The text’s visual descriptions of the Colorado Rockies convey the beauty and gravity of nature. Jane Parnell’s Off Trail: Finding My Way Home in the Colorado Rockies is an... Read More

A poet, journalist, and key leader in Peru’s American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, Magda Portal was nicknamed by her opponents as a “Most Scandalous Woman.” Myrna... Read More

Little’s is, above all, a human story about a man who fought for justice and fair treatment for workers. Both a work of history and biography, Jane Little Botkin’s "Frank... Read More

This is a memoir about transitions, told in a way that makes the seemingly simple feel truly meaningful. Jose Antonio Rodriguez’s "House Built on Ashes" is labeled a memoir,... Read More

Advanced poetics are at play in this work that is both a tribute to the land and a moving exploration of family ties. The Texas plateau known as the Staked Plain occupies... Read More

A billionaire capitalist shadowed by his Red Guard activism during China’s Cultural Revolution, Luo Ying is committed to facing down his own, and his country’s, Maoist... Read More

This history of the Church of Latter-day Saints in Germany during Hitler’s murderous reign should be taken as yet another warning of how basic goodness—in this case... Read More

A bobcat needs a wristwatch like a cactus needs a calendar. Yes, we have time, that peculiar human tendency to grid our existence into segments of seconds, minutes, hours, et... Read More

This significant work of social history assesses the experiences of tourists who journeyed through the American West in the 19th century. Travel to the American West became much... Read More

Collectively, these essays work to reignite love for the nation’s wilds while also reminding readers of their awesome and terrible power. "Outdoors in the Southwest", a... Read More

Fortunate Eagle’s battle for Indian rights is always tempered with humor and humanity—his strength is that he makes the reader laugh while he also proves a point. Adam... Read More

Thousands of spectators around the world enjoyed the exciting performances of Native Americans dressed in authentic-looking garb at popular Wild West shows during their... Read More