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The Bauu Press is a small, locally owned, growing publishing house. We have published over a hundred technical reports, articles, and manuscripts for inter-company or inter-agency distribution. If you are interested in securing services for publishing such documents, please visit our service section. The press also publishes Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources as part of its activities. Below is a list of books that the Press has published in recent years, including fiction and nonfiction titles.

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Problem Gods: In Search of a Meaningful Deity

James J. Garber, MD, Ph.D.

The concept of God has evolved over the centuries, just as humans have. As our understanding of the Universe has expanded, so too should our vision of the divine. In Problem Gods: In Search of a Meaningful Deity Dr. Garber puts forth an unique, comprehensive argument as to how our vision and understanding of the divine should evolve in conjunction with our evolving understanding of the Universe.

2012. $18.95. ISBN#978-1-936955-05-3

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My Funny Valentine: America's Most Hilarious Writers Take on Love, Romance, and other Complications

Edited by Linton Robinson and Karla Telega

Somebody once said, "To learn to love, learn to laugh." Either way, you'll find the love of laughter, or at least a couple of good laughs about love, in this book. Here Valentine's Day gets treated by some of the funniest writers in America: the people who win the humor contests, who write syndicated chuckle columns, who appear on comedy stages and write the jokes you hear on TV. A fun read, a new and different gift on "love day," an open invitation to have a laugh at the comedy we know and celebrate as "Love."

2011. $9.95. ISBN#978-1-936955-04-6

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Mayan Calendar Girls: The Great Meso-American Novel

By Team 2012

When it came to calendars, those ancient Mayans got a lot of things right. But they also missed a few bits. So TEAM 2012 fills in the whole picture: a batch of hot, sassy Calendar Girls who are all about getting their hands on the purloined clues to what will really happen on 20/12/2012. If they can pull off the investigations and daring raids needed to keep this cosmic lore (and their own bods) out of evil hands, they just might save the world… or at least enjoy the happy ending. And they have no help but a crystal skull that’s gotten hooked on stoners, a blond diver who loves dolphins maybe too much, a Black spy working against Obama’s Campaign, a redheaded fire dancer, an odd assortment of thugs, priests, and crazos… and time itself.

Contemporary Native Fiction of the U.S. and Canada: A Postcolonial Study

By Punyashree Panda

An in-depth study of contemporary Native American Native Fiction, Dr. Panda's book is an extremely readable work which would prove immensely useful to students and scholars alike.

Movies and the Meaning of Life: The Most Profound Films in Cinematic History

By Wayne Omura

In this introductory guidebook, Omura puts some very interesting films together in a meaningful order. As we consider these films with him, we are encouraged to relate them to deep questions about life.

Luminous Life: A New Model of Humanistic Psychotherapy

By Partha Choudhury

Luminous Life is a new model of humanistic psychotherapy that is the result of over a decade of original research, thought, and clinical work. Based on the fundamental principal that each individual is a unique, beautiful person and is capable of healing oneself, the book discusses psychological modules for one to maintain - or regain - their healthy and happy life. Adopting a holistic approach to human existence through investigations of meaning, values, freedom, personal responsibility, human potential, and spirituality, Dr. Choudhury takes the reader through a series of theoretical discussions and practical self-help exercises. Designed to allow one to incorporate their luminous self into their daily lives, Luminous Life is a landmark publication.

Dr. Partha Choudhury works as a full-time consultant psychiatrist with the National Health Services, UK. He trained and worked as a member of the faculty at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India. Literature and culture are his other passions; recently his book of poems Millennium of Miracles was published.

2011. $15.95. ISBN#978-09820467-7-7

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Mormons, Indians, and the Ghost Dance Religion of 1890

By Garold D. Barney

From the Forward: In this study, Dr. Garold Barney has done an excellent job of reflecting both Mormon thought and the Indian concepts behind the Ghost Dance Religion. These two phenomena have existed in the history of the American West for a long time, but it has taken Dr. Barney, following the footsteps of Dr. Coates, to make a good case for their relationship. I would recommend Barney's work to anyone interested in Mormons, the Plains Indians, the Ghost Dance Religion, or anyone with a general interest in the religious movements in the American West. Paul M. Edwards, Baker University

The publication of Mormons, Indians, and the Ghost Dance Religion of 1890 represents over ten years of research and writing.

2011. $18.95. ISBN#978-09820467-5-3

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Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England

By Frank Waabu O'Brien

In New England, American Indian people have left their ancient footprints in many of the current names for mountains, rivers, lakes, animals, fish, cities, towns, and byways. The first English settlers, who put most of the American Indian words on the map, borrowed names from local tribes. In the process, they often misheard, mispronounced, or misreported what they heard - that is how the place Wequapaugset was given as Boxet or how Musquompskut became Swampscott.

In many cases the Indian terms have changed so much over time that linguists are unable to recognize the original spelling and meaning. Others have tried their hand at translations, and have come up with fanciful interpretations that are incorrect, but that have stood the test of time. On the East Coast, the Native cultures and their Algonquian tongues had long faded before most scholarly studies began, so a great many translations of place names often represent a scholar's best guess.

In this landmark volume, Dr. Frank Waabu O'Brien of the Aquidneck Indian Council, provides the first indigenous method and process for interpreting regional American Indian place names. Included is a dictionary of the most common misspellings, along with numerous examples of the Indian place names for Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Based on years of research, Understanding Indian Place Names is a landmark publication.

2010. $18.95. ISBN#978-0982046760

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Indigenous Peoples in Liberal Democratic States: A Comparative Study of Conflict and Accomodation in Canada and India

By H. Srikanth

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Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths: Native American Oral Traditions Recorded by Marie L. McLaughlin and Zitkala-Sa

Oral traditions and myths have long been an integral part of Native American cosmology. Not only have they been – and continue to be – an essential part of handing down Native American customs, norms, beliefs, and cultural histories, but they also form a communal mythic discourse. This discourse is not a “fixed text,” but rather a dynamic process of interactive relations that are developed over generations of experience, and passed from relation to relation and generation to generation. In this sense, the traditional structures of mythic discourse serve an integrative function: to form a coherent basis for communal identity in terms of a shared set of fundamental ideas and beliefs expressed in multiple forms.

The oral traditions and myths recorded in this book are part of the communal mythic discourse of the Lakota Sioux people. Originally collected and recorded at the close of the nineteenth century by two Native language speakers – Marie L. McLaughlin and Zitkala Sa – these oral traditions provide some of the least distorted or colonially disrupted examples of the Lakota Sioux communal mythic discourse. Containing over 40 oral traditions, Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths brings together into a single volume these remarkable myths and legends.

Edited and with a forward by Peter N. Jones, Ph.D., Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths is a welcome and refreshing addition to the literature. Once again the beauty, depth, and knowledge contained within the Lakota Sioux oral traditions can speak for themselves.

2009. $16.95. ISBN#978-0-9820467-3-9

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Sweet Spot: A Novel About Mazatlan Carnival, Dirty Politics, and Baseball

By Linton Robinson

If anybody wondered why star journalist Mundo Carrasco would stop investigating Mazatlan's drug lords and politicos in order to run the shady new puppet mayor's press relations, then they had never been to bed with the scorching, amoral, monumental Mijares. Mazatlan's huge, blaring Carnival became the greatest time Mundo had lived since his days as a local baseball hero: access to the real power and closeted skeletons, a political future of his own, and...mostly...the perfect flesh of Mijares.

Then the mayor beats up his wife, the city government starts to unravel into scandal and panic, and they start killing people--with Mundo right up there on their list. Tumbling through the tumult of Carnival, mob violence, narco suites and wretched bulldozed hovels, musical mayhem, his own corruption, and three women who want to reclaim his soul for his own good and their own purposes, Mundo is either sorting himself out or getting totally mixed up...if he comes out of it with his damaged scruples and bruised hide intact.

Read the glowing review of Sweet Spot on Mexico Connect - The Largest Magazine of All Things Mexico.

2009. $18.95. ISBN#978-0-9820467-2-2

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Shamans and Shamanism: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Terms Use in North America

By Peter N. Jones, Ph.D.

Shamanism... what is it? Is it a phenomenon with a clear definition or with a set of clearly definable attributes? Has the phenomenon changed over time, or are today's versions found in suburban basements the same as those that were practiced hundreds of years ago by various tribal people? What can we figure out about shamanism if we simply look at the term itself and how it has been employed over time? What if we restrict ourselves to one geographic location? These are some of the questions grappled with, and partially answered, in this book. By discussing the historical use of the terms shamanism and shaman in North America, Peter N. Jones offers fresh insights into the history of this phenomenon. Comparing current understandings and descriptions of the phenomenon with those of the historical and archival record, Shamans and Shamanism presents a comprehensive analysis of the terms use over time. Included in the book is a comprehensive bibliography of the term's use in North America. Shamans and Shamanism is an important resource for anyone interested in this phenomenon. It provides new insights into the history of the terms, their use in both academic and pop literature, and offers a starting point for future investigations of the phenomenon.

2008. $16.95. ISBN# 978-0-982046715

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The House of the Vampire

By George Sylvester Viereck

One of the first psychic vampire novels of its time - where the vampire feeds off of more than just blood - The House of the Vampire is an early classic in its genre. Republished in this new edition, this Victorian novel operates in the continuum of life and death. What has been can be again, though often terribly transformed. Energetically inventive and infused with a relish for the supernatural, especially the trappings of the dark, The House of the Vampire delivers a horror which we know does not - but none the less conceivably might - exist and threaten ourselves. Blurring the lines between fact and fiction, The House of the Vampire is considered a classic among Victorian Gothic stories. He felt the presence of the hand of Reginald Clarke - unmistakably - groping in his brain as if searching for something that had still escaped him. He tried to move, to cry out, but his limbs were paralysed. When, by a superhuman effort, he at last succeeded in shaking off the numbness that held him enchained, he awoke just in time to see a figure, that of a man, disappearing in the wall that separated Reginald's apartments from his room....

2008. $14.95. ISBN#978-0-982046708

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Imaginary Lines: Stories of Physical, Cultural, and Culinary Frontiers

By Linton Robinson and Ana Maria Corona

National borders are abstract lines that take root as physical barricades and divides. Cultural differences create people whose differences from others stem entirely from their minds. Lovers, societies and families are bound together with bonds as fragile and ephemeral as the mooring lines of great ships. And inside each person is a map or similar boundaries, frontiers, and alliances. This book turns the visible differences at the border of two nations into a mirror, a metaphor for the human condition.

When these stories first appeared in San Diego periodicals, Baja Week and Harpers, they were acclaimed as more than just "border lit" by readers and fans: critics praised the blending of Linton Robinson's craftsmanship and transparent style with Ana Maria Corona's clear-eyed witness and charming voice. Now they are collected in book format for readers outside of the border area... but within the eternal no-man's land of their humanity.

2008. $15.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-9-6

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I Am Sustainability: How The Human Body Can Save The Planet

By Enrico Wensing

E.J. Wensing is the founder of Ecosphere Net (www.ecosphere.net). Based out of St. John in the US Virgin Islands, we are a global network providing powerful cross-cultural education for personal and global sustainability. This book introduces a new approach to global sustainability, one that links conversation, action and research in a continuous cycle of exploration and discovery. The first part of this approach is called I Am Sustainability. It is a curriculum for personal and global sustainability that we continually create and recreate together across all cultures of the world. This book starts the I Am Sustainability conversation, action and research with an opening argument that describes how all of the human impediments to global sustainability begin in a single human problem, that is, the psychology of the currently disproportionate human need to belong to competitive social groups.

2008. $15.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-8-9

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Searching for a Perfect State of Colorado

By William Hood

In his book, Searching for a Perfect State of Colorado, author William Hood takes us along on his own harrowing journey as he attempts to cross the Weminuche Wilderness Area, by himself, in September of 2002. He would complete this one hundred mile trek in just nine days as backpacking across the San Juan mountains transcends from a physical challenge, to a mental test, to ultimately a spiritual enlightenment.

In his travels, Hood explores Colorado's varied history, as he relates his own personal experiences to the State's. He weaves an enriching yet comical story for the reader as he encounters guardian angels, an abundance of wildlife, and evil weather. His journey would continue after his hike as Bill searches in his mind for solutions to the environmental, social and political issues facing Colorado in the 21st century.

After returning home to the Front Range from his wilderness experience, Hood finds new enlightenment to be a dysfunction, as greater challenges, like changing careers in his forties, takes his journey back to the desperation he experienced while in the wilderness. Once again, he finds inner strength through his faith and his sense of humor; to strive toward the person he had envisioned becoming.

Searching for a Perfect State of Colorado encourages each of us to find our own perfect state we had in mind.

2008. $15.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-7-2

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To The Last Drop: A Novel of Water, Oppression, and Rebellion

By Andrew Wice

To the Last Drop follows five characters through the course of a war between Texas and New Mexico. The novel begins with the accidental discovery of water in the arid southeast corner of New Mexico. Texas and New Mexico become tangled in a bitter legal dispute over the rights to that water. A series of increasingly aggressive border skirmishes leads to an invasion by the Texas State Guard.

2008. $15.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-6-5

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A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England: Voices from Past and Present.

By Moondancer and Strong Woman

Very few books on the history and culture of the southern New England Native peoples have been written by the Natives themselves. Standard academic books read like a clinical autopsy of a dead culture from many years ago. Contrary to this, A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England provides an understanding of the ways, customs, and language of the southern New England American Indians from the Native's perspective. For the first time, a book written about the Native American peoples of southern New England is written by the Natives themselves. Incorporating voices of modern Elders and other Natives to the historic records of the 1500s and 1600s, everything about the beauty, power, and richness of their culture has been included. Sections of the book cover appearance, language, family and relations, religion, the body and senses, marriage, sickness, war, games, hunting, and much more. The proud and fiercely independent Native American peoples of southern New England once walked tall and proud on this land. With this book, they are now beginning to walk tall again.

2007. $28.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-3-4

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Meeting the Enemy, Becoming A Friend: A Personal Journey and Challenge for All of Us to Become More Responsible Global Citizens

By Melinda Gelder, Ph.D.

What would you do if you suddenly you found yourself part of a community you had always thought you would never be associated with? What if this happened in a foreign country, where everyone automatically thought you were part of that group? In Meeting the Enemy, Becoming a Friend Dr. Gelder talks about her personal transformation from outspoken critic of the U.S. military to a global citizen that worked with military personnel and Japanese citizens in cultural exchanges. A strong social and environmental activist, Dr. Gelder recounts how she had to come to terms with military actions in a foreign country and how those actions were reflected back on her for her association with the military.

Overcoming her initial bias against the military, Dr. Gelder took it upon herself to become a global citizen and enhance the relations between military personnel stationed in Japan, and the Japanese people located around the military base. Through a variety of actions, Dr. Gelder worked to build a positive relationship between the U.S. military and the local Japanese citizens and their communities. In Meeting the Enemy, Becoming a Friend, Dr. Gelder shows how it is possible to be a citizen in a global world and to respond with positive actions towards the people and places encountered, while also positively representing the places and people you come from.

2006. $29.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-5-8

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Quantum Ring Theory: Foundations for Cold Fusion

By Wladimir Guglinski, Ph.D.

In Quantum Ring Theory Wladimir Guglinski presents a radical new theory concerning the fundamental nature of physics. Hailed as a intriguing theorist by Dr. Eugene Mallove, president of the New Energy Foundation, Guglinski argues that the current understanding of physics does not put forth an accurate understanding of the world. Instead, Guglinski argues that we must once again consider the “aether,” a notion originally put forth by Greek philosophers. By considering the nature of “aether” and its role in physical processes, Guglinski is able to put forth a theory that reconciles Quantum Physics with the Theory of Relativity. To date, no other physical theory is able to accord for the fundamental intraction between these two fundamental notions of physics. As part of Guglinski’s new theory, the author presents a new model of the neutron. Guglinski’s model of the neutron has been confirmed by contemporary physical experiments: The first one was made by Don Borghi and published in 1993 by the American Institute of Physics; the second experiment was made by Elio Conte and Maria Pieralice, subsequently published in the magazine Infinite Energy in 1999. Currently, other experiments around the world are being conducted to test the remainder of Guglinski’s theoretical work.

Quantum Ring Theory presents for the first time in a complete text the theoretical work of Wladimir Guglinski. In this volume cutting edge theoretical work in physics is presented; theoretical work which may ultimately change the very way we understand the world.

2006. $34.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-4-1

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Respect for the Ancestors: American Indian Cultural Affiliation in the American West

By Peter N. Jones, Ph.D.

In this eagerly awaited book, the cultural anthropologist Peter N. Jones brings fifteen years and over twenty-five projects to bear on one of the more controversial questions in contemporary American anthropology and American Indian studies. Are contemporary American Indian tribes of the American West culturally affiliated with the people who crossed over from Asia over 10,000 years ago? Have American Indians in the Plateau and Great Basin lived in their homeland for thousands of years as their oral traditions affirm? These are some of the questions he considers in Respect for the Ancestors.

2005. $21.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-2-7

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American Indian mtDNA, Y Chromosome Genetic Data, and the Peopling of North America

By Peter N. Jones, Ph.D.

A comprehensive study of molecular anthropology and the use of mtDNA and Y Chromosome data in the investigation of the peopling of North America.

2004. $21.95. ISBN# 978-0-9721349-1-0

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