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Established in 1929, the University of New Mexico Press publishes creative works and scholarship in several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, indigenous studies, Native studies, Latin American studies, art, architecture, and the history, literature, ecology, and cultures of the American West. UNM Press is the largest publisher in New Mexico and seeks to represent the culture, history, and stories of the Southwest.

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Camera Hunter

George Shiras III and the Birth of Wildlife Photography

University of New Mexico Press

This biography serves as an important record of Shiras's accomplishments as a visual artist, wildlife conservationist, adventurer, and legislator.

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Religious Transformation in Maya Guatemala

Cultural Collapse and Christian Pentecostal Revitalization

Edited by John P. Hawkins
University of New Mexico Press

Drawing on over fifty years of research and data collected by field-school students, Hawkins argues that two factors--cultural collapse and systematic social and economic exclusion--explain the recent religious transformation of Maya Guatemala and the style and emotional intensity through which that transformation is expressed.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Public Waters

Lessons from Wyoming for the American West

University of New Mexico Press

Public Waters shows how, as popular hopes and dreams meet tough terrain, a central idea that has historically structured water management can guide water policy for Western states today.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Press, Power, and Culture in Imperial Brazil

University of New Mexico Press

Press, Power, and Culture in Imperial Brazil introduces recent Brazilian scholarship to English-language readers, providing fresh perspectives on newspaper and periodical culture in the Brazilian empire from 1822 to 1889.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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A Bloody and Barbarous God

The Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy

University of New Mexico Press

A Bloody and Barbarous God investigates the relationship between gnosticism and the perennial philosophy and how these traditions have influenced the later novels of Cormac McCarthy, namely, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, No Country for Old Men, and The Road.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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The Hi Lo Country, 60th Anniversary Edition

By Max Evans; Foreword by Johnny D. Boggs
University of New Mexico Press

At its heart, The Hi Lo Country is the story of the friendship between two men, their mutual love of a woman, and their allegiance to the harsh, dry, achingly beautiful New Mexico high-desert grassland.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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New Mexico Food Trails

A Road Tripper's Guide to Hot Chile, Cold Brews, and Classic Dishes from the Land of Enchantment

University of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Food Trails takes readers and road trippers on a tour of the state with their taste buds, through towns large and small, where cooks and chefs are putting their own spin on New Mexico’s most famous ingredients and dishes.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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The Rock Cycle

Essays

University of New Mexico Press

In this collection of essays, Kevin Honold explores themes of history and its fading significance in modern American life.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Overhaul

A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops

University of New Mexico Press

In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque’s locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city’s economy for more than seventy years.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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John P. Slough

The Forgotten Civil War General

University of New Mexico Press

Recounting Slough's timeless story of rise and fall during America's most tumultuous decades, historian Richard L. Miller brings to life this extraordinary figure.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Fortunate Son

Selected Essays from the Lone Star State

University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books

Rick Bass’s Fortunate Son is a literary tour of the Lone Star State by a native Texan of exceptional talent.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Field Guide to the Trees of the Gila Region of New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

Field Guide to the Trees of the Gila Region of New Mexico is the definitive guide for field botanists, researchers, students, and avid nature lovers who wish to explore the natural history of native and introduced tree species across the Gila.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Doña Tules

Santa Fe's Courtesan and Gambler

University of New Mexico Press

Cook takes a new look at this notorious woman of 1840s Santa Fe.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Writing the Novella

University of New Mexico Press

While the novella has existed as a distinct literary form for over four hundred years, Writing the Novella is the first craft book dedicated to creating this intermediate-length fiction.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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The Gospel According to Billy the Kid

A Novel

University of New Mexico Press

Here is a tale of the old New Mexico territory, corrupt lawmen, honest ranchers, murder, betrayal, and the explosive events of the Lincoln County War that sent young Billy off seeking justice--and headed toward a bloody rendezvous with a sheriff hired to track him down.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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The Ecology of Herbal Medicine

A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest

University of New Mexico Press

The Ecology of Herbal Medicine introduces botanical medicine through an in-depth exploration of the land, presenting a unique guide to plants found across the American Southwest.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Hill of Beans

A Novel of War and Celluloid

University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books

Leslie Epstein’s Hill of Beans is the story of how one nation, one industry, and in particular one man responded to the desperate hope of freedom in the Second World War.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Words Like Love

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

With beauty and ease, Winder explores emotion and thought through the poems featured in this debut collection.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Velroy and the Madischie Mafia

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

Hoahwah relays this story with a distinctive narrative flair, honed syntax, wild imagery, and a splash of lyricism.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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The Definition of Empty

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

The Definition of Empty is the story of a dedicated advocate trying to help adolescents facing incarceration and newly released parolees navigate imperfect and seemingly indifferent legal systems and societies.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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