Exploring the Moon
Exploring the Moon

Author: David M. Harland

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-04-16

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 0387746412

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In this comprehensive overview of Man’s relationship with his planet’s nearest neighbor, David Harland opens with a review of the robotic probes, namely the Rangers which returned television before crashing into the Moon, the Surveyors which 'soft landed' in order to investigate the nature of the surface, and the Lunar Orbiters which mapped prospective Apollo landing sites. He then outlines the historic landing by Apollo 11 and the final three missions of comprehensive geological investigations. He concludes with a review of the robotic spacecraft that made remote-sensing observations of the Moon. This Commemorative Edition includes a foreword by one of the original astronauts as well as an extra section reviewing the prospect of renewed exploration there. New graphics and images are also included.

Grace
Grace

Author: Boswell, Barbara

Publisher: Modjaji Books

Published: 2017-07-19

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1928215246

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Family secrets run deep for Grace, a young girl growing up in Cape Town during the 1980s, spilling over into adulthood, and threatening to ruin the respectable life she has built for herself. When an old childhood friend reappears, Grace’s memories of her childhood come rushing back, and she is confronted, once again, with the loss that has shaped her. She has to face up to the truth or continue to live a lie - but the choice is not straightforward. Grace is an intimate portrayal of violence, both personal and political, and its legacy on one person’s life. It meditates on the long shadow cast by personal trauma, showing the inter-generational imprint of violence and loss on people’s lives.

Dialogues with the Dead
Dialogues with the Dead

Author: Piers Vitebsky

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-08-12

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780521384476

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A study of religion, healing and psychology in tribal India, examining the bereavement rituals of the Sora people.

The Rising of the Phoenix
The Rising of the Phoenix

Author: Flavian Pernell

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1481797263

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Kandar and Kiri were born Ormiri: a race of beings who had evolved to possess great mystical powers. When an ancient alien enemy returns to attack their home-worlds, Kandar and Kiri find themselves mixed in a war they do not understand, their destiny compelled by a prophecy long kept secret and faced with a power they still need to master fully. This is the first book of the Legends of the Ormiri.

Land Of Enki In The Islamic
Land Of Enki In The Islamic

Author: Timothy Insoll

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-28

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 1136774971

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First published in 2005. This study results from an intensive years fieldwork completed in Bahrain in 2001. This comprised two seasons of both excavations and surveys (February-May and September-November), separated by the Bahraini summer when it was deemed too hot to work effectively in the field.

Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring
Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring

Author: Peter Berger

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2015-02-17

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1614513635

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Few thorough ethnographic studies on Central Indian tribal communities exist, and the elaborate discussion on the cultural meanings of Indian food systems ignores these societies altogether. Food epitomizes the social for the Gadaba of Odisha. Feeding, sharing, and devouring refer to locally distinguished ritual domains, to different types of social relationships and alimentary ritual processes. In investigating the complex paths of ritual practices, this study aims to understand the interrelated fields of cosmology, social order, and economy of an Indian highland community.