Author: Ernest Schusky
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1604947306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
It is the eve of World War II. When a draft board insists on registering young men from the Tohono O'odham Reservation, a conservative traditionalist named Pia Machita raises the Mexican flag and refuses to allow his followers to "sigh paper." Roswell Manuel is one of the first Tohono O'odham to be educated by Presbyterian missionaries. As the first O'odham interpreter, policeman, judge, and Presbyterian Elder, he attempts to balance his traditional beliefs with a modern lifestyle. After U.S. Marshals invade Pia's village -- and find it empty -- it is up to Roswell to talk Pia into a peaceful surrender. In Saguaro's Shadow is full of surprises and unforgettable outcomes. Based on real-life events, the story enables readers to experience the tragedy and humor that arise when cultures collide.
In Saguaro's Shadow
Author: Ernest Schusky
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1604947306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
It is the eve of World War II. When a draft board insists on registering young men from the Tohono O'odham Reservation, a conservative traditionalist named Pia Machita raises the Mexican flag and refuses to allow his followers to "sigh paper." Roswell Manuel is one of the first Tohono O'odham to be educated by Presbyterian missionaries. As the first O'odham interpreter, policeman, judge, and Presbyterian Elder, he attempts to balance his traditional beliefs with a modern lifestyle. After U.S. Marshals invade Pia's village -- and find it empty -- it is up to Roswell to talk Pia into a peaceful surrender. In Saguaro's Shadow is full of surprises and unforgettable outcomes. Based on real-life events, the story enables readers to experience the tragedy and humor that arise when cultures collide.
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1604947306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
It is the eve of World War II. When a draft board insists on registering young men from the Tohono O'odham Reservation, a conservative traditionalist named Pia Machita raises the Mexican flag and refuses to allow his followers to "sigh paper." Roswell Manuel is one of the first Tohono O'odham to be educated by Presbyterian missionaries. As the first O'odham interpreter, policeman, judge, and Presbyterian Elder, he attempts to balance his traditional beliefs with a modern lifestyle. After U.S. Marshals invade Pia's village -- and find it empty -- it is up to Roswell to talk Pia into a peaceful surrender. In Saguaro's Shadow is full of surprises and unforgettable outcomes. Based on real-life events, the story enables readers to experience the tragedy and humor that arise when cultures collide.
The Canyon’S Shadow
Author: Gypsy Quill
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483678016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Based on a true story! Monet was addicted to cocaine since age 14, while married to the ring leader of the Corsican Mafia, and never worked a day in her life! Snuck to the states at 20 and met Poe Walker; lured him into a web of deceit; punished him with torturous tease and her affair with mystery-man! Did Walker have reasons to split? Extreme child abuse done to Poe, provoked childhood-drug-addiction; later converted to alcoholism, thus violence! The latter bred between Monet and their children; a chain-reaction Violence breeds Violence separated the Walkers. Megan attempted suicide because she didnt believe her Daddy was alive! Incarcerated in Juvenile Detention; committed into a Mental Hospital for stabbing her mother, injuring her brother and a police officer, she was deemed incompetent by the court! A recovering alcoholic, Poe took custody, but questioned the circumstances; and moreover, devastation youwouldnt believe! The two-fold vision of The Canyons Shadow in one way, is a shade veneer stretching the chasm; seen another way, the Shadow is the Canyons history. Two people arrived 155 years apart, but their stories intertwine. The Canyon was the same, what changed, was civilizations around her. Poe uncovered a relic of time The M.N.A. Research Center never knew they had; revealing truth history left out; truth, we all need to know.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483678016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Based on a true story! Monet was addicted to cocaine since age 14, while married to the ring leader of the Corsican Mafia, and never worked a day in her life! Snuck to the states at 20 and met Poe Walker; lured him into a web of deceit; punished him with torturous tease and her affair with mystery-man! Did Walker have reasons to split? Extreme child abuse done to Poe, provoked childhood-drug-addiction; later converted to alcoholism, thus violence! The latter bred between Monet and their children; a chain-reaction Violence breeds Violence separated the Walkers. Megan attempted suicide because she didnt believe her Daddy was alive! Incarcerated in Juvenile Detention; committed into a Mental Hospital for stabbing her mother, injuring her brother and a police officer, she was deemed incompetent by the court! A recovering alcoholic, Poe took custody, but questioned the circumstances; and moreover, devastation youwouldnt believe! The two-fold vision of The Canyons Shadow in one way, is a shade veneer stretching the chasm; seen another way, the Shadow is the Canyons history. Two people arrived 155 years apart, but their stories intertwine. The Canyon was the same, what changed, was civilizations around her. Poe uncovered a relic of time The M.N.A. Research Center never knew they had; revealing truth history left out; truth, we all need to know.
The Shade of the Saguaro / La sombra del saguaro. Essays on the Literary Cultures of the American Southwest / Ensayos sobre las culturas literarias del suroeste norteamericano
Author: Annamaria Pinazzi
Publisher: Firenze University Press
ISBN: 886655393X
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
This volume springs from that fruitful project of scientific cooperation between the humanities departments of Università di Firenze and University of Arizona which was the Forum for the Study of the Literary Cultures of the Southwest (2000-2007). Tri-cultural, at least (Native, Hispanic and Anglo-American), and multi-lingual, today's Southwest presents a complex coexistence of different cultures, the equal of which would be hard to find elsewhere in the United States. Of this virtually inexhaustible object of study, the essays here collected tackle an ample range of themes. While the majority of them are concerned with the literatures of the Southwest, still a good third falls into the fields of history, art history, ethnography, sociology or cultural studies. They are partitioned in four sections, the first three reflecting the chronology of the stratification of the three major cultures and the fourth highlighting one of the most sensitive topics in and about contemporary Southwest - the borderlands/la frontera
Publisher: Firenze University Press
ISBN: 886655393X
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
This volume springs from that fruitful project of scientific cooperation between the humanities departments of Università di Firenze and University of Arizona which was the Forum for the Study of the Literary Cultures of the Southwest (2000-2007). Tri-cultural, at least (Native, Hispanic and Anglo-American), and multi-lingual, today's Southwest presents a complex coexistence of different cultures, the equal of which would be hard to find elsewhere in the United States. Of this virtually inexhaustible object of study, the essays here collected tackle an ample range of themes. While the majority of them are concerned with the literatures of the Southwest, still a good third falls into the fields of history, art history, ethnography, sociology or cultural studies. They are partitioned in four sections, the first three reflecting the chronology of the stratification of the three major cultures and the fourth highlighting one of the most sensitive topics in and about contemporary Southwest - the borderlands/la frontera
Cactus Hotel
Author: Brenda Z. Guiberson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805029604
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers."--Title page verso.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805029604
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers."--Title page verso.
Memorizing Shadows
Author: Heidi Elizabeth Blankenship
Publisher: Shanti Arts Publishing
ISBN: 1947067060
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
While walking the Arizona Trail from Mexico to Utah, Heidi Elizabeth Blankenship took photographs of scenic vistas and scribbled words on scraps of paper. Her photographs evolved into imaginative paper cuttings and her words into impassioned poems. Together these images and poems express heartfelt gratitude and love for everything that surrounds us. Perfect for the hiker, camper, adventurer, and nature enthusiast; ideal for anyone who relishes in a vision of the world as gift and celebration.
Publisher: Shanti Arts Publishing
ISBN: 1947067060
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
While walking the Arizona Trail from Mexico to Utah, Heidi Elizabeth Blankenship took photographs of scenic vistas and scribbled words on scraps of paper. Her photographs evolved into imaginative paper cuttings and her words into impassioned poems. Together these images and poems express heartfelt gratitude and love for everything that surrounds us. Perfect for the hiker, camper, adventurer, and nature enthusiast; ideal for anyone who relishes in a vision of the world as gift and celebration.
Saguaro Shade
Author: G. R. Dixon
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312871687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The author's collected works in literature and fiction, except for his novels, "Fiddler Crabbe" and "Thinker."
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312871687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The author's collected works in literature and fiction, except for his novels, "Fiddler Crabbe" and "Thinker."
Flame & Shadow
Author: AK Nevermore
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509251820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Half-daemon Envy Starr is destined to die on Midsummer’s Eve, still a virgin, on some crappy cult’s live-stream feed. With thirty days left to live, the chance to escape her fate and get some action compels her into her absentee father’s world of beautifully cultured cruelty. Once there, she’s the object of a deadly game, slated to alter the Fae realm’s power structure. Worse, the rules keep changing, and everyone has an ulterior motive, including her dae-licious guide, Brennan. Under a geas he’s desperate to break, she can’t trust him, or herself. Stupid Stockholm syndrome. But unless she can come to terms with what lies in her heart, her unlikely survival will be a fate worse than death. For her, and the rest of Fae.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509251820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Half-daemon Envy Starr is destined to die on Midsummer’s Eve, still a virgin, on some crappy cult’s live-stream feed. With thirty days left to live, the chance to escape her fate and get some action compels her into her absentee father’s world of beautifully cultured cruelty. Once there, she’s the object of a deadly game, slated to alter the Fae realm’s power structure. Worse, the rules keep changing, and everyone has an ulterior motive, including her dae-licious guide, Brennan. Under a geas he’s desperate to break, she can’t trust him, or herself. Stupid Stockholm syndrome. But unless she can come to terms with what lies in her heart, her unlikely survival will be a fate worse than death. For her, and the rest of Fae.
Truth and Shadows
Author: Bailie Lawson
Publisher: Bailie Lawson
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Annie believes her amnesia for a year in her past was caused by the traumatic ending of her relationship with Jeff. But that was many years ago. Now recurring nightmares and vivid, haunting dream images are intruding into Annie’s waking life. She knows she must revisit that lost year, no matter how painful it may be. Her resolve to uncover the truth is strengthened when she meets Lara, the daughter of a former love, at a poetry reading. Despite her reluctance to reveal her identity, Annie is drawn to Lara and feels an inexplicable connection to her. But when Lara’s father, Luka, claims that Annie abandoned her baby, Annie’s world is thrown into chaos. She is left to grapple with the possibility that she was once a mother but has no memory of being pregnant or giving birth. She fears Luka may be delusional or harboring ulterior motives. Now it is more important than ever to piece together the events of that lost year. As she faces the daunting task of unearthing what happened, Annie searches for people who might have known her and must decide who she can trust to help her uncover the truth. As the past is revealed, Annie realizes that the truth may be more than she can bear.
Publisher: Bailie Lawson
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Annie believes her amnesia for a year in her past was caused by the traumatic ending of her relationship with Jeff. But that was many years ago. Now recurring nightmares and vivid, haunting dream images are intruding into Annie’s waking life. She knows she must revisit that lost year, no matter how painful it may be. Her resolve to uncover the truth is strengthened when she meets Lara, the daughter of a former love, at a poetry reading. Despite her reluctance to reveal her identity, Annie is drawn to Lara and feels an inexplicable connection to her. But when Lara’s father, Luka, claims that Annie abandoned her baby, Annie’s world is thrown into chaos. She is left to grapple with the possibility that she was once a mother but has no memory of being pregnant or giving birth. She fears Luka may be delusional or harboring ulterior motives. Now it is more important than ever to piece together the events of that lost year. As she faces the daunting task of unearthing what happened, Annie searches for people who might have known her and must decide who she can trust to help her uncover the truth. As the past is revealed, Annie realizes that the truth may be more than she can bear.
Shadow Wolf
Author: Jenna Kernan
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373698763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
He wanted justice. For his family. For her. Elite tracker Kino Cosen is hunting for the drug lord who murdered his father. After a decade of searching, he's finally got the Viper in his sight--until a woman gets in the way. Now Kino has a new lead. Aid worker Lea Atlaha has seen the Viper face-to-face...and lived. But now Lea's a target. And while Kino thinks he's protecting her because she can help him get justice for his father, he soon realizes that she's not just another witness. As the Viper moves in for the kill, Kino has to choose between his need for vengeance, the traditions of his tribe and the woman he has grown to love.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373698763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
He wanted justice. For his family. For her. Elite tracker Kino Cosen is hunting for the drug lord who murdered his father. After a decade of searching, he's finally got the Viper in his sight--until a woman gets in the way. Now Kino has a new lead. Aid worker Lea Atlaha has seen the Viper face-to-face...and lived. But now Lea's a target. And while Kino thinks he's protecting her because she can help him get justice for his father, he soon realizes that she's not just another witness. As the Viper moves in for the kill, Kino has to choose between his need for vengeance, the traditions of his tribe and the woman he has grown to love.
Shadow's Blade
Author: David B. Coe
Publisher: Baen Books
ISBN: 1625794959
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Book #3 in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, the critically acclaimed contemporary fantasy series from fantasy all-star David B. Coe. A hardboiled, magic-using private detective fights dark sorcerers in Phoenix, Arizona. Justis Fearsson is a weremyste and a private detective. He wields potent magic, but every month, on the full moon, he loses his mind. His battles with insanity have already cost him his job as a cop; he can’t afford to let them interfere with his latest case. Phoenix has become ground zero in a magical war, and an army of werecreatures, blood sorcerers, and necromancers has made Jay its number one target. When he is hired to track down a woman who has gone missing with her two young children, he has a hunch that the dark ones are to blame. But then he’s also brought in by the police to help with a murder investigation, and all the evidence implicates this same woman. Soon he is caught up in a deadly race to find not only the young family, but also an ancient weapon that could prove decisive in the looming conflict. Can he keep himself alive long enough to reach the woman and her kids before his enemies do? And can he claim the weapon before the people he loves, and the world he knows, are lost in a storm of flame, blood, and darkest sorcery? At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). The Case Files of Justis Fearsson Spell Blind His Father's Eyes Shadow's Blade About Shadow's Blade: "Coe balances wit and drama, gives his female characters plenty of agency, and even throws in a bit ofThe Maltese Falcon via a powerful object everyone desires. This noir-tinged urban fantasy with real-feeling magic and multiple moral quandaries is highly recommended."—Publishers Weekly About Spell Blind, Book One in the Case Files of Justis Fearsson: "Justis is on the streets and has never been so cool; I can't wait for his next adventure!"—Patricia Briggs, #1 New York TimesBest Seller "Coe brings deep knowledge of both fantasy and mystery to his well-structured first urban fantasy novel. . . . He tells an entertaining story with a good mystery at its core."—Publishers Weekly About David B. Coe's Rules of Ascension: "War and politics, love and magic, all drawn in detail against a vividly imagined feudal background. A complex and excellent book." —David Drake, author of Lord of the Isles ". . . epic . . . a world of rival nobles, sinister mages, and a few men and women of courage and conviction. Well-developed characters and an intriguing political background . . ."—Library Journal
Publisher: Baen Books
ISBN: 1625794959
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Book #3 in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, the critically acclaimed contemporary fantasy series from fantasy all-star David B. Coe. A hardboiled, magic-using private detective fights dark sorcerers in Phoenix, Arizona. Justis Fearsson is a weremyste and a private detective. He wields potent magic, but every month, on the full moon, he loses his mind. His battles with insanity have already cost him his job as a cop; he can’t afford to let them interfere with his latest case. Phoenix has become ground zero in a magical war, and an army of werecreatures, blood sorcerers, and necromancers has made Jay its number one target. When he is hired to track down a woman who has gone missing with her two young children, he has a hunch that the dark ones are to blame. But then he’s also brought in by the police to help with a murder investigation, and all the evidence implicates this same woman. Soon he is caught up in a deadly race to find not only the young family, but also an ancient weapon that could prove decisive in the looming conflict. Can he keep himself alive long enough to reach the woman and her kids before his enemies do? And can he claim the weapon before the people he loves, and the world he knows, are lost in a storm of flame, blood, and darkest sorcery? At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). The Case Files of Justis Fearsson Spell Blind His Father's Eyes Shadow's Blade About Shadow's Blade: "Coe balances wit and drama, gives his female characters plenty of agency, and even throws in a bit ofThe Maltese Falcon via a powerful object everyone desires. This noir-tinged urban fantasy with real-feeling magic and multiple moral quandaries is highly recommended."—Publishers Weekly About Spell Blind, Book One in the Case Files of Justis Fearsson: "Justis is on the streets and has never been so cool; I can't wait for his next adventure!"—Patricia Briggs, #1 New York TimesBest Seller "Coe brings deep knowledge of both fantasy and mystery to his well-structured first urban fantasy novel. . . . He tells an entertaining story with a good mystery at its core."—Publishers Weekly About David B. Coe's Rules of Ascension: "War and politics, love and magic, all drawn in detail against a vividly imagined feudal background. A complex and excellent book." —David Drake, author of Lord of the Isles ". . . epic . . . a world of rival nobles, sinister mages, and a few men and women of courage and conviction. Well-developed characters and an intriguing political background . . ."—Library Journal