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  • People of the Ecotone

    Environment and Indigenous Power at the Center of Early America

    by Robert Michael Morrissey, Paul S. Sutter ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    **Winner of the 2023 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize for best book in western environmental history from the Western History AssociationIndigenous power in a significant cultural and ecological borderland**In People of the Ecotone, Robert Morrissey weaves together a history of Native peoples with a history of an ecotone to tell a new story about the roots of the Fox Wars, among the most transformative ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Sing with me

    beyond national borders

    by Kris Felti, Aziza Dahdouh, Michael Morrissey, San Lin Tun, Gary Steven Corseri, Milka Minkova, Lyonga Micheal Justin Mushaga, Jillani Birech, Christian Nae0, Sascha Helck1, Devi Maya Pradhan2, Ishmail Kamara3, Joanna Janosz4, Keith Hyland5, Lucia V. Celaeno6, Laseeta Kunhikannan7, Melissa Emalia Medina8, Yhohannah Holm9, Suhani Jain0, Samar Bhowmick1, Mladen M. Tokić2, Arijit Misra3 ...
    In this volume of poetry we have brought together poets from all over the world to speak with one voice for peace, humanity, hope and love. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • French St. Louis

    Landscape, Contexts, and Legacy

    Edited by Jay Gitlin, Robert Michael Morrissey, Peter J. Kastor ...
    Series series France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization
    A gateway to the West and an outpost for eastern capital and culture, St. Louis straddled not only geographical and political divides but also cultural, racial, and sectional ones. At the same time, it connected a vast region as a gathering place of peoples, cultures, and goods. The essays in this collection contextualize St. Louis, exploring French-Native relations, the agency of empire in the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Empire by Collaboration

    Indians, Colonists, and Governments in Colonial Illinois Country

    by Robert Michael Morrissey ...
    Series series Early American Studies
    From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous early ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The University of Illinois

    Engine of Innovation

    by James R. Barrett, George O Batzli, Claire Benjamin, Jeffrey D Brawn, Jimena Canales, Stephanie A Dick, Poshek Fu, Marcelo H Garcia, Lillian Hoddeson, Harry Liebersohn, Claudia Lutz, Kathleen Mapes, Vicki McKinney, Elisa Miller, Robert Michael Morrissey, Bryan E Norwood, Elizabeth Pleck, Leslie J Reagan, Susan M Rigdon, David Rosenboom, Katherine Skwarczek, Winton U Solberg, Carol Spindel, William F Tracy, Joy Ann Williamson-Lott ...
    The founding of the university in 1867 created a unique community in what had been a prairie. Within a few years, this creative mix of teachers and scholars produced innovations in agriculture, engineering and the arts that challenged old ideas and stimulated dynamic new industries. Projects ranging from the Mosaic web browser to the discovery of Archaea and pioneering triumphs in women's ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Empire by Collaboration

    Indians, Colonists, and Governments in Colonial Illinois Country

    by Robert Michael Morrissey ...
    Series series Early American Studies
    From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous early ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Pride and the Pressure

    A Season Inside the New York Yankee Fishbowl

    by Michael Morrissey ...
    Derek JeterJason GiambiBernie WilliamsGary SheffieldAlex RodriguezJohnny DamonMelky CabreraHideki MatsuiBobby AbreuJorge PosadaMariano RiveraChien-Ming WangRobinson CanoMike MussinaRandy Johnson“The Yankees always said they valued players who could handle the white-hot spotlight, could handle life in the Yankee Fishbowl.”--from The Pride and the PressureWhat’s i... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

    by Alan Duff ...
    Narrated by Michael Morrissey ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Once Were Warriors Trilogy

    Unabridged

    10 hours 30 min

    The raw and powerful sequel to Once Were Warriors. It is six years since Jake's daughter Grace hanged herself. Jake's wife, Beth, has left him, his son Nig was killed in a gangland fight – his only consolations are drink and his memories. His daughter Polly is determined to escape the violence that is destroying the Maoris. But can Jake, too, redeem himself? Content warning: Contains some violence ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Jake's Long Shadow

    by Alan Duff ...
    Narrated by Zac Taylor ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Once Were Warriors Trilogy

    Unabridged

    9 hours 12 min

    The millennium has changed, but can the Heke family and the people of Pine Block? Abe, son of Beth and Jake, has rejected violence, but violence always seems to find him. Polly, as beautiful as her sister Grace, who committed suicide, is running around with the wealthy polo-playing set and growing rich herself. Gang leader, Apeman, who killed Tania, is in prison – will it help him to grow, or not? ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Once Were Warriors

    by Alan Duff ...
    Narrated by Jay Laga'aia ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Once Were Warriors Trilogy

    Unabridged

    10 hours 2 min

    Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. In prose that is both raw and compelling, it tells the story of Beth Heke, a Maori woman struggling to keep her family from falling apart, despite the squalor and violence of the housing projects in which they live. Conveying both the rich textures of Maori tradition ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    One Night Out Stealing

    by Alan Duff ...
    Narrated by Liam Titheridge ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 17 min

    Boys' homes, borstal, jail, stealing, then jail again – and again. That's been life for Jube and Sonny. One Pakeha, the other Maori, only vaguely aware of life beyond pubs and their hopeless cronies. Then, one night out stealing, the two small-time hoods chance upon the home of a wealthy Wellington lawyer … The ensuing events unfold with stark brutality amidst a seldom-seen New Zealand cityscape ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Songs Upon the Rivers

    The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific

    by Michel Bouchard, Robert Foxcurran, Sébastien Malette ...
    Before the Davie Crockets, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade and kin networks across the continent. They founded settlements that would become great cities such as Detroit, Saint Louis, and New Orleans, but their history has been largely buried or relegated to local lore or confined to Quebec. In this seminal work, Foxcurran, Bouchard, ... Read more

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