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Sheldan Gundry, a college drop-out down to his last few bucks. Sheldan had lost his job, been evicted from his room, and had no prospects for employment. While mulling over his situation he was approached by Brad Beltran, his estranged Aunt Carlie's financial manager. Beltran's assignment was to find Sheldan and give him a message. Sheldan's aunt was offering him an opportunity to become a wealthy young man if he would complete a project for her. But Sheldan's arrogance left Beltran less than totally impressed with the young beach bum who looked like a bronze Adonis with the mentality of...

"This book is an important stimulus to ongoing debate, and showcases some of the best of recent approaches and challenges to the ways we know what we know." - Ethos

This volume examines some crucial issues in the conduct of fieldwork and ethnography and provides new insights into the problems of constructing anthropological knowledge. How is anthropological knowledge created from fieldwork, whose knowledge is this, who determines what is of significance in any ethnographic context, and how is the fieldsite extended in both time and place?

Nine anthropologists examine these problems,...

Moral and citizenship education are again at the forefront of educational attention with the recent governmental announcements about revisions to the National Curriculum frameworks to 2000 and beyond.

This book addresses some of the central issues in moral and citizenship education facing teachers today, embedding practical considerations in a theoretical context and reviewing teaching, learning and assessment strategies. It draws extensively on research but is written in a clear, accessible style.
Citizenship and Moral Education examines the key concepts and provides an...

An investigation into how schools can influence the developing values of young people is given in this book. The authors first look, from the perspective of educationalists and policy makers, at values within contemporary education; in particular, moral, spiritual, democratic and environmental values together with arts and health education. Secondly, they focus on the values of pupils and schools, examining school aims and mission statements, the formal curriculum, school ethos and assessment of children's development.

Bad Year Economics explores the role of risk and uncertainty in human economics within an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural framework. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, and ancient and modern history, the contributors range widely in time and space across hunting, farming and pastoralism, across ancient states, empires, and modern nation states. The aim, however, is a common one: to analyse in each case the structure of variability - particularly with regard to food supply - and review the range of responses offered by individual human communities. These responses commonly exploit...

Due to popular demand, the Vitalis Omnibus edition covers the first seven Vitalis stories Follow the group of brave survivors as they fight to survive on an undiscovered planet beyond the fringes of human controlled space. They must not only learn to adapt and survive the deadly threats of Vitalis, but learn to work with each other and protect their interests against the off-planet humans that seek to plunder Vitalis for their own interests regardless of the costs.

Confronting arguments that denigrate women's ability to compose, Halstead (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) asks why women composers are still such a rarity in Britain at the end of the 20th century. She focuses on the experiences of nine composers born this century Avril Coleridge Taylor, Gr

The real-life experiences portrayed in 24/7: The First Person You Must Lead is YOU are told with a combination of introspective humor and heart-wrenching candor that will inspire you to consider your approach to leadership from a new perspective-you. The stories author Becky Halstead, retired Brigadier General, United States Army, shares in this book illustrate leadership principles that transcend age, gender, race, and profession. Her personal leadership journey will capture your attention and cause you to re-evaluate how you define leadership - whether you are a corporate CEO or a high...

This volume examines some crucial issues in the conduct of fieldwork and ethnography and provides new insights into the problems of constructing anthropological knowledge. How is anthropological knowledge created from fieldwork, whose knowledge is this, who determines what is of significance in any ethnographic context, and how is the fieldsite extended in both time and place?

Nine anthropologists examine these problems, drawing on diverse case studies. These range from the dilemmas of the religious refashioning of the ethnographer in contemporary Indonesia to the embodied...

The idea for this story came from an article I read in an Albuquerque newspaper: The story in the newspaper was about a hiker finding the remains of a corpse on a desert in Cochise county Arizona.
At the time I wondered why a reporter even bothered to write up the story because someone is always finding skeletons and decomposed bodies in isolated parts of dry and hot deserts. Many of the bodies are those of illegal aliens crossing into the states looking for work, and while that is a very sad thing, it surely is not a rare thing, nor does it make truly interesting reading. But there was a...

Moral and citizenship education are again at the forefront of educational attention with the recent governmental announcements about revisions to the National Curriculum frameworks to 2000 and beyond.

This book addresses some of the central issues in moral and citizenship education facing teachers today, embedding practical considerations in a theoretical context and reviewing teaching, learning and assessment strategies. It draws extensively on research but is written in a clear, accessible style.
Citizenship and Moral Education examines the key concepts and provides an...

Key Facts Key Cases: Human Rights will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Human Rights module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for:

• What human rights apply in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world
• The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act
• How the various rights, freedoms and prohibitions which now pervade English law operate
• How rights affect important issues including discrimination, public order, police powers and terrorism
• How human...

Unlocking Human Rights will ensure that you grasp the main concepts of this fascinating and dynamic area of law with ease, providing you with an indispensible foundation in the subject. The book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms:

- The nature of human rights
- European Convention on Human Rights
- Human Rights Act
- Right to life
- Torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Public order, police powers, freedom of association and assembly
- Right to a fair trial
- Freedom of expression
- Privacy, private life and...

Grow your own garden with this set of high-quality rubber stamps and two colored ink pads. The sturdy matchbox-style box features twenty-five wood-backed stamps in an assortment of shapes and textures, from leaves and stems to buds and petals--even a bee A verdant kit of parts, Stamp Garden contains all the botanically-inspired pieces you need to cultivate an imaginary garden, beautiful bouquet, or botanical pattern--the combinations are infinite.

An investigation into how schools can influence the developing values of young people is given in this book. The authors first look, from the perspective of educationalists and policy makers, at values within contemporary education; in particular, moral, spiritual, democratic and environmental values together with arts and health education. Secondly, they focus on the values of pupils and schools, examining school aims and mission statements, the formal curriculum, school ethos and assessment of children's development.