Sunstone Press
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SUNSTONE PRESS, established in 1971, is an Independent Publisher located in historic Santa Fe, New Mexico. www.sunstonepress.com
A biography of the American Southwest lawman-hero who ruined his own reputation.
February 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
A biography of the American Southwest lawman-hero who ruined his own reputation.
Maybe the doctors in Washington should have told the truth. Maybe the American people had a right to know. Maybe the truth was called for with things in the country as bad as they were.
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Maybe the doctors in Washington should have told the truth. Maybe the American people had a right to know. Maybe the truth was called for with things in the country as bad as they were.
“When I first moved to Santa Fe about 26 years ago, I cried,” the author says. “I didn’t know anyone. Didn’t have a job. All the houses were the same color. The streets didn’t make sense, often turning into one-way roads at whim.
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
“When I first moved to Santa Fe about 26 years ago, I cried,” the author says. “I didn’t know anyone. Didn’t have a job. All the houses were the same color. The streets didn’t make sense, often turning into one-way roads at whim.
An art teacher explores the world of sex and love while discovering himself.
February 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
An art teacher explores the world of sex and love while discovering himself.
This book was compiled from a series that appeared monthly in The Santa Fe New Mexican in honor of the city’s 400th anniversary commemoration in 2010. It illuminates Santa Fe’s enduring promise to cling to roots that are bottomless and to leap into a future that is boundless.
February 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
This book was compiled from a series that appeared monthly in The Santa Fe New Mexican in honor of the city’s 400th anniversary commemoration in 2010. It illuminates Santa Fe’s enduring promise to cling to roots that are bottomless and to leap into a future that is boundless.
Fort Selden was a small frontier fort built in 1865 with the mission of protecting the citizens of the Mesilla Valley in southern New Mexico. This book tells the story of Fort Selden’s beginning, its years of service, and its eventual abandonment.
February 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Fort Selden was a small frontier fort built in 1865 with the mission of protecting the citizens of the Mesilla Valley in southern New Mexico. This book tells the story of Fort Selden’s beginning, its years of service, and its eventual abandonment.
What are tire houses? Who builds them? How do they do it? Will I see the tires when the house is finished? How weird are they? Can I do it myself? It’s all here with many illustrations and photographs.
February 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
What are tire houses? Who builds them? How do they do it? Will I see the tires when the house is finished? How weird are they? Can I do it myself? It’s all here with many illustrations and photographs.
Grandmother helps the village children develop their creativity and imaginations, connect to their history, their traditions, their families, and each other through stories. The children learn good character traits and cultural values through her stories. Sixth book in a series.
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Grandmother helps the village children develop their creativity and imaginations, connect to their history, their traditions, their families, and each other through stories. The children learn good character traits and cultural values through her stories. Sixth book in a series.
This epic historical novel traces the rise of Cam Stearns from a poor illiterate cowboy wanted for murder to one of the wealthiest men in Cuba. From Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders through World Wars I and II to Castro’s revolution, Cam’s life sweeps through the upheavals of the 20th century.
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This epic historical novel traces the rise of Cam Stearns from a poor illiterate cowboy wanted for murder to one of the wealthiest men in Cuba. From Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders through World Wars I and II to Castro’s revolution, Cam’s life sweeps through the upheavals of the 20th century.
This historical romance novel is set in New Mexico, during the period of its statehood in 1912. A daughter of a rancher accompanies her father to Santa Fe as he presides over statehood meetings. She meets an ambitious young lawyer who works in the new governor’s office and falls in love.
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This historical romance novel is set in New Mexico, during the period of its statehood in 1912. A daughter of a rancher accompanies her father to Santa Fe as he presides over statehood meetings. She meets an ambitious young lawyer who works in the new governor’s office and falls in love.
This collection of poems aims to illuminate the spirit of the natural world for the environmentalist, the artist, and the child in each of us. James McGrath’s poems and Margreta Overbeck’s drawings celebrate the essence of the natural world from ants through mountains to wolves.
February 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
This collection of poems aims to illuminate the spirit of the natural world for the environmentalist, the artist, and the child in each of us. James McGrath’s poems and Margreta Overbeck’s drawings celebrate the essence of the natural world from ants through mountains to wolves.
Love: tender, spiritual, lustful, liberating, suffocating. A different truth, a different quest for each of these lovers, dreamers and schemers in this collection of short stories. These are eternal tales of love, its many faces, its many meanings. Includes Readers Guide.
February 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Love: tender, spiritual, lustful, liberating, suffocating. A different truth, a different quest for each of these lovers, dreamers and schemers in this collection of short stories. These are eternal tales of love, its many faces, its many meanings. Includes Readers Guide.
Beecham had planned to control the territory and its rich gold deposits around Prescott, Arizona. He had been stopped dead in his tracks by the relatively unknown young man from Texas named Haddok.
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Beecham had planned to control the territory and its rich gold deposits around Prescott, Arizona. He had been stopped dead in his tracks by the relatively unknown young man from Texas named Haddok.
A Western novel of love and fate set in the Arizona Territory.
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A Western novel of love and fate set in the Arizona Territory.
My words are small, round circles, elm seeds, designed to inhabit cracks. They sprout, growing leaves that call water, roots that hold earth, shade that shelters fruit. . . .
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
My words are small, round circles, elm seeds, designed to inhabit cracks. They sprout, growing leaves that call water, roots that hold earth, shade that shelters fruit. . . .
A fictional account of the lives of a group of bums, tinners and high-steppers set on Skid Row in Depression Era Memphis, Tennessee.
February 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
A fictional account of the lives of a group of bums, tinners and high-steppers set on Skid Row in Depression Era Memphis, Tennessee.
A Festival of Birds is a flock of poems for lovers and wanderers. McGrath’s poems reveal his encounters with the unique and universal cultures of Japan and Okinawa, where he lived for twelve years.
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A Festival of Birds is a flock of poems for lovers and wanderers. McGrath’s poems reveal his encounters with the unique and universal cultures of Japan and Okinawa, where he lived for twelve years.
Cynthia West says, “I follow a poem’s tracks. Each nerve awake, I delve beneath the obvious, turning unnecessary remnants into windows with views to those secrets closer than thought. If I happen upon flotsam discarded on the riverbank, I carefully arrange it into a shrine for seekers to enter."
February 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Cynthia West says, “I follow a poem’s tracks. Each nerve awake, I delve beneath the obvious, turning unnecessary remnants into windows with views to those secrets closer than thought. If I happen upon flotsam discarded on the riverbank, I carefully arrange it into a shrine for seekers to enter."
Waking up to the idea that there may be more to the universe than he learned in Sunday School, Paul Bradley sets off to make sense of all manner of newly discovered spiritual notions. Fortunately he is guided by another computer software guy named Bob who is also a hippie/Zen Buddhist.
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Waking up to the idea that there may be more to the universe than he learned in Sunday School, Paul Bradley sets off to make sense of all manner of newly discovered spiritual notions. Fortunately he is guided by another computer software guy named Bob who is also a hippie/Zen Buddhist.
Two young Tewa Indians time-travel back to 1692 where they forestall a massacre and bring about peace and religious tolerance in what is now New Mexico.
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Two young Tewa Indians time-travel back to 1692 where they forestall a massacre and bring about peace and religious tolerance in what is now New Mexico.
Destined to be an art mogul, Avery Judson serves as an apprentice to an antique shop owner and leaves home to seek his fortune as an art dealer extraordinaire.
February 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Destined to be an art mogul, Avery Judson serves as an apprentice to an antique shop owner and leaves home to seek his fortune as an art dealer extraordinaire.
Bataan, the last bastion stemming the Japanese tidal wave across the Pacific, was about to fall.
February 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Bataan, the last bastion stemming the Japanese tidal wave across the Pacific, was about to fall.
Using New Mexico as a focus, and drawing on memoirs, oral histories, diaries, and autobiographies, Melzer has compiled the most thorough, captivating, and compelling set of true stories about childhood ever to appear in print.
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Using New Mexico as a focus, and drawing on memoirs, oral histories, diaries, and autobiographies, Melzer has compiled the most thorough, captivating, and compelling set of true stories about childhood ever to appear in print.
The story of four New Mexicans, widely divergent in race, faith, and tradition, united in the common cause of America during World War II.
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The story of four New Mexicans, widely divergent in race, faith, and tradition, united in the common cause of America during World War II.
The High Road is more than just a scenic road trip; it is a journey through the lives of the people, past and present, who--tied to the earth, fiercely independent, and staunchly Catholic--settled a hostile land, created a new life for themselves, and became the moral fiber of New Mexico.
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The High Road is more than just a scenic road trip; it is a journey through the lives of the people, past and present, who--tied to the earth, fiercely independent, and staunchly Catholic--settled a hostile land, created a new life for themselves, and became the moral fiber of New Mexico.