Dreaming with the Ancestors: Black Seminole Women in Texas and Mexico, Hardcover - Shirley Boteler Mock

Reducere. Indian freedmen and their descendants have garnered much public and scholarly attention, but women's roles have largely been absent from that discu...

Reducere. By universal acclaim, Diana Kennedy is the world's authority on the authentic cuisines of Mexico. For decades, she has traveled the length and brea...

Reducere. Much ink has been spilled over the men of the Mexican Revolution, but far less has been written about its women. Kathy Sosa, Ellen Riojas Clark, an...

The general store in late-nineteenth-century America was the economic heart of a small town. Linda English combed ledgers from the 1870s and 1880s ...

Reducere. A vast and desolate region, the Texas-New Mexico borderlands have long been an ideal setting for intrigue and illegal dealings--never more so than ...

In the sixteenth century, the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahag n and a team of indigenous grammarians, scribes, and painters completed decades ...

A daring account of Black Seminole warrior, chief, and diplomat John Horse and the route he forged on the Underground Railroad to gain freedom for ...

Reducere. The Texas state constitution of 1876 set aside three million acres of public land in the Texas Panhandle in exchange for construction of the state'...

Reducere. Once associated only with the wealthy and privileged in Latin America, lifelong illnesses are now emerging among a wider cross section of the popul...

Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Ho...

Reducere. From the mysterious "Angel of Goliad" to the influential Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, the eleven women portrayed in this engaging book were indeed...

Focuses specifically on the lower reaches of the Rio Grande/RIo Bravo as it exits the mountains and meanders across a coastal plain. Bringing toget...

Reducere. The story of the colonization of Northern New Mexico and one of its leading "parajes" (El Camino Real campsite) will fascinate anyone interested in...

Reducere. Many visitors to Mexico City's 1886 Electricity Exposition were amazed by their experience of the event, which included magnetic devices, electroni...

Reducere. will copy some infor later later this is only a testAbout the AuthorMARCIA MYERS BONTA has written three books and has published extensively in Ame...

Reducere. Deep in the heart of a small, oak writing desk is a legacy that mysteriously connects three family women across centuries and generations in their ...

In this unique work, the authors explore both the historic origins of the Day of the Dead and its colorful present-day celebrations in Mexico and t...

Based on interviews and archival research, this book explores how media is implicated in Black women's lives in Britain. From accounts of twentieth...

Reducere. We all have good spirits but are you repelling them with your actions and behaviors? It is not enough to believe or know you have ancestors. To sec...

Reducere. The average person spends nearly 25 years of their life sleeping. But you can get a lot more from sleeping than just a healthy night's rest. With t...

Publisher: How2become LtdAuthor(s): How2BecomeNumber of pages: 255Collection: The British Citizen SeriesPublication date: 2016Dimensions: 247 x 170...

Reducere. Offers advice on interpreting dreams and shares common meanings for dream images and concepts.

Reducere. What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard...

Recovers the history of a significant regional revolt against the Mexican Republic, presaging other federalist rebellions and the Mexican-American ...

Reducere. Not one but two civil rights movements flourished in mid-twentieth-century Texas, and they did so in intimate conversation with one another. Far fr...

Publisher: University of Texas PressAuthor(s): Angelica Jimena Afanador-PujolIllustration(s): 26 color and 51 b&w photos, 11 b&w illus.Number of pa...

Reducere. Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of TexasIn the seventeenth century, South Texas and Northeastern Mexico formed El Nuevo Reino...

When life races with chaos and uncertainty, run beyond your fear with bold faith.Humanly speaking, we are no match for a horse's strength or speed....

Reducere. It sounds like fiction, but it's not: in 1884, a tightrope walker with a wooden leg arrived in Corsicana, Texas. He attempted to carry a stove on h...

Reducere. Since 2000, more than 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico. Today the country is one of the most dangerous in the world in which to be a repo...

Publisher: Texas A & M University PressAuthor(s): Judy LiddellIllustration(s): 41 colour photographs, 11 mapsNumber of pages: 192Publication date: ...

This invaluable resource weaves together mediumship, magick, Spiritualism, and ancestral reverence to forge a strong foundation for spiritual devel...

Reducere. Since the mid 1970s, there has been an extraordinary renewal of interest in early modern architecture, both as a way of gaining insight into contem...

Reducere. DescriptionBanksy in New York offers a first-hand account of his residency: the defacement and removal of his pieces, reactions from neighbors and ...

Reducere. DescriptionAt a time when "Friday night lights" shone only on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the g...

Reducere. A celebratory and inspiring look at some of the most important black women in STEM Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who h...

A book to inspire wanderlust (or just some fun armchair travel) for young women of colourIllustrations: Full colour throughout

Reducere. This book contains a collection of seventy-five affirmations written specifically for BIPOC women, with eleven bonus journal pages included at the ...

Reducere. Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912 is a collection of essays that include biographical sketches and writings from women of all walks of li...

Each of the women in this book worked to make Texas a better place. Some of them are doing great work today-even as you read about them They have a...

A powerful, poignant and award-winning novel of the UK's worst peacetime maritime disaster since the Titanic - the 1919 Iolaire tragedy off the coa...

Reducere. Although the United States spends almost one-fifth of all its resources funding healthcare, the American system continues to be dogged by persisten...

Reducere. Many people in northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma still believe that the Marlow brothers--George, Charles, Alf, and Epp--were thieves and kil...

Reducere. Did Mike accidentally drown in a Florida lake? Or was his disappearance the result of a sinister plot to kill him?The crisp, predawn hours of Decem...

Reducere. Introducing an addition to the acclaimed Mini Masters series. This engaging board book features beautiful works of art paired with playful, rhyming...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Mexican Revolution was launched from Texas on November 20, 1910, and throughout the following decade the state would remain a hotbed...

Contributor(s): Editor: Linda MizejewskiEditor: Victoria SturtevantIntroduction by: Kathleen Rowe KarlynWinner, Susan Koppleman Award for Best Anth...