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Years ago, Pat Carr became attracted to the myths of the Mimbres peoples, so much so that she wrote Mimbres Pottery, a highly respected scholarly text. But Pat is a writer of fiction--soon she was working with the ancient tales anew, re-creating them in her own fictional language centered in the experience of women.

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Everyone has a dream for a better life. For millions, that dream is no more complex than surviving until tomorrow-dodging bullets and bombs while foraging for food and shelter.Those of us who live in less volatile environments can pursue larger dreams, but many choose not to do so. Instead, we spend our days focused on the negative. And when we only see the negative, that's all we know and experience.Pat Carr, author of All Dreams Matter, offe...

Five American women come together briefly in 1962 in Cali, Colombia, beneath the hill that dominates the city.* Nora, the archeologist, who doesn't relate to other women.* Alicia, who knows she's beautiful and can attract any man.* Melanie, who doesn't recognize her own beauty and intelligence.* Seraphia, whose French husband is barred from the United States.* Charlotte, who is on her third affair.Their interwoven stories of birth, death, love...

Do you realize you are always "one play away from a big play"? Would you like to know the secret of how to go from good to GREAT? Where are the examples throughout sports history of victories and defeats? How do you prepare for your moment in the sun? How do you get in position for the "big plays"? Our goal in this book is to prepare you for that moment of opportunity. That "big play" can happen on an athletic field, or in the home, or in the ...

Presents a collection of stories that takes us into the lives of those left behind during the Civil War. This book tells the story of a Confederate woman's care of and growing affection for a wounded Union soldier, a plantation mistress' singular love for a sick slave child, and an eight-year-old girl's fight for survival.

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In August 1914, recently orphaned Cooper Harrison arrives in El Paso to live with grandparents she's never met. The minute the fifteen-year-old steps off the train, everything seems wrong. She discovers that her grandfather Luther not only runs a shady concern but also profits from the Mexican Revolution smuggling arms across the border.

Carr spent her childhood next to a Japanese relocation camp in Wyoming in the 1940s, grew up to pass for black in 1950s Texas, and started teaching college in the Jim Crow South of the 1960s. In a series of single-page episodes, she distills glimpses of the people, places, and moments that provided the fabric and fuel of her writing.

Five American women come together briefly in 1962 in Cali, Colombia, beneath the hill that dominates the city. * Nora, the archeologist, who doesn't relate to other women. * Alicia, who knows she's beautiful and can attract any man. * Melanie, who doesn't recognize her own beauty and intelligence. * Seraphia, whose French husband is barred from the United States. * Charlotte, who is on her third affair. Their interwoven stories of birth, death...

For decades, a riot that killed three hundred people and wounded hundreds of others was scarcely heard of. But several new studies have focused attention on Tulsa's Greenwood race riot of 1921. In If We Must Die novelist Pat Carr turns that tragedy into a riveting novel.When Berneen O'Brien's mother dies, the seventeen-year-old moves from Wyoming to Tulsa to live with her stem uncle. Berneen secures a teaching position at Liberty Elementary Sc...