Traditional ethnographies have generally focused on large scale aspects of a society's life. In a new approach, Hollan and Wellenkamp are innovating the field of psychological anthropology with ethnographies that focus on the commanalities as well as the differences found in individuals belonging to a particular culture, in this case the Toraja of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This methodology allows readers to understand what it is like to live in Tana Toraja as well as gain insight into the individual lives, not just the society as a whole. The components of the individuals' enculturation can be seen through larger cultural processes of socialization that affect everyone, but person-centered ethnography takes into account the uniqueness of people and that the same culture can lead to drastically different people with differing views on the same issue, despite being raised in the same cultural environment. Contentment and Suffering is well-organized and does not attack the reader with technical jargon. Yet its approach does not condescend to the reader. Its concise wording is direct yet never terse or curt.

This book is a must read for ANY resident or practicing doctor. It really tells you what you need to get IN and OUT of your contract. What I liked about it was it presented the contract from both the employer and employee. It covers topics such as non-compete clauses, covenants, benefits, and malpractice insurance , just to name a few. Read this book before you start interviewing. While it was written for Emergency Medicine docs, it probably would help pediatricians, internists, and family practice docs a lot more. Highly recommend this book. It can be read in a couple days.

The series is well-researched and well-documented. It has an index which allows researchers to locate their family and gives the original source; it is best used in conjunction with "Vital Records of (town), Massachusetts to 1850."

David Woods first learned to cook at the age of 12. He found that he not only liked it, he had a flair for developing original and creative recipes of his own and did so as a life-long hobby. In Cooking With Bananas we find that bananas have a lot more going for them than just being sliced up on our morning cereal, split along side scoops of ice cream, or made into banana bread! Indeed, Cooking With Bananas features wealth of enthusiastically recommended, banana oriented recipes well suited for breakfast and brunch; drinks, shakes and punches; soups, salads, and sandwiches; main dishes and side dishes, breads; desserts; treats for kids of all ages; even salsas, sauces, and jams! From Baked Banana with Almonds and Honey; Banana Apricot Salad; Sweet Potato and Banana Casserole; and Banana, Wild Rice, Chicken and Apple Hash; to Banana Coconut Bread; Banana Satin Smooth Cream Pie; Banana Granola Bars; Strawberry Banana Freeze; and Apple Banana Papaya Salsa, Cooking With Bananas offers a cornucopia of easy-to-make, delicious to eat dishes showcasing the versatility and palate pleasing properties of one of America's most popular fruits!

This book is a study of the tactics that gay men use to keep their sexual orientation hidden from their (often homophobic) co-workers. It scares me how accurate it is. Let me give you an example, I once had a male teacher who said, "I was once going out with this woman who blah, blah, blah." Well, many straight people would think, "Okay, girlfriend equals straight." But a critical reader would see that the man said, "Once!" Many openly gay men used to date women. This book mentions tactics like acting weird so that co-workers just dismiss you as asexual, emphasizing your love of sports in order to hide the fact that you're not involved with a woman, being so liberal that when you mention gay rights co-workers think you are a leftist rather than gay, etc. If straight people read this book, gay men would never be able to hide. This book was both a gift and a weapon. Some have critiqued it asking why anyone would want to study, and subconsciously encourage, men to be closeted. However, this book does talk to men about their being out in the workplace and how they did it. We need more studies like this. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. However, it could be incredibly dangerous if placed in the wrong hands.

I was surprised to read the editorial review which regarded this book (and similar books) so poorly. We have 2 of these books (Survival - Could You Be A Frog? and the "Mouse" one of the same series.) My son (5 years old) thinks it's a lot of fun to play the "game" of survival and along the way you learn a lot of interesting facts about the animal. We find the book to be entertaining and challenging. It's a nice change from a regular book and it is very unique! We wish there were more books in the series.

Table of Contents - General Instructions: - General Supplies - Projects like: Wart the Frog Flopsie Rabbit Sittin' Kitten Barnyard Welcome Henny Penny all with a photo, instructions and patterns

Steve Scott, has done it again.
Definatly a book for the 'deep reader'.
Are the screenplay rights avaliable?

I thought that this story of love separated by life desires was true to life and very sweet. Harlan Patrick became one of my favorite characters right at the beginning of Natural Born Lawman, and I was thrilled to hear that he had his own book. His heartache over losing his longtime love to the career she had ben dreaming about for years was very true to life, as many people sacrifice love for their dreams. But I was definately happy that their love survived and prospered. It was a wonderful book, and I hope that I can find many just as good.

Sherryl Woods progresses the Adams' family bloodline into The Next Generation series of Baby Makes Three. In romance novels it is very rare that you can come into such an in depth series of family based storylines that tie generations together but also give each individual novel a life of its own. You can pick up the first book or the last book and enjoy it immensely with Woods' characters and plots, but when you continue with the series you feel a sense of family, belonging, and security in the circle of life. Well written and easy to follow and enjoy, I recommend this book highly to anyone.