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National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

By: Keith Rushforth,Charles Hollis

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

By: Keith Rushforth,Charles Hollis

Presents an illustrated guide to the trees of North America, providing information on identification features, habitat, range, leaves, fruit, foliage, and more.

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0792253108

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9780792253105

Western Apache Language and Culture

Essays in Linguistic Anthropology

By: Keith H. Basso

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Western Apache Language and Culture

Essays in Linguistic Anthropology

By: Keith H. Basso

Examines the importance of symbol in the Western Apache language, explaining how such elements as place names, metaphor, and the use of silence define Apache culture.

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224

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University of Arizona Press

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0816513236

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9780816513239

Wisdom Sits in Places

Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache

By: Keith H. Basso

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Wisdom Sits in Places

Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache

By: Keith H. Basso

This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture. Apache conceptions of wisdom, manners and morals, and of their own history are inextricably intertwined with place, and by allowing us to overhear his conversations with Apaches on these subjects Basso expands our awareness of what place can mean to people. Most of us use the term sense of place often and rather carelessly when we think of nature or home or literature. Our senses of place, however, come not only from our individual experiences but also from our cultures. Wisdom Sits in Places, the first sustained study of places and place-names by an anthropologist, explores place, places, and what they mean to a particular group of people, the Western Apache in Arizona. For more than thirty years, Keith Basso has been doing fieldwork among the Western Apache, and now he shares with us what he has learned of Apache place-names--where they come from and what they mean to Apaches. "This is indeed a brilliant exposition of landscape and language in the world of the Western Apache. But it is more than that. Keith Basso gives us to understand something about the sacred and indivisible nature of words and place. And this is a universal equation, a balance in the universe. Place may be the first of all concepts; it may be the oldest of all words."--N. Scott Momaday "In Wisdom Sits in Places Keith Basso lifts a veil on the most elemental poetry of human experience, which is the naming of the world. In so doing he invests his scholarship with that rarest of scholarly qualities: a sense of spiritual exploration. Through his clear eyes we glimpse the spirit of a remarkable people and their land, and when we look away, we see our own world afresh."--William deBuys "A very exciting book--authoritative, fully informed, extremely thoughtful, and also engagingly written and a joy to read. Guiding us vividly among the landscapes and related story-tellings of the Western Apache, Basso explores in a highly readable way the role of language in the complex but compelling theme of a people's attachment to place. An important book by an eminent scholar."--Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

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189

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UNM Press

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0826327052

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9780826327055

Portraits of 'the Whiteman'

Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache

By: Keith H. Basso

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Portraits of 'the Whiteman'

Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache

By: Keith H. Basso

The Whiteman' is one of the most powerful and pervasive symbols in contemporary American Indian cultures. Portraits of 'the Whiteman': linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache investigates a complex form of joking in which Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans and, by means of these characterizations, give audible voice and visible substance to their conceptions of this most pressing of social 'problems'. Keith Basso's essay, based on linguistic and ethnographic materials collected in Cibecue, a Western Apache community, provides interpretations of selected joking encounters to demonstrate how Apaches go about making sense of the behaviour of Anglo-Americans. This study draws on theory in symbolic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and the dramaturgical model of human communication developed by Erving Goffman. Although the assumptions and premises that shape these areas of inquiry are held by some to be quite disparate, this analysis shows them to be fully compatible and mutually complementary.

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146

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Cambridge University Press

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1107392780

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9781107392786

The Monsters Know What They're Doing

Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters

By: Keith Ammann

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The Monsters Know What They're Doing

Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters

By: Keith Ammann

From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior—and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! It’s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away. In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat. Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982122684

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9781982122683

Essential Christianity

Foundations for a Faithful Faith

By: Keith Sherlin

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Essential Christianity

Foundations for a Faithful Faith

By: Keith Sherlin

What are the essentials to the Christian faith? How can you know and find God's will? What doctrines comprise the foundation to a Christian life? What should church leadership look like? What experiences mark a healthy Christian? These questions and more are answered in this book. If you are looking for one book that can cover the whole Christian life then this book is for you as you seek to Love a faithful faith that honors God while learning to experience his goodness daily.

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1420866834

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9781420866834

Three Elizabethan Domestic Tragedies

Arden of Faversham; a Yorkshire Tragedy; a Woman Killed with Kindness

By: Keith Sturgess,Thomas Heywood

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Three Elizabethan Domestic Tragedies

Arden of Faversham; a Yorkshire Tragedy; a Woman Killed with Kindness

By: Keith Sturgess,Thomas Heywood

Elizabethan domestic tragedies depicted the workings of Fortune in the lives of ordinary people, telling stories of sin, discovery, punishment and divine mercy, with their settings and characterization often enhanced by a highly entertaining blend of realism and sensationalism. Only some half-dozen survive to offset the dramas of kings and nobles in the tragedies of Shakespeare and his peers. They combined journalism and entertainment with a didactic concern, and their plots were often derived from contemporary events. Arden of Faversham (1592) and A Yorkshire Tragedy (1608) are both based on chronicles or pamphlets describing authentic murders, while A Woman Killed with Kindness (1603) by Thomas Heywood is a fictional creation, considered his masterpiece.

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Penguin UK

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0241961467

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9780241961469

Saying All That Can Be Said

The Art of Describing Sex in Jin Ping Mei

By: Keith McMahon

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Saying All That Can Be Said

The Art of Describing Sex in Jin Ping Mei

By: Keith McMahon

In Saying All That Can Be Said, Keith McMahon presents the first full analysis of the sexually explicit portrayals in the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei 金瓶梅 (The Plum in the Golden Vase). Countering common views of those portrayals as “just sex” or as “bad sex,” he shows that they are rich in thematic meaning and loaded with social and aesthetic purpose. McMahon places the novel in the historical context of Chinese sexual culture, from which Jin Ping Mei inherits the style of the elegant, metaphorical description of erotic pleasure, but which the anonymous author extends in an exploration of the explicit, the obscene, and the graphic. The novel uses explicit description to evaluate and comment on characters, situations, and sexual and psychic states of being. Echoing the novel’s way of taking sex as a vehicle for reading the world, McMahon celebrates the richness and exuberance of Jin Ping Mei’s language of sex, which refuses imprisonment within the boundaries of orthodox culture’s cleanly authoritative style, and which continues to inspire admiration from readers around the world. Saying All That Can Be Said will change the way we think about sexual culture in premodern China.

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BRILL

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1684176565

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9781684176564

National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

By: Keith Rushforth,Charles Hollis

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

By: Keith Rushforth,Charles Hollis

Presents an illustrated guide to the trees of North America, providing information on identification features, habitat, range, leaves, fruit, foliage, and more.

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National Geographic Books

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0792253108

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The Pocket Guide to Trees

By: Keith D. Rushforth

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The Pocket Guide to Trees

By: Keith D. Rushforth

This companion is designed for the reader who wishes to identify or learn more about the trees of Europe. There are over 350 species of tree covered in this guide, each of which is described and illustrated.

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1840002697

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9781840002690

Flowering Shrubs

By: Keith Rushforth

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Flowering Shrubs

By: Keith Rushforth

Flowering Shrubs is the only guide you need for choosing, planting and caring for all the most common flowering shrubs. Building on the popular Gem format, this essential book will make a successful gardener out of an absolute beginner. And how will you plant them once you get them home? Gem Flowering Shrubs answers these questions and more, providing comprehensive information for caring for shrubs. especially on planting and pruning -- the keys to success with flowering shrubs. including where to site, height, spread, and flowering colour and period. In addition, each entry includes suggestions for planting combinations and tips for pruning and care, ensuring that your plants will continue to reach their full potential year-round. The fresh, clear design is easy to follow, and full-colour photography throughout enables quick identification of plants. healthy, attractive flowering shrubs.

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0007200706

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9780007200702

The Easy Tree Guide

Britain and Europe

By: Keith Rushforth,Gill Tomblin,Ann Winterbotham

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The Easy Tree Guide

Britain and Europe

By: Keith Rushforth,Gill Tomblin,Ann Winterbotham

Aiming to provide the user with a handy, portable and comprehensive aid to swift and accurate identification in the field, this text devotes an entire spread to each species accompanied by a colour photograph of a tree or trees.

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185410750X

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9781854107503

Collins Gem - Garden Trees

By: Keith Rushforth

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Collins Gem - Garden Trees

By: Keith Rushforth

The only guide you need for choosing, planting and caring for beautiful trees in your garden. Filled with helpful photography and easy-to-follow tips, this essential book will make a successful gardener out of any complete beginner.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007204418

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9780007204410

Book's by Keith Rushforth

National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

Western Apache Language and Culture

Western Apache Language and Culture

Wisdom Sits in Places

Wisdom Sits in Places

Portraits of 'the Whiteman'

Portraits of 'the Whiteman'

The Monsters Know What They're Doing

The Monsters Know What They're Doing

Essential Christianity

Essential Christianity

Three Elizabethan Domestic Tragedies

Three Elizabethan Domestic Tragedies

Saying All That Can Be Said

Saying All That Can Be Said

National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

The Pocket Guide to Trees

The Pocket Guide to Trees

Flowering Shrubs

Flowering Shrubs

The Easy Tree Guide

The Easy Tree Guide

Collins Gem - Garden Trees

Collins Gem - Garden Trees

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