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Beyond the Fields
Much has been written about Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' heyday in the 1960s and '70s, but the story of their profound, ongoing influence on 21st century social justice movements has until now been left untold. This book unearths this legacy.
Imagining Karma
With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. Exploring in rich detail the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada, and the northwest coast of North America, Obeyesekere compares their ideas with those of the ancient and modern Indic civilizations and with the Greek rebirth theories of Pythagoras, Empedocles, Pindar, and Plato. His groundbreaking and authoritative discussion decenters the popular notion that India was the origin and locus of ideas of rebirth. As Obeyesekere compares responses to the most fundamental questions of human existence, he challenges...
To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth
"This book marks a new milestone in the study of Chinese religious history. Only a scholar as intelligent and dedicated as Campany would dare tackle and so eloquently translate one of the most important and difficult works of early Chinese religious history."—Paul Katz, author of Images of the Immortal: The Cult of Lu Dongbin at the Palace of Eternal Joy "This is a pathbreaking work of lasting significance to the field of Chinese religious history. The scholarship is solid and current, drawing upon the best research from America, Europe, China, and Japan. The translation is accurate, clear, and elegant, based upon an innovative analysis of surviving sources."—Terry Kleeman, author of Gre...
Feminine Wiles
This is the first book to specifically address how to write feature articles for women. It appeals to both active writers and journalists and those who are just beginning.
Tales of the Neighborhood
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The Heaton Families
Nathaniel Heaton (ca.1596-1643/1650) married Elizabeth Wighte in 1630 and emigrated from England to Boston, Massachusetts in 1634. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and elsewhere.
Encountering Kali
Encountering Kali explores one of the most ramarkable divinities the world has seen. The Hindu goddess Kali is simultaneously understood as a blood thirsty warrior a deity of ritual possession a tantric sexual partner and an all loving compassionate mothe. Popular and scholarly interest in her has been on the rise in the west in recent years. Responding to this phenomenon McDermott and Kripal`s volume focuses on the complexities involved in interpreting Kali in both her indigenous south Asian settings and her more recent Western incarnation. Through the shifting lenses of scriptural history temple architecture political reflection and the goddess`s recent guises on the Internet the contributors pose questions that illuminate our understanding of Kali while addressing the problems and promises inherent in every act of cross cultural interpretation.
The Longest Trek
She opened for jazz great Billie Holiday, shared the set with Marilyn Monroe, and flirted on-screen with Jack Lemmon. In her dream role, Gene Roddenberry beamed her aboard the Starship Enterprise as Yeoman Janice Rand in the original ""Star Trek"" series. But a terrifying sexual assault on the studio lot and her lifelong feelings of emptiness and isolation would soon combine to turn her starry dream into a nightmare.
Smallpox
Looks at the history of the smallpox virus, providing an overview of the political, biological, environmental, medical, and legal issues surrounding the question of whether or not the virus should be exterminated.
Feng Shui for the Rest of Us
Life’s Secret is Flow This book is thick and encyclopedic and has every Intentional Feng Shui cure known to humankind (according to Gabrielle Alizay). It is the scientific, long form version of Feng Shui, inspired by Black Hat Tibetan school of thought and written by Gabrielle in a humorous style—non-judgmental and realistic—because life is hard enough. This book is how to make things easier. In the flow. This Second Edition version, which includes added Mouth of Chi cures, is to be used along with Gabrielle’s latest book, Quantum Feng Shui: 9 Accomplishments to Promote Personal and Planetary Peace whenever you intuitively ‘sense’ that you need more wattage with whatever home and...
