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  • - A Natural History, Ecology, & Action Guide to Front Range Urban Wildlife
    von Carol Ann Moorhead
    15,00 €

    Introduces a variety of animals and habitats that exist along Colorado's Front Range. Ages 12 and up.

  • - Frontier Medicine in the American West
    von Wayne Bethard
    23,00 €

    Powder papers, booty balls, and sugar tits¿ Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs has a cure for whatever ails! These quaint names were given to popular medicinal forms during America's frontier era that were said to cure everything from fallen arches to a broken windmill. Grandmas, mommas, and even certified physicians treated the sick, lame, and unlucky with what was available: barbed wire and horseshoe nails, cactus, pokeweed, buckeyes, you name it. Ironically, a lot of these homespun treatments actually worked. In Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs, a practicing pharmacist takes a light-hearted look at the most popular medicines from the frontier days and how they were intended to work.

  • von Helen Hughes Vick
    16,00 €

  • - Triumphs & Tragedies
    von Anna W. Hale
    14,00 €

    A riveting day-by-day account of the Mayflower crossing based on actual journals, public records, and letters.

  • - A Novel of the Jazz Age
    von Paul M. Levitt
    30,00 €

    New York City in 1922 saw showpeople like Fanny Brice and Harry Houdini rubbing shoulders with confidence men and bootleggers like Arnold Rothstein, the gambler reputed to have fixed the 1919 World Series. Henrietta Fine, a precocious sixteen-year-old apprentice locksmith, weaves in and out of this world, living by her wits and the double-cross. Her safe cracking skills make her useful to both Houdini and to the wily Rothstein, who provides cover for her after the police implicate her in a diamond heist. Her picaresque adventures take her from the woods of New Jersey, whose secret Indian trails afford escape from red-baiting anti-semtic mobs, to the coves of Long Island, where she becomes a companion of a doomed bootlegger. Drawn with exquisite detail and told in a voice- Henrietta''s-that recalls the stylish gossip (or "Chin Music") of the Flapper, Paul Levitt''s debut novel will entertain readers with its uncanny evocation of an era when the gangster held a place of celebrity and a teen-age girl could be his unwitting- or outwitting-collaborator.

  • - The Botanical Exploration of the Rocky Mountains
    von Roger L. Williams
    24,00 €

    As we approach the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004, attention will inevitably turn to the nineteenth-century explorers who risked life and limb to interpret the natural history of the American West. Beginning with Meriwether Lewis and his discovery of the bitterroot, the goal of most explorers was not merely to find an adequate route to the Pacific, but also to comment on the state of the region''s ecology and its suitability for agriculture, and, of course, to collect plant specimens. In this book, Williams follows the trail of over a dozen explorers who "botanized" the Rocky Mountains, and who, by the end of the nineteenth century, became increasingly convinced that the flora of the American West was distinctive. The sheer wonder of discover, which is not lost on Williams or his subjects, was best captured by botanist Edwin James in 1820 as he emerged above timberline in Colorado to come upon "a region of astonishing beauty."

  • - The Story of the Grizzly Bear
    von Harold McCracken
    24,00 €

    If you''re hoping to someday catch a glimpse of the imposing and powerful grizzly bear, you''ll have to take a trek through the Northern Rockies, Canada, or Alaska. Having once roamed the entire continent of North America, the population of grizzlies in the lower 48 states has been nearly wiped out by aggressive hunting. First published in 1955, this classic work by one of America''s beloved outdoor writers pays homage to the Pleistocene Era''s most "pugnacious and extraordinary" survivor, the grizzly bear. As you read about the once scientifically classified Ursus horribilis, you''ll learn about this powerful recluse''s role in Native American rituals and myths, and relive the encounters early explorers and mountain men experienced with grizzlies. "Observing and studying grizzly bears," McCracken thoughtfully observed, "has proved to be far more gratifying than all the hunting I have done."

  • - North American Indian Myths, Rituals, and Images of the Bear
    von David Rockwell
    24,00 €

    In this new edition of a classic, David Rockwell describes the captivating and awe-inspiring presence of the bear in Native American rituals. The bear played a central role in shamanic rights, initiation, healing and hunting ceremonies, and new year celebrations. Considered together, these traditions are another way of looking at the world, one in which the mysteries of the universe are revealed through animals.

  • - An American Icon
    von Jr. Farabee
    21,00 €

    Dressed in the familiar gray and green uniform and crowned with the traditional "Smokey the Bear" hat, the National Park Service Ranger is symbolic of many things in American culture: protection and preservation, education and enlightenment, solitude and self-sufficiency. In the past, rangers spent most of their working hours alone-patrolling miles of trails, often in dismal weather conditions, to force out wildlife poachers. Now, the modern ranger may be a law-enforcement official, naturalist, historian, or river guide. In this celebration of one of America''s most enduring symbols, former ranger Butch Farabee briefly reviews the evolution of this national symbol. Packed with entertaining anecdotes and illustrated with over one hundred archival photographs, this book not only provides fascinating insight into the diversity of roles a park ranger must play, but also honors the unique people dedicated to guarding and maintaining this country''s irreplaceable treasures.

  • von Helen Hughes Vick
    15,00 €

    The exciting second novel in the Courage of the Stone series takes place in 1868 as Charlotte and her family leave Massachusetts for the Arizona Territory. Ages 9-12.

  • - A Memoir of Cold War and Cold Sport
    von Thomas Wolf
    22,00 €

  • - A Story & Activites
    von Sandra Chrisholm Robinson
    12,00 €

    Ages 8-12.

  • - Love Poems by W.B. Yeats
    von W. B. Yeats
    21,00 €

    Arranged in chronological sequence, The Secret Rose offers a glimpse of all Yeats'' styles-beginning with his youthful romantic idealism and ending with his more outspoken, sardonic treatment of sexuality.

  • - The Quest for Peace
    von Gerry Adams
    20,00 €

  • von Nancy M. Armstrong
    16,00 €

    Navajo Long Walk is the story of Kee, a young boy who traveled this long, arduous route with his mother, grandmother, sister and what few domestic animals they could bring. Over the four-year period, Kee learns to adapt to his inhospitable surroundings. Ultimately, Kee realizes the frailty of his people in the presence of the white soldiers and that to survive, they must find a way to get along with the white man. Ages 9-12

  • von Willy Whitefeather
    16,00 €

    A grandfather teaches a young Cherokee ijow to avoid the hard knocks of the river.

  • von Helen Hughes Vick
    18,00 €

    An absorbing, well-researched story of two 15-year-old Hopi Indian boys, Walker Talayesva and Tag, who travel 800 years back in time to their ancestral home. ALA 1994 Best Books for Young Adults.

  • von Darwin Lambert
    23,00 €

  • von Helen Hughes Vick
    14,00 €

  • - Firsthand Accounts of Exploration, Adventure, and Peril
     
    25,00 €

    A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Storytellers include explorers, missionaries, Indian leaders, a poet, an artist, and a future president.

  • von Jeff Henry
    18,00 €

  • von Ann Howard Creel
    14,00 €

  • - A Shopping and Learning Guide to Irish Goods and Crafts
    von Mary Jean Jecklin & Kelley V. Rea
    21,00 €

    It is still possible to visit Ireland and find people lovingly and enthusiastically keeping their ancient cultural activities alive. This includes creating world-renowned traditional crafts and quality collectible. This guide to shopping in Ireland is organized by product (pottery, china, crystal, jewelry, linens, etc.) but also provides information on factory tours, hours of operation, history, and favorite product lines. Other more general information covers Value Added Tax (VAT), currency, terminology and slang, customs issues, and what's involved in shipping things home. A useful appendix provides a list of shops and clubs in the United States and Canada dedicated to selling and collecting products from Ireland.

  • von Paul Schullery
    23,00 €

  • - A Story and Activities
    von Ann Cooper
    11,00 €

    The story of a Sioux Indian boy and an injured eaglet set in contemporary times serves as a fable about eagles as part of a fragile ecosystem, and encourages the reader's participation in the rest of the book. Through various activities, children will learn the natural history of eagles from a scientific, ethnographic, and environmental perspective. They'll also learn strategies for living in or near areas that eagles inhabit. Ages 8-12

  • - Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
    von Lee H. Whittlesey
    25,00 €

  • - Elizabeth I and the First Irish Holocaust
    von Richard Berleth
    23,00 €

    A gripping chronicle of the ferocious twenty-year struggle between the English monarch and the feudal lords of Ireland, The Twilight Lords describes the first authentic colonial venture in English history, a venture that held captive a whole generation of the best that Ireland and England could muster. By the time the last and the greatest of the "rebels" surrendered, Elizabeth was dead, two waves of English settlers had been exterminated, and the southern part of Ireland had become a barren wilderness.

  • von Tom Birdseye
    16,00 €

    An entertaining guide for building safe and fun forts - outside, inside, at the beach, and in snow country. Ages 8-14.

  • - A Self-Help Guide for Female Automobile Travelers
    von Gerry Davis
    14,00 €

    For the woman who has always had the urge to embark on a lengthy cross-country journey by herself, Curves on the Highway is both an inspirational guide and a practical how-to book. Gerry Davis offers advice for women travelers on everything from how to deal with auto mechanics to pointers on packing sensibly.

  • - Politics, Peace, and Reconciliation
    von John Hume
    21,00 €

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