1,|.,- -1“ _' ~ SITAINLEY THETLU-“CRY STRIKE The Lucky Strike Kim Stanley Robinson 978- 1 -60486-085-6 $12 Combining dazzling speculation with a profoundly humanist vision, Kim Stanley Robinson is known as not only the most literary but ...
Long unavailable in English, this bold novel tells the tale of what might have happened if John Brown's raid on Harper's ferry had succeeded - and the Civil War had been started by the abolitionists, not the slave owners.
In James Kirkland's love letter to basketball, Maui, and marijuana, the two broadcasters once again put their lives on the line for truth, justice, and the Deadhead way.
Biography of experiences by an American living in Southeast Turkey and Northern Iraq during and after the first Gulf War.
A New Mexico man faces off against the government in a battle over his land in this novel by the author of Desert Solitaire.
A gripping account of the tragic 1994 South Canyon forest fire that killed fourteen firefighters chronicles the string of seemingly small human blunders that contributed to the tragedy. Reprint.
Take a break from academics, enjoy the Colorado Rockies, fight a fire now and then.
Throughout the hot, long summer, Nanda’s old, hidden dependencies and wounds come to the surface, ending, inevitably, in tragedy. Marvellous yet restrained, Fire on the Mountain speaks of the past and its unshakable hold over the present.
Presenting an alternative version of African American history, this novel explores what might have happened if John Browns 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry had been successful.
A retelling of an Ethiopian folktale about a clever young shepherd boy who outwits a haughty rich man and gains a fortune for himself and his sister.
Fire on the Mountain
Fire on the Mountain
A clever young shepherd boy uses his wits to gain a fortune for himself and his sister from a haughty rich man
Fire on the Mountain
If this book is action/adventure at its best, it also offers deeply moving insights into the lives of the smoke jumpers, hot shots, and helitacks who fight forest fires and put their own well being on the line as a daily part of their jobs.