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COVER READS A service of the New Mexico book community October 2014 Forced Journey: The Saga of Werner Berlinger EVERYWHERE SPIRIT by Stephen Halstead by Rosemary Zibart Description: Guided by his Apache Description: Escaping Nazi Germany, Werner strug- alter-ego, a teenage jockey navigates the gles to create a new life in New York City. Werner complexities of life, overcoming misfortune has one goal - make a home in America. Then Father to emerge a winner. This is a tale of two had promised that he and Werner’s little sister would warriors on horseback, one fighting for his follow. This burning ember of hope lit Werner’s path. very survival, the other battling the enemy Along the way Werner meets mischievous fellow refu- within, before rising to the top of his game. gee Anika, fights off neighborhood bullies and makes The cawing of crows portend doom. The a friend, Sam, while caring for his new Mutti, Esther. Plains Indians’ life and death struggle for ISBN: 9781932926323 ($12.95 ppbk), freedom is watched over by the Everywhere 9781932926330 ($24.95 hdbk) 188pp Spirit. Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, ISBN: 978-0-9885395-6-3 $15.95 Follett Library Resources 282pp Subject Categories: Juvenile Fiction - Historical, Juvenile Fiction - Holocaust Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Publisher: Kinkajou Press http://www.kinkajoupress.com/forcedjourney.html Subject Category: Western Historical, Native American, Horseracing [email protected] Publisher: ABQ Press www.abqpress.com [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 6 Author e-mail: [email protected] 1 Out of Sight Return of the Bones by Art Schreiber & Hal Simmons Inspired by a True Story Description: For twenty-eight years I have Description: 2013 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION dealt with the physical, emotional, and mental New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards! changes that I am convinced a person who In 1915, 2,067 skeletons were stolen from the ghost loses vision must make if they wish to lead a pueblo of Pecos. Hollow-Woman and Grandfather productive, independent, and satisfying lifestyle. are the last of the Pecos people. While driving a ratty, Out of Sight: Blind and Doing All Right is old pickup-camper they bicker from New Mexico to my story about how I dealt with the change from Boston to pick up the family skeletons. The pages are being fully sighted to becoming totally blind. I filled with the comical way Grandfather looks at the hope my story and experiences will be of help to world while embracing heartbreak and spirituality of Native Americans. those who find themselves on the same road. ISBN: 1475187424 $13.99 retail pb, $4.99 ebook 246 pgs ISBN: 978-1-936745-11-1 $14.00 99pp Wholesalers/Distributors: Ingram; Baker & Taylor Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Subject Category: Historical Fiction, Native American, Multi-Cultural, Hispanic, New Mexico, Literary Subject Category: Inspirational, Biography Publisher: Magic Prose Publishing; magicprose.com; publisher@magicprose. Publisher: Nuevo Books, 505-344-9382, [email protected] com Author email: [email protected] 5 Author email: [email protected] 7 Please share this with others who may be interested in Southwest books or send us their email info and we can send it to them. If you are interested in any of these books, please contact the publisher, author, or distributor to order copies. This service is brought to you by the New Mexico Book Co-op on a monthly basis—[email protected]. Historias y Reflexiones de Insomnio The Proud Little Burro by Lisa Bear Goldman by Graciela Avila-Robinson Description: Buddy, a young burro is Description: Compilations of various short selected for his first pack trip. He is embar- stories in Spanish written through many rassed he has to carry a bulky pack-frame years; some fictitious stories are blended instead of a person, until he becomes a with real events. It also includes reflections hero because of the medical packages he on love according to the author’s point of carries. This inspiring storys message is to view; these poems are expressions of the take pride in whatever one does. This book emotions of frustration, powerlessness and was a finalist for the 2012 New Mexico- Ar- desires of a Mexican immigrant with an izona Book Awards, Children Picture Book unstable and confusing past. category. ISBN: 978-1-4633-2059-1 $13.99 170pp ISBN: 978-0-9832074-0-5 $11.00 30pp Wholesalers/distributors: http://book- Wholesalers/distributors: Enchantment store.palibrio.com/Products Press Subject Category: Ficción Subject Category: Children’s Picture Book Publisher: Palibrio, http://www.palibrio.com/, [email protected] Publisher: Enchantment Press www.lisabeargoldman.net lisa.goldman@ comcast.net Author email: [email protected] 5 Author email: [email protected] 2 How Chile Came to New Mexico Saddle Up: A Cowboy Guide to Writing by Rudolfo Anaya by Slim Randles Description: This is the exciting tale of Description: Straightforward steps to: Getting how Native Americans helped bring chile started the right way; Avoiding common pitfalls; to the region through a journey with many Eliminating rejection slips; and Getting checks dangers. A story of love and romance in the mail. Slim Randles has been a journalist, exploring the many cultures of the South- editor, author, sportsman, and speaker. After years west. Second book in the award-winning of making a living from the pen, he is passing on series with storyteller Rudolfo Anaya, advice to those who want to write for a living. the art of santero Nicolás Otero and the Slim’s advice is spiced up with his signature view translation of Nasario García. of what the world is and could be. This book is Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Arizona filled with an award-winning author’s gentle but Book Awards firm words to live and write by. ISBN: 978-1-936744-20-6 $24.95 pb Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards 46pp ISBN: 978-1-936744-31-2 $15.95 146pp Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Subject Category: Children’s Picture Book Subject Category: Creative writing, Self-help Publisher: Rio Grande Books, 505/344-9382/[email protected] Publisher: Rio Grande Books www.LPDPress.com [email protected] SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING Red or Green Chile Bible, Love at first bite True Brit: Beatrice, 1940 by Rosemary Zibart Description: In 1940, Beatrice Sims, a by Harmon Houghton spoiled English girl arrives in Santa Fe to Description: With over 250 recipes Red escape the war in London. At first Beatrice or Green Chile Bible: Love at First Bite, hates the little town. But soon Beatrice chilinista Harmon Houghton, will introduce makes friends with Arabella and Esteban, and guide you through the wonders, magic and aids Ana, a shy Indian girl. First accused and mystique of the chile cuisine with of being “faceta” (stuck up), Beatrice learns detailed instructions and explanations on to change tires, ride ponies and helps public how to prepare, cook and serve chiles from health nurse Clementine Pope, rescue a sick aromatic sweetness to a tongue blistering baby on an Indian pueblo. experience and every degree of addictive heat in between to make you feel you are ISBN: 978-1-932926-18-7 $12.95 212pp alive. Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker Wholesalers & Distributors: Clear Light & Taylor, Follett Library Resources Books, Ingram, Treasure Chest, Amazon Subject Category: History, New Mexico, Santa Fe, World War 2 Subject Category: Chile, Chile Cookbook Publisher: Kinkajou Press, an imprint of Artemesia Publishing, Publisher: Clear Light Books, www.clearlightbooks.com www.apbooks.net/beatrice.html, [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 2 Author email: [email protected] 5 The Third Garden of Eden Jupiter and Gilgamesh, a Novel of Sumeria by Steven Vandever and Texas by Scott Archer Jones Description: With Commander Teene aboard, the Description: Jupiter is crazy enough to live in a research ship NEO-4 now orbits Planet 1473-3; grain elevator. He knows people are his living, but after five million years of genetic engineering a he can’t bear being with more than two human new species, her mission is to approve the seven beings at a time. The Village is about to evict him billion citizens membership in the United Alliance and he’s dating a twenty-five year old woman of planet nations. She is not aware that her #2 that’s stomping roughshod over him. His best is helping rebels forces stop her. The rebels are friend is Gilgamesh, a dead king who gives bad illegally mining Tackium ore as her adventure advice. It’s a funny, tragic ride through Jupiter’s life. explains evolution mysteries that remain lost in ISBN: 978-1-940869-13-1 $14.95 296pp human history. Wholesalers/distributors: Southern Yellow Pine ISBN: 1496096932 $11.99pb 1496096937 $.99eBook 445pp Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble Wholesalers/distributors:Amazon, Barns and Noble, Smashword Subject Category: Fiction, Literary Subject Category... Historic fiction Publisher: Southern Yellow Pine Press www.syppublishing.com/ tgerrell@ Publisher: Sunbunny Loves You inc Sunbunnylovesyou.com Sunbunny- syppublishing.com [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 3 Author email: [email protected] 1 Space Pioneers ... in their own words Max Evans & A Few Friends by Ollie Reed Jr., by Loretta Hall Slim Randles & Ruth E Francis Description: Ninety space pioneers describe Description: Max Evans, one of their experiences with space research and New Mexico’s most prolific writers, exploration from 1945 through the space shuttle has lived, promoted, and articulated program. Some of these men and women were the Western way of life for nearly well known as astronauts or members of Mis- eight decades.