Wild Spirits

Author : Martha G. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine written by Martha G. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art and the Wilderness explores African concepts of the nature/culture, wilderness/village dichotomy as it is expressed through works of art. The opposition between nature and culture, one of the fundamental organizing principles of African cosmologies, is an old topic in anthropological discourse. It has, however, never been closely examined in African art. African ideas about the qualities of the wilderness and the village give us insights into African concepts of civilization. These ideas are explored through a sifting of past research and current studies on the subject, and the inclusion of related works of art"--Jacket.

Author : Rosa Jordan
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 145970486X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Spirits written by Rosa Jordan and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Danny Ryan and 19-year-old Wendy Marshall think their friendship is only about looking after two baby raccoons that Danny has rescued. But when a bank holdup upsets Wendy so much that she can hardly stand to be around people, she leaves her job as a teller, retreats to a farm, and surrounds herself with injured and orphaned wildlife. Danny, neglected at home and considered weird in a town where other boys are into hunting, finds peace on the farm, too, plus excitement, as he and Wendy adopt ever more exotic animals such as llamas, bobcats, a serval, an ocelot, and a blind lynx. Over time the two friends develop a bond that goes beyond care of the animals to caring for each other. As it turns out, Wendy rescues not just wildlife but Danny, as well. What’s more, the bank robbers are still at large and still a threat, and Danny, now 14, must act to save Wendy’s life.

Author : Aeryn Havens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945893285
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit Called written by Aeryn Havens and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Meredith Rusu
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 031662814X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit: A Wild Adventure written by Meredith Rusu and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever original, illustrated storybook featuring Lucky and her PALs! DreamWorks Spirit animated feature film coming to theaters June 4, 2021! Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit. Join her journey as she moves to Miradero and meets headstrong Pru, silly Abigail, and their horses, Chica Linda and Boomerang. DreamWorks Spirit © 2021 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Author : David Jennings
Publisher : Mascot Books
ISBN 13 : 9781645431589
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Spirit written by David Jennings and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Wild Turkey is in many ways the story of bourbon itself. From the struggles of nineteenth-century immigrants, to the triumphs of the longest-tenured master distiller in the world, a bold, uniquely American spirit emerges. American Spirit: Wild Turkey Bourbon from Ripy to Russell is a tribute to the perseverance of two families, each perfecting their passion through extraordinary circumstances. It's a testament to Jimmy Russell and his sixty-five years of unmatched dedication to quality. And much like a glass of fine bourbon, it's a journey - a personal reflection on something carefully crafted over time. This book is a love letter to Wild Turkey that all bourbon enthusiasts can raise a glass to and enjoy.

Author : Alex Argenti-Pillen
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812201159
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masking Terror written by Alex Argenti-Pillen and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sri Lanka, staggering numbers of young men were killed fighting in the armed forces against Tamil separatists. The war became one of attrition—year after year waves of young foot soldiers were sent to almost certain death in a war so bloody that the very names of the most famous battle scenes still fill people with horror. Alex Argenti-Pillen describes the social fabric of a rural community that has become a breeding ground and reservoir of soldiers for the Sri Lankan nation-state, arguing that this reservoir has been created on the basis of a culture of poverty and terror. Focusing on the involvement of the pseudonymous village of Udahenagama in the atrocities of the civil war of the late 1980s and the interethnic war against the Tamil guerrillas, Masking Terror describes the response of women in the rural slums of southern Sri Lanka to the further spread of violence. To reconstruct the violent backgrounds of these soldiers, she presents the stories of their mothers, sisters, wives, and grandmothers, providing a perspective on the conflict between Sinhalese and Tamil populations not found elsewhere. In addition to interpreting the impact of high levels of violence on a small community, Argenti-Pillen questions the effects of trauma counseling services brought by the international humanitarian community into war-torn non-Western cultural contexts. Her study shows how Euro-American methods for dealing with traumatized survivors poses a threat to the culture-specific methods local women use to contain violence. Masking Terror provides a sobering introduction to the difficulties and methodological problems field researchers, social scientists, human rights activists, and mental health workers face in working with victims and perpetrators of ethnic and political violence and large-scale civil war. The narratives of the women from Udahenagama provide necessary insight into how survivors of wartime atrocities reconstruct their communicative worlds and disrupt the cycle of violence in ways that may be foreign to Euro-American professionals.

Author : Bruce Rimell
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244962839
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Shimmer Within: Cognitive-Evolutionary Perspectives on Visionary Beings written by Bruce Rimell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of psychedelic drugs plants is rising, and with it the number of reports narrating encounters with otherworldly visionary beings. Approaches to these experiences have often been literal, archetypal or dismissive. Evolutionary psychology and the cognitive science of religion suggest innate and non-imagistic mental foundations for these phenomena arising from easily-triggered evolutionary functions during emotive periods of high cognitive demand. Such functions include agent detection, social intelligence faculties and metacognition. This wide-ranging book explores how our deepest mental processes predispose us as humans to believe in supernatural agents, and presents a new hypothesis of how these same cognitions facilitate the emergence of those agents to become present when psychedelic drugs and plants are ingested. Bruce concludes that visionary beings shimmer within as awe-inspiring products of the mind, an experience which rests at the heart of what it is to be human.

Author : Emily Hussey
Publisher : Winsome Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Spirit written by Emily Hussey and published by Winsome Books. This book was released on 2023-06-25 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A web of sacrifice and lost love in the face of encroaching evil In a world where destiny weaves its intricate tapestry, the lives of innocents hang in the balance. An unspeakable evil threatens their very existence. Bound by an unyielding sense of duty, Bronwen confronts a heart-wrenching choice that could alter her future forever. Safeguard her sister's unborn child means leaving behind the man she loves. Amidst the shadows of secrecy and the burning embers of their love, Kieran embarks on a relentless quest, to reclaim the woman stolen from his grasp. A world-wide search to combat the curse leads to help from unlikely sources. That is the beginning. He still has to bring Bronwen home. Without the transition to Nero, he has no chance. The price of one woman's sacrifice reverberates through the lives of the Harrow Clan, threatening to shatter their very existence. Can they and the Goddess defy encroaching evil and a fate that appears unavoidable? A tale of romantic fantasy set within an Australian country town.

Author : Christopher Thao Vang
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476622620
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hmong Refugees in the New World written by Christopher Thao Vang and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost no one in the West had heard of the Hmong before National Geographic ran a cover story on the Southeast Asian ethnic group that had allied with the United States in the Vietnam War, and few knew of them before their arrival in the U.S. and other Western nations in 1975. Originating in China centuries ago, they have been known by various names—Miao, Meo, Miaozi, Meng or San Miao—some of them derogatory. The Hmong in the West are war-displaced refugees from China and Laos, though they have been misidentified as belonging to other ethnic groups. This mislabeling has caused confusion about the Hmong and their history. This book details the history of the Hmong and their journey from Eastern to Western countries, providing a clear understanding of an immigrant culture little understood by the American public. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : James J. Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521028004
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Speak in Pairs written by James J. Fox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays represents an important advance in the study of oral literature in context.