Now available in paperback, ” Tribe” tells the story of Bruce Parry`s time spent understanding 15 remote native tribes around the world, a remarkable journey that became a successful BBC series. Over several years, Parry spent a month living with 15 different tribes in remote regions of the world. The result is an insight into wildly differing cultures that are vibrant, hospitable & full of spirit despite numerous hardships. Parry`s insatiable curiosity takes him deep into the heart of each community, whether they be forest people, cannibals or nomadic herders, where beyond the obvious differences, he finds the same loves, trials & issues we have the world over. His encounters also throw up some thought-provoking & challenging questions: is change good? Should we protect tribes people? &, more importantly, who are we to impose our own cultural sensitivities in our judgement of their customs? Along the way, Parry takes part in some ridiculously dangerous rituals, which include taking mammoth amounts of a potentially lethal hallucinogen, having his penis forced back into his body & eating rats` livers cake. He also forges new friendships that will last him a lifetime. ...

This is the story of a television camera crew who, in 1968, attempted to make contact with the Kreen-Akrore
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From the author of THE PERFECT STORM & WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, & what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home. Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder & the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian Junger argues that the problem lies not with vets or with the trauma they`ve suffered, but with the society to which they are trying to return. One of the most puzzling things about veterans who experience PTSD is that the majority never even saw combat-and yet they feel deeply alienated & out of place back home. The reason may lie in our natural inclination, as a species, to live in groups of thirty to fifty people who are entirely reliant on one another for safety, comfort & a sense of meaning: in short, the life of a soldier. It is one of the ironies of the modern age that as affluence rises in a society, so do rates of suicide, depression & of course PTSD. In a wealthy society people don`t need to cooperate with one another, so they often lead much lonelier lives that lead to psychological distress. There is a way for modern society to reverse this trend, however, & studying how veterans react to coming home may provide a clue to how to do it. But it won`t be easy. ...

” Tribes of the Great Rift Valley” is a celebration & photographic study of the traditional peoples who occupy the tiny, remote villages scattered across the deserts, plains, hills & forests of the Great Rift Valley. From the red-ochre-painted warriors of Samburu to the Mursi with their jutting lip-plates to the guinea-fowl-painted faces of the Karo, the people of the Rift Valley remain among the most untouched & unchanged on the planet. This gorgeously illustrated book provides sweeping views of this wild landscape & its people, from the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Eritrea, across the Ethiopian highlands, & down to the great lakes & primordial forests of Kenya, Tanzania & Malawi. These fascinating cultures are remarkably diverse, yet nearly all of their communities & traditions face extinction due to Western influence. For the people of the Rift Valley, this book serves as a historic record of the living traditions they have carried with them into the twenty-first century. For those outside of Africa`s borders, it serves as a family reunion, bringing the viewer into the world of their lost African relatives. This journey into the heart of Africa is designed to be a broad profile of tribal humanity to which every reader has a connection & provides a lasting record, perhaps even the last record, of a quickly disappearing way of life. ...

Tribes of the World depicts the faces, the hands, restores the voice & the immense cultural heritage that we own to tribes worldwide, undervalued, hidden if not threatened by the greed of men & what we sometimes quickly call ` Progress`. From Australia to Senegal, from Peru to Quebec, from Laos to Ethiopia, from Greenland to Ladakh, from Lapland to Malaysia, Anne de Vandiere documents skills, philosophies, harmonious & altruistic lifestyles, all of which are based on an affinity between men & the Earth, & lead to the future as much as others. ...

When Charlie Flint is sent a mysterious package of cuttings about a brutal murder, it instantly grabs her attention. The murder occurred in the grounds of her old Oxford college
- a groom battered to death just hours after his wedding. As his bride & wedding guests sipped champagne, his alleged killers were slipping his bloodstained body into the river. Charlie doesn`t know who sent the package, or why, yet she can`t get the crime out of her head. But as she delves deeper, & steps back into the mysterious world of Oxford colleges, she realises that there is much more to this crime than meets the eye...
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Acclaimed historian Natalie Zemon Davis`s accessible & dramatic biography was widely hailed as a masterpiece & tells the story of Leo Africanus, a sixteenth-century Moroccan who embodies the rich & complex exchanges between Europe & Africa during the Renaissance. ” Trickster Travels” offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial & often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him, & is a superb interpretation of his extraordinary life & work. ...

Trier on a topographic map at 1:200, 000 from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Germany’s federal mapping agency. The map covers an area of Approx. 100 x 90km. This map is belongs to a series of 58 topographic maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, the federal cartographic agency of Germany responsible for topographic mapping at 1:200, 000 & maps at smaller scales (the more detailed topographic & leisure maps are prepared & published by the survey organizations of the individual states). Cartography is from the 200K topographic survey & the maps have very elegant, modern look whilst retaining the traditional German presentation of names of smaller towns & villages in italics. Contours are at 12, 5m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, with colouring for woodlands, moors, marches, vineyards & hop plantations. Waterways & rivers are also described in detail, with currents, waterfalls, dams, & jetties clearly marked. Road network, graded into five types, highlights in colour national & regional roads; no driving distances are marked Railway network is also shown in detail, with stations, goods only lines, etc. The maps show administrative boundaries of states & counties, & have a UTM grid plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 2’ intervals. Map legend is in German only. PLEASE NOTE: maps in this series provide an excellent presentation of the areas covered by them, with plenty of place names & detailed representation of the road network, & will appeal to anyone who likes quality cartography, but they are not necessarily the best option for holiday & business travel. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Trier & its Environs on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible cycling map at 1:75, 000 from the ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club
- the official German cycling federation), in a series of maps with extensive overprint for long-distance & local cycling routes. GPS waypoints, route profiles, details of online links for information about accommodation etc. are also provided. Maps included in this series are contoured & the interval varies according to the type of the terrain. Steep sections are annotated with gradient markings. Colouring and/or graphics show various types of landscape: woods, vineyards, etc. An overprint highlights both the national long-distance cycling routes & the shorter local cycling trails, each clearly identified by a symbol and/or an abbreviation of its name. Sections with heavy traffic and/or poor road surface are clearly marked. Symbols indicate various facilities, such as railway stations with cycle hire, cycle repair shops, campsites, youth hostels, shelters, country restaurants/bars, sport & leisure facilities. Maps have a UTM grid for measuring distances & for determining location using GPS device & they are printed on weather resistant & tear-resistant paper. Each map covers an area of Approx. 130 x 87 km & the map legend is in German only. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Falk, one of Germany`s leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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