"Kittinger writes that all he ever really wanted to do is fly; from this autobiography, it's clearly a privilege to be along as his passenger." --Popular Mechanics
Tuesday, February 22 from 1-2:30pm: David Stuart discusses Pueblo Peoples on the Pajarito Plateau at the UNM Continuing Education Main Auditorium in Albuquerque, NM.
With tales of gangs and skinwalkers, an Indian Boy Scout troop, a fanatical Sunday school teacher, and the author's own experience of sincere friendships that lead to hózhó (beautiful harmony), Kristofic's memoir is an honest portrait of growing up on--and growing to love--the Reservation.
Former CIA agent E. B. Held guides modern visitors through the history of such events as the plot to assassinate Leon Trotsky, Ted Hall's delivery of technical details of the atom bomb to the KGB, and the controversial allegations regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Dr. Wen Ho Lee's contacts with China.
Eckmann explores how neo-Mexicanism has been defined, its motivations and influences, how it has been promoted and interpreted, and to what extent that patronage has influenced the development and construction of the movement.
Authors Michele Sequeira and Michael Westphal help young people explore this now-commonplace, socially important gadget that connects today's youth with their friends.
Stuart demonstrates how the descendants of the Chaco survivors who relocated to Bandlier and the Pajarito Plateau rebalanced their society to be more efficient and practical in order to survive.
Through investigating Phoenix's struggle to become a major American metropolis, VanderMeer's study also offers a unique view of what it means to be a desert city.
Architectural historian Christopher Mead traces Antoine Predock's development over forty years from early work in Albuquerque to twenty-first-century projects like Winnipeg's Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Rivera's study explores the core values that have bonded Sociedad Protección Mútua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU) members across generations and have sustained the organization for more than a century and addresses the question of whether or not La Sociedad will survive in the twenty-first century.
The authors examine the phenomenon of the impact of Latin American migration on the southeastern United States, a region that now has the nation's fastest growing immigrant population.
In this engaging study Genaro Padilla enters into Villagrá's epic poem of the Oñate expedition to reveal that the soldier was no mere chronicler but that his writing offers a subtle critique of the empire whose expansion he seems to be celebrating.
