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  November 2012
 
2012 Holiday Catalog
2012 Holiday Book Sale
Co-sponsored by the UNM Alumni Association 
 
Save 30% on books purchased November 15, 2012- January 15, 2013  
Use promo code HOL12 at checkout on unmpress.com 
or when placing the order at 800.249.7737 (8am-5pm MST)

Not only will you get 30% off, but an additional 10% of your purchase will benefit the UNM Alumni Association
 
 NEW FROM UNM PRESS
John Gaw Meem
by Kate Wingert-Playdon
Kate Wingert-Playdon's narrative of the restoration of San Esteban del Rey Mission and the process behind it is the only detailed account of this milestone example of historic preservation, in which New Mexico's most famous architect, John Gaw Meem, played a major role.

 

Atlas Historic New Mexico Maps
by Peter L. Eidenbach
Eidenbach has compiled a collection of New Mexico's historic maps, navigating through a varied terrain of research and discovery, even securing permissions for colonial-era maps held in special collections with limited public access. This collection, featuring beautifully rendered diagrams of New Mexico's landscape, allows exploration of the past as seen by that past's inhabitants.

 

Riddle of Cantinflas

THE RIDDLE OF CANTINFLAS: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture

by Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans's collection of essays on kitsch and high art in the Americas makes a return with twenty-one colorful essays and conversations that deliver Stavans's trademark wit and provocative analysis.

  

  

 

Knowing History in Mexico

by Trevor R. Stack

While much has been written about national history and citizenship, anthropologist Trevor Stack focuses on the history and citizenship of towns and cities. Basing his inquiry on fieldwork in west Mexican towns near Guadalajara, Stack begins by observing that people talked (and wrote) of their towns' history and not just of Mexico's.

 

CalungaCALUNGA AND THE LEGACY OF AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE IN BRAZIL

by Steven Byrd 

Steven Byrd's study provides a comprehensive linguistic description of Calunga based on two years of interviews with speakers of the language. He examines its history and historical context as well as its linguistic context, its sociolinguistic profile, and its lexical and grammatical outlines. 

 

 

Claims and SpeculationsCLAIMS AND SPECULATIONS: Mining and Writing in the Gilded Age

by Janet Floyd

This study of a broad range of responses to gold and silver mining in the late nineteenth century sets the literary writings of figures such as Mark Twain, Mary Hallock Foote, Bret Harte, and Jack London within the context of writing and representation produced by people involved in the industry: miners and journalists, as well as writers of folklore and song. 



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 UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, November 18 from 1:00-3:00pm: Lois Rudnick discusses and signs THE SUPPRESSED MEMOIRS OF MABEL DODGE LUHAN: Sex, Syphilis, and Psychoanalysis in the Making of Modern American Culture at Treasure House Books and Gifts in Albuquerque, NM.
 
Friday, November 23 from 5:00-7:00pm: Photographer Craig Varjabedian discusses and signs LANDSCAPE DREAMS, A NEW MEXICO PORTRAIT at William Talbot Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM.
 
Sunday, November 25 from 1:00-3:00pm: Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl discuss and sign A GROWING SEASON at Treasure House Books and Gifts in Albuquerque, NM.
 
Monday, November 26 at 6:30pm: Jack Loeffler and Celestia Loeffler discuss and sign THINKING LIKE A WATERSHED: Voices from the West at Maria's Bookshop in Durango, CO.
 
Wednesday, December 5 at 4:00pm: William Peterson and Nicole Blaisdell Ivey discuss and sign GUS BLAISDELL COLLECTED at the UNM Bookstore in Albuquerque, NM.
 
Saturday, December 15 at 11:00am: Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl discuss and sign A GROWING SEASON at the Taylor Ranch Library in Albuquerque, NM.
 
Sunday, December 16 at 1:30pm: Photographer Craig Varjabedian discusses and signs LANDSCAPE DREAMS, A NEW MEXICO PORTRAIT at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History in Albuquerque, NM. The event is hosted by the museum's Gallery Store.
 
 AUTHORS ON THE AIR
Thinking Like a WatershedTHINKING LIKE A WATERSHED: Voices from the West
edited by Jack Loeffler and Celestia Loeffler


Sunday, November 25 from 12:00-12:30pm MST: Celestia Loeffler will co-host "Food Divas" on  KDUR-FM, Fort Lewis College Community Radio

Tuesday, November 27 from 9:00-9:30am MST: Jack Loeffler and Celestia Loeffler will discuss their book on KDUR-FM's "Off the Rim" program.