Griffin: 1118 books
The Trustafarian Handbook
A Field Guide to the Neo-Hippie Lifestyle - Funded by Mom and Dad
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
For years, a moldy slice of the upper crust has been slumming it in disguise. Sitting on stoops, smoking up, and trying to blend in with the common broke folk by wearing worn-out jeans (though really stylishly distressed), drinking PBR (even though the family owns a vineyard), and not paying rent...
Bayou Country Bloodsport
The Culture of Cockfighting in Southern Louisiana
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Cockfighting has had a long history in the United States. Now outlawed in all 50 states, the violent sport serves as a springboard to discuss controversial leisure activities. The author’s fieldwork, beginning before the ban of cockfighting and conducted mainly in South Louisiana, provides the basis...
by A.R. Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2005
First Published in 1971. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by James Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
At eighty, Rhetta Sweeney was living with her sister, doing what was expected of a woman her age. But on a chilly fall afternoon after taking her sister to a tag sale, a tragic event changed her entire life.Her past, present and future collide in the flash of a second.Rhetta was not always eighty, and...
Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice
Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Women who came of age in the late twentieth century were raised in the era of choice; they grew up believing that reproductive decision-making is a political right, a responsibility of women living the successes of second wave feminism, and under their control. Contemplating Maternity in an Era of...
by Aria Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...
Swamper
Letters from a Louisiana Swamp Rabbit
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Swamper, a fictitious swamp rabbit, lives in the bottomland hardwood forest, or overflow swamp, which is a very real environment. In twelve "letters" addressed to his human friends, Swamper shares his vivid observations about life in a Louisiana swamp. With excitement and captivating detail,...
Sport and Exercise Science
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Sport and Exercise Science: An Introduction provides a broad-based foundation in the major areas that underpin the scientific study of sport and exercise science, thus helping undergraduate students to develop a sound understanding of human anatomy, physiology, nutrition, metabolism, biomechanics...
by Elena Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...
by Nancy R. Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Are You a Lightworker? Do you feel different? Do you march to a different drummer? Are you sensitive to loud noises and anger? Do you long for an answer you can't find? Well, you may be a Lightworker!
Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast
Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research, offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history of the southeastern United States.
Building on the 1991 publication What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this new edited collection from Shannon...
by Nancy Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
The ultimate to-do list for Mainers and visitors alike
What better way to celebrate 50 years of book publishing than to celebrate the greatest things Maine has to offer. Following the popular trend in “bucket list” books, this experiential guide will help visitors and residents alike discover...
Heart of Creation
The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers.
The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or...
by Gloria Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Ready for a Viola Dana change? 'Viola Dana' (June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987) was an American feature female actor whoever was prosperous throughout the age of still films. This book is your ultimate resource for Viola Dana. Here you will find the most up-to-date 49 Success Facts, Information, and much...