books by Ronald Wright

books by Ronald Wright

books:

Ronald Wright

Stolen Continents: 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas

Ronald Wright

Mariner Books, 2005

An interestingly different take on accepted history
This is a great book, make no mistake. It is very easy to follow without dumbing down at all. The book looks at the histories of five peoples of North and South America since Columbus landed in 1492: these are the Aztec, Inca, Maya, Iroquois and Cherokee. The book ...

Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico

Ronald Wright

Grove Press, 2000

Essential guide for Maya lands -
Classic, essential, practical. Don't leave home for Maya lands without it.

Stolen Continents: The "New World" Through Indian Eyes

Ronald Wright

Mariner Books, 1993

Very accurate history
I can't speak for the history of all the five nations, but my wife is Cherokee. Her family predates the arrival of the white race. She has a big thick book documenting the family genealogy compiled by her father, a true researcher. The words of Dragging Canoe, a ...

The Blizzard
Betty Ren Wright

Holiday House, 2005

When a blizzard blows into town on Billy's tenth birthday, he's convinced his day is ruined. But as the winds begin picking up and the snow falls heavier, thing don't turn out as he expected. Billy's house is the nearest one to school, and it looks as though he'll be having a few after-school guests for a slumber party bigger than any celebration ...

Criminal Procedures: Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials (Casebook)

Marc L. Miller, Ronald F. Wright

Aspen Publishers, 2003

Horrendous
We used this casebook for our criminal procedure adjucation course (bail to jail). The authors apparently hatched this cockamamie idea about writing a non-traditional criminal procedure casebook, and the result of their "efforts" is this 1500 page paperweight. The idea ...

On Fiji Islands (Travel Library)

Ronald Wright

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1987

Great book to read if traveling to Fiji
This was a fun book to read while traveling in Fiji. It provides a great perspective of the history of the islands complete with interesting and sometimes entertaining antecdotes of the author's travels through Fiji. The text alternates between the author's personal ...

Hope for Children in Poverty: Profiles and Possibilities

Judson Press, 2007

A Must Read for Anyone Involved in Children's and Youth Work
This is the book I have been waiting for somebody to publish for years... HOPE for Children in Poverty: Profiles and Possibilities is one of the most essential tools that I would recommend as a must read for anyone involved in youth work in the United States. Edited ...

An Illustrated Short History of Progress
Ronald Wright

House of Anansi Press, 2006

A Short History of Progress

Ronald Wright

Da Capo Press, 2005

Absolutely well-written and thought-provoking
This is a really interesting book that briefly talks about the rise and fall of civilizations, the factors that leads to their collapse. At the end of each sections, the author poses questions to ponder. Why this happened and what caused that to happen. In very fine ...

A Short History Of Progress: 2004 Massey Lecture (Ideas)

Ronald Wright

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio), 2004

Those who do not remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.
Audio books are my new favourites for relaxation. The long car journeys are obvious, but I'm starting to play these discs at odd times around the house. Wright has a beautiful delivery, so even if you loose focus on the compelling material as he delivers it, the ...

Henderson's Spear: A Novel

Ronald Wright

Picador, 2003

a ripping good yarn!
A Canadian filmaker writes from a Tahitian jail to her unknown daughter she gave up at birth, of her troubled past & her family's buried history. In the search for her father, a pilot missing since the Korean War, Liv travels to Polynesia his last known whereabouts, & ...

Stolen Continents
Ronald Wright

Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000

Criminal Procedures: Prosecution And Ajudication: Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials (Casebook)
Marc L. Miller, Ronald F. Wright

Aspen Publishers, 2005

Lonely Planet Quechua: Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kit)

Ronald Wright

Lonely Planet Publications, 1990

Easy to use, covers a lot of material, inexpensive
This easy-to-use reference shows how the words are built, with things like verb endings, infixes, suffixes. It's small, but it has a lot of useful material; for the price it's OUTSTANDING. The SECOND edition is completely revised, by a different author (excellent ...

Building Friends
Ronald Kidd

Favorite Recipes Press (FRP), 1997

Rosa loves spending time in her new treehouse, especially now that her friend Matthew is helping her fix it up. Then some volunteers begin a new Habitat house next door, and as the two houses take shape, we learn along with Rosa and Matthew that the act of building together enriches all of us.