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by Parker Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Swindlers, confidence men and outlaws--the mountain shadows and Ponderosa pines surrounding Prescott conceal their grim histories and crooked ways. The small hamlet turned mining town became Arizona's first capital in 1864, and with wealth and power came every type of vice and crime. One block west...
The Jumbies' Playing Ground
Old World Influences on Afro-Creole Masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
During the masquerades common during carnival time, jumbies (ghosts or ancestral spirits) are set free to roam the streets of Caribbean nations, turning the world topsy-turvy. Modern carnivals, which evolved from earlier ritual celebrations featuring disguised performers, are important cultural and...
The Colorado Mountain Companion
A Potpourri of Useful Miscellany from the Highest Parts of the Highest State
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
A treasure trove of useful (and just plain fun) information about Colorado’s mountain country. A handy-dandy, comprehensive, wide-ranging reference guide to settling (good-naturedly) any arguments about Colorado’s high country. We’re not just talking about population figures, elevation stats,...
by Barbara L. Solow
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
The Economic Consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade shows how the West Indian slave/sugar/plantation complex, organized on capitalist principles of private property and profit-seeking, joined the western hemisphere to the international trading system encompassing Europe, Africa, North America, and...
by Jim Prevost
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Peril and Promise is a captivating collection of more than two dozen narratives that cover Alaska’s history and legend, and its shaping over nearly three centuries since the Russian “Discovery” of the Great Land and the people who had been there for thousands of years. The stories take us through...
by James P. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
**Discover Idaho with Moon Travel Guides!
Whether you're hitting the slopes, paddling glacial lakes, or sipping your way through the Snake River Valley, explore the best of the Gem State with Moon Idaho.
Inside you'll find:**
Strategic itineraries for any timeline or budget, including...
The Problem of Emancipation
The Caribbean Roots of the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
"A most persuasive work that repositions the American debates over emancipation where they clearly belong, in a broader Anglo-Atlantic context." -- Reviews in History
While many historians look to internal conflict alone to explain the onset of the American Civil War, in The Problem of Emancipation,...
Rastafari
From Outcasts to Cultural Bearers
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2002
Once an obscure group of outcasts from the ghettoes of West Kingston, Jamaica, the Rastafarians have transformed themselves into a vibrant movement, firmly grounded in Jamaican society and beyond. In Rastafari, Ennis Barrington Edmonds provides a compelling portrait of the Rastafarian phenomenon and...
Base Camp Las Vegas
101 Hikes in the Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Situated in the heart of the magnificent Southwest, Las Vegas is surrounded by spectacular natural landscapes. Within easy reach are five national parks, including Zion, Grand Canyon, and Death Valley. Dozens of state parks, regional preserves, recreation areas, and public lands offer amazing variety,...
Telluride Trails
Hiking Passes, Loops, and Summits of Southwest Colorado
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This is a handy pocket guide for the day hiker with easy?to?follow directions to the high country and peaks surrounding Telluride and beyond. Helpful maps are included at the beginning of each chapter. Many of the seventy?five hikes are illustrated with photos along with listings of elevation, distance, time, and ease of trails to help travelers through their journey.
A Band of Misfits
Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
For 53 years, San Francisco waited. Waited for a team like the 2010 Giants to come along. Waited for a team that could end a title drought that started in New York and carried on for more than five decades after a move to the west coast. Waited for that one magical postseason run that could unleash...
Afoot and Afield: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park
184 Spectacular Outings in the Colorado Rockies
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Afoot and Afield in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the most comprehensive hiking and biking books available. Alan Apt, author of the best-selling guidebook, Snowshoe Routes Colorado's Front Range, carefully describes 170 adventures for people of all abilities...
by Betty Leavengood
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
This rich, enthusiastic guide to the Tucson, Rincon, Santa Catalina, and Santa Rita Mountains has been completely revised. Betty Leavengood’s fourth edition of her bestselling Tucson Hiking Guide offers new routes and updated access information, detailed maps, and clear descriptions to area trailheads....
by Tracy Salcedo
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Best Easy Day Hikes Lake Tahoe includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of 27 of the premier easy day hikes in northern California’s most popular recreational destination. The hikes circle the lake, from the west shore to the east; from the slopes below Mount Rose to South Lake Tahoe. Whether...