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Interwoven
Andean Lives in Colonial Ecuador’s Textile Economy
Big Water
The Making of the Borderlands Between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay
Latinas and Latinos on TV
Colorblind Comedy in the Post-racial Network Era
Latino Placemaking and Planning
Cultural Resilience and Strategies for Reurbanization
Landscapes of Freedom
Building a Postemancipation Society in the Rainforests of Western Colombia
Ciudad Juárez
Saga of a Legendary Border City
Between the Andes and the Amazon
Language and Social Meaning in Bolivia
The Interior West
A Fire Survey
Pushing Our Limits
Insights from Biosphere 2
A fresh look at one of the most important experiments of the twentieth century and what it continues to teach us.
The Real Horse
Poems
Discovering Pluto
Exploration at the Edge of the Solar System
In Discovering Pluto, Dale P. Cruikshank and William Sheehan recount the grand story of our unfolding knowledge and exploration of Pluto, its moons, and the outer Solar System. They explain the efforts of scientists, mathematicians, and researchers over the centuries to understand the outer Solar System, leading to the discovery and detailed exploration of Pluto as the premier body in the Kuiper Belt, the so-called third zone of our Solar System.
Connected Communities
Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World
Finding Meaning
Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature
The first extensive study of contemporary Hawaiian literature, Finding Meaning examines kaona, the practice of hiding and finding meaning, for its profound connectivity. Through kaona, author Brandy Nalani McDougall affirms the tremendous power of Indigenous stories and genealogies to give lasting meaning to decolonization movements.
A Natural History of the Mojave Desert
A Natural History of the Mojave Desert provides a lively and informed guide to understanding how life has adapted to the hidden riverbeds, huge salt flats, tiny wetlands, and windswept hills that characterize this iconic desert.