One of the famed NEA four, performance artist Tim Miller unleashes his childhood demons and adult trials by fire in this fascinating account of an artistic, sometimes bizarre life. His style is fresh, energetic, confident, and sexy - an eclectic mixture of poetry, performance piece, and autobiography. Through humour, memory and fantasy, gratuitious sex, and unabashed honesty, SHIRTS AND SKIN charts one gay man's take on the challenges of the last two decades of the millenium.

A remarkable debut that links compelling stories of a young man's coming-out, coming-of-age, and coming-to-terms with his family and fate. As a young boy, Josh plots an escape for a better life far from the steel mills, but fate has other plans, and Josh discovers his adult life in Toronto is just as fraught with as many insecurities and missteps as his youth.

The Dakota people, alternatively referred to as Sioux Native Americans or Oceti Sakowin (The People of the Seven Council Fires), have a storied history that extends to a time well before the arrival of European settlers. This work offers a comprehensive history of the Dakota people and is largely based on eyewitness accounts from the Dakota themselves, including legends, traditions, and winter counts. Included are detailed analyses of the various divisions (tribes and bands) of the Dakota people, including the Lakota and Nakota tribes. Topics explored include the Dakotas' early government, the role of women within the Dakota tribes, the rituals and rites of the Dakota people, and the influence of the white man in destroying Dakotan culture.

The Story of Three Kings started on the Caman galaxy in the Pukatan planet. The story continues on Salmon planet ending on Earth planet. The story is a kind of a history of the three planets. How these three planets come together, and how love prevails against all tribulations and hatred. The story points are family love and real friendships. The story explains the down side of total mind control and total control of power. The power that pleasures have over people and the wrong side of money lovers. As well, the Planet Earth's Economic, politics, and religious systems that have total control over people making them modern slaves Story

"Growing up in the subcultures of urban Japan, a young woman journeys through the underworld of organized crime, secret societies, government operatives, awkward friendships and young romance. A mix of crime fiction and personal duality elegantly told through the masks and metaphors of Japanese mythology and pop culture"--Back cover. v. 6.

Reprint of memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History vol. 11 which in turn was a reprint of Part I, II, and III of vol. 7 of the Jessop North Pacific Expedition. Describes material culture, religion and social organization of the Chukchee.