Dancing With The Yumawalli
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Author | : CC Alick |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2009-07-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1440145067 |
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You hold in your hand a murky slice of paradise-the Caribbean beyond white sand beaches and palm trees. Dancing With the Yumawalli is a conversation with a slate of diverse characters, colloquial in the tradition of sitting next to a fire, and listening to voices talking about death, superstition and human growth. Do shipbuilders practice human sacrifice to give vessels souls? Look through the eyes of the teenager narrator and see for yourself. In Dancing With the Yumawalli, you will be required to decipher a treasure map laced with trace elements of: Voodoo Sex Prejudice Thalidomide Leprosy Ayahuasca A journey into the heart of the Amazon A yachtsman sinking his vessel for insurance money. Come on in. Surrender to the magical spells cast by this author through language as captivating as the islands.
Author | : Ellen B. Basso |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2015-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 081654557X |
Download Carib-Speaking Indians Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona is a peer-reviewed monograph series sponsored by the School of Anthropology. Established in 1959, the series publishes archaeological and ethnographic papers that use contemporary method and theory to investigate problems of anthropological importance in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and related areas.
Author | : Jonathan D. Hill |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0252091507 |
Download Comparative Arawakan Histories Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Before they were largely decimated and dispersed by the effects of European colonization, Arawak-speaking peoples were the most widespread language family in Latin America and the Caribbean, and they were the first people Columbus encountered in the Americas. Comparative Arawakan Histories, in paperback for the first time, examines social structures, political hierarchies, rituals, religious movements, gender relations, and linguistic variations through historical perspectives to document sociocultural diversity across the diffused Arawakan diaspora.
Author | : Craig Silvey |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2010-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1458719928 |
Download Rhubarb Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Eleanor Rigby is tiny, blind, left behind, and led by her zealous, overprotective guide dog, Warren, coursing constantly through the places she knows. Tired, mired, and sequestered from the world, Eleanor cant shake the feeling shes going nowhere slowly. Until she recognizes something in the sound of Ewan Dempsey, reclusive and compulsive maker ...
Author | : Craig Silvey |
Publisher | : Fremantle Press |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781920731212 |
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Warren is a guide dog with an inflated ego. He has always known that he was destined for great things. He was born with a good heart. He was going to help people. A Working Dog, with Big Responsibilities.
Author | : Richard Wagamese |
Publisher | : Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1459801768 |
Download Him Standing Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
When a Native carver agrees to produce a spirit mask for a mysterious stranger, he falls under the spell of a dangerous sorcerer from the Dream World.
Author | : Elizabeth H. Winthrop |
Publisher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2018-05-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0802165680 |
Download The Mercy Seat Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The acclaimed novel by the author of The Why of Things tackles “the Deep South during the Gothic worst of Jim Crow times . . . truly a bravura performance” (Geoffrey Wolff). “One of the finest writers of her generation,” and author of three previously acclaimed novels, Elizabeth H. Winthrop delivers a brave new book that will launch her distinguished career anew (Brad Watson). On the eve of his execution, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones sits in his cell in New Iberia awaiting his end. Across the state, a truck driven by a convict and his keeper carries the executioner’s chair closer. On a nearby highway, Willie’s father Frank lugs a gravestone on the back of his fading, old mule. In his office the DA who prosecuted Willie reckons with his sentencing, while at their gas station at the crossroads outside of town, married couple Ora and Dale grapple with their grief and their secrets. As various members of the township consider and reflect on what Willie’s execution means, an intricately layered and complex portrait of a Jim Crow era Southern community emerges. Moving from voice to voice, Winthrop elegantly brings to stark light the story of a town, its people, and its injustices. The Mercy Seat is a brutally incisive and tender novel from one of our most acute literary observers. “Artful and succinctly poetic . . . A worthy novel that gathers great power as it rolls on propelled by its many voices.”—The New York Times Book Review “A miracle of a novel, with rapid-fire sentences that grab you and propel you to the next page . . . It’s a breakout. It’s a wonder.”—Dallas Morning News
Author | : Richard Wagamese |
Publisher | : D & M Publishers |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1553656431 |
Download One Story, One Song Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A new collection of warm, wise and inspiring stories from the author of the bestselling One Native Life. Since its publication in 2008, readers and reviewers have embraced Richard Wagamese’s One Native Life. “In quiet tones and luminous language,” wrote the Winnipeg Free Press, “Wagamese shares his hurts and joys, inviting readers to find the ways in which they are joined to him and to consider how they might be joined to others.” In this new book, Richard Wagamese again invites readers to accompany him on his travels. This time his focus is on stories: how they shape us, how they empower us, how they change our lives. Ancient and contemporary, cultural and spiritual, funny and sad, the tales are grouped according to the four essential principles Ojibway traditional teachers sought to impart: humility, trust, introspection and wisdom.
Author | : Richard Wagamese |
Publisher | : Milkweed Editions |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2016-04-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1571319328 |
Download Dream Wheels Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A cowboy forced into early retirement bonds with a stubborn teenager in this novel from the award-winning author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk. Canadian champion bull-rider Joe Willie Wolfchild is poised to win the most sought-after title in rodeo when a devastating accident at the National Finals leaves his body and ambitions in tatters. Unsure of what else to do, he retires to the panoramic family ranch, Wolfcreek, to mend. Claire Hartley and her fifteen-year-old son Aiden have nearly been torn apart by abusive boyfriends and an unjust world when a friend sends them to the Wolfchild ranch. Thrown together by terrible circumstance, it appears Aiden and Joe Willie have more in common than their childhoods would suggest. After a rocky start, they strike a deal: Aiden will help Joe Willie repair his ’34 Ford V8 pickup if the former champion teaches the city kid how to ride a bull. As Wagamese reveals their story, he rewrites the history of the North American cowboy. In taut, muscular prose, Wagamese explores how independence, self-determination, and a return to cultural tradition can heal body, mind, and community. “Richard Wagamese is a born storyteller, and Dream Wheels is his finest book yet. Cover to cover, a ripping read.”—Louise Erdrich, New York Times – bestselling author of The Night Watchman “A worthy testament to the healing power of family and tradition.”—Publishers Weekly “Ojibwa author Wagamese mixes cowboy lore and Native American mysticism in this affecting novel about the healing effects of family…. His soaring descriptions of the desert landscape, action-packed rodeo scenes, and reverence for hearth and home will strike a chord with readers.”—Booklist
Author | : Richard Wagamese |
Publisher | : Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 2011-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1554699002 |
Download The Next Sure Thing Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A young blues guitar player risks everything when he signs on to pick winning horses at the race track for a violent mobster.