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Elan, son of two peoples

2014
In 1898, just after his Bar Mitzvah, thirteen-year-old Elan and his family travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he meets his mother's family and participates in the Pueblo ceremony of becoming a man.

New Mexico

2013
Provides a comprehensive overview of the state of New Mexico, including its history, economy, geography, people, and more.

Song of the unicorns

2003
Emily, Adriane, and Kara, three friends who have learned they are destined to be magic masters, travel to New Mexico to visit Emily's father and become involved in a quest to save a herd of baby unicorns from an evil hunter.

Death comes for the archbishop

1999
Presents the text of the 1927 novel about two priests, friends since their childhood in France, who set out to establish the new Roman Catholic diocese in the American Southwest; and includes explanatory notes, as well as a historical essay that traces the artistic and spiritual development that led to the novel's creation.

No life for a lady

1977
Contains the author's reminiscences of her life on a cattle ranch. A hairraising and spine-tingling narrative of history on the American frontier.

Dirt bikes, drones, and other ways to fly

When Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his ranking on a video game, he has trouble discerning reality from fiction while trying to recover from the violent murder of his mother.

A desperate silence

a novel
1998
Forensic psychiatrist Sylvia Strange puts her life in danger when she is called in to evaluate a mute child who was involved in an automobile accident, and begins to learn the horrifying secrets that have frightened the little girl into silence.

In company

an anthology of New Mexico poets after 1960
2004
Presents a collection of poetry written by three generations of poets associated with New Mexico including Simon Ortiz, Jimmy Santiago Baca, N. Scott Momaday, and many more.

Prey for a miracle

2006
Sister Agatha, an extern nun in the cloistered order at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery, serves as the sisters' link to the outside world, running errands and helping those who need it, and when an eight-year-old girl who has the power to perform miracles disappears, Sister Agatha is asked to find the girl and protect her from those who want to exploit her gift.

Serafina's stories

2004
Serafina, taken prisoner along with a group of Pueblo Indians for conspiring against the colonial government of New Mexico in 1680, intrigues the Governor with her intelligence and ability to speak Spanish, leading him to strike a bargain with the young woman that she will tell him a story each night, and if he is pleased by the tale, he will release one of the captives.

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