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Environmental Geography
People generally think they understand the environment and how humans use natural resources, but these ideas are often understood only superficially. Instead of thinking, I should …
Dreaming the Dawn
Fresh, informative, and provocative, this collection of interviews showcases twelve leading Native artists and activists who have challenged and helped reshape prevailing …
The Apache Indians
Available in English for the first time, The Apache Indians tells the story of the Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad’s sojourn among the Apaches near the White Mountain Reservation …
The World of Yesterday
By the author who inspired Wes Anderson’s 2014 film, The Grand Budapest HotelWritten as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday …
The Beauty Hunters
Named a Notable African Book of 2023 by Brittle Paper The Beauty Hunters offers a rare insight into Sudanese Bedouin poetry, its evolution, aesthetics, and impact. Through an …
Flowers in the Snow
Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of …
Palimpsests
By definition, a palimpsest is “a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible.” …
Black Gun, Silver Star
In The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as the “most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country.” That Reeves was also an African American who had spent …
Human Bullets
The impact of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5 was incalculable. It was the first victory by an Asian power over a European one since the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth …
Continental Reckoning
Winner of Columbia University's 2024 Bancroft Prize in American History Finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in History 2024 Spur Award Winner Named a Best Civil War Book of 2023 …