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199 produkter
Basque-English English-Basque Pocket Dictionary
Häftad, 1992
396 kr
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This pocket-sized Basque-English, English-Basque dictionary was designed for a broad audience—studens, teachers, people of Basque descent, and travelers—and contains definitions of the most commonly used Basque and English words. This compact softcover volume is the condensed version of the two …
Building Hoover Dam
An Oral History of the Great Depression
Häftad, 2001
281 kr
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An engaging oral history of the 31ers who built Hoover Dam and the women who fed them, married them, and shared their lives. Building Hoover Dam is the most intriguing book yet written about one of the modern architectural wonders of the world. Andrew J. Dunar and Dennis McBride skillfully …
Pinon Pine-a Natural and Cultural History
Häftad, 1981
215 kr
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An engaging look at the history of the piñon pine and its ecosystem. Combining natural history and observations of the cultural importance of the tree to both native Indians and European settlers, Lanner provides information on the management of the tree and its interdependence with the birds and …
Nevada Place Names
A Geographical Dictionary
Häftad, 1974
281 kr
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Author and researcher Helen Carlson spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’s place names, using the maps of explorers, miners, government surveyors, and city planners and poring through historical accounts, archival documents, county records, and newspaper files. The result …
Sand in a Whirlwind-Paiute Indian War of 1860
Häftad, 1985
295 kr
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Sand in a Whirlwind is a dramatic account of the events surrounding hostilities between settlers and Pyramid Paiutes in the spring of 1860. Thirty years after its publication Ferol Egan’s now classic tale continues to enlighten and engage readers.
History and Humanities
Essays in Honor of Wilbur S.Shepperson
Av University of Nevada Press, Francis X. Hartigan m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
252 kr
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Rebellious People-Basques Protests and Politics
Inbunden, 1991
455 kr
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In this scholarly work, Zirakzadeh argues that there is a calculated reasoning behind ETA's political violence that is often overlooked by researchers. His book is a comprehensive account of the Basque region's grassroots politics.
Circle of Mountains-Basque Shepherding Community New Ed
Häftad, 1993
252 kr
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Ott provides an excellent ethnography of a French Basque agrarian and sheepherding community. The commune of Sainte-Engrâce extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provences in France. In The Circle of Mountains, Sandra Ott examines the …
Romancing Nevada'S Past-Historic Sites and Ghost Towns in Eureka Lander and White Pin Counties
Häftad, 1993
339 kr
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Drawing on county records, newspaper microfilm, personal interviews, and on-site investigation, Hall provides the reader with a history of 175 significant sites, rendering a treasury of interesting facts on every page. This book blends history and old photographs with an update on the present …
How I Got Cultured
A Nevada Memoir
Häftad, 1994
210 kr
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Phyllis Barber grew up in Las Vegas, in the midst of a devout Mormon family. As a small child, she began to feel uneasy with her faith's all-pervasive certainty and righteousness. As she grew, the tensions between her religious beliefs and her desire for a larger, more cultured life also grew. She …
Desert Look
Häftad, 1995
233 kr
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Reno private investigator Jack Ross has been in the desert for six months when his respite is interrupted by television reporter Miranda Santee. She need's Jack help to solve a story. Miranda has an old photograph of two Las Vegas showgirls who allegedly robbed a mobster of one million dollars …
Old Heart of Nevada
Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Elko County
Häftad, 1998
339 kr
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Elko County, in the old heart of Nevada, is rich in historic sites, many of them hitherto uncharted and some verging on disappearing. For the first time, historian Shawn Hall identifies and locates the ghost towns and old mining camps of Elko County and recounts their colorful histories. Following …
Garden of Bristlecones
Tales of Change in the Great Basin
Häftad, 1998
385 kr
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An engaging, well-illustrated natural and cultural history of the oldest living organism—the bristlecone pine. Since Edmund Schulman discovered in 1958 that individual bristlecones live nearly 5,000 years, the trees have been investigated primarily for the elaborate record their rings contain. The …
Roar and the Silence
History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode
Häftad, 1998
339 kr
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Nevada’s Comstock Mining District has been the focus of legend since it first burst into international prominence in the late 1850s, and its principal settlement, Virginia City, endures in the popular mind as the West’s quintessential mining camp. But the authentic history of the Comstock is far …
Small Craft Warnings
Stories
Häftad, 1998
217 kr
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The indigo skies and lush vegetation of the contemporary West Coast belie the damaged souls and desperate alienation that lurk behind fading stucco walls and off the endless highways. The lives of women on the edge and beyond the margins have seldom been explored with as much power or insight as in …
In Gravity National Park
Poems
Häftad, 1998
153 kr
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In his poetry, writer and mountaineer C. L. Rawlins evokes the natural world and the American West in exciting detail. Philosophical, harsh, beautiful, gritty, in his poems Rawlins reveals himself to be a ""non-romantic Romantic.""A mountaineer and field hydrologist, he expertly approaches nature …
Basket Woman
A Book of Indian Tales
Häftad, 1999
217 kr
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Through the kindly but mysterious Basket Woman, cocky young glaciers, ancient Paiutes, and clever rabbits become the companions and teachers of Alan, the young son of homsteaders in early Nevada. The Basket Woman doesn't simply tell stories: She transports her young friend into powerful mythic …
Decline of Carlism
Inbunden, 2000
584 kr
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The cause of three civil wars and almost endless civil strife, Carlism is one of the most significant forces in Spanish politics since the early-19th century, yet its remarkable evolution since the 1930s has gone undocumented. This study fills that gap, showing how the movement - a curious blend of …
Gandydancer's Children
A Railroad Memoir
Häftad, 2000
215 kr
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This memoir focuses on the now-vanished lifestyle of railroad hands and their families who lived along the Southern Pacific railroad tracks in the 1920s and 1930s
Flock
Häftad, 2001
217 kr
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Blending natural history, politics, and allegory, Mary Austin champions local shepherds in the losing battle against the quickly developing tourist business in early twentieth-century California. The Flock is based on Mary Austin's first-hand experiences. She met many shepherds while visiting the …
Basques, the Catalans, and Spain
Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation
Häftad, 2000
252 kr
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This work provides an introduction to Basque and Catalan nationalism. The two movements have much in common, but have differed in the strategies adopted to further their cause. Basque nationalism, in the shape of the military wing of ETA, took the path of violence, spawning an efficient terrorist …
Archetypal Light
Poems
Häftad, 2001
153 kr
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Poetry that explores both the history of places and how language's living presence becomes an inhabitant of locales as well. Poet Elizabeth Dodd's world stretches from the lightless cave home of an eyeless, transparent fish known as a blindcat to the imagination of painter Georgia O'Keeffe. In this …
What's in a Word?
Etymological Gossip About Some Interesting English Words
Häftad, 2001
252 kr
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Modern English is rich in words derived from sources as diverse as classical Latin and Greek, Indonesian and other Asian languages, European mythology and religion, and the popular culture of many times and places. In this survey of the origins of several hundred familiar English words, linguist …
Bombs in the Backyard
Atomic Testing and American Politics
Häftad, 2001
273 kr
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On January 27, 1951, the first atomic weapon was detonated over a section of desert known as Frenchman Flat in southern Nevada, providing dramatic evidence of the Nevada Test Site's beginnings. Fifty years later, author A. Costandina Titus reviews contemporary nuclear policy issues concerning the …
Chorizos in an Iron Skillet
Memories and Recipes from an American Basque Daughter
Häftad, 2001
260 kr
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An intimate Basque cookbook peppered with family stories and photos and jam-packed with delicious recipes. Mary Ancho Davis invites everyone to join her at her mother's table as she recalls her family's traditions and history and shares special memories from her mother Dominga's kitchen. From huge …
Down by the Lemonade Springs
Essays on Wallace Stegner
Häftad, 2001
290 kr
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Wallace Stegner is one of the finest American writers, teachers and environmentalists of the 20th century. While his writing, both fiction and non-fiction, was recognized by a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and many other distinctions major and minor, his legacy is much larger than any of …
Geographical Identities of Ethnic America
Race, Space and Place
Av University of Nevada Press, Kate A. Berry m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
329 kr
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The complex relationships between human identity and place have been studied by scholars from many disciplines. In Geographical Identities of Ethnic America, eighteen distinguished geographers examine the ways in which place fashions, recreates, and contextualizes human identity in North America. …
Chicana Ways
Conversations with Ten Chicana Writers
Häftad, 2001
249 kr
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During the past two decades, literary issues such as multiculturalism, gender, borders and border crossing, and the development of personal, cultural, and alternative identities have become increasingly important. The same years have seen the flourishing of writers from a number of ethnic …
Reading Sand
Selected Desert Poems, 1976-2000
Häftad, 2002
201 kr
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The ascetic and enigmatic vastness of the Great Basin has challenged the talents of many writers, but few have met the challenge as successfully as William L. Fox. In Reading Sand, Fox's elegant minimalist poems capture the essence of the Great Basin desert-its daunting emptiness, the passage of …
