wyszukanych pozycji: 64
The Samburu: A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
ISBN: 9781138861961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In an era of rapid change for Africa, this nomadic tribe clings to its traditional way of life. This book examines their society, and provides the first full published description of human life in the area. The author, a social anthropologist, spent more than two years among the Samburu; as an adopted member of one of their clans, he perceived how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change. Case studies support the general analysis throughout.
Originally published in 1965. In an era of rapid change for Africa, this nomadic tribe clings to its traditional way of life. This book examines their society, and provides the fir...
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165,62 zł |
Getting What You WANT
ISBN: 9781291435764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It was 1986 and I was 23 years old, the owner of the business drove outside the showroom in a red BMW with the roof reclined, he was talking on a car phone and he was dressed like a model from a magazine WOW, I would love to be him, sports car, amazing clothes, a phone in his car, I didn't even have one at home. That's what I want - I want to be like him, I want to have the things he has got. I was the only one that had the confidence to approach him, so I asked him, how he got to where he was and he said "I have goals, I have a plan to achieve them and I follow the plan" Eddie became my...
It was 1986 and I was 23 years old, the owner of the business drove outside the showroom in a red BMW with the roof reclined, he was talking on a car ...
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157,28 zł |
The Samburu: A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
ISBN: 9780520337084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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The Maasai of Matapato : A Study of Rituals of Rebellion
ISBN: 9780415317238 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to the tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The analysis is illustrated with extensive case material from the the Matapato, selected for this study as a typical Maasai group.
When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to the tensions within the family...
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238,09 zł |
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Volume I
ISBN: 9781632411228 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book broadly discusses Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its related aspects. Many researches are being conducted in the field of ASD and substantial efforts are being made to study it. It is usually difficult for any professional to keep pace with the current developments in this field. This book includes contributions of expert clinicians and renowned researchers from all over the world. It aims towards providing latest information and advances in the area of ASD. It gives broad overview of the topics which may be unfamiliar to researchers and clinicians. The topics have been...
This book broadly discusses Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its related aspects. Many researches are being conducted in the field of ASD and subst...
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681,92 zł |
Your New Life
ISBN: 9781291437041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Have you ever said to yourself that if you could only go back in time with the knowledge you have today, your choices would have been so much better? With this amazing book you can do just that, you can reflect on the past, add new skills from this book and make new choices for your future. You will be drawing a line in the sand, removing negative conditioning and planning your future with new strategies that will guarantee your future success
Have you ever said to yourself that if you could only go back in time with the knowledge you have today, your choices would have been so much better? ...
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156,89 zł |
Time, Space and the Unknown: Maasai Configurations of Power and Providence
ISBN: 9780415555166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Society and the Dance: The Social Anthropology of Process and Performance
ISBN: 9780521315500 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Dancing has its place in all societies; yet the phenomenon of dance has been oddly neglected by most anthropologists. This volume is intended to further anthropological awarenes of its critical relevance. It is claimed that, in a very important sense, society creates the dance, and it is to society and not just to the dancer's experience that we must turn to understand its significance. Performance has meaning within social process.
The anthropological analysis of dance can be approached in a variety of ways. These are identified in the introduction to the volume, and then illustrated by... Dancing has its place in all societies; yet the phenomenon of dance has been oddly neglected by most anthropologists. This volume is intended to furth...
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153,38 zł |
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Volume III
ISBN: 9781632411242 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book provides a substantial discussion on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its related aspects. Many researches are being conducted in the field of ASD and substantial efforts are being made to study it. It is usually difficult for any professional to keep pace with the current developments in this field. This book includes contributions of expert clinicians and renowned researchers from all over the world. It aims towards providing latest information and advances in the area of ASD. It gives broad overview of the topics which may be unfamiliar to researchers and clinicians. The...
This book provides a substantial discussion on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its related aspects. Many researches are being conducted in the fie...
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505,94 zł |
Effective Communication
ISBN: 9781291428582 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered why some people are so easy to speak too? Within minutes of meeting them you feel like you can tell them anything and everything, then they start telling you personal information that only the closest of friends would normally tell you. This book will provide you with the insight as to why some people instantly connect, whilst others just don't seem to get along at all, regardless as to how hard they try
Have you ever wondered why some people are so easy to speak too? Within minutes of meeting them you feel like you can tell them anything and everythin...
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156,79 zł |
Time, Space and the Unknown: Maasai Configurations of Power and Providence
ISBN: 9780415317245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Uncertainty is an everyday aspect of existence for the Maasai of East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune in their small and dispersed villages, and place community life in the hands of elders whose collective wisdom is underpinned by a belief in a moral, supreme and unknowably provident god. This stability is, however, edged with concern for secret malcontents who might seek to create havoc through sorcery and whose elusive magic lies outside the elders' power. Time, Space and the Unknown follows on from The Maasai of Matapato and The Samburu to show how...
Uncertainty is an everyday aspect of existence for the Maasai of East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune in their small ...
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698,90 zł |
The Pastoral Continuum: The Marginalization of Tradition in East Africa
ISBN: 9780198233756 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Spencer presents the definitive study of the ways of life of the cattle-herding peoples of East Africa, drawing on many years of research. This region has offered a prime example of a traditional culture resisting the inevitability of change; it provides the best-known and most extensive instance both of cattle-pastoralist society and of social organization based primarily on age. The Pastoral Continuum examines the richness and resilience of the culture of these peoples, illuminates the role of indigenous practices and institutions in adaptation and survival, and offers a unique view of the...
Spencer presents the definitive study of the ways of life of the cattle-herding peoples of East Africa, drawing on many years of research. This region...
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925,90 zł |
Youth and Experiences of Ageing Among Maa: Models of Society Evoked by the Maasai, Samburu, and Chamus of Kenya
ISBN: 9783110372328 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Maa of East Africa are a cluster of related pastoral peoples who share a social organization based on age. This groups men into life-long cohorts from their initiation in youth, regardless of family wealth. Historically, this type of pre-market society has been described in every continent, but East Africa provides the principal surviving region of age-based societies, among whom the Maasai are the best known. In this volume, comparison between three branches of Maa highlights different aspects of their society: the dynamics of power with age and gender among the Maasai, of ritual... The Maa of East Africa are a cluster of related pastoral peoples who share a social organization based on age. This groups men into life-long cohor... |
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258,33 zł |
Supreme Confidence
ISBN: 9781291436884 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered why some people just ooze confidence whilst others seem unable to hold their head up high? Sometimes you walk into a room and are totally drawn to the person at the other side of the room, it is difficult to know why but they have some kind of magnetic aura, some kind of inner confidence that just flows out of them. Developing Supreme Confidence is easier than you first might think. It is a learned skill, anyone can learn it so anyone can have it, and the question is, DO YOU WANT IT?
Have you ever wondered why some people just ooze confidence whilst others seem unable to hold their head up high? Sometimes you walk into a room and a...
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157,19 zł |
The Samburu: A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
ISBN: 9780520366985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Samburu: A Study in Geocentracy
ISBN: 9780415317252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. This nomadic tribe from the arid regions of northern Kenya cling to their traditional way of life despite the rapid change throughout Africa. The author spent more than two years during the 1960's amongst the Samburu, and as an adopted member of one of their clans, he perceived how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.
Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independe...
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Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Volume II
ISBN: 9781632411235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book extensively discusses Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its related aspects. Many researches are being conducted in the field of ASD and substantial efforts are being made to study it. It is usually difficult for any professional to keep pace with the current developments in this field. This book includes contributions of expert clinicians and renowned researchers from all over the world. It aims towards providing latest information and advances in the area of ASD. It gives broad overview of the topics which may be unfamiliar to researchers and clinicians. The topics have been...
This book extensively discusses Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its related aspects. Many researches are being conducted in the field of ASD and s...
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505,94 zł |
Energise Your Career
ISBN: 9781291439120 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Some people absolutely love their job, the people they work with and the rewards they receive for the effort they put in. If you are one of those lucky people then good on you I have to say that this is certainly not the situation that a lot of people find themselves in. Many people end up doing what they are doing by accident and circumstances do not always allow them to change the situation. This book is designed to assist you in finding your perfect role, and give you the confidence to go out and get that dream job so that you can start being one of the few rather than one of the many.
Some people absolutely love their job, the people they work with and the rewards they receive for the effort they put in. If you are one of those luck...
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156,84 zł |
Amazing Motivation
ISBN: 9781291420609 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered why some people wake up in the morning and have an abundance of motivation? They radiate passion, enthusiasm, positivity and self-confidence. They are unstoppable and whatever set backs or obstacles that come their way, they simply knock them over like a bowling ball crashing through skittles.
This book will provide you the strategies that these people use, which means that you too could be like them! Have you ever wondered why some people wake up in the morning and have an abundance of motivation? They radiate passion, enthusiasm, positivity and se...
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156,10 zł |