Conejos Library District

A vivid portrait of life in England a thousand years ago. In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, the authors interview top historians and archaeologists, and they examine the human and social ingredients that were to make for achievement and success in the next thousand years.

It's 1852, and California's Gold Rush is in full swing. Tempers are flaring along the mighty Klamath River, where men are wild with gold-rush fever. 14-year-old Hudson treads carefully amongst them, desperate to find her long-lost father. She can only pray that he'll take her in. A battle erupts between miners and local tribespeople, trapping Hudson in the crossfire. She is no fighter; she's just a runaway kid from San Francisco in need of a family....

A portrait of the city of Rio de Janeiro describes how the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games have prompted resolutions for long-standing regional challenges--including drug wars, corruption, and urban decline.

"Over a period of five years, beginning when Fidel Castro stepped down from his presidency after almost a half-century of reign, journalist Julia Cooke embedded herself in Cuba, gaining access to a dynamic Havana--one that she found populated with twenty-five-year-old Marxist philosophy students, baby-faced anarchists, children of the whiskey-drinking elite, Santer©Ưa trainees, pregnant prostitutes, and more. Combining intimate storytelling with...

"A captivating tour through Rome's centuries-old Jewish community with more than 100 simple, deeply flavorful, vegetable-forward recipes. "Naming the book Portico is my way of saying, 'Welcome. I'm glad you are here.'" A leading authority on Jewish food, Leah Koenig celebrates la cucina Ebraica Romana within the pages of her new cookbook. Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen features over 100 deeply flavorful recipes and beautiful...

"In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was 'Lost Bird, ' a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died."--Cover.

In this sequel to her "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Bella Tuscany," the author chronicles her two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.

For generations, the spectacular San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico has nurtured unique cultural traditions. Founded in 2000, Hilos Culturales shines a spotlight on the traditional arts of the Indio-Hispano communities of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. These cultural arts of the San Luis Valley have roots that span the history of the Americas and beyond, taking on their own local characteristics in every region. Here...