Author: Will Henry RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Under Turquoise Skies
Author: Will Henry RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Under A Turquoise Sky
Author: Lisa CarterPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682998630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
When federal agent Aaron Yazzie is assigned to protect the only witness to a drug cartel execution, he hides Kailyn Eudailey in the safest place he knows . . . the vast, untamed wilderness of the Navajo Reservation. Transporting Kailyn to New Mexico may not be as easy as Aaron would like. Kailyn is a high-maintenance Southern belle who is determined to assert her independence at every step. Although Aaron's job is to protect her from the dangers that could get them both killed, Kailyn is getting to him. As an undercover agent, Aaron has grown adept at playing many roles. But will he be able to embrace his true identity and God's plan for his life in order to keep Kailyn alive?
Under a Turquoise Sky
Author: J. R. RobertsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780515143874
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
When a pompous Eastern dandy named George Markstein purchases a turquoise mine in Arizona, Clint Adams, in order to protect his interests, comes to Markstein's rescue when two men are hired to take him out. Original.
Under A Turquoise Sky
Author: Lisa CarterPublisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426796099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When federal agent Aaron Yazzie is assigned to protect the only witness to a drug cartel execution, he hides Kailyn Eudailey in the safest place he knows . . . the vast, untamed wilderness of the Navajo Reservation. Transporting Kailyn to New Mexico may not be as easy as Aaron would like. Kailyn is a high-maintenance Southern belle who is determined to assert her independence at every step. Although Aaron's job is to protect her from the dangers that could get them both killed, Kailyn is getting to him. As an undercover agent, Aaron has grown adept at playing many roles. But will he be able to embrace his true identity and God’s plan for his life in order to keep Kailyn alive?
Nelson Paige Under the Turquoise Sky
Author: B. J. LambertiPublisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1617771570
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In BJ Lamberti's fourth installment of her juvenile historical fiction series,Nelson Paige under the Turquoise SkyNelson, his father, and their dog, Ivy, journey to the arid lands of Arizona to visit the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and Canyon de Chelly. They find themselves unaccustomed to the intense heat, strange landscape, and unending sky of the Southwest, but they are excited to see the unique homes of the Anasazi Indians. But when they reach the cave dwellings nestled in the cliffs, something amazing begins to happen. Nelson's Kachina doll, a charm of the Hopi people who are descendants of the Anasazi, begins to exhibit magical powers. Nelson is taken backward in time to the era of the cliff dwellers, where he learns the culture and day-to-day activities of Mustard Seed, Big Turtle, and Little Turtle, Anasazi Indians. But will he ever find his way back home? Find out inNelson Paige under the Turquoise Sky.
Turquoise, Water, Sky
Author: Maxine E. McBrinnPublisher:
ISBN: 9780890136041
Category : Indian decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the uses of turquoise in native arts of the Southwest, beginning with the earliest people who mined and processed the stone for use in jewelry, on decorative objects, and as a powerful element in ceremony. In the past, as now, turquoise was valued for its color and beauty but also for its symbolic nature: sky, water, health, protection, abundance. The book traces historical and contemporary jewelry made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked.
Under a Painted Sky
Author: Stacey Heather LeePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399168036
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
"In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri"--
Turquoise
Author: Joe Dan LowryPublisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423619802
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Turquoise has been mined on six continents and traded by cultures throughout the world's history, including the Europeans, Chinese, Mayan, Aztec, Inca, and Southwest Native Americans. It has been set in silver and gold jewelry, cut and shaped into fetish animals, and even formed to represent gods in many religions. This gemstone is displayed in museums around the world, representing the arts and traditions of prehistoric, historic, and modern societies. Turquoise focuses on the latest information in science and art from the greatest turquoise collections around the globe.
Under the Rainbow Sky
Author: Alice Ross ColverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
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