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1	Blood Memory more books like this by Margaret Coel add to wishlist From the bestselling author of the Wind River mysteries comes a novel featuring Catherine McLeod, an investigative reporter for a Denver newspaper, whose coverage of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes filing a claim for 27 million acres of their ancestral lands has made her a target for assassination. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rosamund more books like this by Bertrice Small add to wishlist In this historical romance novel, a lovely widow inherits a manor on the border between England and Scotland. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
3	Four Souls more books like this by Louise Erdrich add to wishlist Louise Erdrich returns to her perennial character Fleur Pillager to tell a story of vengeance. Determined to kill a man named John James Mauser, the wealthy, underhanded developer who long ago stole her land in North Dakota, she gets a job in his Minneapolis home as a laundress. When she discovers that Mauser is actually an invalid, she knows she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Catch Me If You Can more books like this by Donna Kauffman add to wishlist Morgan brothers Austin and Jace each found love and passion in a novella included in one of two multi-author anthologies, BAD BOYS NEXT EXIT and JINGLE BELL ROCK. But brother Tag gets his very own full-length contemporary romance novel. American archaeologist Taggart "Tag" Morgan II is thrown off-guard when he learns that his recently deceased ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Tipperary more books like this by Frank DeLaney add to wishlist The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Ireland" returns to the saga of his strife-torn nation with an authentic story of love and legacy as sweeping and dramatic as the land itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Brother Eagle, Sister Sky more books like this by Seattle, Susan Jeffers (Illustrator), Seattle Chief add to wishlist A picture book version of a speech given by Chief Seattle. The Chief's plea for the respectful preservation of nature was originally presented before the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the 1850s in response to United States Government attempts to purchase land from his people. Illustrated with colorful ink drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Secret River more books like this by Kate Grenville add to wishlist The Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville recalls her family's history in an astounding novel about the pioneers of New South Wales. Already a best seller in Australia, "The Secret River" is the story of Grenville's ancestors, who wrested a new life from the alien terrain of Australia and its native people. London, 1806. William Thornhill, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	God's Land on Loan: Israel, Palestine, and the World more books like this by W Eugene March add to wishlist An Old Testament scholar develops a theology of land, contending that since the world belongs to God, mankind does not "own" land. Rather, land is a loan from God that must be used responsibly and justly. (Social Issues) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
9	Savages more books like this by Joe Kane add to wishlist A firsthand account of how a band of Amazonian warriors defended their territory against the incursions of oil companies, missionaries, and environmentalists. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Art in America more books like this by Ron McLarty add to wishlist McLarty pens a funny and heartwarming novel about a down-on-his-luck writer who finally finds success and love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Savages and Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire Through Indian Territory more books like this by Paul Vandevelder add to wishlist What really happened in the early days of the American nation? How was it possible for white settlers to march across the entire continent, inexorably claiming Native American lands for themselves? Who made it happen, and why? This gripping book tells America's story from a new perspective, chronicling the adventures of our forefathers and showing ... see all copies from $10.92! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Whose Promised Land?: The Continuing Crisis Over Israel and Palestine more books like this by Colin Gilbert Chapman, Collin Chapman add to wishlist Gain a better understanding of the land conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs and its roots in 4,000 years of history, theology, and politics. see all copies from $6.43! new only from $6.43! \| SVS
13 view cover	Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village more books like this by William Hinton add to wishlist A source of information about China's continuing process of rural reform and social change, this book should be of interest to those who wish to understand China's complex social processes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Wind Won't Know Me: A History of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute more books like this by Emily Benedek add to wishlist Told in a sympathetic, emotional and powerful way from an Indian perspective and largely in Indian voices, this is a riveting account of the ongoing battle between the Navajos and the Hopis over two million acres of disputed Arizona land--a disastrous story of United States intervention in Native American affairs. 16 pages of photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Martha Brae's Two Histories: European Expansion and Caribbean Culture-Building in Jamaica more books like this by Jean Besson, Sidney W Mintz (Foreword by) add to wishlist Based on historical research and more than 30 years of anthropological fieldwork, this wide-ranging study underlines the importance of Caribbean cultures for anthropology, which has generally marginalized Europe's oldest colonial sphere. Located at the gateway to the New World in the plantation heartlands of the Americas, the settlement of Martha ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
16 view cover	Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle more books like this by Susan Jeffers (Illustrator) add to wishlist A picture book version of a speech given by Chief Seattle. The Chief's plea for the respectful preservation of nature was originally presented before the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the 1850s in response to United States Government attempts to purchase land from his people. Illustrated with colorful ink drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	How the Indians Lost Their Land: Law and Power on the Frontier more books like this by Stuart Banner add to wishlist Between the early 17th Century and the early 20th, nearly all the land in the United States was transferred from American Indians to whites. This dramatic transformation has been understood in two very different ways - as a series of consensual transactions, but also as a process of violent conquest. Both views cannot be correct. How did Indians ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $16.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Wild Decembers more books like this by Edna O'Brien add to wishlist When a young man arrives from Australia to claim his inheritance, he changes a small Irish town for ever. Joseph Brennan sees Michael Bugler, the returned exile, as a threat. And for Breege, Joseph's younger sister, Bugler is an irresistible stranger to whose charms she must not succumb for fear of betraying her brother. A love-hate story on many ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Echoes of the Past, Epics of Dissent more books like this by Nancy Abelmann add to wishlist "Echoes of the Past, Epics of Dissent", the story of a South Korean social movement, offers a window to a decade of tumultuous social protest in a postcolonial, divided nation. Abelmann brings a dramatic chapter of modern Korean history to life - a period in which farmers, student activists, and organisers joined to protest the corporate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.68! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Exiles and Pioneers: Eastern Indians in the Trans-Mississippi West more books like this by John P Bowes add to wishlist Exiles and Pioneers analyzes the removal and post-removal histories of Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot, and Potawatomi Indians. The book argues that the experience of these eastern Indians from the late 1700s to the 1860s was at its core a struggle over geographic and political place within the expanding United States. Even as American expansion ... see all copies from $6.32! new only from $6.32! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Highland clearances. more books like this by John Prebble add to wishlist In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.24! \| first editions
22 view cover	Indian Country: 7 more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist A nonfiction book that considers the dissolution of Native American culture, which Matthiessen sees as being both inevitable and brutal. see all copies from $1.99! SVS
23 view cover	Textbook on land law more books like this by Judith-Anne MacKenzie, Mary Phillips add to wishlist Textbook on Land Law guides students through the principles of contemporary land law from a practical perspective. It focuses on the modern law, confining discussion of historical developments to the minimum necessary to understand basic principles and concentrate on the law as it is now. The book is consistently recommended to students for its ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $42.29! \| SVS
24 view cover	Acoma: Pueblo in the Sky more books like this by Ward A. Minge add to wishlist The only official history of the Sky City sanctioned by the tribal council, this book chronicles the social, economic, and political history of the Acoma tribe. For centuries the people of Acoma have endured newcomers on the New Mexican plains who often came at once to marvel at, and manipulate, the Acoma way of life. Through the advent of rival ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $20.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life more books like this by Winona LaDuke add to wishlist This study of environmental issues and their impact on the Native American community examines the threat to health posed by industry and public policies, including the danger posed by the high number of radioactive sites on Indian lands. The author is a Native American eco-activist and Harvard graduate who was Ralph Nader's running mate on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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