Calling Arizona Home

Calling Arizona Home
Author: Fred DuVal
Publisher: Inkwell Productions
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2005
Genre: Arizona
ISBN: 9780976634065

An Arizona newspaper and TV commentator, and veteran of national and state politics, presents a portrait of his home state's history, people, and culture, including interviews with long-time residents of each significant Arizona city and town.

this bridge we call home

this bridge we call home
Author: Gloria Anzaldúa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135351597

More than twenty years after the ground-breaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back called upon feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices, Gloria E. Anzaldúa and AnaLouise Keating have painstakingly assembled a new collection of over eighty original writings that offers a bold new vision of women-of-color consciousness for the twenty-first century. Written by women and men--both "of color" and "white"--this bridge we call home will challenge readers to rethink existing categories and invent new individual and collective identities.

All They Will Call You

All They Will Call You
Author: Tim Z. Hernandez
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-01-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0816536082

All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of “the worst airplane disaster in California’s history,” which claimed the lives of thirty-two passengers, including twenty-eight Mexican citizens—farmworkers who were being deported by the U.S. government. Outraged that media reports omitted only the names of the Mexican passengers, American folk icon Woody Guthrie penned a poem that went on to become one of the most important protest songs of the twentieth century, “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee).” It was an attempt to restore the dignity of the anonymous lives whose unidentified remains were buried in an unmarked mass grave in California’s Central Valley. For nearly seven decades, the song’s message would be carried on by the greatest artists of our time, including Pete Seeger, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez, yet the question posed in Guthrie’s lyrics, “Who are these friends all scattered like dry leaves?” would remain unanswered—until now. Combining years of painstaking investigative research and masterful storytelling, award-winning author Tim Z. Hernandez weaves a captivating narrative from testimony, historical records, and eyewitness accounts, reconstructing the incident and the lives behind the legendary song. This singularly original account pushes narrative boundaries, while challenging perceptions of what it means to be an immigrant in America, but more importantly, it renders intimate portraits of the individual souls who, despite social status, race, or nationality, shared a common fate one frigid morning in January 1948.

The Sweet Smell of Home

The Sweet Smell of Home
Author: Leonard F. Chana
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009-06-22
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780816528189

A self-taught artist in several mediums who became known for stippling, Leonard Chana captured the essence of the Tohono OÕodham people. He incorporated subtle details of OÕodham life into his art, and his images evoke the smells, sounds, textures, and tastes of the Sonoran desertÑall the while depicting the values of his people. He began his career by creating cards and soon was lending his art to posters and logos for many community-based Native organizations. Winning recognition from these groups, his work was soon actively sought by them. ChanaÕs work also appears on the covers and as interior art in a number of books on southwestern and American Indian topics. The Sweet Smell of Home is an autobiographical work, written in ChanaÕs own voice that unfolds through oral history interviews with anthropologist Susan Lobo. Chana imparts the story of his upbringing and starting down the path toward a career as an artist. Balancing humor with a keen eye for cultural detail, he tells us about life both on and off the reservation. Eighty pieces of artÑ26 in colorÑgrace the text, and Chana explains both the impetus for and the evolution of each piece. Leonard Chana was a peopleÕs artist who celebrated the extraordinary heroism of common peopleÕs lives. The Sweet Smell of Home now celebrates this unique artist whose words and art illuminate not only his own remarkable life, but also the land and lives of the Tohono OÕodham people

House of Leaves

House of Leaves
Author: Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 738
Release: 2000-03-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0375420525

“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Landslide

Landslide
Author: Michael Wolff
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1250830036

An instant New York Times bestseller. Critics agree: Michael Wolff’s Landslide is THE book on Trump. “Landslide . . . is the one to leap upon. Smart, vivid and intrepid . . .” —The New York Times “I inhaled Landslide, gobbled it up.” —Slate “Wow. Just wow . . .” —Evening Standard “Cruel, unforgiving, muckraking, scandalous. I couldn’t stop reading it.”—The Telegraph We all witnessed some of the most shocking and confounding political events of our lifetime: the careening last stage of Donald J. Trump’s reelection campaign, the president’s audacious election challenge, the harrowing mayhem of January 6, the buffoonery of the second impeachment trial. But what was really going on in the inner sanctum of the White House during these calamitous events? What did the president and his dwindling cadre of loyalists actually believe? And what were they planning? Michael Wolff pulled back the curtain on the Trump presidency with his #1 bestselling blockbuster Fire and Fury. Now, in Landslide, he closes the door on the presidency with a final, astonishingly candid account. Wolff embedded himself in the White House in 2017 and gave us a vivid picture of the chaos that had descended on Washington. Almost four years later, Wolff finds the Oval Office even more chaotic and bizarre, a kind of Star Wars bar scene. At all times of the day, Trump, behind the Resolute desk, is surrounded by schemers and unqualified sycophants who spoon-feed him the “alternative facts” he hungers to hear—about COVID-19, Black Lives Matter protests, and, most of all, his chance of winning reelection. Once again, Wolff has gotten top-level access and takes us front row as Trump’s circle of plotters whittles down to the most enabling and the president reaches beyond the bounds of democracy as he entertains the idea of martial law and balks at calling off the insurrectionist mob that threatens the institution of democracy itself. As the Trump presidency’s hold over the country spiraled out of control, an untold and human account of desperation, duplicity, and delusion was unfolding within the West Wing. Landslide is that story as only Michael Wolff can tell it.

Winning the Dust Bowl

Winning the Dust Bowl
Author: Carter Revard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

In a memoir in prose and poetry, the author traces his development from a poor Oklahoma farm boy during the depths of the Depression to a respected medieval scholar and outstanding Native American poet.

Call This Baby "Margaret Marie"

Call This Baby
Author: Margaret M. Boykin
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2013-03-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1477290613

“The best lessons I learn are those I learn for myself the hard way making mistakes. I paid a much higher emotional price for my learning with what I call “bought sense”. As far as I am concerned, “bought sense” is the best, but it’s the most expensive. Negative consequences come back to haunt thereafter.”

Arizona Politicians

Arizona Politicians
Author: James W. Johnson
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0816522030

Portraits of 21 Arizonans who have had an impact on American politics in the twentieth century.

Natural Landmarks of Arizona

Natural Landmarks of Arizona
Author: David Yetman
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816542457

Natural Landmarks of Arizona celebrates the vast geological past of Arizona’s natural monuments through the eyes of a celebrated storyteller who has called Arizona home for most of his life. David Yetman shows us how Arizona’s most iconic landmarks were formed millions of years ago and sheds light on the more recent histories of these landmarks as well. These peaks and ranges offer striking intrusions into the Arizona horizon, giving our southwestern state some of the most memorable views, hikes, climbs, and bike rides anywhere in the world. They orient us, they locate us, and they are steadfast through generations. Whether you have climbed these peaks many times, enjoy seeing them from your car window, or simply want to learn more about southwestern geology and history, reading Natural Landmarks of Arizona is a fascinating way to learn about the ancient and recent history of beloved places such as Cathedral Rock, Granite Dells, Kitt Peak, and many others. With Yetman as your guide, you can tuck this book into your glove box and hit the road with profound new knowledge about the towering natural monuments that define our beautiful Arizona landscapes.