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  • Kiowa, Apache, & Comanche Military Societies

    Enduring Veterans, 1800 to the Present

    by William C. Meadows ...
    For many Plains Indians, being a warrior and veteran has long been the traditional pathway to male honor and status. Men and boys formed military societies to celebrate victories in war, to perform community service, and to prepare young men for their role as warriors and hunters. By preserving cultural forms contained in song, dance, ritual, language, kinship, economics, naming, and other ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II

    by William C. Meadows ...
    The true story of the US Army's Comanche Code Talkers, from their recruitment and training to active duty in World War II and postwar life.Among the allied troops that came ashore in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were thirteen Comanches in the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Signal Company. Under German fire they laid communications lines and began sending messages in a form never before heard in ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache

    Spirited Competition on the Southern Plains

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Series series Swaim-Paup Sports Series, sponsored by James C. '74 & Debra Parchman Swaim and T. Edgar '74 & Nancy Paup
    The North American handgame has a long lineage, attested in the myth, oral traditions, and archaeological records of Native American people. In The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache: Spirited Competition on the Southern Plains, noted scholar William C. Meadows examines the game’s history, evolution, and practice from origin accounts to the present day among people of the Southern Plains ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

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    Shakespeare's Tales: Macbeth

    by Samantha Newman, William Shakespeare ...
    Narrated by Mark Meadows ...
    Series Audiobook 13 - Shakespeare's Tales Retold for Children

    Unabridged

    42 min

    Macbeth is riding home from war when he is met by three witches. They tell him a prophecy, in which he will be king of Scotland. Macbeth decides to make it come true by killing the current king - but he soon comes to be haunted by his bloody choice.ABOUT THE SERIES: Shakespeare's Tales brings the Bard's timeless stories to life for a younger generation, with wit and panache. Samantha Newman's ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Shakespeare's Tales: King Lear

    by Samantha Newman, William Shakespeare ...
    Narrated by Mark Meadows ...
    Series Audiobook 12 - Shakespeare's Tales Retold for Children

    Unabridged

    44 min

    King Lear demands that his three daughters tell him how much they love him. When his youngest, Cordelia, refuses, he casts her out and divides his kingdom between the other two. But when those two reject him, he descends into despair and madness...ABOUT THE SERIES: Shakespeare's Tales brings the Bard's timeless stories to life for a younger generation, with wit and panache. Samantha Newman's ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The First Code Talkers

    Native American Communicators in World War I

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Many Americans know something about the Navajo code talkers in World War II—but little else about the military service of Native Americans, who have served in our armed forces since the American Revolution, and still serve in larger numbers than any other ethnic group. But, as we learn in this splendid work of historical restitution, code talking originated in World War I among Native soldiers ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Love & Passion Through The Ages (Historical Novels Boxed-Set)

    A Classic Anthology of Courtship, Intrigue, Gothic Desire, and Forbidden Love

    by D. K. Broster, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan ...
    Love & Passion Through The Ages gathers an unusually broad canon of historical, romantic, Gothic, realist, sentimental, and social fiction to examine desire as both private experience and public force. Spanning courtship, illicit attachment, marriage, betrayal, exile, inheritance, and class aspiration, the set places psychologically charged romances beside sweeping narratives of political upheaval ... Read more

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  • Kiowa Ethnogeography

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Examining the place names, geographical knowledge, and cultural associations of the Kiowa from the earliest recorded sources to the present, Kiowa Ethnogeography is the most in-depth study of its kind in the realm of Plains Indian tribal analysis. Linking geography to political and social changes, William Meadows applies a chronological approach that demonstrates a cultural evolution within the ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • Love Through the Eras (70 Historical Romances – Boxed Set)

    70 Novels in One Edition: From Ancient Egypt to the Roaring 30s

    by D. K. Broster, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan, A. E. W. Mason ...
    'Love Through the Eras' encapsulates not only a vast temporal sweep but also a rich tapestry of literary styles and thematic depth, encompassing seventy historical romances penned by a constellation of great authors. From the nuanced realism of Jane Austen's Regency England to the dramatic passions of Alexandre Dumas' France and beyond, the anthology celebrates love's multifaceted expressions ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest Historical Novels of All Time

    70 Novels in One Edition: Love Through the Ages – From Ancient Egypt to the Roaring 30s

    by D. K. Broster, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan ...
    The anthology 'The Greatest Historical Novels of All Time' presents an expansive array of narratives that collectively explore the depths of human experience through the lens of historical fiction. With contributions from a stellar cast of writers, including giants such as Leo Tolstoy and F. Scott Fitzgerald, the collection spans continents and centuries, intricately weaving the personal with the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Southern Appalachian Celebration

    In Praise of Ancient Mountains, Old-Growth Forests, and Wilderness

    by James Valentine, Chris Bolgiano ...
    With this stunning collection of images of the Southern Appalachians, James Valentine presents an enduring portrait of the region’s unique natural character. His compelling photographs of ancient mountains, old-growth forests, rare plants, and powerful waterways reveal the Appalachians' rich scenic beauty, while Chris Bolgiano’s interpretive text and captions tell the story of its natural history ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Historical Romances – Boxed Set

    A Sweeping Anthology of Gothic Passion, Regency Courtship, Social Conflict, and Love Across the Ages

    by D. K. Broster, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan, A. E. W. Mason ...
    Historical Romances – Boxed Set surveys the long evolution of romance as a mode for imagining the past, from courtly intrigue and epistolary experiment to Gothic intensity, social satire, adventure, realism, and modern psychological nuance. Its selection ranges across national traditions and centuries, placing novels of revolution, inheritance, war, colonial encounter, and domestic constraint ... Read more

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