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FairTax, the truth: answering the critics
Par Neal Boortz, John Linder, Rob Woodall. 2008
In 2005, radio show host Boortz and Georgia congressman Linder wrote "The FairTax Book", presenting a plan designed to eliminate…
federal taxes and the IRS and jump-start the U.S. economy. This follow-up offers new insights, and debunks the negative myths and misrepresentations of their idea. The plan enables Americans to keep all the money in their paychecks; eliminates the fraud, hassle, and waste of the current system; and revolutionizes the way America pays for itself. 2008.Dr. Dobson answers your questions
Par James C Dobson. 1982
Dreaming the dawn: conversations with native artists and activists (American Indian lives)
Par E. K Caldwell. 1999
Interviews with Native American artists, activists, and writers. Topics range from singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie's consideration of the uses of computer…
technology for tribal people, to activist Dino Butler's reflections on his personal and political evolution from hatred toward healing. Also discusses the appropriation of spiritual objects and beliefs by New Age practitioners. Some strong language. 1999.Gay women from all walks of life contribute twenty-five essays and numerous sidebars on aspects of being a lesbian. Topics…
include relationships with family members, aging, health-care issues, stereotypes, coming out, gay pride, and lesbian marriages and parenting. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995.Dr. Ruth's guide for married lovers
Par Ruth K Westheimer. 1986
Counting coup: becoming a Crow chief on the Reservation and beyond
Par Joseph Medicine Crow, Herman J Viola. 2006
The last traditional Crow chief, Joseph Medicine Crow (born 1913), recalls growing up on a Montana reservation and relates some…
of his experiences after leaving it. He describes the four coups - war deeds - that he accomplished in Germany during World War II that entitled him to be chief. Grades 4-7. 2006.Crow Dog: four generations of Sioux medicine men
Par Richard Erdoes, Leonard Crow Dog. 1995
Family history of the Brulé Native American clan named Crow Dog. Leonard Crow Dog, spiritual leader of the American Indian…
Movement at the second siege of Wounded Knee in 1973, traces his lineage to the first Crow Dog, Jerome -- a leader of the Ghost Dance of 1889 and comrade of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Crow Dog also describes Lakota rituals and ceremonies. 1995.Couples, conflict and change: social work with marital relationships
Par Kate Wilson, Adrian L James. 1986
This book, aimed at social workers, draws together current thinking about marriage and marital problems. It looks at the theory…
behind it, practical approaches to intervention including sexual problems, cultural backgrounds, and the principles and practice of conciliation, as well as the law relating to separation and divorce. 1986.Bobbi Lee, Indian rebel: Indian Rebel
Par Lee Maracle. 1990
The majority of this book, originally published in the 1970s, is an account of the author's early years as a…
native woman in Vancouver, California and Toronto. Filled with anger, pain and apathy, she found the strength to turn her life around.Big Bear: the end of freedom
Par Hugh A Dempsey. 1984
Examines the life and troubled times of a Plains Cree chief and holy man. Branded by Canadian authorities as a…
troublesome Indian, Big Bear was, in fact, committed to finding political solutions to Indian-White tensions. 1984.Closed chambers: the first eyewitness account of the epic struggles inside the Supreme Court
Par Edward Lazarus. 1998
The author, a Supreme Court law clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun in 1988-89, recounts the methods and procedures the justices…
use in arriving at a decision. Now a federal prosecutor, Lazarus contends that politics has taken the place of debate and compromise. He analyzes court cases to illustrate his concerns. 1998.Black sheep and kissing cousins: how our family stories shape us
Par Elizabeth Stone. 1988
The author ponders the stories family members hand down from generation to generation, and the influence these stories have on…
family members. Subliminally, they teach how you are to act within the family context, and how the family has acted and reacted in the past. c1988.Bowman's store: a journey to myself
Par Joseph Bruchac. 1997
An autobiography detailing the author's earliest childhood memories through age twenty-eight, when his grandfather Bowman died in 1970. Bowman raised…
Bruchac without ever admitting his Abenaki heritage, yet in these reminiscences, Bruchac traces the evidence of Native American customs in his grandfather's behaviour. Senior high and older readers. c1997.Choteau Creek: a Sioux reminiscence
Par Joseph Iron Eye Dudley. 1992
A Methodist minister remembers his childhood on a Native American reservation in South Dakota where his maternal grandparents raised him…
in the 1940s and 1950s. In spite of their poverty, they taught him the social, cultural, and spiritual values that have enriched his life. 1992.Comrades: brothers, fathers, heroes, sons, pals
Par Stephen E Ambrose. 1999
Historian investigates male friendships; includes ties between members of his own family. Discusses famous relationships between Lewis and Clark, General…
Eisenhower and General Patton, Crazy Horse and He Dog, and others. Also studies interactions and sentiments among veterans from one company of soldiers. Bestseller. 1999.Big Bear (Extraordinary Canadians)
Par Rudy Wiebe. 2008
Big Bear was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of…
the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. 2008.As long as the rivers flow
Par Oskiniko Larry Loyie, Connie Brissenden. 2005
It is Larry Loyie's last summer before entering residential school, a time of learning and adventure. He cares for an…
abandoned baby owl, watches his grandmother make winter moccasins, helps the family prepare for a hunting and gathering trip. But soon, a truck comes to forcibly take Lawrence and his siblings away to their new school, which would try to erase their traditional language and culture. Grades 3-6. 2002.Beautiful shadow: a life of Patricia Highsmith
Par Andrew Wilson. 2003
Biography of critically acclaimed suspense author Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995), whose works include the psychopathic Tom Ripley character. Uses her private…
diaries and assorted interviews to portray the psychologically complex gay woman. Presents Highsmith as having an unpleasant personality and describes her creative process and family secrets. Edgar Award. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence. 2003.Becoming a grandmother: a life transition
Par Sheila Kitzinger. 1996
For many women, becoming a grandmother is a major transition in life. The author interviewed more than 1,000 grandmothers and…
discusses the images of the grandmother and how they view themselves, relationships with their daughters or daughters-in-law, learning from the experience, and gaining new skills. c1996.Back on the rez: finding the way home
Par Brian Maracle. 1996
Forty years after moving away to the city, Mohawk writer Brian Maracle returned to the Six Nations Grand River Territory…
where he grew up. He writes about his first year "back on the rez," and the challenges of adapting to a way of life he had not known for decades. He tells of the search for his cultural and spiritual roots, and of the problems in a deeply divided community. c1996.