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Wade Davis: Photographs

Wade Davis: Photographs

Wade Davis

A stunning photography collection from celebrated anthropologist Wade Davis, representing the vast diversity of communities and cultural traditions he has encountered in the course of his career
One River

One River

Wade Davis

The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history.
The Sacred Headwaters: The Fight to Save the Stikine, ...

The Sacred Headwaters: The Fight to Save the Stikine, ...

Wade Davis

The compelling text by Wade Davis, which describes the region's beauty, the threats to it, and the response of native groups and other inhabitants, is complemented by the voices of the Tahltan elders.
Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie

Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie

Wade Davis

In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies--the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore.
River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado

River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado

Wade Davis

In this remarkable blend of history, science, and personal observation, acclaimed author Wade Davis tells the story of America's Nile, how it once flowed freely and how human intervention has left it near exhaustion, altering the water ...
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern ...

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern ...

Wade Davis

In "The Wayfinders," renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and "National Geographic" Explorer - in - Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous ...
A History of Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: ...

A History of Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: ...

Corliss Fitz Randolph

... Abner J. Davis, Austin M. Davis, A. S. Davis, Benjamin F. Davis, Daniel T. Davis , David Davis, Eastburn A. Davis, Eli Davis, Eli F. Davis, Ezra Davis, Franklin Davis, Granville H. Davis, Hezekiah S. Davis, James M. Davis, James W. Davis, ...
The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Wade Davis

In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti—from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement, down to the present day, where vodoun ...
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of ...

Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of ...

Davis Wade

In a monumental work of history and adventure, Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept climbing on that fateful day.
Laura Wade: Plays One

Laura Wade: Plays One

Laura Wade

Not every writer delivers on their early promise. As this collection clearly shows, Wade certainly has.’ Aleks Sierz, from his Introduction COLDER THAN HERE ‘Laura Wade’s play is a 90-minute masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent.
Davis, Jones and Allied Families Genealogy Lineage

Davis, Jones and Allied Families Genealogy Lineage

Edith Delia Davis Schnitzke

JOHN VINCENT DAVIS John Vincenl Davis (Copper Smelter) Married 1836 Mary Terry Children — Benjamin Davis I John Davis Daniel Terry Davis Benjamin Davis II (died at sea) Mary Davis William Davis David Davis Benjamin Davis III ...
Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm ...

Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm ...

Wade Davis

In Light at the Edge of the World, Davis explores the idea that these distinct cultures represent unique visions of life itself and have much to teach the rest of the world about different ways of living and thinking.
Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Mason Wade

Essays written by the controversial but significant historian Mason Wade provide his last important work on the Maritimes.
The PENDEX: an index of pen names and house names in ...

The PENDEX: an index of pen names and house names in ...

Susannah Bates

... FRANKLIN (Ziff-Davis) Roger P. Graham BENTON, JOHN (Better): Jerry Wade Series / Detective Novels Norman Dannenberg BLADE, ALEXANDER (Ziff-Davis; Palmer; Greenleaf) Howard Browne Millen Cooke Randall Garrett Chester S.
Colder than Here

Colder than Here

Laura Wade

Laura Wade's beautifully poised family drama was first performed at Soho Theatre, London. ‘Laura Wade’s play is a 90-minute masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent.
Black biography, 1790-1950: a cumulative index

Black biography, 1790-1950: a cumulative index

Randall K. Burkett

... Benton davis, Thomas Jethro davis, Thomas Russell davis, W. A. davis, W. H. davis, Walter Albert davis, William H. davis, William J. davis, William Leonard davis, William McHenry davis, 448 relIgIOUs WOrker blACk bIOgrAPhY 1790- 1050.
Shadows in the Sun: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire

Shadows in the Sun: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire

Wade Davis

" Shadows in the Sun considers those possibilities, and explores their implications for our world.
An Evening with JonBenet Ramsey

An Evening with JonBenet Ramsey

Walter A. Davis

... Deb Colvin-Tener, Chris Davis, Connie Davis, Darcy Davis, Lu Davis, Michael Eigen, Amy Finnerty, Leigh Gilmore, Lyle Hammerberg, Gary Heim, Nick Kaldis, Sebastian Knowles, Kara Kostiuk, Jim Kozicki, Victoria List, Gretchen Luidens, ...
History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial ...

History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial ...

J.H. Bausman

W. W. Simpson, Jr., Leroy S. Townsend, 1897; W. H. Porter, Guy S. Shugert, F. D. Kerr, J. H. Davis, 3898; 0. C. Engle, G. M. McConnell, L. R. Hazlett, C. M. Iseman, Wm. C. Yolton, 1899; H. J. Coyle, J. S. Wade, Francis H. McCaskey, C. B. ...
Alex Wade's Guide to affordable houses

Alex Wade's Guide to affordable houses

Alex Wade

Offers designs for inexpensive homes which take advantage of solar technology and new building techniques
Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Mason Wade, Acadia and Quebec

Naomi Griffiths

Essays written by the controversial but significant historian Mason Wade provide his last important work on the Maritimes.
Imitation and Politics: Redesigning Modern Germany

Imitation and Politics: Redesigning Modern Germany

Wade Jacoby

Through a close analysis of these two cases, Wade Jacoby explores the conditions under which one society can serve as a model for the reshaping of another.
A Love Like Ours (A Porter Family Novel Book #3)

A Love Like Ours (A Porter Family Novel Book #3)

Becky Wade

Praise for Becky Wade "I wasn't ready for this story to end, but when it did, I sighed the happy/longing sort of sigh that romance readers know so well.
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Nicholas Wade

In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanity’s origins as never before—a journey made possible only recently by genetic science, whose incredible findings have answered such questions as: What was the first human ...
Family, Unvalued

Family, Unvalued

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Wade Nichols and his Taiwanese partner Francis Shen, living together in what for Wade is exile in Taipei, had considered a fake marriage to stay together in the U.S. Francis has been harassed by U.S. immigration before. He says marrying is  ...
Geoscience Abstracts

Geoscience Abstracts

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... Davies, Raymond ............ 8-3082, 8-3083, Davies, William E. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Davis, B.T.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis, Briant L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis, John Barney - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Davis, John C. .
Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Question

Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Question

D. J. Herda

Text and a few black and white photographs discuss the ideas and arguments behind the landmark abortion case of Roe v. Wade.
Other Hands

Other Hands

Laura Wade

Laura Wade’s plays, Colder Than Here and Breathing Corpses played simultaneously at Soho Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre respectively, and are both published by Oberon Books.
Posh

Posh

Laura Wade

Laura Wade's depiction of wealth and privilege is savagely funny - Time Out London Disgracefully entertaining... there is much fun to be had at the expense of these posh characters as they bicker, get wasted and lament the awfulness of the ...

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