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Book The Jaguar and the Anteater

Download or read book The Jaguar and the Anteater written by Bernard Arcand and published by Verso. This book was released on 1993 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides not only a history and survey of pornography, but an explanation of pornography itself. It uses anthropological material, particularly from South American tribal societies, to draw conclusions about the nature of the industry.

Book The Jaguar and the Anteater

Download or read book The Jaguar and the Anteater written by Bernand Arcand and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Anteater and the Jaguar

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  • Author : Rayek Rizek
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-06-29
  • ISBN : 9781545184189
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book The Anteater and the Jaguar written by Rayek Rizek and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East has undergone vast, often sudden changes since World War I, and this lack of stability leads to conflict. But while the political situation in Israel and Palestine is complex, peace is not impossible. Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace), an intentional community of Jews and Palestinians (Christians and Muslims), has become known the world over for its unique approach to conflict and interfaith dialogue. Receiving tens of thousands of visitors a year, this community has learned what it means to live in harmony despite long-standing differences between cultures and deep-seated strife in the surrounding area. Despite its success, little has been written about the Oasis of Peace-until now. Rayek R. Rizek, one of its founding members, has served his community in government, public relations, and now the written word. In a memoir that is not to be missed, Rizek pulls back the curtain on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and demonstrates that, with fellowship and diligence, even entrenched discord can be overcome. Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin of George mason University, Arlington VA, wrote: Rayek Rizek's Masterful Volume is a unique contribution to the story of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict like none I have ever read before. I have been studying, writing and working inside this conflict for 32 years. Never have I seen this combination of insights about the past, the presence and the future, about the self in the context of conflict, about the central importance of story, the taking of personal responsibility, and the inescapable unity of the land and its peoples. If you seek a spell-binding story, an odyssey into the soul, and a beacon of hope beyond war, enter here. Emeritus Professor Oliver Ramsbotham of Bradford University UK, wrote: Rayek Rizek's book is essential reading, not only for those wanting to find out about the unique Oasis of Peace voluntary experiment in Jewish/Palestinian cohabitation, where the author has lived for 33 years, but also about the wider conflict. The Anteater and the Jaguar is that rare thing - a book that offers the reader the fruits of a lifetime of action, study and commitment by a principled and highly impressive participator.

Book The World of the Jaguar

Download or read book The World of the Jaguar written by Richard Perry and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Anteaters

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  • Author : Megan Borgert-Spaniol
  • Publisher : Scholastic
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9780531206782
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Anteaters written by Megan Borgert-Spaniol and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces anteaters to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

Book What Does An Anteater Eat

Download or read book What Does An Anteater Eat written by Ross Collins and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The silliness should have little listeners asking for repeat readings." —Kirkus Reviews Anteater is hungry, but he has completely forgotten what anteaters eat. Baffled, and with his tummy rumbling, he consults the other animals. Sloth is too busy, Toucan is clueless, and Crocodile has his own mouth full. Whatever will Anteater do? It isn't until the ants all run for their lives that Anteater remembers what he should be eating . . . and it’s not what you think! A delightfully silly tale that little ones will return to again and again.

Book The Raw and the Cooked

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  • Author : Claude Lévi-Strauss
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1983-03-15
  • ISBN : 9780226474878
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book The Raw and the Cooked written by Claude Lévi-Strauss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1983-03-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lévi-Strauss is a French savant par excellence, a man of extraordinary sensitivity and human wisdom . . . a deliberate stylist with profound convictions and convincing arguments. . . . [The Raw and the Cooked] adds yet another chapter to the tireless quest for a scientifically accurate, esthetically viable, and philosophically relevant cultural anthropology. . . . [It is] indispensable reading."—Natural History

Book The arts of Angela Carter

Download or read book The arts of Angela Carter written by Marie Mulvey-Roberts and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrangement of the material, indicated by the chapter headings, draws attention to a variety of areas not normally associated with dominant perceptions of Angela Carter. These encompass food, fashion, art, poetry, music, performance and translation, which will be discussed in a number of historical, literary and cultural contexts.

Book The Great Kapok Tree

Download or read book The Great Kapok Tree written by Lynne Cherry and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many different animals that live in a great Kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

Book The Fire of the Jaguar

Download or read book The Fire of the Jaguar written by Terence Turner and published by Hau. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not since Clifford Geertz's "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" has the publication of an anthropological analysis been as eagerly awaited as this book, Terence S. Turner's The Fire of the Jaguar. His reanalysis of the famous myth from the Kayapo people of Brazil was anticipated as an exemplar of a new, dynamic, materialist, action-oriented structuralism, one very different from the kind made famous by Claude L vi-Strauss. But the study never fully materialized. Now, with this volume, it has arrived, bringing with it powerful new insights that challenge the way we think about structuralism, its legacy, and the reasons we have moved away from it. In these chapters, Turner carries out one of the richest and most sustained analysis of a single myth ever conducted. Turner places the "Fire of the Jaguar" myth in the full context of Kayapo society and culture and shows how it became both an origin tale and model for the work of socialization, which is the primary form of productive labor in Kayapo society. A posthumous tribute to Turner's theoretical erudition, ethnographic rigor, and respect for Amazonian indigenous lifeworlds, this book brings this fascinating Kayapo myth alive for new generations of anthropologists. Accompanied with some of Turner's related pieces on Kayapo cosmology, this book is at once a richly literary work and an illuminating meditation on the process of creativity itself.

Book Icons of Power

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-04-15
  • ISBN : 1136605142
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Icons of Power written by Nicholas J. Saunders and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, religion and mythology of indigenous American cultures for three thousand years. The jaguar and the puma epitomize ideas of sacrifice, cannibalism, war, and status in a startling array of graphic and enduring images. Natural and supernatural felines inhabit a shape-shifting world of sorcery and spiritual power, revealing the shamanic nature of Amerindian world views. This pioneering collection offers a unique pan-American assessment of the feline icon through the diversity of cultural interpretations, but also striking parallels in its associations with hunters, warriors, kingship, fertility, and the sacred nature of political power. Evidence is drawn from the pre-Columbian Aztec and Maya of Mexico, Peruvian, and Panamanian civilizations, through recent pueblo and Iroquois cultures of North America, to current Amazonian and Andean societies. This well-illustrated volume is essential reading for all who are interested in the symbolic construction of animal icons, their variable meanings, and their place in a natural world conceived through the lens of culture. The cross-disciplinary approach embraces archaeology, anthropology, and art history.

Book Interview with a Tiger

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  • Author : Andy Seed
  • Publisher : Welbeck Children's
  • Release : 2021-04-06
  • ISBN : 9781783126477
  • Pages : 48 pages

Download or read book Interview with a Tiger written by Andy Seed and published by Welbeck Children's. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you could talk to animals, what would you ask? "What are your top tips for catching prey, Tiger?" "How do you help yourself to honey, Honey Badger?" "Why do you howl, Wolf?" Get familiar with 10 fierce and furry beasts as they step up to the mic and share their [habits], [behaviour], likes and dislikes, favourite foods, and more. Each animal has its own story to tell... and its own attitude! In this fun and fact-filled book, bite-sized text in a question-and-answer format is paired with colourful and engaging illustrations throughout, perfect for emerging or reluctant readers, or any young animal enthusiast who enjoys a bit of humour! Features 'interviews' with a tiger, wolf, honey badger, giant armadillo, lion, jaguar, giant anteater, snow leopard, polar bear, and three-toed sloth. Plus, ideas for how to do your bit to help endangered species and their habitats.

Book The Death Of Discourse

Download or read book The Death Of Discourse written by Ronald K L Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative book, the authors persuasively argue that the First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late twentieth century, like an ill guided individual with knife in hand, to murder a longstanding tradition of fine and meaningful discourse in the United States. We are bombarded with the cacophony of advertisement, the luridity of pornography, and the pointlessness of prime timepoor substitutes for intelligent consideration of ideas. }In this innovative book, the authors persuasively argue that the First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late twentieth century, like an ill-guided individual with knife in hand, to murder a long-standing tradition of fine and meaningful discourse in the United States. What has died is the essential kind of political discourse which promotes democracy; informs citizens; enlivens debate; and carries reason, method, and purpose. Instead, we are bombarded with the cacophony of advertisement, the luridity of pornography, and the pointlessness of prime time.With satirical spirit and wityet to a very serious purpose the narrative of this lively study calls upon many of the very tricks it criticizes. The text is augmented by amusing tales, poetry, tv zaps, eyebites, and boxes of aphorisms resonating between high and low culture, between Plato and Geraldo and Madonna and Mahler to make its points, the discussion reveals how discourse in contemporary America has lost its integrity and its soul.

Book Zonia s Rain Forest

Download or read book Zonia s Rain Forest written by Juana Martinez-Neal and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt, visually stunning picture book from Caldecott Honor and Robert F. Sibert Medal winner Juana Martinez-Neal illuminates a young girl’s day of play and adventure in the lush rain forest of Peru. Zonia’s home is the Amazon rain forest, where it is always green and full of life. Every morning, the rain forest calls to Zonia, and every morning, she answers. She visits the sloth family, greets the giant anteater, and runs with the speedy jaguar. But one morning, the rain forest calls to her in a troubled voice. How will Zonia answer? Acclaimed author-illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal explores the wonders of the rain forest with Zonia, an Asháninka girl, in her joyful outdoor adventures. The engaging text emphasizes Zonia’s empowering bond with her home, while the illustrations—created on paper made from banana bark—burst with luxuriant greens and delicate details. Illuminating back matter includes a translation of the story in Asháninka, information on the Asháninka community, and resources on the Amazon rain forest and its wildlife.

Book The Adventures of Andy Aardvark

Download or read book The Adventures of Andy Aardvark written by James Charlton and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Andy Aardvark was scared. Seriously scared. In the pale moonlight out on the African savvanah, digging into the tall termite mound. There it was.” Andy is an aardvark who lives in Africa, in an earth burrow on the edge of the savannah. He is a shy little fellow and forages for his food at night in anthills and termite mounds. When Andy awakens from his daytime sleep a letter has been delivered from a long lost aunt in Brazil. They are the giant anteater branch of the family. Her son Albert has been kidnapped and sent to a zoo near to Andy in Africa. Aunt Alice asks for his help to rescue her son and bring him to safety. Andy decides he must travel to the zoo and somehow rescue Albert. He feels that he needs help and resolves to ask his good friend Walter Warthog to come with him. Walter is a fine strapping fellow with impressive tusks and will be ideal protection from any danger. Will Andy and Walter be successful and rescue Albert, or will they encounter danger along the way?

Book The Jaguar and the Anteater

Download or read book The Jaguar and the Anteater written by Bernard Arcand and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Io Anthology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Grossinger
  • Publisher : North Atlantic Books
  • Release : 2015-12-08
  • ISBN : 1583949933
  • Pages : 697 pages

Download or read book Io Anthology written by Richard Grossinger and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Io Anthology celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of this formative journal and commemorates its role in opening a path to decades of innovative publishing. Bringing together in one volume the quirky blend of artistic and scholarly writing that characterized the literary journal, this book is a “greatest hits” collection of the major pieces published from 1965 to 1993. It features very early work from Stephen King, Gary Snyder, Jayne Anne Phillips, and many others, with forewords by writer and filmmaker Miranda July and historical ecologist Robin Grossinger, the daughter and son of the editors, who grew up with Io and were in part initiated in their careers by its household presence. Io forged an eclectic path through the upheaveals of the 1960s in art, literature, science, and the life of the spirit with writing that embraced astrophysics, science fiction, parapsychology, topology, poetry from Black Mountain, Beat, and New American traditions, wisdom from Hopi and Iglulik elders, homeopathy, hermetics, alchemy and the occult, astrology, Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism. Portraying the roots and spirit which impelled Io to evolve into a publishing company, this volume shows the seriousness and depth of content which continues to enliven North Atlantic Books.