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"This is the first anthology to bring together Diné writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose into a single collection of Navajo literature. The book includes author biographies and interviews with a selections of the writers' most important creative work, as well as a chronology and resources for teachers and readers"--
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Stolen From Home and sold into a harsh life as a sled dog in northern Canada, Buck must quickly learn to survive. He soon takes his place as leader of the hardworking team, and his strength and courage become legendary among men. But the call of the wild is strong, awakening primal feelings of a life among wolves...
One of the greatest of all wildlife stories, The Call of the Wild will enthrall today's readers as it has since its first publication...
87) 30 days of night
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Josh Harnett (Black Dahlia, Pearl Harbor) crosses over to the dark side in this bone-chilling adaptation of the cult-hit graphic novel, brought to the screen in all its demonic glory. In a small Alaskan town, thirty days of night is a natural phenomenon. Very few outsiders visit, until a band of bloodthirsty, deathly pale vampires mark their arrival by savagely attacking sled dogs. But soon they find there are much more satisfying thirst-quenchers...
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One of William Faulkner's finest novels, As I Lay Dying was originally published in 1930, and remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, it vividly brings to life...
94) Messages from the hidden lake , vol. vi: literary & art collection of the Alamosa Public Library
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This seventh annual literary magazine is a collection of prose, poetry and art submitted by artists from Alamosa, the San Luis Valley and beyond.
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Includes the work of 201 Latino writers from the Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and Dominican American traditions, as well as from the traditions of other Spanish-speaking countries. It traces five centuries of writing, from letters to the Spanish crown by sixteenth-century conquistadors to the cutting-edge expressions of twenty-first-century cartoonistas and artists of reggae.
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A collection of poetry and prose about women in the West features the work of 152 tough, adaptive women, including Buddhists living in Nebraska, rodeo moms, cowgirls, Hutterites in South Dakota, and many other ladies of the American frontier, telling personal stories about their connections to the West.
100) Messages from the Hidden Lake, vol. III: Literary & Art Collection of the Alamosa Public Library
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This book was devised as a fundraiser by the Friends of the Library to help in the work of the Alamosa Public Library, Alamosa, Colorado. Our vision was to showcase the skills of our patrons, to motivate others to be creative, and to develop an ongoing fundraiser that would also give back to our patrons.