Gives a brief history of the Rolls-Royce automobile and describes its special features and classic models.

Rolls Royce: Leader in Luxury (Car Classics)

Craven, Jerry

Craven, L.

Children's Books

Rourke Pub Group

<p>Gives a brief history of the Thunderbird automobile describing its special features and most popular models.</p>

Thunderbird: The High-Flying Ford (Car Classics)

Craven, Linda

Provides a brief history of Japanese sports cars in the United States and describes the special features of the most popular models.

Japanese Sports Cars: Speed and Style (Car Classics)

Science & Math

Aikido (Illustrated History of Martial Arts)

Teen & Young Adult

Ninja (Illustrated History of Martial Arts)

Offers basic how-to information for learning karate, and includes trivia about the different kicks, punches, throws, and blocks

Taekwondo (Illustrated History of Martial Arts)

<p>Introduces some of the many forms of folk pageants including the Native American powwow, rodeo, Renaissance fair, folk drama, parade with float contest, and quilt-makers festival</p>

Folk Pageants (Customs, Costumes and Cultures)

Introduces festivals celebrated in various places throughout the world

Festivals (Customs, Costumes, and Cultures)

Details the rituals and celebrations that mark special days in a person's life, including birthdays, name days, the bar mitzvah, and marriage.

Celebrations (Customs, Costumes, and Cultures)

A coming-of-age novel set against the background of the Palo Duro Canyon and two violent cultures that coexist in contemporary West Texas, Snake Mountain opens with Jason White’s arrival in the Los Angeles airport on his way to Texas and college life. A sudden, violent murder in the airport confirms his belief that America is a senselessly violent country and strengthens his doubts about having left Malaysia, where he lived most of his life. His impression is confirmed when Angela, a hand on the ranch where he will live, meets him in Amarillo. Before she can even drive him to the ranch, Angela becomes involved in an exchange of gunfire with her estranged husband. In spite of his opposition to violence, Jason soon finds himself involved in the cowboy culture of West Texas as well as with the biker culture in Amarillo. Each group draws him into its own brands of love and violence.Angela introduces Jason to horseback riding, western auctions, the handling of firearms, her own freewheeling religious rituals, and the pleasure of physical intimacy. But it is Sybil Redbear, a woman of mixed racial ancestry, who Jason comes to value most, in spite of her connection to the Amarillo bikers and their cult of violence.Hyram, the rancher who takes Jason into his home, teaches him the difference between a friendly fight and one that involves friends pummeling each other but with no meanness of intent and a fight with someone who intends to do genuine injury. Jason witnesses a friendly fight at a cowboy social but ultimately becomes involved in a real fight with Angela’s estranged husband. This strong novel explores not only cultural conflict but the place of violence in America.

Snake Mountain

Literature & Fiction

United States

TCU Press

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