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Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa
Katherine Dettwyler
Waveland Press, 1993
Excellent introduction to African life
I am not an anthropologist but a tourist who has visited Africa and is interested in learning more about African people. I found Katherine Dettwyler's book an excellent introduction to how real people live and deal with their lives in Africa. Dettwyler tells us how ...
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Gypsies
Jan Yoors
Waveland Press, 1987
One of the best Romani resources.
I am of Romani descent, my ancestors were Czech, and as a girl my great-grandmother told me fascinating stories about her family's nomadic lifestyle. For me, Yoors' work was a continuation of my grannies stories. Of all the material I have read on the Romani, I found ...
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Elementary and Middle School Social Studies: An Interdisciplinary, Multicultural Approach
Pamela J. Farris
Waveland Press, 2007
Distinguished Teaching Professor Pamela Farris joins with leading experts, highly qualified in each area of elementary and middle school social studies, to continue a tradition of excellence that has been established in multiple editions. The Fifth Edition offers pre- and in-service teachers an accessible blend of theory and practice, with the ...
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Leadership: A Communication Perspective, Fourth Edition
Michael Z. Hackman, Craig E. Johnson
Waveland Press, Inc., 2003
One of the Best!
Current, cogent, informative, and relevant,are just a few adjectives to describe this wonderful book. The analyses of the different theories and models of leadership show the authors deep awareness of the subject. I find this volume to be enriching in so many ways. ...
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Soil Science Simplified
Helmut Kohnke, D. P. Franzmeier
Waveland Press, 1994
beginner soil science
This book is great for somebody just starting out in soil science. It explains the basics of soil science very well. I would also recommend this book for anybody interested in learning more about the concepts behind agriculture. Although the entire book may not ...
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Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali
Kris Holloway; Consulting Editor John Bidwell
Waveland Press, 2006
Great book
I so enjoyed reading this book. My daughter was in Mali with the PC 10 yrs after Kris so I had a different perspective than the average reader. We so need to appreciate the health care we have in America, as flawed as it sometimes is. I would strongly recommend this ...
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The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV
W. H. Lewis
Waveland Press, 1997
History in the Grand Manner
W.H. Lewis wrote this famous book (dedicated to his brother C.S.) in 1953, but it has stood the test of time very well and provides an excellent introduction to the history of France during the reign of Louis XIV. "The Splendid Century" is history in the grand manner, ...
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Critical Issues in Policing: Contemporary Readings
Waveland Press, 2004
Great text for my Police & Society criminal justice class!
This text is easy to read and understand. It has aided in teaching the theory of Police and Society in my Radford University class. There's no fluff, but just enough to give you what you need.
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Myth and Reality (Religious Traditions of the World)
Mircea Eliade
Waveland Press, 1998
Myth and Reality
Myth and Realty is interesting to read in companion with Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces. The role of "myth" in our contemporary societies is not understood, let alone appreciated. Mircea develops ideas that anyone intrigued by the place of myth in modern ...
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The President
Miguel Angel Asturias
Waveland Press, 1997
No joke.
Enormously important book which rightly got the Nobel Prize for Literature. It could also have gotten it for human rights. Sadly meaningful in 2005 also. I don't understand, however, why people keep using "magic realism" or "surrealism" to describe it. Fantasy? No.
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Thunder Rides a Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches and the Mythic Present
Claire R. Farrer
Waveland Press, 1996
The impressive four-day and four-night Mescalero Apache girls puberty ceremonial provides the structure for Farrer's consideration of the ways in which old myths and legends inform contemporary actions and beliefs. Why people behave as they do is as much a focus as is their actual behavior. Through instructions given to Farrer by Bernard Second, ...
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Organizational Communication in an Age of Globalization: Issues, Reflections, Practices
Lars Thoger Christensen, Theodore E. Zorn, ...
Waveland Press, 2003
I would recommend
A very insightful, well written book. I would recommend this for any organizational communication upper-division college class, as well as anyone who works with (or in) an organization. (Note: this is of course written as a textbook)
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Classics of Criminology, 3rd Edition
Waveland Press, 2004
The Necessary Compilation of Criminology Classics!
Editor Joseph Jacoby has compiled a collection of criminology and criminal justice related treatises representing the benchmarks as well as the most influential writings the discipline has to offer.
The text is broken down into three sections: The Classic ...
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Bronislaw Malinowski
Waveland Press, 1984
An essential work in this history of anthropology
Don't be misled by the occasional discouraged student, this is an important work that must be read by someone seeking to understand the nature and history of the social sciences.
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Ethnic Groups and Boundaries
Frederik Barth
Waveland Press, 1998
When published in Norway nearly thirty years ago, Ethnic Groups and Boundaries marked the transition to a new era of ethnic studies. Today this much-cited classic is regarded as the seminal volume from which stems much current anthropological thinking about ethnicity. Ethnic Groups and Boundaries opens with Barth's invaluable thirty-page essay ...
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