When the great zemie Yocahu visited the Tainans long ago, he taught them to live in peace and promised to return one day. So when Columbus's caravels appear on the Caribbean, the Tainans believe that Yocahu has returned. But the Europeans are set on conquest. Every time they forced a village to accept Christianity at sword-point, they lost touch with their own god. It's not until the crippled son of a Taino chief befriends a cabin boy on Columbus's ship that the cultures merge. Among forcible pacification and genocide, the boys seek the Tainan principles of peace and love, as Sons of Yocahu.

Sons of Yocahu: A Saga of the Tainos' Devastation on Hispaniola

Literature & Fiction

Bond, Gloria

Contemporary

S & S Press

When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola, he discovered the magnificent culture of the Tainan people - a people who believed in peace, because of their great zemie, Yocahu. Many of the arriving Europeans brought with them brutal assumptions of superiority. Would the Taino tradition of peace be destroyed by that brutality? Or would the Europeans who claimed to worship the "Prince of Peace" learn from those they conquered? The answers depend not on the culture, but on the quality of the individual Sons of Yocahu.

The end of 1884 marked the beginning of a mysterious series of brutal killings that left the citizens of Austin, the capital city of Texas, bewildered and terrified. By the end of 1885, the so-called servant girl murders had claimed the lives of at least five black women and girls, one black man, and two white women, most all hacked to death with an ax or a hatchet. The murders produced a marvelous tale of rape, murder, revenge. prostitution, drunkenness, miscegenation, and official ineptitude. This book chronicles those murders and subsequent events. The intent is to give readers the same thorough sense of the crimes Austinites might have experienced through local, state, and national media. 432 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches; maps, photos, index. “Extremely thorough and meticulous . . . a valuable reference source for future researchers of Austin history.” (J. R. Galloway, www.servantgirlmurders.com)

The Servant Girl Annihilators

Biographies & Memoirs

Skrabanek, D. W.

True Crime

Hey, heya, heya Kitty Torture has returned. The crowd pleaser of the 80s, like a good Disney movie, is back for a new generation. Enhanced, expanded, and updated as much as necessary, profusely illustrated and written for the dumbest among you, this humorous and delightful series of how-to kitty torture devices that can be constructed from common household items is now available again after a 30-year absence. Kitty Torture is, without doubt, a timeless classic. 54 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", illustrated. "Extremely witty and irrelevant . . . er, I mean irreverent." (A typical fan, unfortunately) PANNED by Texas Monthly.

Kitty Torture

Comics & Graphic Novels

Phantom, D. S.

Graphic Novels

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O’Reilly, Maria

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