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Treading on Hallowed Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations in Sacred Spaces
Oxford University Press, USA
, 2008
After America's Iraq adventure devolved into a debacle, a chorus of commentators and analysts noted that the U.S. military had no plan to fight a counterinsurgency campaign. Given the failure of conventional tactics, America in the last two years has redoubled its efforts to develop a new strategy to fight the Iraqi insurgency, and has gone so far ...
Sacred Ground
Barbara Wood
St. Martin's Press
, 2001
Well-crafted tale
If archeology and anthropology enthrall you, then you'll be immersed in the mystery from the first pages. Wood weaves an intricate tapestry of early and present life in North America that is believeable and displays much research. The lives of many generations ...
Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America's Sacred Ground
JoRenee; McGraw, Barbara A Formicola
Baylor University Press
, 2005
An informative study of the religious right & the secular left determining the role of religion in American public life
Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics On America's Sacred Ground ably edited by Barbara A McGraw and Jo Renee Formicola is an informed and informative compilation study of the religious right and the secular left determining the role of religion in ...
Sacred Ground: A Tribute to America's Veterans
Tom Ruck
Regnery Publishing
, 2007
Extraordinary reminder of the Spine of America
As I read this remarkable work, I was struck as to how, 230 years later, Thomas Paine's words remain relative''''MacArthur, Patton...We have forgotten the meaning of Country, Honor, Sacrifice. The photography alone will bring the largest individual to their knees, ...
The Singular Pilgrim: Travels on Sacred Ground
Rosemary Mahoney
Mariner Books
, 2004
Best American Travel Author
I never purchase books, and I've bought three copies of the Singular Pilgrim to give away to friends. Yup, it is that good. Not only does Ms. Mahoney achieve the rare state of sublime travel writing in which you feel that you are with her as a fellow pilgrim, but she ...
A Sacred Feast: Reflections on Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground (At Table)
Kathryn Eastburn
University of Nebraska Press
, 2008
A great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a dedicated Sacred Harp Singer,I have just one thing to say about Ms.Eastburn's book,this is a very well written book that can be read on many levels.It is a travelogue about Sacred Harp Singings,it is a cookbook filled with a sampling of some of the dishes that ...
Sacred Ground: Music and Window Frequencies for Meditation (Brain Sync audios)
Kelly Howell
Brain Sync
, 2003
Highly Recommended
After struggling for years with trying various tools to gain consistency in my meditation practice, this CD has been a great find. It has four segments and suggests that you use each at least once a day for a week before moving to the next segment. Each segment takes ...
The Bluegrass Gospel Songbook
Wayne Erbsen
Native Ground Books & Music
, 2006
A simply wonderful and enthusiastically recommended addition
Compiled and edited by Southern Appalachian music instructor and historian Wayne Erbsen, "The Bluegrass Gospel Songbook" presents 172 pages of lyrics, music, history, and chords to over one hundred bluegrass gospel classics. Enhanced with the inclusion of more than one ...
Holding Sacred Ground: Essays on Leadership, Courage, and Endurance in Our Schools (Jossey Bass Education ...
Carl D. Glickman
Jossey-Bass
, 2003
Carl Glickman draws from his more than fifteen years of experience as director of a nationally validated school improvement program with more than one hundred diverse K-12 schools, and more recently, his two years spent examining some of the most successful progressive schools in the United States. He offers proven advice on leadership formats, ...
Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture
State University of New York Press
, 2000
Buy it, but read it back to front.
This book is an ambitious collection of theme-sorted essays, all relating various aspects of Star Trek to those of religious life. Most of the essays are considered and well researched, and the occasional good idea does creep in. Tagged throughout with Christian ...
Deep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Ground (S U N Y Series in Radical Social and Political ...
State University of New York Press
, 2001
Examines the relationship between spiritual disciplines and the natural world.
New Roots in America's Sacred Ground: Religion, Race, And Ethnicity in Indian America
Khyati Y. Joshi
Rutgers University Press
, 2006
Timely & fascinating look at the ethnic identity of 2nd gen. Indian Americans
For her book "New Roots in America's Sacred Ground", Dr. Khyati Joshi interviewed over 40 second-generation Indian Americans, asking questions about their youth and adolescence in this country and about their experiences with religion throughout their lives. In the ...
On Sacred Grounds: Culture, Society, Politics, and the Formation of the Cult of Confucius (Harvard East Asian ...
Thomas A. Wilson
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Deborah Sommer
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Harvard University Asia Center
, 2003
The sacred landscape of imperial China was dotted with Buddhist monasteries, Daoist temples, shrines to local deities, and the altars of the mandarinate. Prominent among the official shrines were the temples in every capital throughout the empire devoted to the veneration of Confucius. Twice a year members of the educated elite and officials in ...
Under Sacred Ground: A History of Navajo Oil, 1922-1982
Kathleen P. Chamberlain
University of New Mexico Press
, 2000
Modern Navajo tribal government originated in 1923 solely to approve oil leases. From that beginning, the responsibilities and functions of tribal government expanded, fostering economic and political changes that brought the Dine people into closer contact with their Anglo neighbours. As tribal government undertook more projects, the revenue from ...
Sacred Ground to Sacred Space: Visionary Ecology, Perennial Wisdom, Environmental Ritual and Art
Rowena Pattee Kryder
Bear & Company
, 1994
exceptional book, excellent infornmation on color..
one of those wow,this is amazing books...it has literally hundreds of little black and white scetches in and the informatiom on colour is the best I have ever come across....as an art teacher you can never learn enough..constant learning process.. Rowena Pattee ...
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