Best Indian Writers In English - April 2024

Black Indian (Made in Michigan Writers Series)

Black Indian, searing and raw, is Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Alice Walker's The Color Purple meets Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony--only, this isn't fiction. Beautifully rendered and rippling with family dysfunction, secrets, deaths, drunks, and old resentments, Shonda Buchanan's memoir is an inspiring story that explores her family's legacy of being African Americans with American Indian roots and how they dealt with not just society's ostracization but the consequences of this dual inheritance. Buchanan was raised as a Black woman, who grew up hearing cherished stories of her multi-racia... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0814345808
• ASIN: 0814345808
• ISBN: 0814345808
• Manufacturer: Wayne State University Press

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501168681
• ASIN: 1501168681
• ISBN: 1501168681
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   -  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A New York Times Notable BookNamed a best book of the year by Amazon, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine, NPR, Vogue, Smithsonian, Cosmopolitan, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, Lit Hub, and SlateFrom the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history            In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world wer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307742482
• ASIN: 0307742482
• ISBN: 0307742482
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The English: Move By Move

This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge.The English Opening is a popular ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1857446992
• ASIN: 1857446992
• ISBN: 1857446992
• Brand: GPP GLobe Peqout Place
• Manufacturer: Everyman Chess

Indians in Unexpected Places (Culture America (Paperback))

Despite the passage of time, our vision of Native Americans remains locked up within powerful stereotypes. That's why some images of Indians can be so unexpected and disorienting: What is Geronimo doing sitting in a Cadillac? Why is an Indian woman in beaded buckskin sitting under a salon hairdryer? Such images startle and challenge our outdated visions, even as the latter continue to dominate relations between Native and non-Native Americans. Philip Deloria explores this cultural discordance to show how stereotypes and Indian experiences have competed for ascendancy in the wake of the militar... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0700614591
• ASIN: 0700614591
• ISBN: 0700614591
• Brand: University Press of Kansas
• Manufacturer: Univ Pr of Kansas

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native Amer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316013692
• ASIN: 0316013692
• ISBN: 9780316013697
• Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood so... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416591060
• ASIN: 1416591060
• ISBN: 1416591060
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness (9th Edition)

For courses in Community/Public Health Nursing, Transcultural Nursing, and CEUs.   Promotes an awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds The ninth edition of Cultural Diversity in Health and Wellness examines the differences existing within North America by probing the health care system, consumers, and examples of traditional health beliefs and practices among selected populations. An essential for any health-care professional, this book sets the standard for cultural perspectives and more importantly HEALTH—the balan... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0134413318
• ASIN: 0134413318
• ISBN: 0134413318
• Manufacturer: Pearson

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe (Vintage Contemporaries)

The basis for the major motion picture The Extraordinary Journey of the FakirA charmingly exuberant comic debut, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe is the globetrotting story of a trickster from rural India and his adventure of a lifetime.  When the fakir—a professional con artist—arrives in Paris, he has just one goal: to get to Ikea. Armed with only a counterfeit hundred-euro note in the pocket of his silk trousers, he is confident that he has all he needs to thrive. But his plan goes horribly awry when he hides inside a wardrobe at the iconic... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0804172080
• ASIN: 0804172080
• ISBN: 0804172080
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that if they do, they will invite a disastrous fate upon their house. Covering everything from creation to destruction, this ancient poem remains an indelible part of Hindu culture and a landmark in ancient literature.Centuries of listeners and readers have been drawn to The Mahabharata, which began as disparate oral ballads and grew into a sprawling epic. The modern version is famously long, and at more than 1.8 million words—seven times the combined leng... [Read More]

• ASIN: 022605165X
• ASIN: 022605165X
• ISBN: 022605165X
• Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (Pivotal Moments in American History)

This newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of desperate struggle and shattered hope, of short-sighted government action and a doomed flight to freedom. To tell the story, West begins with the early history of the Nez Perce and their years of friendly relations with white settlers. In an initial treaty, the Nez Perce were promised a large part of their ancestral homeland, but the discovery of gold ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199769184
• UPC: 000199769184
• ASIN: 0199769184
• ISBN: 0199769184
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Hobomok and Other Writings on Indians (American Women Writers Series)

Hobomok, A Tale of Early Times is the provocative story of an upperclass white woman who marries an Indian chief, has a child, then leaves him--with the child--for another man. This novel, originally published in 1824, is a powerful first among antipatriarchal and antiracist novels in American literature. In addition, this collection contains seven remarkable short stories; an extract on Indian women from Child's groundbreaking History of the Condition of Women in Various Ages and Nations (1835); a selection from her best-selling volume of journalistic sketches, Letters from New-York (1843); a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 081351164X
• ASIN: 081351164X
• ISBN: 081351164X
• Brand: Brand: Rutgers University Press
• Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press

When Breath Becomes Air

• ASIN: 081298840X
• UPC: 642688054472
• ASIN: 081298840X
• ISBN: 081298840X
• Manufacturer: Random House

In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest

An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi.David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazi—the name means “enemy ancestors” in Navajo—who once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts writes, have been puzzling over the Anasazi for more than a century, trying to determine the environmental and cultural stresses that caused their society to collapse 700 years ago. He guides us t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0684832127
• ASIN: 0684832127
• ISBN: 0684832127
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850 - 1890

After years of research, independent history scholar Gregory Michno has created a chronological listing of every significant fight between Indians and the United States Army, as well as better-known Indian battles with civilians. In addition, Michno interprets the data to reveal patterns and draw conclusions, some of which challenge the current orthodoxy among historians, such as the revisionist contention that the "wild" West is a myth. Numerous maps, photogrpahs, and tables supplement the text to enhance the reader's understanding. This detailed study is more than a reference book: it's an i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0878424687
• ASIN: 0878424687
• ISBN: 0878424687
• Manufacturer: Mountain Press

Contemporary Indian Writers in English - eBook

Indian writing in English is in its Himalayan heights these days. Our writers have set milestones in the field of poetry, fiction and drama. Now Indian authors in English are no longer dependent on their

• UPC: 555966992

Influence of English on Indian Women Writers - eBook

This book reveals English as culture, politics, lifestyle and social change in the context of Indian women.English as a symbol of modernity in India was first accessed by men, giving them a new image of

• UPC: 316151043

Influence of English on Indian Women Writers : Voices from Regional Languages

This book reveals the impact of English not only as a language but also as medium, culture, politics, lifestyle, writing and social change in the context of Indian

• UPC: 372461629

The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers, Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as

• UPC: 289377116

The German Prose Composition Book : A Selection of Extracts from the Works of Some of the Best English Writers (1877)

The German Prose Composition Book: A Selection of Extracts from the Works of Some of the Best English Writers

• UPC: 667916012

Anglo-Indian Prize Poems : By Native and English Writers, in Commemoration of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to India (1876)

Anglo-Indian Prize Poems: By Native and English Writers, in Commemoration of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to India

• UPC: 406304938

The Translator, English Into French : Selections from the Best English Prose Writers (1869)

The Translator, English Into French: Selections from the Best English Prose Writers (1869) Height : 0.54 In Length : 6.00 In Width : 9.02 In Weight : 0.76

• UPC: 347331410

The English Reader : Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue

The English Reader

• UPC: 115640409

The Hive : Or, a Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, Sentimental and Religious Subjects: Selected from the Writings of Near One Hundred of the Best Authors of Different Nations; But Chiefly from the English Writers. Intended as a Repository of Sententi

The Hive: Or, a Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, Sentimental and Religious Subjects: Selected from the Writings of Near

• UPC: 232024595

Divinity Catalogue. a Catalogue of a Very Large and Valuable Collection Books, Consisting Wholly of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History, and of the Best Antient and Modern Writers, in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French and English

Divinity Catalogue. a Catalogue of a Very Large and

• UPC: 575387915