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  • Wisdom Sits in Places

    Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache

    by Keith H. Basso ...
    Winner of the 2001 J. I. Staley Prize from the School of American Research and the 1996 Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Anthropological study of Apache concepts of geographical places and place names.This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture. Apache conceptions of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Portraits of 'the Whiteman'

    Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache

    by Keith H. Basso ...
    'The Whiteman' is one of the most powerful and pervasive symbols in contemporary American Indian cultures. Portraits of 'the Whiteman': linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache investigates a complex form of joking in which Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans and, by means of these characterizations, give audible voice and visible substance to their ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Western Apache Raiding and Warfare

    by Grenville Goodwin ...
    This is a remarkable series of personal narrations from Western Apaches before and just after the various agencies and sub-agencies were established. It also includes extensive commentary on weapons and traditions, with Apache words and phrases translated and complete annotation. ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Don't Let the Sun Step Over You

    A White Mountain Apache Family Life, 1860–1975

    by Eva Tulene Watt ...
    When the Apache wars ended in the late nineteenth century, a harsh and harrowing time began for the Western Apache people. Living under the authority of nervous Indian agents, pitiless government-school officials, and menacing mounted police, they knew that resistance to American authority would be foolish. But some Apache families did resist in the most basic way they could: they resolved to ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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    Wisdom Sits in Places

    Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache

    by Keith H. Basso ...
    Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 14 min

    This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture. Apache conceptions of wisdom, manners and morals, and of their own history are inextricably intertwined with place, and by allowing us to overhear his conversations with Apaches on these subjects Basso expands our awareness of what place can ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

    by David Abram ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

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    12 hours 4 min

    For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people but with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patterns) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity ... Read more

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    The Mushroom at the End of the World

    On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

    by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing ...
    Narrated by Susan Ericksen ...

    Unabridged

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    Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just ... Read more

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    Diplomacy

    by Henry Kissinger ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

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    A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with ChinaThe seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacyMoving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

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    Braiding Sweetgrass

    Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...
    Narrated by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 44 min

    As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America

    by Thomas King ...
    Narrated by Lorne Cardinal ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 56 min

    The Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history—in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America.Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book distills the insights gleaned from that meditation, weaving the curiously circular tale of the ... Read more

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    All About Love

    New Visions

    by bell hooks ...
    Narrated by January LaVoy ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Love Song to the Nation

    Unabridged

    6 hours 10 min

    Read by Audiofile Golden Voice Narrator January LaVoy.A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, ... Read more

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    Atomic Habits

    An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

    by James Clear ...
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    Unabridged

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    **The #1 New York Times bestseller.Over 25 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results**No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

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