<p>In this book, contributors examine the many meanings of the term 'nomad' through the study of food habits. Food and beverage products have become just as nomadic as other objects, such as telephones and computers, whereas in the past only food and money were able to move about with their carriers. Food industries have seized control of this trend to make it the characteristic feature of consumption outside the home - always faster and more convenient, the just-in-time meal: 'what I want, ……続きを見る
One of the most influential Victorian-era publications was a periodical called Boy's Own, which was geared toward preteens and teens. The publication printed information, activities, and how-tos geared to instill good health and a can-do attitude in Great Britain's young men. The volume Born to Wander collects frequent contributor Gordon Stables' writings on travel and outdoor adventures.画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わら……続きを見る
<p>This book raises the case of the world's first nomadic empire, the Xiongnu, as a prime example of the sophisticated developments and powerful influence of nomadic regimes. Launching from a reconceptualization of the social and economic institutions of mobile pastoralists, the collective chapters trace the course of the Xiongnu Empire from before its initial rise, traversing the wars that challenged it and the reformations that made it stronger, to the legacy left after its eventual fall. ……続きを見る
<p>Vanessa Runs, with her husband Shacky and their animal companions, lives without electric power, without running water, and primarily off-grid. This book contains all the tips, tricks and shortcuts Vanessa has accumulated after four years of nomadic full-time travel with her family throughout North America on a very restricted income.</p> <p>In these pages you will learn:</p> <p>* How to earn money on the road<br /> * Where to find free camping across the country<br /> * How t……続きを見る
<p>*****Award Winning Nurse Memoir*****<br /> I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane! The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse.</p> <p>Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and event……続きを見る
<p>The allure of nomadism lies not only in the physical landscapes explored but also in the internal odysseys undertaken by these wanderers. Nomads navigate not only the external terrains of mountains, jungles, and oceans but also the vast landscapes within themselvesーtheir fears, aspirations, and the eternal pursuit of freedom.</p> <p>The tales presented here are not mere chronicles of physical journeys but windows into the nomadic soul. Whether facing the mysteries of an ethereal dese……続きを見る
<p>This is the incredible true story of how two small bands of hostile nomads, now known as the Yuqu? (you-KEY), were befriended by a group of courageous missionaries who placed their trust fully in God. Day after day, the missionaries put their lives at risk in the western Bolivian Amazon in order to make friends with the jungle dwellers, thus sparing the tribe from annihilation by those who were invading their territory. The task was not easy as one missionary was speared and six others sh……続きを見る
<p>India is rich in its oral tradition. Its antiquity defies historical inquiry. Indian folklore offers diversity in the forms of expression while retaining the unity of theme, i.e. Dharma., The forms may be changing periodically to suit the times. The purpose of these popular art forms has been the same in a way as the classical arts. They provide education through entertainment. Andhra Desa, comprising roughly the present state of Andhra Pradesh, is very significant in its folk tradition i……続きを見る
<p>Ole Bruun focuses on a community of nomadic livestock herders in present-day Mongolia. He depicts their transition from a contained, Soviet-era collective to modern times and addresses the most essential conditions for their continued survival and prosperity in the age of the market: the adaptability of their own culture and working strategies, government policy, and international attention. By studying the nomadic practice of animal husbandry in the context of family farms, Bruun points ……続きを見る
<p><em>The Last Caravan</em> is a powerful and dramatic account of how the great African drought of the early 1970s transformed the nomadic Tuareg, the famous blue-veiled men of the Beau Geste legend. Thurston Clarke recounts their story in his words and theirs, allowing them to come to life as they describe their sufferings and wanderings in search of food and comfort. Their story is a powerful one of ecological disaster, of the courage and nobility of an ancient people facing extinctio……続きを見る
<p>Before actors and Food Network stars Jazz, Jake, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett conquered Hollywood, they spent their childhood crisscrossing the United States. Moving coast to coast thirteen times, they car-tripped to small towns and big cities across America.</p> <p>But no matter where they lived, two things remained constant: their incredible family feasts and the long, wooden kitchen table where they shared food and lived their lives. Each time they arrived in a new home, their mothe……続きを見る
<p>Follow a modern day nomadic renaissance man on his journey to enlightenment and pursuit to spiritual enrichment, discover his place in the Universal Creator’s (God’s) plan to live in balance, and tap into the energy provided by nature. Many people cross our path to bring us a lesson, message, or direct us to action. This is a book of collected dreams, poems, and messages, which were all delivered from spiritual helpers called Masters, teachers, Angels, and guides. Examples, used from mode……続きを見る
<p><strong>Hold on tight, this is not what we expected to happen to the fun loving career nurse we met in Ooh Matron!</strong></p> <p><strong>Is Sarah Jane playing with fire?</strong></p> <p>Sarah Jane's life is set to be turned upside down as she juggles the pursuit of her nursing career with the roles of wife and mother. Her nursing career deviates off course into the aged care sector to accommodate her personal life and calls for a variety of sacrifices and compromises to ……続きを見る
<p>This book presents new contributions in backpacking research from various disciplines, capturing the diversity of backpacker contexts, motives and behaviours. It takes a fresh, critical and reflexive look at over 40 years of backpacking research and seeks to recentre backpacking research before introducing new perspectives on backpacking and global backpacker cultures from previously unexplored perspectives. The chapters examine contemporary backpacker culture and mobilities, and the valu……続きを見る
<p>These thirteen essays are about the years spent raising a young family on Ocean Beach in a flat-black BlueBird school bus/home, under the hate-filled eyes of the "real" residents.</p> <p>Apartheid is not the same as Segregation and other lessons I never expected to learn in San Francisco. Segregation is merely codified bigotry, as in a matter of there, not here. Go there, you can't be here. Go to your place. Over there is your place, not here where I have to see you. Apartheid is them……続きを見る
<p>Drawing on the theories and philosophies of Deleuze and Guattari, this edited collection explores the concept of rhizomatic learning and consolidates recent explorations in theory building and multidisciplinary research to identify new directions in the field.</p> <p>Knowledge transfer is no longer a fixed process. Rhizomatic learning posits that learning is a continuous, dynamic process, making connections, using multiple paths, without beginnings, and ending in a nomadic style. The ……続きを見る
<p><strong>'Man does for the reader that most difficult of tasks: he conjures up an ancient people in an alien landscape in such a way as to make them live.' - <em>Guardian</em></strong></p> <p>The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today’s descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese unity and inspired the first Great Wa……続きを見る
<p>Nomadic eyes, Sporadic heart is a collection of poetry about the experience of travel, diaspora, love, loss, motherhood and femininity. It takes the readers through a journey of the world, moments of awe and discovery, more bitter moments and finds taste in all of them. Taste, sincerity and depth.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。続きを見る
<p><strong>A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization.</strong></p> <p>The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world’s greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. Their deeds still resonate today. Indeed, these nomads built long……続きを見る
<p>In an era of rapid change for Africa, this nomadic tribe clings to its traditional way of life. This book examines their society, and provides the first full published description of human life in the area. The author, a social anthropologist, spent more than two years among the Samburu; as an adopted member of one of their clans, he perceived how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change. Case studies support the general analysis throughou……続きを見る
<p><strong>Unveiling the Epic Saga of the Mongol Empire: A Book Bundle of Nomadic Origins to Lasting Global Heritage</strong></p> <p><strong>Discover the Untold Story:</strong> Delve into the pages of history and immerse yourself in the gripping narrative of the Mongol Empire. Unravel the captivating tale that stretches across centuries, continents, and cultures. From the nomadic origins of Genghis Khan to the enduring global impact of the Mongol legacy, this book bundle is your ……続きを見る
<p><strong>Climate Change and Nomad History</strong></p> <ul> <li>The dependence of mankind on the nature surrounding it, i.e. from the geographical environment, is undeniable.</li> <li>Although the degree of this dependence is assessed differently, in any case, the economic activity of the peoples who have ever inhabited the Earth is closely related to the landscapes and climate of the inhabited territories.</li> </ul>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購……続きを見る
<p>Carol Mogensen begins a chronicle of her nomadic life by describing her family's wandering from one Texas oil boom town to another during the 1940s. These wanderings over the dry Texas plains instilled in her a thirst for adventure and led to living in Puerto Rico and, ultimately, on a small island in Alaska. She titles her book Riffraff as that is the way many residents of the small Texas farming communities whee cotton fields sat stop oil fields viewed the influx of nomadic oilfield wor……続きを見る
<p>Practical Holism and Nomadic Thought invites us to think of societies as organizations built with moral, legal, political, and economic materials that interact in dynamic, and often simultaneous, ways. According to this view, which Carlos Pereda calls “practical holism,” our practical life is constantly motivated by many different kinds of values that often conflict with one another. This book examines how practical normativity, guiding how we behave from seemingly trivial interactions to……続きを見る
<p>This book undertakes a thorough study of Reindeer in the Upper Pleniglacial and Tardiglacial societies in France. It addresses two main topics ? the economy of animal resources within the societies and the exploitation of Reindeer organized within the annual cycle, in terms of space and time, between 30,000 and 14,000 cal BP in France. The author proposes an analysis and hypothesis regarding the economy of animal resources and the nomadic cycle of the last Paleolithic hunter-gatherer soci……続きを見る
<p>Taylors study of science has led him into the coldest realms known to man.<br /> Through Taylors' adversity he finds an enzyme thought to prolong life, but with it came it's curse and the nomadic tribe that carried it.<br /> Through them he finds all he was looking for and more.As his love for a nomadic girl forces him to change into something beyond this world.<br /> The military trying to gain this miracle enzyme finds Taylor an adversary with biblical proportions.<br /> Love, s……続きを見る
<p>The different peoples making up Sudan have a long history of ethnic conflict. There has been civil war between the north and the south, as well as conflict among the various ethnic communities and nomadic groups living within these regions. Readers examine the civil unrest that has divided the country for decades, as well as the rebellion and massacres of the Darfur region. Factors contributing to the area's ongoing conflicts, including clashes over oil, water, land, and human rights, are……続きを見る
<p><em>Deinstitutionalizing Art of the Nomadic Museum</em> explores the possibility of the "nomadic museum" to facilitate social and political resistance through engagement with critical art practices and imagery. Grounded in a decade-long art therapy project in a contemporary art museum setting, this book offers a theoretically rich conceptualization of this experience.</p> <p>The text establishes an institutional critique of both the dominant psychopathology discourse and the instr……続きを見る
<p>This book comprises of several short stories. This is the authors first published book.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。続きを見る