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Manifestation Wolverine

The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear

By: Ray Young Bear

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Manifestation Wolverine

The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear

By: Ray Young Bear

The American Book Award–winning collection from “The best poet in Indian Country” (Sherman Alexie, New York Times–bestselling author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven). Hailed by the Bloomsbury Review as “the nation’s foremost contemporary Native American poet” and by Sherman Alexie as “the best poet in Indian Country,” Ray Young Bear draws on ancient Meskwaki tradition and modern popular culture to create poems that provoke, astound, and heal. This indispensable volume, which contains three previously published collections—Winter of the Salamander (1979), The Invisible Musician (1990), and The Rock Island Hiking Club (2001)—as well as Manifestation Wolverine, a brilliant series of new pieces inspired by animistic beliefs, a Lazy-Boy recliner, and the word songs Young Bear sang to his children, is a testament to the singularity of the poet’s talent and the astonishing range of his voice.

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Open Road Media

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1504014146

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9781504014144

Black Eagle Child

The Facepaint Narratives

By: Ray Young Bear

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Black Eagle Child

The Facepaint Narratives

By: Ray Young Bear

Mixing prose and poetry, ancient traditions and modern sensibilities, this brilliant, profane, and poignant coming-of-age story is a masterpiece of Native American literature At a Thanksgiving party held in a Bureau of Indian Affairs gymnasium, the elders of the Meskwaki Settlement in central Iowa sip coffee while the teenagers plot their escape. Edgar Bearchild and Ted Facepaint, too broke to join their friends for a night of drinking in a nearby farm town, decide to attend a ceremonial gathering of the Well-Off Man Church, a tribal sect with hallucinogenic practices. After partaking of the congregation’s sacred star medicine, Edgar receives a prophetic vision and comes to a newfound understanding of his people’s past and present that will ultimately reshape the course of his life. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 1960s, Black Eagle Child is the story of Edgar’s passage from boyhood to manhood, from his youthful misadventures with Ted, to his year at prestigious liberal arts college in California, to his return to Iowa and success as a poet. Deftly crossing genre boundaries and weaving together a multitude of tones and images—from grief to humor, grape Jell-O to supernatural strobe lights—it is also an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a Native American in the modern world.

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274

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Open Road Media

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1504014162

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9781504014168

Remnants of the First Earth

By: Ray Young Bear

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Remnants of the First Earth

By: Ray Young Bear

The American Indian author of Black Eagle Child paints “a portrait of a writer struggling both to preserve his people’s heritage and to turn it into art” (The New York Times Book Review). Ray A. Young Bear’s work has been called “magnificent” by the New York Times and “a national treasure” by the Bloomsbury Review. Dazzlingly original, but with deep roots in his traditional Mesquakie culture, Young Bear is a master wordsmith poised with trickster-like aplomb between the ancient world of his forefathers and the ever-encroaching “blurred face of modernity.” Remnants of the First Earth continues the story of Edgar Bearchild—Young Bear’s fictionalized alter ego—which began with Black Eagle Child, a New York Times Notable Book for 1992. Young Bear revisits the Black Eagle Child Settlement and its residents, including Ted Facepaint, Rose Grassleggings, Junior Pipestar, Lorna Bearcap, and Luciano Bearchild. At the center of the novel is a murder investigation involving a powerful shaman holding court at the local Ramada Inn, negligent white cops from nearby Why Cheer, and corrupt tribal authorities. This lyrical narrative swirls through the present and into the mysteries of the age-old stories and myths that still haunt, inform, and enlighten this uniquely American community. “Young Bear’s prose pulses with lyrical ferocity, blending narrative, verse and tribal myth in a seamless web . . . Young Bear, an acclaimed poet, here emerges as a major Native novelist.” —Publishers Weekly

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802195881

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9780802195883

Manifestation Wolverine

The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear

By: Ray Young Bear

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The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear

By: Ray Young Bear

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Open Road Media

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150401412X

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9781504014120

Black Eagle Child

The Facepaint Narratives

By: Ray Young Bear

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The Facepaint Narratives

By: Ray Young Bear

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Open Road Media

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1504014162

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Extra Ordinary

The Adventures of Shawna Ray and Christa Lynn

By: Ray Wilcox

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The Adventures of Shawna Ray and Christa Lynn

By: Ray Wilcox

In its simplest form, this is an action tale about two destitute girls who end up ruling a country. Its underlying current is far deeper, however, with God directing the path for them and for their country. Its guise may be a children's story, but the author weaves an ever-progressive view of our dependency upon our Heavenly Father. He further explores the social and economic plight of humanity through the lens of politics. The author feels that democracy is doomed. Voters will vote themselves money, or when they do not do their homework on life, they will elect their own butchers. As the story evolves, a higher form of government emerges, that of a benevolent dictator with a Christian foundation. Some may ask, "Why not a Muslim dictator like Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini?" Islam is a religion based on harshness and works. In contrast, the basic tenet of Christianity is love, as in, "For God so loved the world" and "Love thy neighbor as thyselves." The reader will see this theme developed throughout the book and, if it is ever put into practice, in reality as well.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098035836

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9781098035839

The Seed Underground

A Growing Revolution to Save Food

By: Janisse Ray

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The Seed Underground

A Growing Revolution to Save Food

By: Janisse Ray

Discusses the loss of fruit and vegetable varieties and the genetically modified industrial monocultures being used today, shares the author's personal experiences growing, saving, and swapping seeds, and deconstructs the politics and genetics of seeds.

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242

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Chelsea Green Publishing

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1603583068

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9781603583060

A Field Guide To Atlantic Coast Fishes

North America

By: Carleton Ray,C. Richard Robins

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A Field Guide To Atlantic Coast Fishes

North America

By: Carleton Ray,C. Richard Robins

The more than 1,000 species descriptions in this guide include information on range and habitat such as depths, bottom types, water temperatures, and salinity. The almost 1,100 illustrations use the Peterson Identification System for quick, accurate field identification.

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HarperCollins

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0544530837

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9780544530836

Black Star One

By: Ray Johnson

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Black Star One

By: Ray Johnson

The onrushing Black Star was going to pull the Earth out of solar orbit and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Astronomers worldwide agreed that Earth had ten years before the Black Star dragged it into interstellar space. The President told the American public that he purposed to cover as much as possible of the United States with a cold-shielding composite. Homes, farms, ranches, they would all be protected from the minus 300 degree cold by the three-inch thick composite plates. Jeff Allen works for the governments most powerful agency. With the help of beautiful Tenaya, Jeff has to keep Americas enemies from stealing the cold fusion and composite secrets that allow the United States to survive in the frigid cold of deep space.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462835422

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9781462835423

Book's by Ray Young Bear

Manifestation Wolverine

Manifestation Wolverine

Black Eagle Child

Black Eagle Child

Remnants of the First Earth

Remnants of the First Earth

Manifestation Wolverine

Manifestation Wolverine

Black Eagle Child

Black Eagle Child

Extra Ordinary

Extra Ordinary

The Seed Underground

The Seed Underground

A Field Guide To Atlantic Coast Fishes

A Field Guide To Atlantic Coast Fishes

Black Star One

Black Star One

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