This classic study of the !Kung San, foragers of the Dobe area of the Kalahari Desert, described changes that have come, as recently as 1991, to the Kung rituals, beliefs, social control, marriage and kinship. It documents their emerging determination to take hold of their own destiny - despite exploitation of their habitat and relentless ...
This is the first textbook in microeconomics written exclusively for MBA students. McKenzie/Lee minimizes attention to mathematics and maximizes attention to intuitive economic thinking. The text is structured clearly and accessibly: Part I of each chapter outlines the basic theory and Part II applies this basic theory to management issues. ...
The ultimate road trip cum-baseball-memoir is the long-awaited sequel to the 1984 bestseller, "The Wrong Stuff," which Jonathan Yardley called "the funniest book to come out of a baseball locker room since Jim Bouton's "Ball Four."
Every day we hear about the rich getting richer, we buy their products, watch them on television, and wish we could afford their stock. Picking up where the bestseller "The Millionaire Next Door" left off, this guide reveals eight simple, practical, commonsense rules anyone can follow to save a million dollars - without sacrificing quality of life ...
In this comprehensive survey, 88 contributors write about the history of hunting and gathering, a way of life that goes back millions of years and is still practiced in parts of the world. The book covers the ecology, economy, politics, social framework, spiritual concerns, and current status of many hunter-gatherer groups, and evaluates the ...
This text explains how firms can improve the performance of the people on whom they depend - workers, customers, suppliers, stockholders - by managing the incentives system better. The author argues that incentives are not just a matter of money, but a range of factors which provide a set of rewards that encourage people to work towards a common ...
Recently there has been a renewed interest in moral inquiry among American scholars in a variety of disciplines. This collection of accessible essays by scholars in philosophy, political theory, psychology, history, literary studies, sociology, religious studies, anthropology, and legal studies affords a view of the current state of moral inquiry ...
Perspectives 2000 helps students perfect their oral communication in a variety of real-life settings, comprehend short stories and articles, listen to English in realistic contexts, and write paragraphs.
For most of human history hunting and gathering was a universal way of life. Richard Borshay Lee spent over three years conducting fieldwork among the !Kung San, an isolated population of 1,000 in northern Botswana. When Lee began his work in 19863, the !Kung San were one of the last of the world's people to live this life. By 1973, when Lee last ...
Man the Hunter is a collection of papers presented at a symposium on research done among the hunting and gathering peoples of the world. Ethnographic studies increasingly contribute substantial amounts of new data on hunter-gatherers and are rapidly changing our concept of Man the Hunter. Social anthropologists generally have been reappraising the ...
In 1957, Buzz Cason formed The Casuals, one of the first rock bands in Nashville. Over the next four decades, he worked successfully as a performer, songwriter, producer, actor and recording studio pioneer. He wrote the hit song "Everlasting Love," published the award-winning songs "Honey" and "Little Green Apples," sang with Roy Orbison, Kenny ...
This book presents a provocative defense of market dominance. "In Defense of Monopoly" offers an unconventional but empirically-grounded argument in favor of market monopolies. Authors McKenzie and Lee claim that conventional, static models exaggerate the harm done by real-world monopolies, and show why some degree of monopoly presence is ...
The papers collected in this volume present important information on the history and culture of contemporary gathering and hunting peoples from Canada, India, Africa, Australia and the Philippines. The volume focuses on two themes: first, on the techniques which band-living foraging peoples employ to organise their social and economic lives; and ...
Chinese astrology teaches that people are classified according to certain fundamental types, described by 12 animals, relating to the year of birth. Whether you are a dragon, a monkey, or a snake by birth year, it is certain that you are never just one animal, but a combination of several. This book shows you how to construct and interpret your ...
At the time of the original publication of this book, Richard B. Lee was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and Irven DeVore was Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. This book is the product of a number of years of work by a variety of specialists who each brought their various talents and techniques to bear in ...
A chilling novel from the author of The Vampire's Apprentice. Jack Stone has relived the brutal murder of his young sister many times in his head. Each time, he tries to warn her of the man with the blade--but she never hears his cries. If only he could go back in time. Now Jack is about to get his wish--as he crosses the time barrier of the ...
The thoroughly updated fourth edition of this popular Spiral[registered] Manual is a reliable, practical quick-reference guide to diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. New chapters in this edition answer frequently raised questions about why antibiotics fail and who really needs parenteral antibiotics. The expanded section on AIDS ...
Picking up where the bestseller "The Millionaire Next Door" left off, two of America's most respected economists teach readers eight simple rules for amassing a million-dollar fortune--without sacrificing quality of life.
Clinical trials are an important part of medicine and healthcare today, deciding which treatments we use to treat patients. Anyone involved in healthcare today must know the basics of running and interpreting clinical trial data. Written in an easy-to-understand style by authors who have considerable expertise and experience in both academia and ...
A succinct and powerful collection of wisdom, " Light On The Horizon" is drawn from some of the finest literature of the past 2,500 years. Nicholson presents 52 quotes from poets, philosophers, scientists, and novelists, each followed by thought-provoking discussion. This book captures seminal ideas across the range of human experience, from Plato ...
This is the first modern edition of Richard Hooker's most important ideas on virtually every subject of interest to Christian people, arranged in a topical manner--from A (for "Absolution") to Z for ("Zeal"). The reader can easily access Hooker's wisdom on any topic without having to read through the many volumes of his theological writings. Now, ...
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