If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... called the Kgalagati National Park ) . Each time a car went by , he and his family were completely enveloped in dust . Meanwhile his elegant photo- graph , showing him in skins against a backdrop of red Kalahari sand , graced the ...
... called the Kgalagati National Park ) . Each time a car went by , he and his family were completely enveloped in dust . Meanwhile his elegant photo- graph , showing him in skins against a backdrop of red Kalahari sand , graced the ...
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... called " real " numbers like 1 , 2 , or 3 or , for the more advanced , " ratios " of these , such as 2 , 3 , or 4. Then along came what were called " ir - rational " numbers , numbers ( such as the square root of 2 ) that could not be ...
... called " real " numbers like 1 , 2 , or 3 or , for the more advanced , " ratios " of these , such as 2 , 3 , or 4. Then along came what were called " ir - rational " numbers , numbers ( such as the square root of 2 ) that could not be ...
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... called high culture , let me end this chapter by turning to one of the great jugglers of contradictions , Oscar Wilde . In an essay called " The Decay of Lying , " he bemoaned the fact that there were so few good liars around , liars ...
... called high culture , let me end this chapter by turning to one of the great jugglers of contradictions , Oscar Wilde . In an essay called " The Decay of Lying , " he bemoaned the fact that there were so few good liars around , liars ...
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