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AUTHORS ON THE AIR
Robert Duffner discusses adaptive optics on NPR.
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University of New Mexico Press 1717 Roma Ave NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 katm@unm.edu
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NEW FROM UNM PRESS
by Ito Romo
Loners, families, fathers, wives--anyone who lives on the border between Mexico and the United States also lives on a border of violence and complexity. Here, a master of Chicano noir explores that world in lean and haunting stories that you will never forget.
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LEAVING TINKERTOWN
by Tanya Ward Goodman
When Tanya Ward Goodman came home to New Mexico to visit her dad at the end of 1996, he was fifty-five years old and just beginning to show symptoms of the Alzheimer's disease that would kill him six years later.
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by Peter V. N. Henderson
The only comprehensive history of Andean South America from initial settlement to the present, this useful book focuses on Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, the four countries where the Andes have played a major role in shaping history.
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SANDALS OF THE BASKETMAKER AND PUEBLO PEOPLES: Fabric Structure and Color Symmetry
by Lynn Shuler Teague and Dorothy K. Washburn
The decorated sandals worn by prehistoric southwesterners with their complex fiber structures and designs have been dissected, described, and interpreted for a century. Nevertheless, these artifacts remain mysterious in many respects. Teague and Washburn examine these sandals as sources of information on the history of the people known as the Basketmakers.
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KUDOS AND SALUDOS
Center for Regional Studies and UNM Press Partner to Provide Books for Under-Funded New Mexico Libraries
The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at the University of New Mexico has provided $53,475.22 to purchase books published by the University of New Mexico Press for under-funded public and tribal libraries across New Mexico. Under the leadership of Tobías Durán, the CRS purchased copies of 55 titles for distribution to 64 libraries. This project promotes the interests of both the CRS and UNM Press in improving literacy across the state and providing learning opportunities for all New Mexicans.
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Begging for Vultures by Lawrence Welsh is a 2013 Writers' League of Texas Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
Winners will be announced in early September.
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