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The White Headhunter

Author : Nigel Randell
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472113322
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The White Headhunter written by Nigel Randell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanghaied in San Francisco in 1868, teenage Scots sailor Jack Renton then found himself on a voyage into the heart of darkness. Escaping from his floating prison in an open whaleboat, Renton drifted for 2000 miles, only to be washed up on the shores of a Pacific island shunned by 19th-century mariners, Malaita in the Solomon Islands. There he was stripped of his clothes by headhunters and forced to 'go native' to survive. Initially a slave to their chief, Kabou, he eventually became the man's most trusted warrior and adviser. Renton's own account of his eight-year exile, published after he was rescued, remains the only authenticated account of a mental and physical ordeal that still haunts the imagination to this day. It caused a sensation at the time, though it is now clear that it airbrushed out most of the key events. Researching the Renton legend, Nigel Randell spent several years talking to the Malaitans and piecing together a very different account from Renton's sanitised version. The ultimate irony is that a man so keen to conceal his 'crimes' should have bequeathed their evidence - a necklace of 60 human teeth - to a collector who donated it to a national museum.

The White Headhunter

Author : Nigel Randell
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472113322
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The White Headhunter written by Nigel Randell and published by Constable. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanghaied in San Francisco in 1868, teenage Scots sailor Jack Renton then found himself on a voyage into the heart of darkness. Escaping from his floating prison in an open whaleboat, Renton drifted for 2000 miles, only to be washed up on the shores of a Pacific island shunned by 19th-century mariners, Malaita in the Solomon Islands. There he was stripped of his clothes by headhunters and forced to 'go native' to survive. Initially a slave to their chief, Kabou, he eventually became the man's most trusted warrior and adviser. Renton's own account of his eight-year exile, published after he was rescued, remains the only authenticated account of a mental and physical ordeal that still haunts the imagination to this day. It caused a sensation at the time, though it is now clear that it airbrushed out most of the key events. Researching the Renton legend, Nigel Randell spent several years talking to the Malaitans and piecing together a very different account from Renton's sanitised version. The ultimate irony is that a man so keen to conceal his 'crimes' should have bequeathed their evidence - a necklace of 60 human teeth - to a collector who donated it to a national museum.

A White Headhunter in Borneo

Author : Stephen Holley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A White Headhunter in Borneo written by Stephen Holley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Headhunters

Author : Jo Nesbo
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN 13 : 0307948692
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Headhunters written by Jo Nesbo and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches comes a funny, dark, and twisted caper worthy of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers—about an aspiring art thief and the target who’s about to destroy his life. “If you don’t know Nesbø, it’s time to get with it.” —USA Today Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and he’s a master of his profession. But one career simply can’t support his luxurious lifestyle and his wife’s fledgling art gallery. At an art opening one night he meets Clas Greve, who is not only the perfect candidate for a major CEO job, but also, perhaps, the answer to his financial woes: Greve just so happens to mention that he owns a priceless Peter Paul Rubens painting that’s been lost since World War II—and Roger Brown just so happens to dabble in art theft. But when he breaks into Greve’s apartment, he finds more than just the painting. And Clas Greve may turn out to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to Roger Brown. Don't miss Jo Nesbo's new thriller, Killing Moon, coming soon!

The Headhunter's Daughter

Author : Tamar Myers
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062041789
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Headhunter's Daughter written by Tamar Myers and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamar Myers returns to Africa in The Headhunter’s Daughter, the second book in her wonderful mystery series set in the Belgian Congo in the mid-twentieth century—a riveting and atmospheric follow-up to The Witchdoctor’s Wife. Raised in the Congo herself, the child of missionaries, Myers uses her intimate knowledge of the people, the culture, and the landscape to add richness to this stunning story of an abandoned infant raised by a tribe of headhunters—a masterful mystery that fans of Alexander McCall Smith and The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency will adore.

Among the Head-hunters of Formosa

Author : Janet B. Montgomery McGovern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Among the Head-hunters of Formosa written by Janet B. Montgomery McGovern and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters

Author : Jack London
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826337917
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters written by Jack London and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters" is set in the romantic and dangerous South Seas and illustrated with the original artwork and several maps.

Head Hunters Black and White

Author : Rhys Richards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473226794
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Head Hunters Black and White written by Rhys Richards and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the collecting practices and collections of three collectors in late nineteenth to early twentieth century Solomon Islands. Collectors Arthur Mahaffy, Graham Officer and Arthur Hocart demonstrated different approaches to both collecting and the local people that they interacted with.

Among the Headhunters

Author : Robert Lyman
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 030682468X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Among the Headhunters written by Robert Lyman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying the notorious "Hump" route between India and China in 1943, a twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed in a dense mountain jungle, deep within Japanese-held territory. Among the passengers and crew were celebrated CBS journalist Eric Sevareid, an OSS operative who was also a Soviet double agent, and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's personal political adviser. Against the odds, all but one of the twenty-one people aboard the doomed aircraft survived-it remains the largest civilian evacuation of an aircraft by parachute. But they fell from the frying pan into the fire. Disentangling themselves from their parachutes, the shocked survivors discovered that they had arrived in wild country dominated by a tribe with a special reason to hate white men. The Nagas were notorious headhunters who routinely practiced slavery and human sacrifice, their specialty being the removal of enemy heads. Japanese soldiers lay close by, too, with their own brand of hatred for Americans. Among the Headhunters tells-for the first time-the incredible true story of the adventures of these men among the Naga warriors, their sustenance from the air by the USAAF, and their ultimate rescue. It is also a story of two very different worlds colliding-young Americans, exuberant apostles of their country's vast industrial democracy, coming face-to-face with the Naga, an ancient tribe determined to preserve its local power based on headhunting and slaving.

Sylvia, Queen Of The Headhunters

Author : Philip Eade
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1474609651
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Sylvia, Queen Of The Headhunters written by Philip Eade and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. 'Jaw-dropping ... If you thought White Mischief the last word in English expatriate decadence, you haven't yet met Sylvia and the Brookes' The Times Sylvia Brooke was the consort of His Highness Sir Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, the last in a bizarre dynasty of English despots who ruled their jungle kingdom on Borneo until 1946. The White Rajahs were long held up as model rulers, but the spectacularly eccentric behaviour of Ranee Sylvia - self-styled Queen of the Headhunters - changed everything. This is the compelling story of her part in their downfall.

How to Break Into Pharmaceutical Sales

Author : Tom Ruff
Publisher : Tom Ruff Company
ISBN 13 : 0978607015
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book How to Break Into Pharmaceutical Sales written by Tom Ruff and published by Tom Ruff Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [This book is an] organized 'formulary' written for those who are considering a specific field - 'drug reps', as they are known in the industry.-Introd.

The Lost Tribe of Coney Island

Author : Claire Prentice
Publisher : New Harvest
ISBN 13 : 9780544262287
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Tribe of Coney Island written by Claire Prentice and published by New Harvest. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the story of a group of people from the Philippines who were transported to Coney Island in 1905 to be portrayed as “headhunting, dog-eating savages” in a Luna Park freak show.

Head Hunter

Author : Eric Howling
Publisher : Lorimer
ISBN 13 : 145940968X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Head Hunter written by Eric Howling and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As captain of the Westside Warriors, Colt plays clean and hard. But lately his coach has been losing his temper and ordering the team to win at any cost, even if it means playing dirty. What makes it worse is that Coach is Colt's father, and his erratic behaviour at home and on the field has Colt wondering if something is seriously wrong with his dad. Colt follows Coach's orders to go head hunting and take out an opponent with a helmet-to-helmet hit, but Coach then claims that Colt acted on his own. When it turns out that Colt's dad has symptoms from concussions he suffered in his NFL career, Colt is made acting coach for the championship game. But will he let a teammate continue playing after a hit to the head, even when the teammate's own dad is urging him to play through the pain? This book explores the dangers of concussion in contact sports and the lasting damage they can cause in the context of an action-filled football story.

The Konyaks

Author : Phejin Konyak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789351941125
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Konyaks written by Phejin Konyak and published by . This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - The first time such intensive research and documentation on Konyak tattoo art has been undertaken - An overall view of the Konyak people, their society, way of life and the culture in detail The Konyaks - a once fearsome headhunting tribe in Nagaland on the border of Myanmar in northeast India - are well known for their iconic body and facial tattoos, originally earned for taking an enemy's head. This book - over four years in the making - is the personal journey of a Konyak woman who retraces the steps of her grandfather and great-grandfather by documenting her tribe's tattooing practices. She explores the Konyak's concept of beautification of the body using it as a canvas for art, with inscriptions marked on the skin as a form of rite of passage and cycle of life. With elegant and powerful portraits of elders, both men and women, this book preserves the unique but vanishing practices of the culture, together with tattoo patterns, their meanings, and the oral traditions attached to them in folktales, songs, poems and sayings. It includes descriptions and information on headhunting and tattooing practices; reasons behind them; techniques used; tattoo artists; different tattoo groups; types of tattoos; and personal stories. Contents: The Konyaks; Headhunting; Traditional Tattooing Art; Tattoo Artist; Face Tattoo Group SHEN-TU; Body Tattoo Group TANGTA-TU; Nose Tattoo Group KONG-TU; The Last of the Tattooed Headhunters; Glossary.

HEAD-HUNTERS

Author : ALFRED C. HADDON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033321744
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book HEAD-HUNTERS written by ALFRED C. HADDON and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Headhunters

Author : John King
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448112583
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Headhunters written by John King and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from his bestselling study of violence, The Football Factory, John King considers Britain's other obsession - sex. Formed in the chemical mists of New Year's Eve, The Sex Division sees the once sacred act of procreation at its most material, as five men devise a system based on the sexual act. In this lager-soaked league, the most that women can offer a man is 4 points - unless, that is, she leaves her handbag unattended... From its base in the asset-stripped, emotionally castrated 90s, Headhunters shows the dreams of The Sex Division members breaking through the heavy media cloud of anorexic pin-ups and paedophile fashion. A missing brother, prophetic visions, a love affair, and tit-for-tat confrontation draw the characters out into the open - revealing the men behind the machismo, their need for mutual respect, and their recognition of the hidden or suppressed affinities.

Ilongot Headhunting, 1883-1974

Author : Renato Rosaldo
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804712842
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Ilongot Headhunting, 1883-1974 written by Renato Rosaldo and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study, a history of the kind of people who are supposed to have one, challenges the fashionable view that so-called primitives live in a timeless present. The conventional wisdom, that such societies are static, is shown by the author to be an artifact of anthropological method. By piecing together extended oral histories and written history records, the author found that headhunting among the Ilongots of Northern Luzon, Philippines, was not an unchanging ancient custom, but a cultural practice that has shifted dramatically over the course of the past century. Headhunting stopped, resumed, and stopped again; its victims at various periods were fellow Ilongots, Japanese soldiers, and lowland Christian Filipinos; it took place as surprise attack, planned vendetta, or distant raid against strangers. Placing headhunting in its social, cultural, and historical contexts requires a novel sense of how to use biography, recorded history, and narrative in the analysis of small-scale, non-literate local communities. This study combines historical and ethnographic method and documents the inherent orchestration of structure, events, time, and consciousness. The book is illustrated with 34 photographs.