No More Bingo Comadre

Author : Nasario García
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826360041
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No More Bingo, Comadre! written by Nasario García and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes all kinds to populate Northern New Mexico, and this book has every one: from gypsies and gamblers to ranchers and criminals. Noted author Nasario García introduces us to some of these people and the challenges they face. The title character, Adelfa, flirts with the glamour of casinos and finds herself addicted to gambling. Sam “Spam” Austin, an inmate serving a long sentence for murder, is paroled, attends medical school, and becomes a doctor. The affable grandfather in “Yo Quiero Hacer un Lie ’Way,” a hard-working and honorable rancher, stuns the proprietor of a mortuary with his request to put a coffin on layaway.

Author : Sean Prentiss
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826355919
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Abbey written by Sean Prentiss and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Prentiss reveals the power of Ed Abbey's lasting call to action, not just as a Monkey Wrencher, but also as an ethicist who lives by Ed's own motto, 'Follow the truth no matter where it leads.'"--Jack Loeffler, author of Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey

Author : Nasario García
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826353290
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grandma's Santo on Its Head / El santo patas arriba de mi abuelita written by Nasario García and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Children and adults alike will enjoy Nasario’s brilliant telling of the events that were part of his growing up. As I read the stories I heard Nasario’s voice and I could see clearly the people and places he describes. I was reminded that the stories our grandparents told not only entertained us, they taught us valuable lessons. “The magic of storytelling is still with us. At home or in the classroom, stories such as these will spark the imagination and encourage reading.”—Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me, Ultima The popular cuentos that parents and grandparents in rural New Mexico once upon a time told their children are a rich source of the folklore of the region and offer satisfying entertainment. In this collection of bilingual stories about the Río Puerco Valley, where Nasario García grew up, he shares the traditions, myths, and stories of his homeland. He recounts stories of the evil eye and rooster racing, the Wailing Woman and the punishing of the santos. Preceding each tale is García’s brief explanation of the history and culture behind the story.

Author : Rudolfo Anaya
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504041453
Total Pages : 1095 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sonny Baca Novels written by Rudolfo Anaya and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 1095 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four suspenseful southwestern mysteries featuring a Chicano PI in New Mexico, by the “extraordinary” author of Bless Me, Ultima (Los Angeles Times Book Review). These four novels starring detective Sonny Baca are set against the terrain of the American Southwest, blending its Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultures. Zia Summer: Sonny Baca’s cousin Gloria is brutally slain, her body found drained of blood with a Zia sun sign—the symbol on the New Mexican flag—carved on her stomach. His quest to find her killer leads Baca across New Mexico’s diverse South Valley to an environmental compound and a terrifying brujo. Rio Grande Fall: A woman plummets to her death from a hot air balloon during Albuquerque’s famous Balloon Fiesta—and Baca recognizes it as no accident. Shaman Winter: Baca, confined to a wheelchair after a violent encounter, is haunted by chilling dreams, but has no choice but to go to work when the Santa Fe mayor’s teenage daughter disappears and the trail leads to a charismatic and dangerous shaman. Jemez Spring: A high-profile murder ignites a hotbed of political treachery and terrorist threats that take Baca to Los Alamos, pitting him against a formidable foe—and a nuclear bomb. Unrelentingly suspenseful, with vivid details of the physical and spiritual landscape of northern New Mexico, these mysteries are perfect for fans of Margaret Coel or James D. Doss and star “a fascinating hero” (Edmonton Journal).

Author : Sabine R. Ulibarrí
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826314384
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tierra Amarilla written by Sabine R. Ulibarrí and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bilingual collection of short stories in English and Spanish about rural life in northern New Mexico.

Author : Elena Poniatowska
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826335821
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lilus Kikus and Other Stories by Elena Poniatowska written by Elena Poniatowska and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2005-10-31 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English edition of the work of one of Mexico's most admired women writers.

Author : Maceo Montoya
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826345891
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Must Fight Them written by Maceo Montoya and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the novella You Must Fight Them, a short, bookish half-Mexican doctoral student returns to his hometown of Woodland, California, and tries to reconnect with Lupita Valdez, the girl he worshipped in high school. But in order to date Lupita, he must first fight her three hulking brothers. Attempting to make sense of his unusual predicament, he ruminates on his many insecurities—his definition of manhood and the ambiguities of his mixed-race identity. In this collection we meet characters navigating the difficult situations that arise when different worlds collide, from a professor teaching a course on Latino gangs who makes the unwise decision to invite two former rival gang members as guest lecturers, to an artist threatened by the twin sons of his poor white neighbor. Though this memorable cast of characters faces unique quandaries—and deals with these problems in questionable ways—their stories are driven by a desire to set the record straight.

Author : José Skinner
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826356273
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tombstone Race written by José Skinner and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in places as diverse as Fort Sumner, Taos, Chimayó, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Clovis, the fourteen stories in The Tombstone Race explore the surprising connections and disjunctions between rich and poor, urban and rural, old and new, ugly and beautiful.

Author : Miles Wilson
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826359507
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woodswork written by Miles Wilson and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories from four decades are grounded in the geographical, cultural, and psychological American West. Ranging from realism to fables, from childhood to senescence, from a faltering rancher to the rich and rocky road of fatherhood, Woodswork is filled with indelible characters keenly rendered. This is not fast-food fiction but a nourishing feast.

Author : Sandra Cisneros
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804150885
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woman Hollering Creek written by Sandra Cisneros and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border with tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.