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A contemporary classic from a major writer of the Native American renaissance — "Brilliant, brutal and, in my opinion, Welch's best work." —Tommy Orange, The Washington Post One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years During his life, James Welch came to be regarded...

After Graham Davidson witnessed Custer’s defeat at Little Bighorn in June 1876, he wanted a place to raise his family away from the battles of the Great Sioux War. Graham and Makawee travel with their two young children to northeast Oregon, hoping to find a home with the Nez Perce under Chief Joseph. When several Indian bands refuse to abide by a treaty that forces them onto a reservation, their peaceful life in the Wallowa Valley is shattered. Graham and his family join seven hundred Nez Perce in their flight from the US army in 1877.

In the unforgiving territories of 1840s America, a young Native American woman—ripped from her family, stripped of her name, and haunted by the ghosts of a shattered tribe—embarks on a quest for identity and belonging. Bound to neither tribe nor nation, she rides between the worlds on a horse with powerful medicine. His name is Eyes of Ghost, and he carries her beyond imagining, to a place beyond this world. With determined resilience, she defies the perils of a hostile world, discovering that her true home lies beyond lost bloodlines; perhaps it is beyond life itself.

A threatened mother and relentless detective collide in this mesmerizing novel from a rising voice in literary horror, perfect for fans of Gabino Iglesias, Carmen Maria Machado, Augustina Bazterrica, and Stephen Graham Jones. A mother’s love is the oldest curse Fortuna Miércoles has finally...

Tale Of Two Tribes is a beautifully crafted historical novel that weaves together themes of love, identity, and cultural reconciliation. Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, it follows Aiyana, a young woman of the Smulkamish tribe, as she navigates the deep-rooted conflicts between her people and the Skopamish. Through her secret meetings with Nakoda, a Skopamish young man, Aiyana begins to question long-held divisions and seeks a path toward unity between the tribes.

“These events forged a seed in her soul, and that seed helped her to grow a sense of her own sovereignty, independent of the script the system was trying to force-feed her." Life is an ongoing spiral of circles: the sacred hoop of birth, death, and rebirth. Frances is a modern American mystic, a curandera and a chingona of sorts. She has arrived in the autumn phase of her life—a time when a woman possesses wisdom from all her lifelong experiences. She has been pursuing her soul’s journey of decolonization.

A moonshining hermit. A reluctant pilot. A $5 million plunder. Owen discovers a murdered corpse at a college-run archaeological dig in the Utah outback but when he and a Park Service pilot try to reach the sheriff for help, their plane is shot from the sky. Owen must ditch the aircraft in the Colorado River, where he is saved by a gin-brewing recluse named Relic.

Gilmer Mesa es el gran descubrimiento de la literatura colombiana de los últimos años. Tiene un estilo propio, una prosa desgarradora y rebelde que logra darle encanto a la tristeza, el abandono y la injusticia que son los espantos trágicos de los colombianos. Esta novela narra el germen doloroso de la identidad de nuestro país: los desaparecidos, los olvidados y el amor iracundo que los impulsa a sobrevivir.

Barthelemew Jonathan "Little-horse of the big valley"; is a Chieftain's son, and has transferred his Native detecting-ancient trailing-skills are used to help skillfully, capture criminals-of all kinds; he had found evidence, even better than the authorities. He is more renowned-across the West, assisting in establishing and being a-"closer" in many acts-of crimes... A Western-hero, who gains-credit for resolving and solving-crimes before, during and after the act...

In the late 1800s, Cheyenne, a young Indigenous girl, is taken from her family and placed in a government-run residential school. There, she endures harsh punishments, cultural erasure, and profound loss. Despite the cruelty, she finds strength in her heritage-and in a small, locked box she hides beneath the schoolhouse floor, filled with symbols of her identity and hope. Decades later, in 2008, Kyra a curious and imaginative girl, stumbles upon that very box while staying at the same old schoolhouse.

Navajo Code Talkers: Voices of the Unbreakable Code by Cyril Marlen tells the extraordinary true story of how a group of young Navajo men turned their ancient language into the most secure military code of World War II—one that not even the best enemy cryptographers could break. When American forces fought their way across the Pacific, secure communication became a matter of life and death. Japanese intelligence had cracked nearly every code the Allies used—until the U.S. Marine Corps enlisted the help of the Navajo Nation.

The Spiral of Greed From the Native Myths of the American West series—a collection that reimagines traditional Klamath and Modoc stories in a contemporary voice. When a traveler called HeWhoGathers crosses the great grass ocean, his charm and hunger draw in Buffalo, Mother Deer, C’waam, and the Black Wolf of Yamsay Mountain. Each learns the cost of trust and the price of greed. Told in the rhythm of oral storytelling, The Spiral of Greed is both a warning and a lullaby—a story to listen to in quiet moments or before sleep.

A pair of action-packed mysteries featuring Satyajit Ray's famous super-sleuth Prodosh Chandra Mitter – aka Feluda – has been delighting Bengali crime fans since 1965. Sometimes referred to as ‘the Indian Sherlock Holmes’, he is the literary creation of award-winning filmmaker and...

When a young engineer dies under suspicious circumstances, OSBI Detective Jack Hollander and Agent Betty Cash are drawn into a tangled web of corporate secrecy, tribal jurisdiction, and political ambition. As they navigate the overlapping authorities of the Chickasaw Lighthorse Police, state investigators, and federal courts, they uncover a mystery that stretches from the corridors of power to the quiet banks of the Canadian River.

Born with visions pressed against his chest like a second heart, Song walks along a road no other can see. Omens follow him, the scream of the panther from the ridge, the pale Indian Pipe rising in the dark soil, the red-banded Cecropia moth beating its wings against firelight. These are not accidents. These are messages. Song has been chosen to carry them. But every song casts a shadow. That shadow has a name: Cypian, the River Wolf.

Nachdem die Schiffe der First Fleet in Australien gelandet sind, beginnt die Zeit des Aufbaus. Konflikte mit den Einheimischen lassen sich nicht vermeiden. In England geht das Leben ohne John weiter. Für manche Menschen die ihm einst nahe standen, endet es tragisch. Lesen Sie den zweiten Teil der Trilogie über die First Fleet, Sydney und Kapstadt. Erleben Sie, wie es mit Maja, Daniel, John und Lorelie weitergeht und verfolgen Sie den Aufbau der heutigen Metropole Sydney.

Deer Lawn Book One of the Where Time Breaks Series By Carol Lynn Napora A clang at the gate. A girl with familiar eyes. A house that doesn't exist—anymore. When Callie Lynn Moore returns to Port Huron, Michigan, all she wants is stillness and a place to start over. But a Sunday morning walk past the ruins of an old estate—once known as Deer Lawn—changes everything. She hears a sound no one else hears. Sees a girl no one else sees. And finds herself pulled toward a mystery buried beneath a century of silence.

With promises of new jobs and millions in revenue, the Wind River Reservation agrees to use their land for a nuclear storage site. But Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden is not willing to let this happen. And with help from Father John O'Malley, she sets out to protect the land and her people. But someone involved wants to keep Vicky—and anyone else who stands in the way—quiet. When a man is murdered and two attempts are made on Vicky's life, she knows the stakes have been raised.

Father John O'Malley comes across the corpse lying in a ditch beside the highway. When he returns with the police, it is gone. The Arapahos of the Wind River Reservation speak of Ghost Walkers—tormented souls caught between the earth and the spirit world, who are capable of anything. Then, within days, a young man disappears from the Reservation without a trace. A young woman is found brutally murdered. And as Father John and Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden investigate these crimes, someone—or something—begins following them.

A freak rainstorm has flooded Death Valley, leaving ruin in its wake. A park ranger finds a body along a remote trail, buried by debris. When they find the man was murdered, not drowned, the FBI is involved, and Zack Tolliver is assigned the case. He will work with another investigator, Tisha Knolls, of the Park Service Investigative Services Branch. Zack’s friend Eagle Feather is hired to search for a man gone missing from the naval ordinance firing range at China Lake.