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Hailed as a contemporary classic of oral literature, The Days of Augusta is Shuswap elder Augusta Evans’ memories of a lifetime that spanned from 1888 to 1978. Accompanied by Robert Keziere’s intimate photographs, Augusta’s rhythmic prose reads like poetry. She depicts with strength and eloquence her own story—her days at the Mission School, making baskets and catching salmon, the pain of giving birth and the death of a son—as well as the le...

Collage and other Poems is indeed a collage of people and experiences that the poet has known and lived through. Although written as reflections of life in the United States, these poems are gleaned from the many countries and cultures the poet has lived in, and of the varied people he has had the real pleasure of knowing. Sometimes tongue-in-cheek humorous, sometimes seemingly critical of everything, the ideas and feelings here are simply wh...

From fads, crazes, and manias to collective delusions, scares, panics, and mass hysterias, history is replete with examples of remarkable social behavior. Many are fueled by fear and uncertainty, others are driven by hope and expectation. For others still, the causes are more obscure. This massive collection of extraordinary social behaviors spans more than two millennia, and attempts to place many of the episodes within their greater historic...