The American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was barely 24 years old when she left New York to study the natives of Samoa, New Guinea, and other remote Pacific islands. Anthropological research to her was not a dull academic discipline but an adventure in which every little detail, from Balinese ritual dances to Polynesian tattooing, held enormous fascination. Her 1928 book--Coming of Age in Samoa--made her both famous and controversial. She boldly challenged the most deeply ingrained principles of the Western way of life: family structure, education, and child-rearing. When she died in 1978, a Pacific tribe she befriended held a five-day ceremony in her honor normally reserved for their greatest chiefs. Joan Mark guides us through the most exciting anthropological discoveries of the 20th century while following Margaret Meads many triumphs around the globe in quick-paced, engrossing prose that reads like an adventure story. Oxford Portraits in Science is an ongoing series of scientific biographies. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.
God has a plan and a purpose for all our lives, but so often we are not aware of what our purpose is. We have been given different gifts to serve the Body of Christ yet don't know or understand what they are. The reason for this book is to help believers to not only know who they are in Christ, but for them to begin functioning in the many gifts they have been given to serve and help build up the Body of Christ. In this book are many stories of people like you and me who, when finding out what their gifts were, not only encouraged others and blessed them, but they experienced a new joy in serving the Lord. You may think you can't be used by God now for different reasons, but God says you can! In His strength you can do everything He calls you to do. When I think back on the many years of serving the Lord, thirty-nine, I am filled with joy and thanksgiving for His love, grace, and faithfulness to me and my husband. We have been blessed to be married sixty-one years and have five married children and eleven wonderful grandchildren. We have served the Lord faithfully wherever He has placed us. I have given numerous bible studies over the years to all age groups and ministered the love of the Lord and the Word of God in nursing homes; senior's centers; a homeless shelter; and gave Bible studies for senior's at a local college, in church and in our home. My greatest challenge was to write my first book a few years ago and then this book. I am truly a blessed woman.
Provides insight into the unique relationship that exists between women and animals and includes contributions from Diane Ackerman, Annie Dillard, Jane Goodall, Temple Grandin, and Barbara Kingsolver.
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