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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Page 45
... knew about Homer's Hector , I wanted to be like him , a tamer of horses . And I even knew a cowboy named Hector , riding the rodeo circuit in the Kootenay and Columbia River basins . Like his namesake , he got into a nasty fight over ...
... knew about Homer's Hector , I wanted to be like him , a tamer of horses . And I even knew a cowboy named Hector , riding the rodeo circuit in the Kootenay and Columbia River basins . Like his namesake , he got into a nasty fight over ...
Page 131
... knew it was a cat , of course . But I also knew it wasn't a cat . I wasn't budging . I had lost the Battle of Peas - TO BE OR NOT TO BE 131.
... knew it was a cat , of course . But I also knew it wasn't a cat . I wasn't budging . I had lost the Battle of Peas - TO BE OR NOT TO BE 131.
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... knew that what the boys told him was true , for that was the convention of riddling . But he couldn't make sense of it , for he also knew about hunt- ing and about the world , and he therefore knew that what they said was not true . The ...
... knew that what the boys told him was true , for that was the convention of riddling . But he couldn't make sense of it , for he also knew about hunt- ing and about the world , and he therefore knew that what they said was not true . The ...
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