"Glittering World" tells the remarkable story of Navajo jewelry--from its ancient origins to the present--through the work of the gifted Yazzie family of New Mexico. Jewelry has long been an important form of artistic expression for Native peoples in the Southwest; its diversity of design reflects a[...]

Hounded by the tabloid media, driven from his self-made sanctuary at Neverland, Michael Jackson spent his final years moving from city to city, living with his three children in virtual seclusion--a futile attempt to escape a world that wouldn't leave him alone. During that time, two men served as t[...]

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, founded July 1, 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, was established by the American scholar, industrialist, and philanthropist Obert Clark Tanner. Lectureships are awarded to outstanding scholars or leaders in broadly defined fields of human values and tra[...]

Whilst young ladies in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were expected to have many creative accomplishments, they were not expected to travel unaccompanied, and certainly not to the remote corners of Southeast Europe, then part of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. But Edith Durham was no ordinary lady. [...]

"We constantly notice when we are out talking to winemakers in different wine regions that more and more producers pay attention to how what they do in the vineyard affects the environment. Many winemakers that we meet start the process of 'converting' to organic farming. There are rules for what th[...]

There have been many books written about football's most uncompromising firms, but for years little has been revealed about one of the most secretive and ruthless of them all - Spurs. And for the last fifteen years, the 'Tottenham Massive' have been nurtured and guided by one individual - Trevor Tan[...]

Ryan's Daughter, winner of two Oscars, was a very successful film that lured Michael Tanner to the Dingle Peninsula. He researched this story by focusing on identifying locations and interviewing local people involved in the film's shoot. The result is an unvarnished account of the troubled shootin[...]

As the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) extends into secondary schools, this text for trainee and practising mathematics teachers provides practical guidance on developing effective strategies for the teaching of numeracy of Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 based on the DfEE requirements.[...]

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by the riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree[...]

Construction of History. Jubilee Speech Sermon Protestant Historiography] The manner in which the memory of the Reformation is presented and the history of the Reformation is constructed, is up to this day a reflection of the -spirit of the times-. An anniversary is not only a means to pass on tradi[...]

Wie wandeln sich Menschenbilder? Durch welche sozialen Praktiken organisieren Menschen ihr Zusammenleben? Und hat die menschliche Natur eine Geschichte? Entlang dieser Fragen gibt Jakob Tanner eine problemorientierte Übersicht über die Historische Anthropologie und argumentiert gegen eine Arbeitst[...]