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Book The Unlikely Bushman

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ron Hicks
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1409294889
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book The Unlikely Bushman written by Ron Hicks and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Unlikely Bushman

Download or read book The Unlikely Bushman written by Ron Hicks and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Heart of Dryness

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  • Author : James G. Workman
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2009-08-11
  • ISBN : 0802719619
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Heart of Dryness written by James G. Workman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We don't govern water. Water governs us," writes James Workman. In Heart of Dryness, he chronicles the memorable, cautionary tale of the famed Bushmen of the Kalahari--remnants of one of the world's most successful civilizations, today at the exact epicenter of Africa's drought--and their remarkable, widely publicized battle over water with the government of Botswana, to explore the larger story of what many feel is becoming the primary resource battleground of the 21st century: water. The Bushmen's story may well prefigure our own. Even the most upbeat optimists concede the U.S. now faces an unprecedented water crisis. Large dams on the Colorado River, which serve 30 million in 7 states, will be dry in 13 years. Southeast drought cut Tennessee Valley Authority hydropower in half, exposed Lake Okeechobee's floor, dried $787 million of Georgia's crops, and left Atlanta with 60 days of water. Cities east and west are drying up. As reservoirs and aquifers fail, officials ration water, neighbors snitch on one another, corporations move in, and states fight states to control shared rivers. Each year, inadequate water kills more humans than AIDS, malaria, and all wars combined. Global leaders pray for rain. Bushmen tap more pragmatic solutions. James Workman illuminates the present and coming tensions we will all face over water and shows how, from the remoteness of the Kalahari, a primitive (by our standards) people is showing the world a viable path through the encroaching desert of the coming Dry Age.

Book Joseph Smith

Download or read book Joseph Smith written by Richard Lyman Bushman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-03-13 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, moves beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud to explore his personality, his relationships with others, and how he received revelations. An arresting narrative of the birth of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling also brilliantly evaluates the prophet’s bold contributions to Christian theology and his cultural place in the modern world.

Book Anthropology and the Bushman

Download or read book Anthropology and the Bushman written by Alan Barnard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. The transformation of that image is important. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other anthropologists who use this work. Anthropology and the Bushman covers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and recent work on advocacy and social development. It reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. The book highlights how Bushman or San ethnography has contributed to anthropological controversy, for example in the debates on the degree of incorporation of San society within the wider political economy, and on the validity of the case for 'indigenous rights' as a special kind of human rights. Examining the changing image of the Bushman, Barnard provides a new contribution to an established anthropology debate.

Book Bushman Roundup

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  • Author : John Bushman Family Association
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 30 pages

Download or read book Bushman Roundup written by John Bushman Family Association and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Specimens of Bushman Folklore

Download or read book Specimens of Bushman Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Specimens of Bushman Folklore  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Specimens of Bushman Folklore Classic Reprint written by W. H. I. Bleek and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Specimens of Bushman Folklore In the spelling of the native text in the volume now completed, various irregularities will be Observed. These have their source chiefly in two causes. One of these was the endeavour always to write down, as nearly as possible, the sounds heard at the time; the other, that Dr. Blech's orthography was of a more scientific kind than that Of the other collector, whose ear had been mainly accustomed to English sounds. In a few instances, the new lines in the native text and translation do not correspond; as the Bushman and English proofs had Often to be sent over separately to Germany for correction. The corresponding marginal numbers, by the side of the native texts and the translation (which refer to the pages in the original manuscripts), will, it is hoped, be of material assistance to those wishing to study the Bushman language from this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Vol IV AN INACCESSIBLE MORMON ZION  EXPULSION FROM JACKSON COUNTY

Download or read book Vol IV AN INACCESSIBLE MORMON ZION EXPULSION FROM JACKSON COUNTY written by JOHN J HAMMOND and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INACCESSIBLE MORMON ZION:EXPULSION FROM JACKSON COUNTY This is Volume IV of an epic, multi-volume work entitled The Quest for the New Jerusalem: A Mormon Generation Saga, which combines family, Mormon, and American history, focusing upon how the author’s ancestors were affected by their conversion to the Mormon religion. In Volume I, four of the author’s ancestral families—the Carters, Hammonds, Knowltons, and Spencer’s—and the ancestors of Mormon Church founders Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are followed from the time they enter the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England in the 1600s down to the early 1800s. Toward the end of Volume I, the focus is upon Joseph Smith and his family, including their move from Vermont to western New York and their religious and occult “magic worldviews.” Volume II takes up the narrative at about the year 1820, and involves a detailed, comprehensive, and critical look at the events in the life of Joseph Smith, Jr., during the decade in which he purportedly was visited by numerous heavenly messengers, received the “golden plates,” translated the writing on the plates to produce the Book of Mormon, received priesthood authority from other heavenly messengers, published the Book of Mormon, and organized the Mormon Church. There is a detailed examination of the contentious debate concerning the authenticity of the Book of Mormon and the validity of Smith’s 1820s visionary experiences. The later chapters describe the movement of Church headquarters from western New York to northeastern Ohio in early 1831, Smith’s interest in western Missouri as the site for his New Jerusalem/Zion, and the conversion of the author’s direct ancestor Simeon Daggett Carter. Volume III roughly covers Mormon history for the years 1831-33, and describes the influence of Sidney Rigdon and many other Ohio Campbellites (Disciples of Christ Church members) on the early Mormon Church. Numerous Joseph Smith revelations designate Jackson County, Missouri, as the New Jerusalem/Zion, the place where the Second Coming of Christ will soon take place. However, Smith chooses to live instead in Kirtland, Ohio, and serious disagreements and tensions develop between Smith in Ohio and Missouri Mormon leaders. Smith begins construction of a temple in Kirtland, and angry Missourians rise up in the summer of 1833 and violently expel the Mormons from Jackson County. They are given temporary sanctuary mainly in Clay County, located across the Missouri River to the north. Volume IV describes the expulsion of Mormons from Jackson County, the efforts of Missouri state officials to deal with the explosive situation, and Smith’s attempt to explain why his Missouri Zion is now off-limits to Mormons, although the Lord purportedly has designated it as the site for the hallowed New Jerusalem and imminent Second Coming of Christ. Smith recruits a Mormon army (“Zion’s Camp”) and leads it from Ohio to western Missouri in an unsuccessful effort to forcefully “redeem Zion,” and fourteen members of the camp die of cholera at the end of the trek, including one of the author’s Carter ancestors. There are serious recriminations against Smith within the Mormon Church on account of the total failure of this military venture, and a member of the Kirtland High Council—Sylvester Smith—brings formal charges against him. In the “trial,” however, the accuser quickly becomes the accused, and to avoid excommunication Sylvester is forced to apologize profusely for his “false accusations” against “The Prophet.” A disgruntled, excommunicated Mormon--Doctor Philastus Hurlbut--travels to western New York in late 1833 and collects numerous affidavits from residents of the Palmyra/Manchester area alleging that the young Joseph Smith, his father, and some of his brothers engaged in illegal, occult, “treasure-seer,” “treasurer-digging” activities during the 1820s, and were lazy and dishonest. Many of these affidavits are published by Pain

Book Jackie Bushman s Top 50 Whitetail Tactics

Download or read book Jackie Bushman s Top 50 Whitetail Tactics written by Jackie Bushman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 400,000 members, Buckmasters is an organization devoted entirely to deer and deer hunting. Founded fifteen years ago by Jackie Bushman, Buckmasters prides itself on disseminating hunting information that its members can put to good use. After fifteen years of heading up Buckmasters and hosting the nationally acclaimed Buckmasters television series, Jackie Bushman has picked up a wealth of information on whitetail hunting. And now, for the first time, he has put it all down in his first book. Containing his favorite fifty hunting tips--everything from reading tracks and droppings, to understanding deer habits and habitat, to choosing the right guns and gear for the hunt at hand, to proper placement of tree-stands--Jackie Bushman's Top 50 Whitetail Tactics is guaranteed to soar to the top of the deer-hunting charts. Liberally illustrated with color photographs throughout, plus illustrations and diagrams, this is the type of book that all deer hunters--be they members of Buckmasters or not--will appreciate. They can't help but come away as more knowledgeable deer hunters after reading this book. The only question is, when will Jackie Bushman come out with his next volume? You can be sure people will be asking for it as soon as they finish this one.

Book Bushmen in a Victorian World

Download or read book Bushmen in a Victorian World written by Andrew Bank and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilhelm Bleek was fascinated by African languages and set out to make sense of a complex and alien Bushman tongue. At first Lucy Lloyd worked as his assistant, but soon proved to be so gifted a linguist and empathetic a listener that she created a monumental record of Bushman culture. Their informants were a colorful cast. The teenager, /A!kunta, taught Bleek and Lloyd their first Bushman words and sentences. The wise old man and masterful storyteller, //Kabbo, opened their eyes to a richly imaginative world of myth and legend. The young man, Dia!kwain, explained traditional beliefs about sorcery, while his friend #Kasin spoke of Bushman medicines and poisons. The treasures of Bushman culture were most fully revealed in conversations with a middle-aged man known as /Han=kass'o, who told of dances, songs and the meaning of images on rocks. The human histories and relationships involved in this unique collaboration across cultures are explored in full for the first time in this remarkable narrative.

Book Outback Bushmen

Download or read book Outback Bushmen written by Paul Freeman and published by Paul Freeman Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The fourth book in the series by renowned photographer Paul Freeman, which studies men and masculinity in rugged outdoor and rustic farm settings. In this book Freeman uses the Australian bush and its' changing moods to explore his male aesthetic, and to style and weather his subjects"--Jacket.

Book Specimens of Bushman Folklore

Download or read book Specimens of Bushman Folklore written by W. H. I. Bleek and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Book The Plains of Camdeboo

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eve Palmer
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
  • Release : 2012-09-28
  • ISBN : 0143528963
  • Pages : 468 pages

Download or read book The Plains of Camdeboo written by Eve Palmer and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Karoo is a vast semi-desert region that extends across parts of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This environmentally important area is the largest ecosystem in the country and is abundant in wildlife, vegetation, and ancient history. The Plains of Camdeboo is a celebration of this remarkable landscape. At first encounter the Karoo may seem arid, desolate and unforgiving, but to those who know it, it is a land of secret beauty and infinite variety. For generations author Eve Palmer's family have lived on the Karoo farm of Cranemere, situated on the Plains of Camdeboo. This family have battled for decades against this harsh desert; they have had to adapt to it, learning to fear, respect, and ultimately love it. First published in 1966, The Plains of Camdeboo has become a classic in South African literature. Here is a book that is not autobiography, not history, not botanical study, but all of these and more, blending into a uniquely vivid and personal account of life in the Karoo. The animals, the insects, the wealth of fossils, the countless flowers that spring miraculously to life after rain - all are woven into this rich and engaging story.

Book Proof  the Truth About the Existence and Identity of God

Download or read book Proof the Truth About the Existence and Identity of God written by Daniel N.N and published by BookCountry. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world filled with many different ideologies of whether God exists or not, or who amongst the thousands of deities that claim to be the sovereign God is indeed the true God, can be confusing. Can all these religious or non-religious groups be telling the truth? Or can there be more than one origin for man as indicated by the existence of all the different religious and non-religious beliefs? Certainly not! The fact is there is only one true origin for man, and as such only one true explanation of how man and the universe came to existence. So who is telling the truth? PROOF: The Truth about the Existence and Identity of God, is dedicated to establishing this very fact; that the universe has one single Creator, and elements within it clearly show that it was intelligently designed and thus it is not a product of some random act as explained by some scientific theories.

Book Human Adaptation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yehudi A. Cohen
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2017-07-12
  • ISBN : 1351514725
  • Pages : 533 pages

Download or read book Human Adaptation written by Yehudi A. Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underlying the anthropological study of humans is the principle that there is a reality to which a human must adapt for survival. Populations must adapt to the realities of the physical world and maintain a proper fit between their biological makeup and the pressures of the various niches of the world. Social groups must develop adaptive mechanisms in the organization of their social relations if there is to be order, regularity, and predictability in patterns of cooperation and competition. This book presents an introduction to anthropology that is unified and made systematic by its focus on adaptations that have accompanied the evolution of humans, from non-human primates to inhabitants of vast urban areas in modern industrial societies. Human Adaptation contains over forty outstanding essays that are intended to serve as an introduction to physical anthropology, archeology, and linguistics from the point of view of the processes of adaptation. The organization of these selections contains a balance between biological and prehistoric cultural adaptations. They provide coherence for the study of human evolution. Several selections, notably those in connection with linguistic adaptations, deal with contemporary people in order to shed light on earlier evolutionary processes. More than half of the selections deal with biological evolution. This volume unifies the subject matter of anthropology within a single and powerful explanatory framework and incorporates the work of the most renowned anthropological experts on man.

Book BABY AT BUSHMAN S CREEK

Download or read book BABY AT BUSHMAN S CREEK written by Jessica Hart and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gray Henderson doesn’t want some city-bredEnglishwoman staying on his cattlestation—especiallywith a baby! But he can hardly refuse them shelter whenClare Marshall claims the little girl is his brother’s child… Clare has risked everything to bring her baby niece to thehot, dusty Australian Outback, and now she wants to stayuntil Gray’s brother is found. But working as Gray’shousekeeper is perhaps not the best solution…given thatshe’s starting to wish she was his wife!