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Ruth Taylor
Will Matthew Flinders find fame and fortune? This intrepid explorer circumnavigated and charted the coast of Australia between 1802 - 1803 accompanied by his mischievous but faithful cat, Trim. Faced…
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Jamila Gavin
The compelling story of the greatest warrior hero of ancient times, from award-winning writer, Jamila Gavin. Alexander the Great is hailed as the world's greatest leaders of all time, renowned…
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Richard Adams
Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Watership Down
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this…
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Fiver was only a young rabbit, but he has a sixth sense and foresaw that disaster was about to destroy the warren. Few believed him. Led by his brother Hazel…
Will Matthew Flinders find fame and fortune? This intrepid explorer circumnavigated and charted the coast of Australia between 1802 - 1803 accompanied by his mischievous but faithful cat, Trim
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David Parkin
This study analyses the way in which tribal ties are maintained in the development of a tribally mixed, middle class community in Kampala, Uganda.
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One day Christopher, a keen but unorthodox gardener, finds a living nose raised by slugs in his garden. In their hunt to find Little Big Nose a face, they encounter…
Originally published in 1975, the studies in this volume examine the range of factors which mediate the development of social processes in both town and country: as well as migration…
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The line between what is regarded by people as traditional and modern is constantly being altered by new configurations of power. These essays examine the ways in which such changes…
This book explores verbal and non-verbal communication from a social anthropological viewpoint, drawing on ethnographic data from fieldwork in eastern Africa. It gives an overview of developments since the 1960s…
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Evil may be said to be shadowy, mysterious, covert, and associated with night, darkness, secrecy. It is a force acting to destroy the integrity, happiness and welfare of a normala…
David Parkin (University of London)
In this innovative study, David Parkin shows how indigenous African rites and beliefs may be reworked to accommodate a variety of economic systems, new spatial and ecological relations between communities…
Robert Parkin
This book is an introduction to the social anthropology of kinship – to the ways in which the peoples of different cultures marry and relate to each other within and…
Originally published in 1987, this book shows that there is still considerable continuity in the practices and ideas of marriage in Afican against a background of social and economic change.
Paul Cookson
This is a collection of poems about snogging and first love. Contributors include Benjamin Zephaniah, Nick Toczek and Brian Moses, with the poems complemented by Beano illustrator David Parkin.
Monica Kulling,David Parkins
The story of the invention of the elevator, which made possible the construction of skyscrapers.
Part of Tundra’s Great Ideas easy read biography series, this is the remarkable story of a woman with over 90 inventions to her name.
A fascinating biography that elevates the feats of an astonishing man- part of the Great Ideas series.
Eric Walters
Skye’s wish comes true when her parents plan a Costa Rican adventure that includes zip-lining, parasailing and snorkeling.
Laurie Elmquist
In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy learns to take care of his newly adopted dog while coping with his parents’ separation.
Robin Stevenson
Ben discovers having a bossy friend isn’t that much fun, even if it is a real walking, talking robot.
Phyllis Root
Aunt Nancy outwits four unwelcome guests in these trickster tales from a masterful storyteller. From Cousin Lazybones to Old Man Trouble, visitors nearly try her patience. Illustrations.
Taking an anthropological approach, the contributors explore the management of resources in Third World development programmes, focusing on the role of human cultural imagination in the use of environmental resources.
This text analyses the inner dualities and oppositions of practice and belief found within the Islamic faith.
Recognizing the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this text explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne…
Explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a…
David Parkin,Alan Knox
This authoritative work of reference gives a detailed assessment of the status and distribution of every species on the British and Irish lists, for the first time since 1971. Importantly…
Judy Andrekson
Little Squire was born in an Irish meadow on an early spring day. The colt was beautifully formed with strong, straight legs and a pretty head. But due to his…
Addresses the challenges that holistic anthropology presents. This book explores topics such as the social understanding, interpretation and appropriation of new biological technologies, which increasingly penetrate most aspects of physical…
Monica Kulling
Born into a life of privilege in 1878, Lillian Moller Gilbreth put her pampered life aside for one of adventure and challenge. She and her husband, Frank, became efficiency experts…
A new picture book biography in the award-winning Great Ideas series (Tundra) that introduces young readers to Garrett Morgan, inventor of the gas mask.
The son of freed slaves, Garrett Morgan was determined to have a better life than laboring in the Kentucky fields with his parents and ten siblings. He began by sweeping…
At first an unruly foal, Gunner grows into a smart and beautiful show horse, whose troublemaking ways hide a devotion to his family that shines through, until disaster strikes in…
Richard Platt
Explore the city at the heart of the ancient Roman Empire with Iliona, a Greek girl captured by pirates and sold into slavery.
Given the broad reach of anthropology as the science of humankind, there are times when the subject fragments into specialisms and times when there is rapprochement. Rather than just seeing…
