Author: Ray GonzálezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Mud Angels, Mesilla, New Mexico
Author: Ray GonzálezBeautiful Wall
Author: Ray GonzalezPublisher: BOA Editions, Ltd.
ISBN: 1938160843
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Beautiful Wall takes us on a profound journey through the deserts of the Southwest where the ever-changing natural landscape and an aggressive border culture rewrite intolerance and ethnocentric thought into human history. Inextricably linked to his Mexican ancestry and American upbringing, Ray Gonzalez's new collection mounts the wall between the current realities of violence and politics, and a beautiful, never-to-be-forgotten past. Ray Gonzalez is the author of fifteen books of poetry. The recipient of numerous awards, including a 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southwest Border Regional Library Association, he is a professor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Adobe Angels
Author: Antonio R. GarcezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The fourth volume in the Adobe Angels series centers on Las Cruces and southern New Mexico. Garcez has broadened his scope to include the many communities in the southern portion of the state from Roswell west to Silver City and south of Socorro to the southern border. Most of these communities were mining towns or cattle centers and they have their shere of ghosts. This book is unique in that it is written in both English and Spanish.
New Mexico Magazine
Author: The Country Gentleman
Author: The Trial of Billy the Kid
Author: David G. ThomasPublisher:
ISBN: 9781952580048
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book is about Billy the Kid's trial for murder, and the events leading to that trial. And yet Billy's trial is the least written about, and until this book, the least known event of Billy's adult life.
Cooke's Peak - Pasaron Por Aqui
Author: Donald Howard CouchmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Sanctuaries of Spanish New Mexico
Author: Marc TreibPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520064201
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Description and history of the early churches and missions in New Mexico.
Adobe Conservation
Author: Cornerstones StaffPublisher:
ISBN: 9780865345270
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This richly illustrated guide is acknowledged as the best source for expert, field-tested information on the care and maintenance of historic adobe buildings--from small vernacular structures to the great Spanish Colonial missions. As a true "how-to" manual, it presents a user-friendly and straightforward approach to the assessment, maintenance, preservation and restoration of earthen buildings based on time-tested techniques. Subjects include: architectural styles and materials; tools and equipment; materials and supplies; emergency shoring; moisture testing in adobe walls; material selection, mixing and testing; making adobe bricks; repairing and rebuilding adobe walls; repairing cracks in adobe walls; mud and lime plastering; earthen and lime finishes; removing contra paredes; repairing corbels; inspecting vigas and corbels; splicing vigas; compliance with State and Federal cultural resource protection legislation; glossary of terms; and bibliography. Cornerstones Community Partnerships in Santa Fe, New Mexico is devoted to the preservation of the architectural heritage and community traditions in New Mexico and the American Southwest. Through its nationally honored technical assistance, applied learning and traditional building skills programs, Cornerstones has assisted more than 300 rural Hispanic and Native American communities with the preservation of historic and culturally significant earthen buildings. Cornerstones has developed and utilized the techniques in this book throughout the American Southwest since 1986.
The Red Pyramid
Author: Rick RiordanPublisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423142497
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. From the creator of the hit Percy Jackson series.