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Words Like Thunder

New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers

by Lois Beardslee ...

Series series Made in Michigan Writers Series
Contemporary Native American poetry and prose that celebrate the successes, while acknowledging ongoing challenges.Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance to modern indigenous people worldwide. Beardslee tackles ... Read more

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Contemporary Native American poetry and prose that celebrate the successes, while acknowledging ongoing challenges.Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance to modern indigenous people worldwide. Beardslee tackles
... Read more
We Live Here

Poems for an Ojibwe Calendar Year

by Lois Beardslee ...

Series series Made in Michigan Writers Series
An exquisitely illustrated collection of poetry inspired by a traditional Anishinaabe seasonal year.Gold medalist, Midwest Book Awards!A Heartland Bookseller Award Poetry Finalist!Anishinaabe author Lois Beardslee shares how a life is lived within two cultures, revealing a worldview shaped by language and customs and expressed through verse both playful and somber. This collection of poems is a ... Read more

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An exquisitely illustrated collection of poetry inspired by a traditional Anishinaabe seasonal year.Gold medalist, Midwest Book Awards!A Heartland Bookseller Award Poetry Finalist!Anishinaabe author Lois Beardslee shares how a life is lived within two cultures, revealing a worldview shaped by language and customs and expressed through verse both playful and somber. This collection of poems is a
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Lies to Live By

by Lois Beardslee ...

Lies To Live By brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. “Lies to Live By,” a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller’s role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In “Calm Days,” three generations—the narrator, her grandfather, and her son—spend a ... Read more

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Lies To Live By brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. “Lies to Live By,” a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller’s role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In “Calm Days,” three generations—the narrator, her grandfather, and her son—spend a
... Read more
A Broken Flute

The Native Experience in Books for Children

by Marlene R. Atleo, Linda L. Baldwin, Lois Beardslee, Maria Beardslee, Kimberly Blaeser, Peter Blue Cloud, Joseph Bruchac, Naomi R. Caldwell, Ella Rose Callow, April L. Carmelo, Robin Carneen, Peter Cole, Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Radley "Sonny" Davis, RobetteAnne Dias, Judy Dow, Judy Zalazar Drummond, Carolyn Dunn, Marcia Fenn, Karen Frank, L Frank, Trudy Frank, Cora Garcia, Paula Giese, Desiree Future Goss, Reva Maria S. Gover, Lakota Harden, Heather Harris, Raven Hoaglen, S Sethlyn Honeycutt, Coral Johnson, Angela Jones, Dakota Jones, Lenore Keeshig-Tobias, Janet King, Michael Lacapa, Cindy LaMarr, Barbara C. Landis, Mayana Lea, Linda Lilly, Nora Lucas, Patricia Mack, Pamela Ann Martell, Elizabeth Martinez, Janet McAdams, Dennis McAuliffe Jr., Connie McPhee, Jean Paine Mendoza, Adrianne C. Micco, Deborah A. Miranda, Lisa A. Mitten, MariJo Moore, Patricia North, Jim Northrup, Marco Palma, Carol Pancho-Ash, Della Patrick, Barbara Potter, Ryan Potter, Rachel Potter, Sachiko Reed, Debbie A. Reese, Elizabeth Reese, Tracey Robinson, LaVera Rose, Wendy Rose, Gayle Ross, Johnny Rustywire, Crystal Salas-Patten, Margaret Sam-Cromarty, Cheryl Savageau, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Monica A. Spencer, Nisha Supahan, Mary TallMountain ...

Series series Contemporary Native American Communities
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children is a companion to its predecessor published by Oyate, Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. A compilation of work by Native parents, children, educators, poets and writers, A Broken Flute contains, from a Native perspective, "living stories," essays, poetry, and hundreds of reviews of "children's books about ... Read more

$52.69 USD

A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children is a companion to its predecessor published by Oyate, Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. A compilation of work by Native parents, children, educators, poets and writers, A Broken Flute contains, from a Native perspective, "living stories," essays, poetry, and hundreds of reviews of "children's books about
... Read more

The Animal Dialogues

Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

by Craig Childs ...

From one of the finest nature writers at work in America today-a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals.Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off ... Read more

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From one of the finest nature writers at work in America today-a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals.Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off
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Desert Notes and River Notes

Stories

by Barry Lopez ...

Two volumes of fiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams : "Lopez feels a deep spiritual connection to the natural world." — San Francisco ChronicleTo National Book Award–winning author Barry Lopez, the desert and the river are landscapes alive with poetry, mystery, seduction, and enchantment. In these two works of fiction, the narrator responds viscerally and emotional ... Read more

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Two volumes of fiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams : "Lopez feels a deep spiritual connection to the natural world." — San Francisco ChronicleTo National Book Award–winning author Barry Lopez, the desert and the river are landscapes alive with poetry, mystery, seduction, and enchantment. In these two works of fiction, the narrator responds viscerally and emotional
... Read more
Fox and I

An Uncommon Friendship

by Catherine Raven ...

Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * 2022 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner * Shortlisted for the John Burroughs Medal * Finalist for the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize * Shortlisted for a Reading the West Book AwardInstant New York Times Bestseller * A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year * 2021 Summer Reading Pick by Buzzfeed * New York ... Read more

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Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * 2022 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner * Shortlisted for the John Burroughs Medal * Finalist for the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize * Shortlisted for a Reading the West Book AwardInstant New York Times Bestseller * A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year * 2021 Summer Reading Pick by Buzzfeed * New York
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The Urban Bestiary

Encountering the Everyday Wild

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt ...

From the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door.In The Urban Bestiary, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans live in closer proximity than ever before.Haupt's observations bring compelling new questions to light: Whose ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door.In The Urban Bestiary, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans live in closer proximity than ever before.Haupt's observations bring compelling new questions to light: Whose
... Read more
The Book of Yaak

by Rick Bass ...

The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald and golden eagles, wolverine, lynx, marten, fisher, elk, and even a handful of humans. It is a land of magic, but its magic may not be enough to save it from the forces threatening it now. The Yaak does have one trick up its sleeve, though ... Read more

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The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald and golden eagles, wolverine, lynx, marten, fisher, elk, and even a handful of humans. It is a land of magic, but its magic may not be enough to save it from the forces threatening it now. The Yaak does have one trick up its sleeve, though
... Read more
The Pine Island Paradox

Making Connections in a Disconnected World

by Kathleen Dean Moore ...

Can the love reserved for family and friends be extended to a place? "Luminous essays" on nature and environmental stewardship ( Booklist).Named one of the Top Ten Northwest Books of the Year by the OregonianIn this book, acclaimed author Kathleen Dean Moore, a winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for Holdfast, reflects on how deeply the environment is entrenched in the human spirit, ... Read more

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Can the love reserved for family and friends be extended to a place? "Luminous essays" on nature and environmental stewardship ( Booklist).Named one of the Top Ten Northwest Books of the Year by the OregonianIn this book, acclaimed author Kathleen Dean Moore, a winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for Holdfast, reflects on how deeply the environment is entrenched in the human spirit,
... Read more
Coyote

Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst

by Catherine Reid ...

A "beautifully written" tribute to this tenacious and much-misunderstood creature of the wild (Bill McKibben).When Catherine Reid returned to the Berkshires to live after decades away, she became fascinated by another recent arrival: the eastern coyote. This species, which shares some lineage with the wolf, exhibits remarkable adaptability and awe-inspiring survival skills. In fact, coyotes have ... Read more

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A "beautifully written" tribute to this tenacious and much-misunderstood creature of the wild (Bill McKibben).When Catherine Reid returned to the Berkshires to live after decades away, she became fascinated by another recent arrival: the eastern coyote. This species, which shares some lineage with the wolf, exhibits remarkable adaptability and awe-inspiring survival skills. In fact, coyotes have
... Read more
The River You Touch

Making a Life on Moving Water

by Chris Dombrowski ...

"We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us." —from The River You Touch When Chris Dombrowski burst onto the literary scene with Body of Water, the book was acclaimed as "a classic" (Jim ... Read more

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"We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us." —from The River You Touch When Chris Dombrowski burst onto the literary scene with Body of Water, the book was acclaimed as "a classic" (Jim
... Read more

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