315 títulos para "University Of Oklahoma Press"
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Strike Fear in the Land
George W. Lovell/Christopher H. Lutz/Wendy Kramer
978-0-8061-9004-4The conquest of Guatemala was brutal, prolonged and complex, fraught with intrigue and deception, and not at all clear-cut. Yet views persist of it as an armed confrontation whose stakes were evident and whose outcomes were decisive, especially in favor of the Spaniards. A critical reappraisal is lo...
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Other Musics
978-0-8061-6288-1Latina poets occupy an important place in today’s literary landscape. Coming from diverse backgrounds, they share an understanding of what it means to exist within the margins of society. As artists, they possess a dedication to their craft and a commitment to experimentation. Their voices&mda...
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George Rogers Clark
Nester, William R.
978-0-8061-6042-9George Rogers Clark (1752–1818) led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and British in the Ohio Valley during the American Revolution, but his most astonishing coup was recapturing Fort Sackville in 1779, when he was only twenty-six. For eighteen days, in the dead of winter, Clark an...
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Copper Stain
Hampton, Elaine / Ontiveros, Cynthia C.
978-0-8061-6177-8“The convertors would spew it out,” employee Arturo Hernandez recalled, referring to molten metal. “You’d see the ground, the dirt, catch on fire. . . . If you slip, you’d be like a little pat of butter, melting away.” Hernandez was describing work at ASARCO El P...
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Coming Full Circle
Hauptman, Laurence M.
978-0-8061-6269-0The disastrous Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838 called for the Senecas’ removal to Kansas (then part of the Indian Territory). From this low point, the Seneca Nation of Indians, which today occupies three reservations in western New York, sought to rebound. Beginning with events leading to the Sen...
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Hit Your Brights
Squires, Constance
978-0-8061-6247-8Hit Your Brights captures people in tough spots, often of their own making. Fusing humor and tragedy, these thirteen gritty stories keep readers in suspense. Danger lurks, the needle skips, the bomb goes off, and the empties pile up. Outcomes are unpredictable, but the car always starts, and, somet...
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Caring for the People of the Clouds
Yahalom, Jonathan
978-0-8061-6304-8In rural Mexico, people often say that Alzheimer’s does not exist. “People do not have Alzheimer’s because they don’t need to worry,” said one Oaxacan, explaining that locals lack the stresses that people face “over there”—that is, in the modern world....
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Plowman's Folly
Faulkner, Edward H.
978-0-8061-1169-8It may be an overstatement to say that this book changed the face of American agriculture, but it comes very close to the truth. In the third of a century since its original publication the disk harrow has largely replaced the moldboard plow in agriculture. Mr. Faulkner's once startling, heretical d...
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Coloratura
LI Er
978-0-8061-4423-8Li Er, whose innovative works of fiction have earned the admiration of scholars and critics—and a passionate fan base of readers—is one of China’s most prominent writers. This landmark publication of his Coloratura, a tour de force of literary innovation, marks the first translatio...
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Arizona's Deadliest Gunfight
Osselaer, Heidi
978-0-8061-6464-9On a cold winter morning, Jeff Power was lighting a fire in his remote Arizona cabin when he heard a noise, grabbed his rifle, and walked out the front door. Someone in the dark shouted, “Throw up your hands!” Shots rang out from inside and outside the cabin, and when it was all over, Je...
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Nicholas Black Elk
Steltenkamp, Michael F.
978-0-8061-5967-6Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt’s popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides th...
30.91€ (29.72€ sin IVA)