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In Noir Rehab, the prequel to Fancy Dancer and the first book in The Jake Jakes Mystery Series, the protagonist solves a self-appointed case that has helped keep him motivated while he rehabs his life. In Fancy Dancer, the second book in the series, happenstance again leads him to a mystery. The new riddle obsessing him takes him on travels into Native America, where he makes new complex and captivating friends. But is one of them a killer?

Haunted by past demons and spending too much of his time on New York City streets and park benches, Jake takes inspiration from noir fiction and invents mysteries in random people's lives. A fellow bench-sitter leads him to a conspiracy involving a cabal of young folks and a French sociologist. What is this strange bunch up to? Finding the answer takes Jake far from his urban neighborhood of choice to other streetscapes, both real and artificial.

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Includes more than 120 color maps that cover various locations for American Indians, and highlight their interactions with European colonists and other non-Native people. This atlas details the history, traditions, conflicts, land cessions, and contemporary ways of life for American Indians.

Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Third Edition is a fully updated reference discussing more than 200 American Indian tribes of North America, as well as prehistoric peoples and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in depth in the previous editions. The informative, accessible text summarizes the historical record--locations, migrations, contacts wit...

Spanning ancient times to the modern day, this comprehensive encyclopedia covers the European peoples's origin, language, history, culture, and relationship to other peoples. It includes entries on all peoples that have at one time maintained a cultural identity, allowing readers to find entries on everything from the Gauls and Normans to the "French: nationality, " describing who they are today with cross-references to the various ancestral p...

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This fully updated reference explores more than 200 North American tribes, prehistoric peoples, and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in the previous editions. The accessible text summarizes the historical record and includes present-day tribal affairs and issues. The book also covers diet, housing, tools, clothing, art, rituals, and more.