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Beyond My Adobe Schoolhouse
My Life in Education
Häftad, 2024
214 kr
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Nasario Garcia has spent a lifetime dedicated to educating others in a variety of settings, including universities and prisons. A native of rural New Mexico and a beloved writer and folklorist, in Beyond My Adobe Schoolhouse Garcia reflects on his experiences of being educated and of being an …
Martíneztown, 1945
Tales of Life and Loss in an Albuquerque Barrio
Häftad, 2025
229 kr
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Nasario Garcia's poignant memoir revisits the 1940s Albuquerque neighborhood of his youth to capture the struggles and joys of growing up in Albuquerque's oldest barrio. In the summer of 1945, nine-year-old Junie is transplanted from the idyllic setting of his family ranch in the Río Puerco valley …
Chistes!
Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico & Southern Colorado
Inbunden, 2004
417 kr
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"When I moved to northern New Mexico thirty-three years ago," writes John Nichols, "I immediately fell in with my neighbours and commenced laughing." As folklorist Nasario García explains in his introduction to this collection, falling in with the voices of laughter and comic relief is a timeless, …
Chistes!
Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico & Southern Colorado
Häftad, 2004
285 kr
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"When I moved to northern New Mexico thirty-three years ago," writes John Nichols, "I immediately fell in with my neighbours and commenced laughing". As folklorist Nasario García explains in his introduction to this collection, falling in with the voices of laughter and comic relief is a timeless, …
Old Las Vegas
Hispanic Memories from the New Mexico Meadowlands
Häftad, 2006
253 kr
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This title is the winners of 2005 Southwest Book Award. 'The stories are charmingly frank, unexpectedly humorous, sometimes sad, all reminiscent of a simpler, though not always uncomplicated time...The book brims with anecdotes, folklore, and oral history that help define one of New Mexicos most …
Clarita's Clay Pot (La olla de barro de Clarita)
A Bilingual Story of Friendship, English and Spanish (Hardcover)
Inbunden, 2025
378 kr
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Clarita's Clay Pot, La olla de barro de Clarita
A Bilingual Story of Friendship, English and Spanish
Häftad, 2024
257 kr
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Brujerías
Stories of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the American Southwest and Beyond
Häftad, 2020
293 kr
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These stories come from a variety of Southwestern states — as well as Latin America — and demonstrate how the magical world of witchcraft and the supernatural connects Spain to Latin America, and Latin America to North America. This rich tradition of supernatural tales illuminates an unexplored …
Naked Rainbow and Other Stories
El Arco Iris Desnudo Y Otros Cuentos
Häftad, 2009
248 kr
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Author, poet, linguist, and oral historian Nasario Garcia turns to his childhood home, the Rio Puerco Valley southeast of Chaco Canyon in northern New Mexico, for the setting of this collection of fictional short stories. These tales are based on Garcia's personal experiences or stories he heard …
Bolitas De Oro
Poems from My Marble-Playing Days
Inbunden, 2010
264 kr
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The author of ""Tiempos Lejanos: Poetic Images from the Past"" returns to his roots in a new and exciting book of poetry about his childhood in Guadalupe, New Mexcio, originally called Ojo del Padre, presumably in honor of a priest who discovered a still-bubbling spring in the area. The village of …
Grandpa Lolo's Navajo Saddle Blanket
La Tilma De Abuelito Lolo
Häftad, 2012
240 kr
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Grandpa Lolo lives on a ranch in northern New Mexico. When he buys a black-and-white horse named Zorrillo (skunk) from Manuelito Yazzie, a Navajo who lives in a hogan in Torreón, Manuelito throws a tilma, a beautiful Navajo saddle blanket, into the deal. And so begins a beautiful friendship.This …
Grandma's Santo on Its Head / El Santo Patas Arriba De Mi Abuelita
Stories of Days Gone by in Hispanic Villages of New Mexico / Cuentos De Días Gloriosos En Pueblitos Hispanos De Nuevo México
Häftad, 2013
312 kr
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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 …
Hoe, Heaven, and Hell
My Boyhood in Rural New Mexico
Häftad, 2015
288 kr
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When Nasario García was a boy in Ojo del Padre, a village in the Rio Puerco Valley northwest of Albuquerque, he grew up the way rural New Mexicans had for generations. His parents built their own adobe house, raised their own food, hauled their water from the river, and brought up their children to …
No More Bingo, Comadre!
Stories
Häftad, 2018
248 kr
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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 …
Platicas
Conversations with Hispano Writers of New Mexico
Inbunden, 2000
360 kr
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New Mexico is an enchanted land and from this beautiful place with its rich cultural diversity and complex history, a strong Hispanic literary tradition has grown spanning several centuries. ""Plticas: Conversations with Hispano Writers of New Mexico"" is a series of interviews with six remarkable …
Brujerias
Stores of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the American Southwest and Beyond
Inbunden, 2007
397 kr
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He got as close as he could to observe the spectacle; his eyes could hardly believe what he saw. Circled around the huge bonfire were many witches dancing and making all kinds of gestures amidst laughs, screams, and bursts of laughter as they sang all together. Recounted in Spanish and in English …
