Gerald: 1985 books

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Louisiana is the Bayou State, a state that seems to have experienced more than its share of storms in recent years. The story is set in the 1950s. Those were the years; they were my years, my world, my generation. The life and legends of Louisiana bayou country come alive in this historical fiction/fantasy....

This vintage book contains a detailed account of the author's experiences tending the land of a royal home in Lyndhurst, the New Forest, England. It is a fascinating memoir concerning thirty-five years service which offers the reader an authentic insight into life in the royal village during the nineteenth...

This interdisciplinary case study invokes historical, sociological, and anthropological means to examine the ascendance of the United States to a world power in its first imperial venture. In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898 the U.S. acquired and occupied the Philippine Islands for...

Life in the author’s hometown will resonate with readers with a childhood in a small town, and will delight all. These are tales of home brew, of tipping outhouses, of chamber pots and surreptitious smoking, all the hijinks of young boys in the late 1940s and 1950s. Relax with the humour of these reminiscences and revel in a way of life now gone.

A lone swordsman enters the picturesque town of Whispering Oaks. A town crushed by oppression. Can he make a difference in a town controlled by eighty-plus bandits and a corrupt council? For he is one of the four Blademasters, the man known as The Windblade.

What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today’s world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious investigation into how Canadians engage with history...

The advent of social media offers anthropologists exciting opportunities to extend their research to communities in fresh ways. At the same time, these technological developments open up anthropological fieldwork to different hazards. Networked Anthropology explores the increasing appropriation of...

Tsuki Waya/White Wolf, a Native American man, physically encounters his spiritual visions during a vision quest. The people and situations he encounters helps him define himself, helping him grow for the passions of life.

The doors of some of the world’s best-hidden places and most secretive organizations have now been thrown wide open! Some of the names are familiar: Area 51, Yale’s Skull and Bones, Opus Dei, the Esalen Institute. Others are more obscure, hidden by fate or purposeful deception, such as the Mount...

In the way life imitates art, Gerry Walshe's life began in a way similar to that of Steve Martin's character Navin R. Johnson in the movie 'The Jerk'.Born in Melbourne in 1926, Gerry Walshe got off to a bad start in life by conventional standards.Being the illegitimate...

It has often been said that those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it. In this concise, hard-hitting booklet about General Douglas MacArthur and his experiences during World War II, lessons abound. But have we learned from those lessons? In this booklet: • Betrayal in...

The nation's environmental policy approaches and methods are becoming more flexible and diverse, with state governments composing the fulcrum of policy changes. Southern environmental politics and policy are especially valuable when considering a changing environmental policy landscape because they...

When people think of Grand Island, they invariably picture the bridges connecting it with Buffalo to the south and Niagara Falls to the north. They might also think of it as a pleasant and conveniently located suburb or envision the island's natural beauty with the majestic Niagara River flowing serenely...