & Poetic Essays
Linda Bairstow
Don't Forget the Details: Poetry & Poetic
Essays
Linda Bairstow
Reg. Price $17.95
ISBN 0-9776982-0-3
Verity Publishing, 2006. 149 pages
74 poems and one play, each with its own unique rhythm and rhyme.
A sample poem:
Bubbles pop
Upon the pond
In iridescent lace.
Each pop,
Each hope,
A glint in time.
Which leaves a breathless trace.
Reviews
Recommended ... involing ... check this out. -- Andrew Andrews, True Review
... a duality of beauty and innocence, against a backdrop of injustices... -- Corina Gutman, Prime Time Magazine
Dont Forget the Details ... is a breathtakingly charming and engagingly beautiful. The bonus selection, Celestial Faire, a Multi-Media Estravaganza Featuring Welkin Dancers, Musicians, the Poet, Airaina, Animal Shindigs, and the Master of the Universe, definitely, totally takes the cake. This is a literary volume of poetry and prose to be read, savored, and enjoyed. -- Nancy Lorraine, MBR Bookwatch
Linda Bairstow
Reg. Price $17.95
ISBN 0-9776982-0-3
Verity Publishing, 2006. 149 pages
74 poems and one play, each with its own unique rhythm and rhyme.
A sample poem:
Bubbles pop
Upon the pond
In iridescent lace.
Each pop,
Each hope,
A glint in time.
Which leaves a breathless trace.
Reviews
Recommended ... involing ... check this out. -- Andrew Andrews, True Review
... a duality of beauty and innocence, against a backdrop of injustices... -- Corina Gutman, Prime Time Magazine
Dont Forget the Details ... is a breathtakingly charming and engagingly beautiful. The bonus selection, Celestial Faire, a Multi-Media Estravaganza Featuring Welkin Dancers, Musicians, the Poet, Airaina, Animal Shindigs, and the Master of the Universe, definitely, totally takes the cake. This is a literary volume of poetry and prose to be read, savored, and enjoyed. -- Nancy Lorraine, MBR Bookwatch
Down to Earth: A Gardeners Guide to the Albuquerque Area
Down to Earth: A Gardeners Guide to the Albuquerque
Area
Albuquerque Area Extension Master
Gardeners
Down to Earth: A Gardeners Guide to the
Albuquerque Area
Albuquerque Area Extension Master Gardeners
Reg. price $25.00
ISBN 0-9700804-2-5
2005. 389 pages
This unique book, now in its third edition, was written and published by Albuquerque Area Master Gardeners. The information within is based on training provided by NMSU and on the personal experiences and knowledge of many Albuquerque gardeners. The Table of Contents may be found at http://www.abqmastergardeners.org//Documents/DTE/DTETOC.pdf
Basics about what is different gardening in Albuquerque such as soils, temperature extremes, watering methods, wind, and sun. A month by month calendar for garden maintenance and troubleshooting. Answers to common. Articles about gardening in the seven areas of Albuquerque and the differences between areas. Tips and great ideas, specialty gardening articles. Water-wise gardening, converting to xeriscape.
Albuquerque Area Extension Master Gardeners
Reg. price $25.00
ISBN 0-9700804-2-5
2005. 389 pages
This unique book, now in its third edition, was written and published by Albuquerque Area Master Gardeners. The information within is based on training provided by NMSU and on the personal experiences and knowledge of many Albuquerque gardeners. The Table of Contents may be found at http://www.abqmastergardeners.org//Documents/DTE/DTETOC.pdf
Basics about what is different gardening in Albuquerque such as soils, temperature extremes, watering methods, wind, and sun. A month by month calendar for garden maintenance and troubleshooting. Answers to common. Articles about gardening in the seven areas of Albuquerque and the differences between areas. Tips and great ideas, specialty gardening articles. Water-wise gardening, converting to xeriscape.
Duke City Tales: Stories From Albuquerque
Duke City Tales: Stories From Albuquerque
Harry Willson
Duke City Tales: Stories From Albuquerque
Harry Willson
Reg. price $10.00
ISBN 0-938513-00-1
Amador Publishers, 1986 (2nd printing). 172 pages, 7 illustrations
Luminarias, balloons, atomic bombs, bats, false arrest, hunting, finding, moonwatching, DWI, cops, schools, litter, mufflers, stray dogs, and a fumbling old alchemist, who attempts to use his occult powers to bring about his goal of "peace and quiet," with results that are comical and less than satisfactory, giving pause to those of us who feel called upon to change the world.
Duke City is Albuquerque -- the commercial, educational, medical, military metropolis that contains half the population of New Mexico. Harry Willson, has lived there more than thirty-five years as a practicing mythologist and story-teller.
REVIEWS
Willson's keen insight into human nature is intermingled cleverly within the stories' events, revealing both the stupid and the serious, the touching and the absurd, leaving the reader feeling that he has just been exposed to a truth that he has sensed before, but which for the first time is verbalized. -- The Small Press Review
...a nice mix of stories for students and adults alike... a real sense of environmental need... If you could change the world, how would you do it? ...a light touch of humor... creative tales and endearing characters. -- The New Mexico English Journal
...a striking shift away from contemporary fiction's usual assumption that violence, oppression and injustice are somehow ‘natural.' ...Willson keeps reminding us that it's O.K. to believe in peace. -- Plowshares Prisoner
...a series of vignettes about modern life in the Sun Belt with a quiet sort of intimacy. This book will be of great interest to anyone curious about contemporary Southwest fiction. -- The Bloomsbury Review
...simple and direct. -- Booktalk
...highly satisfactory. -- New Mexico Magazine
...Willson's writing has a substance that can come only of having really lived life and a gentleness for which I just want to say, Thank you. -- Uncle River, The Mogollon News
Harry Willson
Reg. price $10.00
ISBN 0-938513-00-1
Amador Publishers, 1986 (2nd printing). 172 pages, 7 illustrations
Luminarias, balloons, atomic bombs, bats, false arrest, hunting, finding, moonwatching, DWI, cops, schools, litter, mufflers, stray dogs, and a fumbling old alchemist, who attempts to use his occult powers to bring about his goal of "peace and quiet," with results that are comical and less than satisfactory, giving pause to those of us who feel called upon to change the world.
Duke City is Albuquerque -- the commercial, educational, medical, military metropolis that contains half the population of New Mexico. Harry Willson, has lived there more than thirty-five years as a practicing mythologist and story-teller.
REVIEWS
Willson's keen insight into human nature is intermingled cleverly within the stories' events, revealing both the stupid and the serious, the touching and the absurd, leaving the reader feeling that he has just been exposed to a truth that he has sensed before, but which for the first time is verbalized. -- The Small Press Review
...a nice mix of stories for students and adults alike... a real sense of environmental need... If you could change the world, how would you do it? ...a light touch of humor... creative tales and endearing characters. -- The New Mexico English Journal
...a striking shift away from contemporary fiction's usual assumption that violence, oppression and injustice are somehow ‘natural.' ...Willson keeps reminding us that it's O.K. to believe in peace. -- Plowshares Prisoner
...a series of vignettes about modern life in the Sun Belt with a quiet sort of intimacy. This book will be of great interest to anyone curious about contemporary Southwest fiction. -- The Bloomsbury Review
...simple and direct. -- Booktalk
...highly satisfactory. -- New Mexico Magazine
...Willson's writing has a substance that can come only of having really lived life and a gentleness for which I just want to say, Thank you. -- Uncle River, The Mogollon News
An Elephant Family Adventure: The Elephants Visit London
An Elephant Family Adventure: The Elephants Visit
London
Beverly Eschberger
An Elephant Family Adventure: The Elephants Visit
London
Beverly Eschberger
$3.99
ISBN: 978-1-932926-30-9
Kinkajou Press
96 pages. Illustrated
A London Adventure!
Visit London with the Elephant family. Fun is in store as twins Harold and
Penelope travel from Africa with their parents. Join the adventure as the
family tiptoes through historic buildings, rides the Underground, and
enjoys traditional English food. But when Harold and Penelope disappear
from the Natural History Museum, the detectives from Scotland Yard are
called in to solve the case!
Beverly Eschberger
$3.99
ISBN: 978-1-932926-30-9
Kinkajou Press
96 pages. Illustrated
A London Adventure!
Visit London with the Elephant family. Fun is in store as twins Harold and
Penelope travel from Africa with their parents. Join the adventure as the
family tiptoes through historic buildings, rides the Underground, and
enjoys traditional English food. But when Harold and Penelope disappear
from the Natural History Museum, the detectives from Scotland Yard are
called in to solve the case!
The Emperor of Portland
Anthony Ravenscroft
Reg. price $14.95
ISBN 1-890109-84-3
Cross Quarter Publishing Group, 2005. 228 pages, trade paper
A bizarre death in a quiet neighborhood stumps the police. The media whip up a frenzy of public hysteria over the “Satanic murder,” which only gets worse when a neighbor of the victim is kidnapped. Who better to solve these crimes than the Satanists themselves? Join the Inner Order of the Ruby Grotto of the Stealer of Dreams & their associates in the Swami Mafia as they unravel a snarl of insanity & government red tape to get at the truth. A witty & complex tale of amateur detection.
Anthony Ravenscroft
Reg. price $14.95
ISBN 1-890109-84-3
Cross Quarter Publishing Group, 2005. 228 pages, trade paper
A bizarre death in a quiet neighborhood stumps the police. The media whip up a frenzy of public hysteria over the “Satanic murder,” which only gets worse when a neighbor of the victim is kidnapped. Who better to solve these crimes than the Satanists themselves? Join the Inner Order of the Ruby Grotto of the Stealer of Dreams & their associates in the Swami Mafia as they unravel a snarl of insanity & government red tape to get at the truth. A witty & complex tale of amateur detection.
Endless River
Elizabeth Fackler
Reg. price $25.95
ISBN 1-59414-270-X
Five Star, 2005. Signed 1st edition, 229 pages
In this fictionalized account of a true crime, an ex-con poses as a policeman to kidnap Amy Sterling’s boyfriend from a small town’s high school. When Amy learns what has happened, she immediately suspects Zeb Mulroney is behind it. Although the police discount her suspicion, her mother Lucinda asks the tenant of their garage apartment, Devon Gray, a retired homicide detective, to help them search for the kidnapped boy. Romantically involved with Lucinda, Devon agrees to humor Amy to keep her from idle worry as the three set off in his old truck on a manhunt into the mountains.
REVIEWS
The story line grips the audience but it is the deep cast to include a young drifter that turns Endless River into a fine and intriguing thriller. -- TheBestReviews.com
Western specialist Fackler spins real-life crime into taut suspense fiction. -- Kirkus Reviews
Fackler does a masterful job of character development, seamlessly switching points of view. A page-turner with appeal for both mystery and true-crime fans. -- Booklist
Fackler takes us through not only a well-crafted mystery but a series of evolving personal relationships at an intriguing and enjoyable measure to an atypical conclusion. -- Ruidoso News
Elizabeth Fackler
Reg. price $25.95
ISBN 1-59414-270-X
Five Star, 2005. Signed 1st edition, 229 pages
In this fictionalized account of a true crime, an ex-con poses as a policeman to kidnap Amy Sterling’s boyfriend from a small town’s high school. When Amy learns what has happened, she immediately suspects Zeb Mulroney is behind it. Although the police discount her suspicion, her mother Lucinda asks the tenant of their garage apartment, Devon Gray, a retired homicide detective, to help them search for the kidnapped boy. Romantically involved with Lucinda, Devon agrees to humor Amy to keep her from idle worry as the three set off in his old truck on a manhunt into the mountains.
REVIEWS
The story line grips the audience but it is the deep cast to include a young drifter that turns Endless River into a fine and intriguing thriller. -- TheBestReviews.com
Western specialist Fackler spins real-life crime into taut suspense fiction. -- Kirkus Reviews
Fackler does a masterful job of character development, seamlessly switching points of view. A page-turner with appeal for both mystery and true-crime fans. -- Booklist
Fackler takes us through not only a well-crafted mystery but a series of evolving personal relationships at an intriguing and enjoyable measure to an atypical conclusion. -- Ruidoso News
The Endlight Event: A New Ice Age Is Coming...tomorrow
The Endlight Event: A New Ice Age Is
Coming...tomorrow
John P. Cate
The Endlight Event: A New Ice Age Is
Coming...tomorrow
John P. Cater
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 1418498300
Authorhouse, 2004. 364 pages.
The story begins in Socorro, New Mexico. An aspiring radio astronomer from Fort Davis, Texas, Dr. Galley Pruitt, has discovered, using Socorro’s VLA radio telescope, an ominous cloud of opaque cometary dust moving into our Solar System. Upon further examination, he finds that it is quickly moving between the Earth and our Sun and will eclipse our life-giving light for months. He predicts the Endlight Event, an E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event). Temperatures start to plummet. A new ice age is imminent. Earth’s SOS is transmitted into the cosmos from Arecibo’s 1000-foot radio telescope.
Meanwhile, an eccentric self-made billionaire from California, Jackson Morrow, executes his elaborate plan to save all life on Earth with a futuristic deep-earth Noah’s Ark inside Carlsbad Caverns. He invites Galley and his family to join his Deep Earth Survival Colony of humans and animal life there. Then a response to our SOS seems to be arriving as the sky flashes with light.
On orders from the President of the United States, Galley abruptly travels to Arecibo, Puerto Rico to investigate these unusual flashes and accompanying extraterrestrial signals received by the radio telescope. As he leaves the island, the Earth’s crust begins to freeze catastrophically creating immense earthquakes and tsunamis worldwide. Once back in New Mexico, Galley and his family and friends join the Colony in the caverns. The outside climate plunges to cryogenic temperatures and stays for months. Nothing can live outside. A mysterious murder inside the caverns is followed by a suicide and catastrophic sabotage. Generators and heaters in the caverns shudder to a halt. Morrow’s plan is failing. Will anything survive?
On the surface, the story told in this book is an exciting techno-thriller. At the heart of the tale, however, the reader may find one rendition of the upcoming Apocalypse as related in the Bible’s Book of Revelations. Either way, it’s a spellbinding fictional chronicle that many readers have finished in one sitting.
John P. Cater
Reg. price $19.95
ISBN 1418498300
Authorhouse, 2004. 364 pages.
The story begins in Socorro, New Mexico. An aspiring radio astronomer from Fort Davis, Texas, Dr. Galley Pruitt, has discovered, using Socorro’s VLA radio telescope, an ominous cloud of opaque cometary dust moving into our Solar System. Upon further examination, he finds that it is quickly moving between the Earth and our Sun and will eclipse our life-giving light for months. He predicts the Endlight Event, an E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event). Temperatures start to plummet. A new ice age is imminent. Earth’s SOS is transmitted into the cosmos from Arecibo’s 1000-foot radio telescope.
Meanwhile, an eccentric self-made billionaire from California, Jackson Morrow, executes his elaborate plan to save all life on Earth with a futuristic deep-earth Noah’s Ark inside Carlsbad Caverns. He invites Galley and his family to join his Deep Earth Survival Colony of humans and animal life there. Then a response to our SOS seems to be arriving as the sky flashes with light.
On orders from the President of the United States, Galley abruptly travels to Arecibo, Puerto Rico to investigate these unusual flashes and accompanying extraterrestrial signals received by the radio telescope. As he leaves the island, the Earth’s crust begins to freeze catastrophically creating immense earthquakes and tsunamis worldwide. Once back in New Mexico, Galley and his family and friends join the Colony in the caverns. The outside climate plunges to cryogenic temperatures and stays for months. Nothing can live outside. A mysterious murder inside the caverns is followed by a suicide and catastrophic sabotage. Generators and heaters in the caverns shudder to a halt. Morrow’s plan is failing. Will anything survive?
On the surface, the story told in this book is an exciting techno-thriller. At the heart of the tale, however, the reader may find one rendition of the upcoming Apocalypse as related in the Bible’s Book of Revelations. Either way, it’s a spellbinding fictional chronicle that many readers have finished in one sitting.
Eppie Archuleta and the Tale of Juan de La Burra
Eppie Archuleta and the Tale of Juan de La Burra
Ruben E. Archuleta
Eppie Archuleta and the Tale of Juan de La Burra
Ruben E. Archuleta
Reg. price $24.95 softcover
ISBN 0-9742840-1-7
El Jefe, 2004. 414 pages, 15 color photos, 11 black & white photos, 10 illustrations
This bi-lingual (Spanglish-English) book provides a brief biography of world renowned weaver, Eppie Archuleta. The biography has several black and white pictures and ten color glossy pages of the weaver and her beautiful work. The book includes a long, delightful, mythical cuento (story) about princesses, heroes, villains, and magic which takes place in the Land of Enchantment. This story was told to Eppie and her siblings by her father when she was a small child growing up in Medanales, New Mexico.
REVIEWS
Eppie, dictating from memory, in Spanish, filled 8 tapes with the Juan de La Burra tale – an epic adventure story filled with remarkably detailed dialogue and featuring everything from kings and princesses to magical mares and the robust title character, who is blessed with extraordinary strength after being raised on special burro milk. -- The Pueblo Chieftain
Juan de La Burra is a long mythical tale that was passed down to Eppie by her father in the old folk tale tradition. Eppie maintained an incredible memory to once again repeat the old folk tale that has been in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado for centuries. -- Las Vegas Optic
This is a great book for fans of Eppie Archuleta, a national treasure. She and her mother the weaver, Agueda, have their biographies in the first part of the book. The second part is the story of Juan de La Burra in Spanglish – a dialect that may be dying out in southern Colorado. The book documents a great weaver and her family, the tale, and the dialect; all would be lost without this book. -- Tradición Revista
Ruben E. Archuleta
Reg. price $24.95 softcover
ISBN 0-9742840-1-7
El Jefe, 2004. 414 pages, 15 color photos, 11 black & white photos, 10 illustrations
This bi-lingual (Spanglish-English) book provides a brief biography of world renowned weaver, Eppie Archuleta. The biography has several black and white pictures and ten color glossy pages of the weaver and her beautiful work. The book includes a long, delightful, mythical cuento (story) about princesses, heroes, villains, and magic which takes place in the Land of Enchantment. This story was told to Eppie and her siblings by her father when she was a small child growing up in Medanales, New Mexico.
REVIEWS
Eppie, dictating from memory, in Spanish, filled 8 tapes with the Juan de La Burra tale – an epic adventure story filled with remarkably detailed dialogue and featuring everything from kings and princesses to magical mares and the robust title character, who is blessed with extraordinary strength after being raised on special burro milk. -- The Pueblo Chieftain
Juan de La Burra is a long mythical tale that was passed down to Eppie by her father in the old folk tale tradition. Eppie maintained an incredible memory to once again repeat the old folk tale that has been in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado for centuries. -- Las Vegas Optic
This is a great book for fans of Eppie Archuleta, a national treasure. She and her mother the weaver, Agueda, have their biographies in the first part of the book. The second part is the story of Juan de La Burra in Spanglish – a dialect that may be dying out in southern Colorado. The book documents a great weaver and her family, the tale, and the dialect; all would be lost without this book. -- Tradición Revista
EVA'S WAR: A True Story of Survival, new 2nd Edition
EVA'S WAR: A True Story of Survival, new 2nd Edition
Eva Krutein