Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, Early Reprint, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This is a memoir by medical anthropologist, teacher, and writer Adrie Kusserow, who has worked with refugees and on humanitarian projects in Bhutan, Nepal, India, Uganda, South Sudan, and the United States. It is a story of witness and humility and, ultimately, a way to critique and gain a fresh perspective on Western approaches to the self, suffering, and healing. Clean copy. Record # 33956
Softcover. Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a part of The Cultures and Practice of Violence series. It considers how young men in West Africa are made available for violent labor on the battlefields, in diamond mines, rubber plantations, and other unregulated industries. Based on ethnographic research with militia groups in Sierra Leone and Liberia during those countries' recent civil wars, Hoffman traces the paths of young fighters who moved from grassroots community-defense organizations in Sierra Leone during the mid-1990s into a large pool of mercenary labor. Clean copy. Record # 34529
Hardcover. NY, Facts on File, 1st thus, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped along the top edge, and the laminate on the rear has bubbled. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book takes readers beyond the myths to the megaliths themselves, piecing together their history and that of the people who built them. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34050
Hardcover. NY, Reynal & Company, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 212 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with several closed tears and a few chips. It has been preserved through the use of a plastic sleeve. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This out-of-print book is a valuable historical record of East Africa's traditional customs and ceremonies, featuring photographs taken in 1967-68. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's inscription present on front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34010
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1993, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature on front and rear fly leaf. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468269
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