Fulcrum Publishing: 108 books
Navajo and the Animal People
Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This text examines the traditional Navajo relationship to the natural world. Specifically, how the tribe once related to the Animal People, and particularly a category of animals, which they collectively referred to as the naatl' eetsoh - the "ones who hunt." These animals, like Native Americans, were once viewed as impediments to progress requiring extermination.
Red Earth, White Lies
Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
Vine Deloria, Jr., leading Native American scholar and author of the best-selling God is Red, addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about our world and the ancestral worldview of Native Americans. Claiming that science has created a largely fictional scenario for American Indians...
A Return to Values
A Conservative Looks at His Party
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Acknowledging that the Republican Party's compass is askew, former congressman Bob Beauprez makes the case for the GOP to return to its founding values and principles. Analyzing the successes, failures, and lost opportunities of the Republican-controlled Congress and White House, Beauprez identifies...
Interpretation
Making a Difference on Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
In the new edition of the international bestseller Environmental Interpretation, Sam H. Ham captures what has changed in our understanding of interpretation during the past two decades. Ham draws on recent advances in communication research to unveil a fresh and invigorating perspective that will...
Tales of a River Rat
Adventures Along the Wild Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
In Tales of a River Rat, famed storyteller and self-described hermit Kenny Salwey informs and entertains readers as he weaves his life story on the Mississippi River. Salwey knows the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Here he shares his love of and knowledge about the mighty river in an accessible manner sure to appeal to all ages.
by A.C. Baantjer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Renowned mystery author A.C. Baantjer brings to life Inspector DeKok in another stirring potboiler full of suspenseful twists and unusual conclusions.In The Geese of Death, DeKok takes on Igor Stablinsky, a man accused of bludgeoning a wealthy old man and his wife. To DeKok's unfailing eye the killing...
The Great Vanishing Act
Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was the US government's attempt to define who "Indians" were. Among the criteria the act set was a blood quantum, which declared that "Indians" were "all other persons of one-half or more Indian blood". Today, many tribes wrestle...
Absinthe
The Exquisite Elixir
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Take an intimate look into the contemporary world of absinthe. International in scope, Absinthe: The Exquisite Elixir is a visually rich journey into an alluring subculture. Filled with color reproductions of classic and current lithographs, posters, cartoons, as well as photos of antiques, glassware,...
The Future Has Other Plans
Planning Holistically to Conserve Natural and Cultural Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Crisis has enveloped the more than 200,000 nationally and regionally protected natural and cultural heritage sites around the world. Heritage managers – those who manage natural sites such as national parks, wilderness areas, and biosphere reserves, as well as those who manage cultural sites including...
Curtains Up!
Theatre Games and Storytelling
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Theatre games help to develop students' skills in storytelling, improvisation, and public speaking. They also build confidence, teamwork, and vocabulary. Here is a collection of theatre games that have been classroom tested. Try the collaborative and fun activity "The Monster with Three Heads."...
by A.C. Baantjer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The trail of a recent crime leads Inspector DeKok to Bloedberg (Blood Mountain), Belgium, a neighborhood in Antwerp. Seems a man was fished from the Scheldt River, and DeKok has been summoned to help with the investigation.
At a funeral back in Amsterdam, things are just as murky as the corpse's...
by Michael J. Caduto
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Stories come from around the world, but they grow from the very earth upon which they are first told. Michael J. Caduto invites readers to listen while the Earth tells these stories through his lyrical retellings of tales such as "Hare Rescues the Sun" and "The Coming of Fire."
Earth's Daughters
Stories of Women in Classical Mythology
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
A "Who's Who" of women in classical mythology! The stories in this collection will not only satisfy the mythology lover and feminine scholar but make an outstanding curriculum supplement for humanities or literatures courses in elementary and high school. They are especially appropriate for courses emphasizing a returning emphasis on classical literature.
by A.C. Baantjer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Although at first it seemed to be a case for the narcotics division, this latest crime soon evolves into a series of sinister and almost impossible murders. Never before have inspectors DeKok and his partner Vledder been so involved in a case whereby murder, drug smuggling, and child prostitution...