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Messiaen / Longobardi - Catalogue D oiseaux - Music & Performance - CD

The Catalogue d Oiseaux of Olivier Messiaen forms an extraordinary and varied tribute to the landscape and bird-life of France and to it s composer s powers of invention as he explored and developed innovations in harmony melody and rhythm at a time... more

Anthropologie Accents | J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Movie Magic Book | Color: Blue | Size: Os

J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Movie Magic: Extraordinary People And Fascinating Places Book By Jody Revenson more

NATURE: Big Bend - The Wild Frontier Of Texas (DVD) PBS (Direct) Documentary

Showcasing the natural magic of an extraordinary part of the border between the United States and Mexico over four seasons this film explores Rio Grandes Big Bend a vast unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and astounding desert landscapes which... more

The Anthropology of Turquoise : Meditations on Landscape Art and Spirit 9780375408854 Used / Pre-owned

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Pre-Owned The Smithsonian Book of North American Indians : Before the Coming of the Europeans 9780810915107

Using the vast resources of the Smithsonian Institution this is both a work of prehistory that explores North America s extraordinary native cultures and one of history and science that includes the development of archaeology and anthropology as a... more

Gone Primitive : Savage Intellects Modern Lives (Paperback)

In this acclaimed book Torgovnick explores the obsessions fears and longings that have produced Western views of the primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields (anthropology psychology literature art and popular culture) Gone Primitive... more

Medical Anthropology: Landscapes of Activism : Civil Society HIV and AIDS Care in Northern Mozambique (Hardcover)

AIDS activists are often romanticized as extremely noble and selfless. However the relationships among HIV support group members highlighted in Landscapes of Activism are hardly utopian or ideal. Reed shows that in Africa superimposing a Western... more

Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia Democracy Corruption and the Politics of Spirits in Contemporary Indonesia (Hardcover)

Indonesia has been an electoral democracy for more than a decade and yet the political landscape of the world s third-largest democracy is as complex and enigmatic as ever. The country has achieved a successful transition to democracy and yet... more

Pre-Owned Saving Millie: A Daughter s Story of Surviving Her Mother s Schizophrenia (Paperback) 0977911519 9780977911516

For Tina Kotulski daughter of a mentally ill mother surviving the bizarre landscape of schizophrenia came at a price. Her traumatic childhood overshadowed by her mother s unpredictable and often abusive behavior led Tina to attempt suicide as an... more

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History: Judging Bertha Wilson: Law as Large as Life (Paperback)

Supported with the warmth and generosity of Wilson s numerous personal anecdotes this work illuminates the life and thought of a woman who has left an extraordinary mark on Canada s legal landscape. more

Making Emmanuel Cooper : Life and Work from his Memoirs Letters Diaries and Interviews (Hardcover)

Potter writer teacher editor curator and gay rights activist Emmanuel Cooper was a unique figure in the cultural landscape of England for nearly a half-century. With his death in 2012 he left behind an extraordinary body of work and an archive that... more

Pre-Owned I See Animals Hiding (Hardcover) 0590481436 9780590481434

A snake looks like a stick an owl blends into a snowy landscape and a moth vanishes when it lands on a tree trunk.Award-winning naturalist Jim Arnosky demonstrates the extraordinary ways animals adapt to their environments through striking... more

California in the New Millennium : The Changing Social and Political Landscape (Edition 1) (Paperback)

What will California look like by the middle of the twenty-first century? Change is occurring in the state at a breathtaking pace. The state will face many extraordinary challenges. Yet today most Californians believe that their elected officials... more

Feminist (Re)visions of the Subject : Landscapes Ethnoscapes and Theoryscapes (Paperback)

Feminist (Re)visions utilizes the study of space and place—which extends through sociology anthropology cultural studies and area studies historical perspectives and philosophy—as a paradigm for cross-disciplinary inquiry. more

Environmental History and Global Change: A Dictionary of Environmental History (Hardcover)

Increasing awareness of the extent and cause of environmental problems has fuelled the emergence of a new and timely discipline: environmental history. An exciting blend of geography history archaeology anthropology landscape environment and science... more

Keys to Successful Color: A Guide for Landscape Painters in Oil: A Guide for Landscape Painters in Oil (Paperback)

An Absolute Essential For Every Artist s Bookshelf Renowned artist Foster Caddell shares the unique methodology behind his extraordinary use of color in this remarkable book back in print due to popular demand. Foster Caddell devoted his entire life... more

Pre-Owned Up Down Across: Elevators Escalators and Moving Sidewalks (Hardcover) 1858942144 9781858942148

This landmark publication documents the extraordinary impact that elevators escalators and moving walkways have had on the urban landscape building types and culture worldwide. The mid-nineteenth-century invention of the elevator safety break in... more

Solo Piano

Dan Chadburn is an extraordinary pianist/composer whose music sings with passion. With a style uniquely his own his compositions are melodic and soothing painting rich landscapes of emotion. more

Smithsonian Guides to Natural America: The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America: Northern New England : Vermont New Hampshire Maine (Paperback)

This lavishly photographed guide showcases one of the most beautiful regions in the country--Northern New England an area of pristine wildernesses and extraordinary landscapes. Over 150 color photos and maps throughout. Experience the splendor and... more

Pre-Owned My Father s Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General Into a Billion-Dollar Company (Paperback) 1478992964 9781478992967

The first-person account of the family that changed the American retail landscape that Dave Ramsey calls a must-read. Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner Jr. shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father Cal Turner... more

Yemen Chronicle : An Anthropology of War and Mediation 9780809027255 Used / Pre-owned

In 1979 Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes. Soon he was embroiled in a dangerous local conflict. This is Caton s touchingly candid account of the extraordinary events that ensued.... more

The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape Art and Spirit (Hardcover) by Ellen Meloy

Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 324. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 324 p. From the Sierra Nevada the Mojave Desert the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bahamas to her home ground on the high plateaus and in the deep canyons of the Southwest... more

Pre-Owned Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest Paperback

Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of a group of remarkable women whose lives were transformed by the people and landscape of the American Southwest in the first decades of the twentieth century. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or... more

Transformations: The George and Colleen Hoyt Collection of Northwest Coast Art (Hardcover)

Showcases work by dozens of extraordinary Northwest Coast artists from the 1950s to the present Since the 1980s Oregon-based art collectors George and Colleen Hoyt have amassed one of the finest private collections of Northwest Coast art in the... more

Pre-Owned Explorations & Adventures in Arizona & New Mexico (Hardcover) 1555213669 9781555213664

In this extraordinary account of the Southwestern Territories of America the author take you through the last true west. From the Majestic depths of the Grand Canyon to the snaking path of the Rio Grande the brilliant landscapes of the Territories... more

Pre-Owned Ori Gersht: Forces of Nature : Film and Photography (Paperback 9783777424408) by Andrea Firmenich Johannes Janssen

9783777424408. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Pages: 120. 120 p. Illustrated in colour throughout. Blurred landscapes falling trees and the lofty peaks of the Pyrenees - the extraordinary aesthetics of Ori Gersht s work seduce the viewer. But... more

The Anthropology of Turquoise (Paperback)

In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise--the color and the gem--to probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape. From the Sierra Nevada the Mojave Desert the Yucatan... more

Pre-Owned Uncommon Ground: Landscape Values and the Environment (Hardcover 9781859739464) by Veronica Strang

9781859739464. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 324. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 324 p. Explorations in Anthropology. - What makes people care about the environment? - Why and how do different... more

Yale University Publications in Anthropology: Continuity and Authority on the Mongolian Steppe : The Egiin Gol Survey 1997–2002 (Series #98) (Paperback)

The first published archaeological survey of the Egiin Gol valley of Mongolia spanning the last 30 000 years and centering on the integration of local sites and landscape more

Ullo0ord Poppies Fine Impressionist Art Posters Prints Nature Landscape Painting Wall Art French Monet Art Cool Art Print Poster

Ullo0ord presents this beautiful Claude Monet Poppies Fine Impressionist Art Poster. Made with extraordinary quality waterproof canvas this 3-piece set measures 12x16 inches each. The fade-resistant canvas and premium ink bring life to every rose... more

Explorations in Anthropology Uncommon Ground: Landscape Values and the Environment (Hardcover)

- What makes people care about the environment? - Why and how do different cultural groups value land in different ways? With increasing international concern about green issues and the apparent failure of mechanistic solutions to complex problems... more

One World Archaeology The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape (Paperback)

The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape contributes to the development of theory in archaeology and anthropology provides new and varied case studies of landscape and environment from five continents and raises important policy issues... more

Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology: Landscape Process and Power: Re-Evaluating Traditional Environmental Knowledge (Paperback)

...presents an excellent overview of the study of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) and the directions in which it has evolved in recent years...Individually but especially together the contributors of this volume do a fine job at providing... more

100 20th-Century Gardens and Landscapes (Hardcover)

A showcase of Britain s most extraordinary gardens and landscapes from the twentieth century to present day. 100 20th-Century Gardens and Landscapes highlights the evolution of gardens and landscapes over the past century tracing how these... more

Master Your Business: Total Optimization (Paperback)

In today s ever-evolving business landscape achieving extraordinary success requires more than just hard work and determination. It demands a deep understanding of fundamental principles innovative strategies and the ability to lead with purpose and... more

Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology: Landscape Ethnoecology: Concepts of Biotic and Physical Space (Paperback)

[The editors] have brought together many of the most innovative thinkers and field workers to ponder how local communities make sense of the landscapes in which they live and upon which they depend. This volume is rich with insights about how... more

Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England: Kent: West and the Weald (Hardcover)

An expanded and fully revised edition of John Newman s classic survey of the buildings of West Kent first published in 1969. Here is an extraordinary concentration of architecture of the first rank and an immense variety of landscape and townscape... more

Reluctant Landscapes : Historical Anthropologies of Political Experience in Siin Senegal (Hardcover)

West African history is inseparable from the history of the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. According to historical archaeologist François Richard however the dominance of this narrative not only colors the range of political discourse about... more