wyszukanych pozycji: 14
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The Boy & His Mud Horses: & Other Stories from the Tipi
ISBN: 9781935493112 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author Paul Goble, The Boy and His Mud Horses features a collection of 27 traditional stories from different Native American tribes, including the Pawnee, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Lakota. Also includes a foreword by Albert White Hat, Sr., a nationally respected Lakota leader and linguist.
Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author Paul Goble, The Boy and His Mud Horses features a collection of 27 traditional stories from different ...
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56,83 |
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Her Seven Brothers
ISBN: 9780689717307 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) When an Indian girl begins to make clothes beautifully decorated with porcupine quills for seven brothers she has not yet met, her parents believe that unseen powers have spoken to her.
The girl knows she must travel to the north country to find the seven brothers. She comforts her mother by saying, "Soon you will see me again with my brothers; everyone will know and love us " When an Indian girl begins to make clothes beautifully decorated with porcupine quills for seven brothers she has not yet met, her parents believe tha...
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34,17 |
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The Earth Made New: Plains Indian Stories of Creation
ISBN: 9781933316673 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Weaving together the legends of the Plains Indian tribes, including the stories of the Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Arapaho, and the Crow, this book contains 8 pages of additional illustrations and stories, as well as a new foreword. It also includes a reference list and detailed introductory note.
Weaving together the legends of the Plains Indian tribes, including the stories of the Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Arapaho, and the Crow, this book contains ...
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68,23 |
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Custer's Last Battle: Red Hawk's Account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
ISBN: 9781937786113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) On the morning of June 25, 1876, a force of 700 men from the 7th US Calvary led by General George Armstrong Custer attacked an Indian encampment on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. Unbeknownst to Custer, he faced the combined might of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, led by their greatest chiefs, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Advised by his Indian scouts not to attack, the foolhardy general ignored their warnings and trusted to "Custer's luck" one last time. . . In this commemorative edition of his first published book, Goble recounts the tale of Custer's last battle through...
On the morning of June 25, 1876, a force of 700 men from the 7th US Calvary led by General George Armstrong Custer attacked an Indian encampment on th...
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64,43 |
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
ISBN: 9780689716966 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way."
And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becomes one of them to forever run free. "There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed t...
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34,17 |
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Death of the Iron Horse
ISBN: 9780689716867 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Iron Horse was coming...Thundering and panting and breathing black smoke, it was a fearsome thing. The Cheyenne people had never seen a steam locomotive before, and it terrified them. Would it come right over the hill, into their camp, just as the relentless soldiers and white settlers had done before?
Powerful words and pictures tell the true story of August 7, 1867 -- the only time an "Iron Horse" was derailed by Native Americans. It is a tale of courage and pride and of a people caught up in an unequal struggle to preserve their sacred way of life. The Iron Horse was coming...Thundering and panting and breathing black smoke, it was a fearsome thing. The Cheyenne people had never seen a steam loco...
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34,17 |
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Dream Wolf
ISBN: 9780689815065 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "This revised edition of (the) 1972 picture book, The Friendly Wolf, looks and reads better than the original". -- Booklist
Lost and afraid, two young children seek shelter in a wolf's cave. There they meet a kindly wolf who leads them home. Based on a Plains Indian legend, this exceptional picture book demonstrates the love and respect the Plains Indians have for the wolf and the natural world. It is a tribute to the Plains Indian culture. "This revised edition of (the) 1972 picture book, The Friendly Wolf, looks and reads better than the original". -- Booklist
Lost and afraid, two you... |
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34,17 |
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The Gift of the Sacred Dog
ISBN: 9780020432807 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "'Sacred Dog' is a Native American name for the horse; in the story and illustrations here, Goble captures the mixture of familiarity and reverence in the tribal attitude toward this essential animal. . . . The pictures dramatically render both nature and culture".--Booklist, starred review. A Reading Rainbow Feature Book. Full-color illustrations.
"'Sacred Dog' is a Native American name for the horse; in the story and illustrations here, Goble captures the mixture of familiarity and reverence in...
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34,17 |
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Star Boy
ISBN: 9780689714993 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Star Boy was the son of Morning Star and an earthly bride. He was banished from the Sky World for this mother's disobedience and bore a mysterious scar on his face, the symbol of the Sun's disapproval.
As Star Boy grew, he came to love the chief's daughter, and it was she who helped him find the courage to journey to the Sky World and make peace with the Sun. The Sun not only lifted the scar but sent Star Boy back to the world with the sacred knowledge of the Sun Dance, a ceremony of thanks for the Creator's blessing. Star Boy was the son of Morning Star and an earthly bride. He was banished from the Sky World for this mother's disobedience and bore a mysterious sca...
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34,17 |
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The Great Race
ISBN: 9780689714528 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Long ago, when the world was still quite new, buffaloes used to eat people. It is true? The hair on their chins is hair of the people they use to eat...It is Terrible to think about those times...
But the Creator saw the people's distress and decreed that a contest be held between all the two-legged and four-legged creatures. Who would win, thundering Buffalo or fleet-footed Man? None of the other animals was fast enough, and before the end, Beaver and Muskrat slipped off into a cool stream, Jack-rabbit hopped off across the plain, and Mole and Gopher tunneled underground (and may... Long ago, when the world was still quite new, buffaloes used to eat people. It is true? The hair on their chins is hair of the people they use to e...
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34,17 |
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
ISBN: 9780689845048 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
75,98 |
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Walking Along: Plains Indian Trickster Stories
ISBN: 9780984504152 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 67 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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82,53 |
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Buffalo Woman
ISBN: 9780689711091 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A young hunter draws his bow against a buffalo cow drinking from a stream. Before he can loose his arrow, there is no buffalo -- instead, there stands a beautiful young woman, whom he knows he must marry.
The hunter's people shun the Buffalo Woman, and so she returns, with their son, Calf Boy, to her people. The hunter's heart compels him to follow. But he has been warned: The Buffalo Nation is angry at the Straight-up-People. And if he cannot find his wife and son among the many buffalo, they will be lost to him forever. A young hunter draws his bow against a buffalo cow drinking from a stream. Before he can loose his arrow, there is no buffalo -- instead, there stands...
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34,17 |
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Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples: Readings in Environmental History
ISBN: 9780295996578 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) It can be said that all of human history is environmental history, for all human action happens in an environment--in a place. This collection of essays explores the environmental history of the Pacific Northwest of North America, addressing questions of how humans have adapted to the northwestern landscape and modified it over time, and how the changing landscape in turn affected human society, economy, laws, and values. Northwest Lands and Peoples includes essays by historians, anthropologists, ecologists, a botanist, geographers, biologists, law professors, and a... It can be said that all of human history is environmental history, for all human action happens in an environment--in a place. This collection of e... |
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