Puluwat Atoll in Micronesia, with a population of only a few hundred proud seafaring people, can fulfill anyone's romantic daydream of the South Seas. Thomas Gladwin has written a beautiful and perceptive book which describes the complex navigational systems of the Puluwat natives, yet has done so principally to provide new insights into the effects of poverty in Western cultures.The cognitive system which enables the Puluwatans to sail their canoes without instruments over trackless expanses of the Pacific Ocean is sophisticated and complex, yet the Puluwat native would score low on a standardized intelligence test. The author relates this discrepancy between performance and measured abilities to the educational problems of disadvantaged children. He presents his arguments simply and clearly, with sensitive and detailed descriptions and many excellent illustrations. His book will appeal to anthropologists, psychologists, and sailing enthusiasts alike.
Conversations in Secret is about the things we think or talk about in private but are afraid to say in public. It touches on everything from politics and religion to relationships and society making you question the world around you as well as yourself. Controversial, poignant and timeless, this bookas words will stay with you for the rest of your life.
With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly transformed the emphasis and direction of tool collecting. After several years of meticulous research, Thomas L. Elliott has completely redesigned, revised, and expanded this fifth edition to include entries and information accumulated since the fourth edition. The heart of this guide is the alphabetical directory of plane makers and dealers. This fifth edition now includes: 4590 biographical entries; 6160 imprint illustrations; 3030 wedge outlines; and over 3000 individual ratings for judging relative scarcity and value. Also included are sections providing insights helpful in buying and selling planes, an illustrated glossary of plane terms and styles, and an extensive bibliography for further research. This book is useful to both the beginner and the advanced collector, to historians and genealogists, and to all other with an interest in the subject.
This text challenges readers to consider their assumptions about religious faith. In doing so, an alternative view of theism is presented in which religion and science not only coexist but can be meaningfully connected, and questions about God could have surprising new answers. The book covers four broad topics. First, throughout the history of the Church theologians have presented a different view of religious belief from that common today, and this is illustrated using a sequence of references. Exposure to this fact is essential for both critics of religion and for believers wrestling with the nature of their faith. Second, I explore the relationship between science and faith, drawing on my own experience as a scientist. Third, I attempt to provide a working definition of God that goes beyond just complaining about atheistic straw men. Finally, the feasibility of theism in the face of well-known theological problems, in particular the problem of evil, is discussed. I hope the book will be of use to two kinds of readers especially: atheists who are open to counter-arguments, and believers who are concerned that their faith seems to require them to believe irrational things.
Stories of Midland County, Michigan residents who served in the Armed Forces, primarily during World War II, but also in Korea and Vietnam. Also includes a story originally published in 1983 in the Midland daily news, of a Midland County veteran of the World War I American Expeditionary Force to Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution.
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