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Author : United States. Geographic Names Division
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book U.S.S.R. written by United States. Geographic Names Division and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeanne Willis
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ISBN 13 : 9781844286492
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Shamanka written by Jeanne Willis and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is magic? What is illusion? What is real? Sam Khaan has just discovered a witch doctor's notebook in her attic. Convinced that it belongs to her long-lost father - the son of a witch doctor - she sets out on a journey to discover the answers to these questions.
Author : United States. Geographic Names Division
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 950 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book U.S.S.R., Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names: S-T. (ix, 934 p.) written by United States. Geographic Names Division and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States Board on Geographic Names
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Gazetteer - United States Board on Geographic Names written by United States Board on Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrzej W. Weber
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1934536393
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia written by Andrzej W. Weber and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siberia's Lake Baikal region is an archaeologically unique and emerging area of hunter-gatherer research, offering insights into the complexity, variability, and dynamics of long-term culture change. The exceptional quality of archaeological materials recovered there facilitates interdisciplinary studies whose relevance extends far beyond the region. The Baikal Archaeology Project—one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the history of subarctic archaeology—is conducted by an international multidisciplinary team studying Middle Holocene (about 9,000 to 3,000 years B.P.) hunter-gatherers of the region. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the project includes scholars in archaeology, physical anthropology, ethnography, molecular biology, geophysics, geochemistry, and paleoenvironmental studies. This book presents the current team's research findings on questions about long-term patterns of hunter-gatherer adaptive strategies. Grounded in interdisciplinary approaches to primary research questions of cultural change and continuity over 6,000 years, the project utilizes advanced research methods and integrates diverse lines of evidence in making fundamental and lasting contributions to hunter-gatherer archaeology. Content of this book's DVD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376587.
Author : Anna Shields
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684174309
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Crafting a Collection written by Anna Shields and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Compiled in 940 at the court of the kingdom of Shu, the Huajian ji is the earliest extant collection of song lyrics by literati poets. The collection has traditionally been studied as the precursor to the lyrics of the Song dynasty, or in terms of what it contributed to the later development of the genre. But scholars have rarely examined the work as an anthology, and have more often focused on the work of individual poets and their respective contributions to the genre.In this book, Anna Shields examines the influence of court culture on the creation of the anthology and the significance of imitation and convention in its lyrics. Shields suggests that by considering the Huajian ji only in terms of its contributions to a later “model,” we unnecessarily limit ourselves to a single literary form, and risk overlooking the broader influence of Tang culture on the Huajian ji. By illuminating the historical and literary contexts of the anthology, the author aims to situate the Huajian ji within larger questions of Chinese literary history, particularly the influence of cultural forces on the emergence of genres and the development of romantic literature."
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Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Gazetteer written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Watts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135903123
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Relational Archaeologies written by Christopher Watts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us accept as uncontroversial the belief that the world is comprised of detached and disparate products, all of which are reducible to certain substances. Of those things that are alive, we acknowledge that some have agency while others, such as humans, have more advanced qualities such as consciousness, reason and intentionality. So deeply-seated is this metaphysical belief, along with the related distinctions we draw between subject/object, mind/body and nature/culture that many of us tacitly assume past groups approached and apprehended the world in a similar fashion. Relational Archaeologies questions how such a view of human beings, ‘other-than-human’ creatures and things affects our reconstruction of past beliefs and practices. It proceeds from the position that, in many cases, past societies understood their place in the world as positional rather than categorical, as persons bound up in reticular arrangements with similar and not so similar forms regardless of their substantive qualities. Relational Archaeologies explores this idea by emphasizing how humans, animals and things come to exist by virtue of the dynamic and fluid processes of connection and transaction. In highlighting various counter-Modern notions of what it means ‘to be’ and how these can be teased apart using archaeological materials, contributors provide a range of approaches from primarily theoretical/historicized treatments of the topic to practical applications or case studies from the Americas, the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Author : United States. Office of Geography
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book U.S.S.R. and Certain Neighboring Areas, Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names written by United States. Office of Geography and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sana Loue
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306480735
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Women's Health written by Sana Loue and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designated a Reference Reviews Top Ten Print Reference Source 2005 The Encyclopedia of Women's Health meets this challenge by bringing together an impressive array of experts on topics from reproductive issues to gastrointestinal illnesses. This skilfully edited volume, informed by current health issues and health-care realities, offers readers practical information, historical aspects, and future directions, all meticulously researched and conveniently presented. Key features include: -Accessible A-to-Z coverage, including AIDS, birth control, hormone replacement therapy, teen pregnancy, sexual harassment, violence, body image, access to health care and more. -Entries spanning the medical, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, and legal arenas. -Medical topics explored from both conventional and complementary perspectives. -Cross-cultural data illustrate issues as they apply to minority women, rural women, the elderly, and other underserved populations. -Special chapters on disparities in women's health and health care. -Historical overview of women in health - as patients and as professionals. -Suggested readings and resource lists.
Author : Jing Shen
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073913857X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Playwrights and Literary Games in Seventeenth-Century China written by Jing Shen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-08-04 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playwrights and Literary Games in Seventeenth-Century China: Plays by Tang Xianzu, Mei Dingzuo, Wu Bing, Li Yu, and Kong Shangren is a full-length study of chuanqi (romance) drama, a sophisticated form with substantial literary and meta-theatrical value that reigned in Chinese theater from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries and nourished later theatrical traditions including jingju (Beijing Opera). Highly educated dramatists used chuanqi to present in artistic form personal, social, and political concerns of their time. There were six outstanding examples of these trends, considered masterpieces in their time and ever since. This study presents them in their social and cultural context during the long seventeenth century (1580D1700), the period of great experimentation and political transition. The romantic spirit and independent thinking of the late Ming elite stimulated the efflorescence of the chuanqi, and that legacy was inherited and investigated during the second half of the seventeenth-century in early Qing. Jing Shen examinees the texts to demonstrate that the playwrights appropriate, convert, or misinterpret other genres or literary works of enduring influence into their plays to convey subtle and subversive expressions in the fine margins between tradition and innovation, history and theatrical re-presentation. By exploring the components of romance in texts from late Ming to early Qing, Shen reveals creative readings of earlier themes, stories, plays and the changing idea of romanticism for chuanqi drama. This study also shows the engagement of literati playwrights in closed literary circles in which chuanqi plays became a tool by which literati playwrights negotiated their agency and social stature. The five playwrights whose works are analyzed in this book had different experiences pursuing government service as scholar-officials; some failed to achieve high office. But their common concerns and self-conscious literary choices reveal important insights into the culture of the seventeenth century, and into the sociopolitical implications of the chuanqi genre. In addition to classical Chinese commentaries on chuanqi drama, this book uses modern critical theories and terminology on Western drama to enhance the analysis of chuanqi plays.
Author : Gwen Robbins Schug
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351030442
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Climate and Environmental Change written by Gwen Robbins Schug and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook examines human responses to climatic and environmental changes in the past,and their impacts on disease patterns, nutritional status, migration, and interpersonal violence. Bioarchaeology—the study of archaeological human skeletons—provides direct evidence of the human experience of past climate and environmental changes and serves as an important complement to paleoclimate, historical, and archaeological approaches to changes we may expect with global warming. Comprising 27 chapters from experts across a broad range of time periods and geographical regions, this book addresses hypotheses about how climate and environmental changes impact human health and well-being, factors that promote resilience, and circumstances that make migration or interpersonal violence a more likely outcome. The volume highlights the potential relevance of bioarchaeological analysis to contemporary challenges by organizing the chapters into a framework outlined by the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Planning for a warmer world requires knowledge about humans as biological organisms with a deep connection to Earth's ecosystems balanced by an appreciation of how historical and socio-cultural circumstances, socioeconomic inequality, degrees of urbanization, community mobility, and social institutions play a role in shaping long-term outcomes for human communities. Containing a wealth of nuanced perspectives about human-environmental relations, book is key reading for students of environmental archaeology, bioarchaeology, and the history of disease. By providing a longer view of contemporary challenges, it may also interest readers in public health, public policy, and planning.
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603849106
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Battles, Betrayals, and Brotherhood written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180–220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280.
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603843035
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250–1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic literature during an extraordinarily eventful period in Chinese history. Not only are the eleven plays in this volume expertly translated into lively, idiomatic English; they are each provided with illuminating, scholarly introductions that are yet fully intelligible to the educated lay reader. A marvelous volume.--Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
Author : Alyxandra Harvey
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408841584
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Vampire Bites: A Taste of the Drake Chronicles written by Alyxandra Harvey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devour three darkly romantic adventures and sharpen your knowledge of how to catch a vampire - and perhaps a handsome Drake brother of your own - in this breathtaking bind-up, only available in eBook format. A Killer First Date Lucy Hamilton in mad about her best friend's brother, Nicholas Drake. Who wouldn't be? He's super sexy and deliciously dangerous. And Nicholas thinks Lucy is hot too. But what with all the life-and-death drama in their hometown of Violet Hill lately, they've not been on a first date - not officially. It's time they got away from it all. But that's easier said than done when your boyfriend was born into an ancient vampire dynasty . . . A Field Guide to Vampires: Annotated by Lucy Hamilton Every new recruit to the Helios-Ra Society is issued this guidebook, with secrets to the inner workings of the vampires they are hunting. But when new recruit Lucy Hamilton gets her hands on a copy, she can't help but add a few notes of her own. After all, she has first-hand knowledge of the various vampire societies that often contradicts the conventional wisdom of her new academy. Corsets and Crossbows It is 1816 and it's time to make room for new traditions! Rosalind Wild thinks it's time for the Helios-Ra to give full membership to the female descendants of the society. So when Rosalind interrupts a plot to assassinate the leader of the Helios-Ra, she sees an opportunity to prove her worth. But she never expected the assassin to be someone so irresistible, and off-limits. Written as a series of letters to a close confidante, this e-novella gives a glimpse of the early days of the vampire-hunting society as seen through the eyes of the feisty ancestor of Hunter Wild, Quinn Drake's girlfriend. Lost Girls The fight between Drakes and vampires starts here! The thrilling story of how Liam Drake met his perfect match.
Author : T. E. Macarthur
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781466225992
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (259 download)
Download or read book Shamanka written by T. E. Macarthur and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shamanka is the first oracle deck based on the principals of Ancient Shamanism and Modern Divination. Created by T.E. MacArthur, this deck utilizes themes and inspiration from Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal, Siberia and the Pacific Northwest. MacArthur's beautiful, haunting art captures the essence of Shamanic working and interprets it through the cards. The cards represent various characters - the Shamaness, the Healer, the Teacher, and others - as well as physical objects - drum, mask, etc. - which are used in Shamanism. Note that Amazon sells only *the book*. The deck is available through the distributor.
Author : Gloria Flaherty
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400862647
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century written by Gloria Flaherty and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuing special experiences that take them to the brink of permanent madness or death, men and women in every age have "returned" to heal and comfort their fellow human beings--and these shamans have fascinated students of society from Herodotus to Mircea Eliade. Gloria Flaherty's book is about the first Western encounters with shamanic peoples and practices. Flaherty makes us see the eighteenth century as an age in which explorers were fascinating all Europe with tales of shamans who accomplished a "self-induced cure for a self-induced fit." Reports from what must have seemed a forbidden world of strange rites and moral licentiousness came from botanists, geographers, missionaries, and other travelers of the period, and these accounts created such a stir that they permeated caf talk, journal articles, and learned debates, giving rise to plays, encyclopedia articles, art, and operas about shamanism. The first part of the book describes in rich detail how information about shamanism entered the intellectual mainstream of the eighteenth century. In the second part Flaherty analyzes the artistic and critical implications of that process. In so doing, she offers remarkable chapters on Diderot, Herder, Goethe, and the cult of the genius of Mozart, as well as a chapter devoted to a new reading of Goethe's Faust that views Faust as the modern shaman. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
