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03.14.10: Dennis Tedlock - 2000 Years of Mayan Literature(3 days)
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02.14.10: Jon Hunner - J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the Atomic West

Start: Sun, 02/14/2010 - 3:00pm

After the first atomic bomb burst over the New Mexican desert in 1945 and as the Cold war developed, the American myth of the Wild West expanded to encompass atomic sheriffs saving the world for democracy. Jon Hunner's brisk, engaging biography documents the emergence of the Atomic West and the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who came to feel at home in the American West. Against the backdrop of the physicist's life twining with the region's history, Hunner explores the promise and peril of the atomic age.

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the Atomic West (Hardcover)

By Jon Hunner

$24.95

ISBN-13: 9780806140469
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: University of Oklahoma Press, 10/01/2009

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Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107-3157

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The Brightest Star in the Sky (Hardcover) By Marian Keyes $26.95 Keyes delivers a dizzying vertical view of the mismatched, mixed-up tenants of Dublin's 66 Star Street, friends and lovers who grow up, grow old and give way to their heart currents with help from a puckish sprite. This multitiered saga of Dubliners searching for the brightest star in the sky... the planet of love straddles slapstick and sophistication in an engaging balancing act both giddy and grand.

The Brightest Star in the Sky (Hardcover)

By Marian Keyes

$26.95

Keyes delivers a dizzying vertical view of the mismatched, mixed-up tenants of Dublin's 66 Star Street, friends and lovers who grow up, grow old and give way to their heart currents with help from a puckish sprite. This multitiered saga of Dubliners searching for the brightest star in the sky... the planet of love straddles slapstick and sophistication in an engaging balancing act both giddy and grand.

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Into the Beautiful North (Hardcover) By Luis Alberto Urrea $24.99 Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the Lonesome Dove-like saga of Mexico The Hummingbird's Daughter (Hachette, $14.99 paperback, 2006) which is a fabulous big sweeping novel, returns with a modern tale of the intrepid women who rescue their tiny Mexican village by employing The Magnificent Seven tactics--look for seven good men to defend the village. Their quest takes them over the US/Mexican border and into the beautiful north. Added attraction: a joyful and surprisingly funny look at Mexican border politics and life.

Into the Beautiful North (Hardcover)

By Luis Alberto Urrea

$24.99

Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the Lonesome Dove-like saga of Mexico The Hummingbird's Daughter (Hachette, $14.99 paperback, 2006) which is a fabulous big sweeping novel, returns with a modern tale of the intrepid women who rescue their tiny Mexican village by employing The Magnificent Seven tactics--look for seven good men to defend the village. Their quest takes them over the US/Mexican border and into the beautiful north. Added attraction: a joyful and surprisingly funny look at Mexican border politics and life.

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