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1. Author Lastnames A - L: Sherman Alexie to Thomas King

2. Author Lastnames M - Z: Lee Maracle - Ray Young Bear

Books here are adult (reading level) or Young Adult (either written as YA or have been used successfully in h.s. classes). There will be a shelf for children's books eventually. Some poetry and some nonfiction -- when part of an author's literary oeuvre -- are included.

Since my index is by author lastname, you may be looking by a title. You can look up titles to find their Native authors at Native Authors InterNet Library Project This is a 90L fo;e' ot wo;; tale sp,e to,e to load. Be aware that the IPL bibliography is very incomplete, and also that my "shelves" list only those books carried by amazon.com. A faster file is their start-page, but you still have to load 90K of alphabetical titles.

Q's that nobody yet asked F or even once: How did you select these books for the fiction shelf?

These are novels, short stories (and some poetry and lit-crit or author biographies) of (mostly) 20th-century Native authors -- U.S. and Canada -- who are generally considered important for a variety of reasons. Additionally, I have read most of these books, or at least several by each author, and can evaluate them. These are the books that should be considered for use in Native Studies college courses and (if suitable at reading or interest levels) high school and sometimes junior high. They might also be used to give a Native minority literature coverage in any general literature course. And all of them are interesting! for people looking for a good read. These books are all by Native authors/editors.

Q: Are you going to have specials, sales, like that?

A: No. Amazon.com, with 2.5 million titles on-line, is selling these books, not me. Plese read the BOOKSTORE page (on the sidebar menu here) for further info. If amazon.com has a sale price on it, you will see this on the amazon.com catalog card when you select its title from my shelves. Most regular orders (through regular distributors) are discounted about 10-18%, but special orders (direct from publishers) are list price. Hard-to-find (search) orders are a matter of chance and you are told the price for your approval before shipping/billing if your hard-to-find order is found.

Q: I'm in Canada. What about those prices?

A: Amazon.com gives prices in US dollars, though I asked for cross-pricing Canadian on all 2.5 million books and you can too. (See BOOKSTORE page, sidebar menu for more info). I think credit card companies must have some way of handing the "'international shopping" that InterNet makes possible, but I don't know what it is. I believe (but am not sure) there is no duty on books; Canadian books will be drop-shipped from Canadian distributors or booksellers (i.e. won't cross the border). I would like to hear from Candian book-buyers what the results of your amazon.com book order are for both Canadian books and US books.

Q: Can you help me with problems with my order?

A: NO! Amazon.com (not me) is selling these books. As you place an order, there will be info about it -- there is email for various help desks, and an 800 number to call them. I want to hear about problems only to decide if this service of my website is causing hassles and should be dropped.

You can also read On-line Traditional Stories, 19th century and contemporary narratives, and fulltexts of certain e-books here.

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