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  • The Red Canoe
    Gerald Hausman
    There is so much about his best friend, Max, that is a mystery to Jeff. His fascination with guns. His hatred of Jews. His strange response when someone poisons the neighborhood dogs. He at times seems like a man to Jeff, and at other times is just a little boy. What is it about Max that makes Jeff want to be like him? And more important, what would Max think of him if he ever ...
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    23,38 €

  • The Turquoise Horse
    Gerald Hausman
    The Turquoise Horse is the story of a young Navajo girl, Lisa Todachine, who discovers she is a poet. Her father, a silversmith, teaches her the importance of wisdom and how it is passed down the generations. Lisa comes to realize that the spoken poetry of her people imparts values that can be uniquely shared in this special way. Through the medium of silversmithing her father ...
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    8,75 €

  • Runners
    Gerald Hausman
    This book by Gerald Hausman marks the author’s third book of poems since New Marlboro State which Gary Snyder called “fine poems, clear and inside / outside of things.” The theme of Runners is not the mere physical act of long-distance running, but the art of direction-finding in life. Using this as a metaphor the poet explores the heart of the four universal directions while r...
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    13,55 €

  • The Adventures of Marcos the Wise
    Gerald Hausman / Marvin Niebuhr
    Marcos Caliente is a jalapeno pepper who is called Marcos the Wise because he stands up to his enemy, Phatkat, and the greedy growers of Phlamco who want the whole world to eat test tube food. How does Marcos defeat those who want to put him under the ground? Well, you must remember that once upon a dream Marcos was a tiny little sprout in the earth. No stranger to the natural ...
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    26,42 €

  • The Adventures of Marcos the Wise
    Gerald Hausman / Marvin Niebuhr
    Marcos Caliente is a jalapeno pepper who is called Marcos the Wise because he stands up to his enemy, Phatkat, and the greedy growers of Phlamco who want the whole world to eat test tube food. How does Marcos defeat those who want to put him under the ground? Well, you must remember that once upon a dream Marcos was a tiny little sprout in the earth. No stranger to the natural ...
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    20,48 €

  • Farewell, Josephine
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    Josephine grows up on the island of Martinique longing for a glorious life in Paris. A West Indian seer has told her she is destined to be 'more than a queen.' An arranged marriage to a French nobleman brings her to the city of lights. But instead of the grand life, she experiences the French Revolution. Her husband is executed, she is imprisoned and all of her dreams of diamon...
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    21,25 €

  • Mermaids, Manatees and Bimini Blind Snakes
    Gerald Hausman
    A collection of first-person stories and essays about living on Pine Island, a barrier island off the West Coast of Florida. The author and his wife have lived on Pine Island for 18 years and have met just about every kind of animal, insect, amphibian, reptile and person that inhabits small, sub-tropical mangrove islands in this part of Florida. Often humorous, the stories shar...
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    16,35 €

  • Wilderness
    Gerald Hausman / Roger Zelazny
    In 1808, mountain man John Colter ran and climbed 150 miles while being pursued by members of the Blackfeet nation.  His run for life became a part of heroic American history and culture.  In 1823, hunter Hugh Glass, left for dead after being torn apart by a grizzly bear dragged himself out of his grave and crawled more than 80 miles to wreak revenge on the trusted friend who a...
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    30,46 €

  • Wilderness
    Gerald Hausman / Roger Zelazny
    In 1808, mountain man John Colter ran and climbed 150 miles while being pursued by members of the Blackfeet nation. His run for life became a part of heroic American history and culture. In 1823, hunter Hugh Glass, left for dead after being torn apart by a grizzly bear dragged himself out of his grave and crawled more than 80 miles to wreak revenge on the trusted friend who a...
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    20,05 €

  • The Mythology of Cats
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    A "cat-ivating" collection of over fifty tales that celebrate the spiritual, mythological and historical magic of our feline friends . . . read this book and you will learn why cats have always been associated with otherworldly powers.  They come by it naturally and there is evidence that cats have been with us longer than have dogs.  Read about the cat who worked as a maitre&#...
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    24,15 €

  • The Mythology of Cats
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    A 'cat-ivating' collection of over fifty tales that celebrate the spiritual, mythological and historical magic of our feline friends . . . read this book and you will learn why cats have always been associated with otherworldly powers. They come by it naturally and there is evidence that cats have been with us longer than have dogs. Read about the cat who worked as a maitre’d...
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    18,36 €

  • The Mythology of Dogs
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    A literary and historical legacy of 67 dogs breeds covering the legend and lore of our best friend. From Afghan to Yorkie, the stories in this book are surprising, funny, touching, and philosophical and they go back to the dog who plugged the hole in Noah’s Ark, the dog who hid under the skirt of Mary Queen of Scots at her beheading, and to the mythological dog that walked th...
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    19,83 €

  • The Mythology of Dogs
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    A literary and historical legacy of 67 dogs breeds covering the legend and lore of our best friend.  From Afghan to Yorkie, the stories in this book are surprising, funny, touching, and  philosophical and they go back to the dog who plugged the hole in Noah's Ark, the dog who hid under the skirt of Mary Queen of Scots at her beheading, and to the mythological dog that walke...
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    26,32 €

  • The Metaphysical Cat
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    The authors have a special rapport with felines and have created a collection of stories about the arcane side of cats. The writings, cleverly shaped around the verses of 18th century English poet Christopher Smart, deal with cats’ psychic abilities, telepathic powers, astral comings and goings, history and behavior, and relationships with the inferior life forms who share thei...
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    16,18 €

  • The Parrot Detective
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    Andy and his best friend George, a Blue-fronted Amazonian parrot,live on an island off the Gulf coast of Florida. When Andy’s fathergets hurt on a Fish and Game mission to catch a poacher, Andy and his almost-human, chip-on-the-shoulder, opinionated parrot go deep into the backwaters to uncover a vine-covered, lethal secret.... ...
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    17,57 €

  • The Parrot Detective
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    Andy and his best friend George, a Blue-fronted Amazonian parrot,live on an island off the Gulf coast of Florida.  When Andy's fathergets hurt on a Fish and Game mission to catch a poacher,Andy and his almost-human, chip-on-the-shoulder, opinionated parrotgo deep into the backwaters to uncover a vine-covered, lethal secret.... ...
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    20,79 €

  • The Book of Castaways
    Gerald Hausman
    Six stories of survival -- men and women set upon by stormy seas, starvation, thirst, beasts, ghosts and their own inner demons. Based on real historical accounts the narratives are filled with the eerie poetry of island life, the exultant triumph of survival against all odds. From Florida’s Bigfoot called the Skunk Ape to 'the man who would not go bottom' -- a superhero who co...
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    17,69 €

  • Escape from Botany Bay
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    Condemned to a penal colony in Australia for stealing a woman's bonnet,young Mary Bryant braves every danger in Britain's newest colony,Australia -- disease, famine, rape, and the cruelty of the penal system.As the first convict married in Australia, Mary and her husband Willlearn from aboriginal friends how to survive. In time they also learn how to escape.  Traveling ...
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    26,63 €

  • All Is Beautiful
    Gerald Hausman
    Wondrous stories of Changing Woman, First Man and First Woman, Coyote, Great Snake, Gila Monster and others who infuse the rich and complex canvas of the Navajo world view.  This book illuminates the traditional oral narratives of the tribe and shows how they work ceremonially as healing ways. Collectively, they also convey the origin story of The People and in addition they pr...
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    26,71 €

  • Escape from Botany Bay
    Gerald Hausman / Loretta Hausman
    Condemned to a penal colony in Australia for stealing a woman’s bonnet,young Mary Bryant braves every danger in Britain’s newest colony,Australia -- disease, famine, rape, and the cruelty of the penal system.As the first convict married in Australia, Mary and her husband Willlearn from aboriginal friends how to survive. In time they also learn how to escape. Traveling three mo...
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    20,16 €

  • All Is Beautiful All Around Me
    Gerald Hausman
    Wondrous stories of Changing Woman, First Man and First Woman, Coyote, Great Snake, Gila Monster and others who infuse the rich and complex canvas of the Navajo world view. This book illuminates the traditional oral narratives of the tribe and shows how they work ceremonially as healing ways. Collectively, they also convey the origin story of The People and in addition they pr...
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    20,22 €

  • The Jacob Ladder
    Gerald Hausman
    Twelve-year-old Tall T’s life has just turned upside down. His father suddenly leaves the family after drinking a bowl of bewitched soup given him by the obeah woman who lives next door. With his father no longer with them, Tall T must be head of the house and help his mother take care of his five brothers and sisters. But earning money isn’t easy in a small Jamaican town. ...
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    16,55 €