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A Thief of Time - a novel by the author of SKINWLAKERS
Hillerman, Tony
1988 10000659 Topping even his highly praised The Blessing Way and Skinwalkers, the late Tony Hillerman's new novel seamlessly unites drama, pathos and naturally humorous incidents in the continuing story of Navajo life set in the American Southwest. Tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee head a big and skillfully realized cast involved in the disappearance of anthropologist Eleanor Friedman-Bernal. Near Dr. Friedman-Bernal's secret dig, Chee finds the bodies of men who have been stealing the Anasazi cultural relics the anthropologist is dedicated to protecting. Leaphorn makes his way to this dangerous, almost inaccessible site after consulting with Chee and questioning the missing woman's friends, Maxie Davis and her colleague, Randall Elliott. They are also, the detective feels, prickly scientific rivals, a factor that deepens the mystery as does each step on the trail that ends when Leaphorn's mission seems accomplished in an eerie meeting with a mad hermit. But there is a twist in circumstances so suspenseful it stops the reader's breath. Once more, Hillerman's artistry ensures that his latest cannot be easily classified as murder mystery or thrilleror anything except a fine novel. From School Library Journal: YA-- Hillerman's fans have another hit to celebrate, another surprising mysterious adventure. It may be a toss-up as to what draws them most strongly: varied, detailed, and fascinating revelations of contemporary culture; or compelling, complex, and original murder mysteries. Against the backdrop of the puzzle of the long-ago vanished Anasazi people, a complex mystery emerges in which Anglo culture and values pull against those of the Navajo, resulting in a bizarre series of murders solved by the Navajo Tribal Police. Fast, literate, absorbing reading with unique settings and characters, this title is for lovers of adventure as well as mystery.(Previous owner wrote gift words inside blank pages). Harper & Row 0-06-015938-3 / 9780060159382
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FINDING MOON
Hillerman, Tony
1996 47348 Location figures powerfully in Hillerman's newest novel, but it isn't the Southwest of his Navajo mysteries (Sacred Clowns, etc.), nor is this a Joe Leaphorn story. In April 1975, Moon Mathias, managing editor of a small-town Colorado newspaper, begins a redemptive journey that takes him first to Manila and then across the South China Sea to Cambodia, just as Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge begin their reign of terror. Moon's brother Ricky, owner of a helicopter transportation service based in Cambodia, has recently died in a jungle crash. Their mother receives word that Ricky's baby daughter is being smuggled out of Vietnam to the Philippines. After his mother has a heart attack in the Manila airport, Moon takes over her mission, but the child does not arrive. Finding and contacting Ricky's acquaintances, Moon fights time, political exigencies and his ignorance of his brother's life as he tries doggedly to locate his niece. The effort involves an appealing cast, including a wealthy Chinese man seeking his ancestors' bones, a Dutch woman searching for her missionary brother and Vietnamese refugees, who join Moon on a suspenseful, albeit not quite credible, journey to a series of villages along the Mekong River. In the end, as the title suggests, Moon finds more than he'd known was lost. Hillerman's mastery of setting and his compassionate, patient characterization are fully present in this tale, which is otherwise somewhat formulaic. 350,000 first printing; $300,000 ad/promo; HarperAudio. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Beginning with The Blessing Way (LJ 5/15/70), Hillerman has contrasted the contemporary cultures of Southwestern Native Americans with the dominant U.S. culture, creating best-selling mysteries in the process. Finding Moon is a dramatic departure, but it contains similar cultural contrasts. Set mostly in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, it is the tale of Moon Mathias, self-described third-rate editor of a third-rate Colorado newspaper who, when his younger brother dies in Southeast Asia, discovers that there is a baby daughter missing somewhere in Vietnam. Reluctantly drawn into a search for the child, Moon is thereby drawn into a search for his own values. He leads a motley group of culturally varied misfits in his quest. With its vivid characters and a strong sense of place, trademarks of Hillerman mysteries, this tale will likely receive a strong reception in libraries everywhere. HarperTorch 0-06-109261-4 / 9780061092619
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GREAT TAOS BANK ROBBERY AND OTHER INDIAN COUNTRY AFFAIRS
Hillerman, Tony
1980 47303 For the very first time in mass market paperback, here is a unique compilation about life in New Mexico by one of the nation's finest writers. The late Tony Hillerman, who knows the Southwest like no other contemporary writer; presents nine extraordinary, true tales that capture the history and rhythms of daily life in New Mexico. From the comical title story of the holdup that didn't happen, to the riveting account of scientist tracking the Black Death through the arroyos in "We All Fall Down," to the ironic account of how a Black cowboy's commonsense intelligence destroyed the dogma of the Smithsonian Institution in "Othello in Union County," master storytellerTony Hillerman reveals the present and the timeless past of one of America's most beautiful and haunting regions. Tony Hillerman is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of New Mexico and an Edgar Award-winning mystery novelist. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "Hillerman is surely one of the finest and most original craftsman at work.today." -Boston Globe Book Review Author Biography: Tony Hillerman is past president of the Mystery Writers of America and has received their Edgar and Grand Master awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian's Ambassador Award, the Silver Spur Award for best novel set in the West, and the Navajo Tribe's Special Friend Award. He lives with his wife, Marie, in Albuquerque, NM. Univ of New Mexico Pr 082630530X / 9780826305305
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HILLERMAN COUNTRY: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST WITH TONY HILLERMAN
Hillerman, Tony
1991 11014796 Beginning with The Blessing Way (1970), Tony Hillerman's innovative mystery series (centered on Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police) has introduced readers to the lands, peoples, customs, and cultural clashes of the Southwest. Accurate and unpatronizing, Hillerman's works consistently evoke nature and place. This visual equivalent is a collaborative effort between the author and his brother, a professional photographer for 40 years. The text mixes popularized history and anthropology with personal observations and anecdotes. A thoughtful selection of excerpts from Hillerman's novels serve as captions to many of the 200 color photos. Barney Hillerman's camerawork exhibits an understated and straightforward honesty by avoiding over-studioization. Recommended for general and Southwest collections. < Review: "This book portrays the unique landscape of the American south west in both words and pictures. Hillerman affectionately describes the land of his stories and what draws him to the land - what planted the seeds of each novel. He speaks movingly about the people who inhabit the land, from the Indians - Navojos, Mepis, Zunis who have lived there for centuries, to the Anglos who chose to settle in such forbidding surroundings. He explains the customs and cultures of these peoples, and how they shaped their world. In each case his vivid and entracing text is accompanied by photographs taken by his brother, Barney Hillerman. " . Harpercollins 0-06-016400-X / 9780060164003
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New Mexico, Rio Grande, and Other Essays
Hillerman, Tony
1992 10017159 Renowned author Tony Hillerman's original essays written for "New Mexico" and "Rio Grande, " plus two new essays, are complemented by the extraordinary images of Muench and Reynolds. About the Author: Tony Hillerman was the former president of the Mystery Writers of America and received its Edgar(R) and Grand Master awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian's Ambassador Award, the Silver Spur Award for the best novel set in the West, and the Navajo Tribe's Special Friend Award. He lived with his wife in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Muench has been photographing America for more than 30 years. Graphic Arts Books 1558680934 / 9781558680937
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Sacred Clowns (audiobook)
Hillerman, Tony; Silverbird, Gil
1993 1406a Recorded June 1993, running time three hours, abridged with music, two audio cassettes. Published at Seventeen Dollars. Here is a fast-paced, flawless mystery that is Hillerman at his lyrical, evocative, spellbinging best. Gil Silverbird is an American Navajo Indian who sings in several languages and performs extensively in the theatre and on television. Harperaudio 1559945494 / 9781559945493
Audio Cassette Program - Boxed As New Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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TALKING GOD
Hillerman, Tony
1989 48549 Master storyteller Tony Hillerman reunited Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee in an intricately woven mystery involving two seemingly unrelated cases--one about grave robbing to protest a museum's policy of not returning ancestral remains to Native Americans . . . the other concerning a murder victim whose body has been carefully stripped of identification. . . Evoking in a way only he can the striking beauty of the Southwest and the Navajo people, Hillerman is at the top of his form in thie stunning new mystery that proves anew why his work is--as the Los Angeles Times has state--"unique in American crime fiction." Newsweek Woven as tightly as a Navajo blanket. Los Angeles Times Suddenly now Hillerman has become a national literary and cultural sensation . . . it does not take too much to determine why Hillerman has become so popular. He is a solid, down-to-earth storyteller. USA Today For the many enthusiastic fans of Tony Hillerman's previous mystery novels, including A Thief of Time, only one thing needs to be said: Talking God is the best one yet! Synopsis A grave robber and a corpse force Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee to enter the dangerous land of superstition and ancient ceremony. Newsweek Woven as tightly as a Navajo blanket. More Reviews and Biography Tony Hillerman's experience as a journalist and a lover of Native American culture lend an unmistakable authenticity to his mysteries. He has rounded out his popular series starring Navajo Tribal Police detectives Chee and Leaphorn with other novels, essays about the Southwest, and a warmly reviewed autobiography that reveals not only his talent, but his bravery as a soldier in World War II. HarperCollins Publishers 0060161183 / 9780060161187
Hardcover Very Good Condition Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. out of Print
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THE DARK WIND (2 CASSETTES)
Hillerman, Tony
1993 18300 The Dark Wind is presented on two boxed Audio Cassettes "Hillerman is first-rate...fresh, original and highly suspenseful."--Los Angeles Times . FROM THE PUBLISHER A corpse in the desert-its face unidentifiable, its hands and feet flayed ... A mysterious plane crash and a missing cache of cocaine ... Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police had no business meddling in these matters. His assignment is simple: discover who is sabotaging a windmill on land recently ceded over to the Hopis. But his extraordinary tracking skills and genius for sleuthing will lead him deep into the remote washes and isolated mesas where the Hopis hold their most secret ceremonies, trapping him in a deadly web of intrigue driven by Navajo sorcery and white man's greed. Gil Silverbird is an American Navajo Indian who sings ill several languages and performs extensively in the theater and on television. He can be heard on Tony Hillerman's The Ghostway. FROM THE CRITICS Los Angeles Times: First-rate ... fresh, original and highly suspenseful. Gil Silverbird's narration has a light conversational tone, more successful for dialogue than Sgt. Jim Chee's introspective narratives. HarperCollins Publishers 1-55994-774-8 / 9781559947749
Audio Cassette Program - Boxed As New Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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THE FIRST EAGLE [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK]
Hillerman, Tony
1998 41528 It seems like July 8 is going to be a bad day for Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee. He's got a stack of overdue paperwork on his desk. Anderson Nez has died of plague, but the circumstances around the death are murky. His ex-fiancée, Janet Pete, is returning from Washington, D.C., and Chee doesn't know what to think about her last letter. (Will they be getting married this time?) And Officer Benny Kinsman's unwanted advances have enraged Catherine Pollard (among others), one of the scientists studying this newest outbreak of the black death. Now, the hot-headed Kinsman's gone off to nab a Hopi man who's poaching eagles. When Chee is called to back Kinsman up at Yells Back Butte, the bad day turns worse. He finds the young Hopi, Robert Jano, standing over Benny's mortally wounded body. Jano insists that he did not kill the police officer. Add to all this Joe Leaphorn's separate investigation, also involving July 8. Joe's got a new role as consulting detective to the wealthy--investigating the July 8 disappearance at Yells Back Butte of the same Catherine Pollard who was dogged by Kinsman. This one bad day and the ensuing days of investigation bring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee together once again as they uncover the secret of Yells Back Butte, plague fleas, and skinwalkers. As usual, Hilllerman's ear for dialogue is remarkable. One does not read Leaphorn and Chee's words and thoughts as much as hear them. While the book invites new readers (little knowledge of the previous books in the series is presumed), one has the sense of entering an old neighborhood where friends and relations are established and emotions run deep. Jim Chee's pain is vivid as he struggles under the shadow of Leaphorn and questions the "rusty trailer" lifestyle that has driven him apart from Janet. Nothing is contrived in his mixture of fear and elation when he and Janet meet again. Hillerman has written an engaging novel that once again evokes the land and people of the Southwest while also confronting the cultural separateness of the region from the power centers of the East. Already honored for his previous work (Dance Hall of the Dead received the Edgar), The First Eagle is a welcome addition to the beloved Chee-Leaphorn series that began in 1971 with The Blessing Way. --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly The modern resurgence of the black death animates Hillerman's 14th tale featuring retired widower Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee. Bubonic plague has survived for centuries in the prairie-dog villages of the Southwest, where its continuing adaptation to modern antibiotics has increased its potential for mass destruction. Leaphorn is hired by a wealthy Santa Fe woman to search for her granddaughter, biologist Catherine Pollard, who has disappeared during her field work as a "flea catcher," collecting plague-carrying specimens from desert rodents. At the same time, Jim Chee arrests Robert Jano, a young Hopi man and known poacher of eagles, in the bludgeoning death of another Navajo Police officer at a site where the biologist was seen working. As Leaphorn learns more about Pollard's work from her boss in the Indian Health Service and an epidemiologist with ties to a pharmaceutical company, the U.S. Attorney's office decides to seek the death penalty against Jano, who is being represented by Chee's former fiancee, Janet Pete, recently returned from Washington, D.C. Hillerman's trademark melding of Navajo tradition and modern culture is captured with crystal clarity in this tale of an ancient scourge's resurgence in today's world. The uneasy mix of old ways and new is articulated with resonant depth as Chee, an aspiring shaman, is driven to choose between his career and his commitment to the ways of his people, and Leaphorn moves into a deeper friendship with ethnology professor, Issued at Twenty Five dollars. HarperAudio 069452011X / 9780694520114
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THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Hillerman, Tony
2006 49024 A picture cut from a glossy magazine, Luxury Living, draws retired Navajo tribal policeman Lt. Joe Leaphorn into a hunt for a soulless killer in bestseller Hillerman's enthralling 18th Leaphorn/Chee whodunit. The picture's sender, Mel Bork, another cop retiree, wonders if the distinctive Navajo rug shown in the picture is the same one Leaphorn described to him long ago, a rug supposedly destroyed in a fire the two officers investigated that took the life of a person identified as among the FBI's most wanted. Bork's subsequent disappearance and murder herald the dangers awaiting Leaphorn from a most formidable enemy. As Leaphorn searches for evidence to confirm his suspicions, he enlists the aid of Sgt. Jim Chee and his bride, Bernadette Manuelito, just back from their honeymoon. Only the late Hillerman could so masterfully connect such disparate elements as an ancient cursed weaving, two stolen buckets of piñon sap and the Vietnam War. The conclusion is sure to startle longtime fans of this acclaimed mystery series. HarperCollins 0060563451 / 9780060563455
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The Spell of New Mexico
Hillerman, Tony (Editor)
1984 10018688 Review: Â"A book to be savored and treasured by all who know New Mexico and New Mexicans." --Books of the Southwest. From the Inside Flap: "Famous writers tell of the fascination of New Mexico." Edited by the late Tony Hillerman, a prolific New Mexico Western author. This softcover publication is a rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious appeal New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century's best known writers. Included here are selections by D.H.Lawrence, C.G. Jung, Lawrence Clark Powell, Ernie Pyle, and others of note. 113 pages, some tanning of cover. Second printing 1985. University of New Mexico Press 0-8263-0776-0 / 9780826307767
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