About the Author\nDan Sisson is a nationally recognized author who's series "Grandpa & The Kid," appeared in Field and Stream magazine for a dozen years. He was Outdoor editor for the Anchorage Times in Alaska where he won numerous awards for his writing and wrote a best-selling book, Fishing the Kenai Peninsula. An American historian and author of The American Revolution of 1800, he currently teaches at Eastern Washington University and lives with his wife, Karen, in a near full-sized replica of Jefferson's Monticello, which he has built himself in the mountains of eastern Washington.

Grandpa & The Kid

Dan Sisson

Gpj Books

Samuel

Quincy, Keith

Literature & Fiction

Der is the incredible true account of a Hmong man and his people, a riveting story of a magical birth, of hope, courage, war, wonder, murder, human struggle and mirth. This rich and colorful tapestry of human life weaves together Hmong spirituality with what we think of as reality.

Der: A True Story

Vue, See

Religion & Spirituality

Plato Unmasked offers readers Plato's dialogues in condensed translations that (1) preserve the flavor of the original Greek and (2) enable the general reader or student to easily follow the thread of Plato's arguments, which are the source of our ideas on romantic love, immortality of the soul, heaven and hell, divine judgment, social contract, political science, felicific calculus, penal reform, equality of women, child rearing (including prenatal care and the importance of rocking infants), universal education (divided into kindergarten, elementary school, and high school), eugenics, behavioral conditioning, professional military, urban planning, marriage counseling, regulation of environmental pollution, and state-mandated care for the aged and insane, to name only a few. This book will appeal to students, teachers, and readers studying Plato who want to easily follow his arguments but at the same time gain insight into the characters of the dialogues and their lives.

Plato Unmasked: The Dialogues Made New

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Though there are slightly more than six million Hmong worldwide, relatively few Americans know much about them. The Hmong people, who steadfastly retained many of their cultural traditions though they settled extensively in China, were forced to become perpetual migrants and montagnards, due to relentless persecution by the Chinese, who considered all but Chinese culture uncivilized. Most Hmong today live in China, Laos, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma, and are all descendants (it is speculated) of Hmong who originally migrated from central Siberia. Hmong: History of a People is a detailed rediscovery of their saga, following Hmong history and tradition from their early settlements in China, up to and including much of their contribution to the war in Vietnam. It is a book of struggle, prowess, and magic, and it reiterates the importance of cultural memory for any race and specifically the importance of the memory for the Hmong. (2016-06-21)

Hmong: History of a People

History

Asia

In Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat, Keith Quincy exposes, with damning clarity, what has been long excluded from the official record of America's military involvement in Southeast Asia: the secret war in Laos and its tragic consequences for the Hmong people and their culture. Exploited for the geographical location of their ancestral lands by the French, Americans, Vietnamese, and Chinese and callously manipulated by the same groups because of the nonaggressive, agrarian structure of their tribal units, by the early 1980s virtually the entire Hmong society had fled to Thailand and the United States, making them a people, a culture, a whole way of being, in exile. Keith Quincy's landmark work shows us the how and why of this terrible outcome, lest we forget that when the fighting stops the devastations of war go on.

Harvesting Pa Chay's Wheat: The Hmong & America's Secret War in Laos

Product Description 
There are slightly more than six million Hmong worldwide, and close to a million in America. Yet few Americans know much about them. Originally non-Asians, they migrated to Siberia and then into China. For most of their history the Hmong have been perpetual migrants. In China, it was the only way they could avoid forced assimilation. Later, in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand they again voted with their feet, drifting up into the mountains beyond the reach of state officials who abused them with impunity. 
After the Second World War, the Hmong of northern Vietnam and Laos allied themselves with the French, and later with the U.S., to fight against the Vietnamese communists. Nearly a third of the Laotian Hmong perished in combat or died from starvation and disease caused by the war. After the communist takeover, thousands more died in concentration camps, perished in rebellions, or were killed trying to escape to Thailand. Of those who did escape, nearly a hundred thousand resettled in the U.S. 
The Hmong are a unique race with a rich heritage. The story of their persecution rivals that of the Old Testament Jews. Through it all they retained their unique religion and culture. They also produced leaders of such remarkable courage that there are few equals in history. Perhaps the greatest of these leaders was Vang Pao, who devoted his life to severing his people, both in Laos and America until his death in 2011. 
Hmong : History of a People is a detailed rediscovery of the Hmong saga from their early years in China, tribulations in Indochina, the major role they played in the Vietnam War, and their adjustment to life in America. Few Americans have ancestors with such a rich and heroic past. We are fortunate they are now part of the American story. 
 About the Author 
Keith Quincy is the author of numerous books in philosophy, economics, biography, and Asian history. He is also the author of a new translation of Plato's dialogues, and two novels. A renowned teacher, he received an award for outstanding teaching from the American Political Science Association. 
Quincy’s interest in the Hmong is more than academic. Many Hmong have become his closest friends. He has sponsored Hmong immigrants, found Hmong jobs, and helped with their education. 
Awarded a football scholarship at UCLA, he played in the Rose Bowl and graduated with a B.A. in philosophy. With academic scholarships, he went on to receive an M.A. in political science, also at UCLA. And a Ph.D. in philosophy at Claremont Graduate University. 
After teaching philosophy at U.C. Riverside and Cal Poly Pomona, Quincy accepted a position at Eastern Washington University, teaching political philosophy. Before his retirement from teaching, Quincy also served as chairman of the Government Department. 
Quincy lives with his wife, Anna, on their horse ranch in Spokane, Washington. After many years of competition in dressage and reining, Quincy divides his time between caring for his horses, feeding wild ducks and turkeys, and his writing. His wife is a talented editor, and goes over everything he writes with a fine tooth comb. She is his constant companion and best friend.

Hmong: History of a People, Third Edition

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