Gerald 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, the cat who traveled across Persia, the cat who inspired Hemingway and many more fascinating felines.

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 the decks of the Titanic and saved his master from drowning.

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 provide a moral code for harmonious existence with the natural world. The enlightened state of Navajo consciousness, which they call "walking in beauty" is presented in such a way that all of us can learn to use it and live by it.

The photographs and stories of Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) speak through time of a bygone age. His work acts as a bridge between generations and allows readers to experience firsthand the culture of the Indians of North America. Between 1889 and 1930, Curtis traveled throughout North America photographing and recording the stories and lifeways of the last generation of Indians from the "Buffalo Days". Beginning in 1907, he gradually published his 20-volume masterwork, 'The North American Indian.' Selected from that same masterwork, THE IMAGE TAKER features nearly 200 photographs, rarely seen before in print, alongside the history, myths, and legends of 26 tribal nations.

Navajo myths are among the most poetic in the world full of dazzling word imagery. For the Navajo who call themselves the Dine (literally the People) the story of emergence - their creation myth - lies at the heart of their beliefs. In it all the world is created together both gods and human beings embodying the idea that change comes from within rather than without. Poet and author Gerald Hausman collects this and other stories with meditations that together capture the essence of the Navajo people's way of life and their understanding of the world. Here are myths of the Holy People of Changing Woman who teaches the People how to live and of the trickster Coyote. Here are stories of healings performed by stargazers and hand tremblers and songs of love marriage homecomings and growing old. These and the meditations that follow each story reveal a world - our world - that thrives only on harmony and balance and shares the Dine belief that the most important point on the circle that has no beginning or end is where we stand at the moment. Explores the Navajo's fundamental belief in the importance of harmony and balance in the world. Shares Navajo healing ways that have been handed down for generations. Includes meditations following each story or poem. New edition of a classic book.

These powerful poems and meditations drawn from Native American legends and stories bring forth sacred animal spirits and remind us of our deep connection with Mother Earth In this collection of verse and story we are brought into the primordial community of the universe the Earth and all living things. His work is spare and suggesting evoking mood through images in the natural world. The work is influenced both in style and tone by Native American songs with a strong clear elemental sense. The first bestiary ever compiled from the Native American tradition shows the helping and healing roles animals have played since the beginning.