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by Pauline Melville Paperback - 368 pages (June 1999)
Ninety-two Days by Evelyn Waugh/ published 1934
Mark Andrew Ritchie / Paperback / Published 1996 This book does a terrific job of telling the REAL story
of the Yanomamo people. The fact that it is told by a Yanomamo shaman
lends to the credibility of the book, as does the author's documentation.It
was awesome to be able to finally conceptualize what I've believed all
along; that the spirit world is very real. Ritchie does a wonderful
job in not interjecting his own thoughts and bias into Jungleman's story.
It was a moving and gripping tale of a people struggling with the ways
they've known for so long and the ways they now wish to live.
by Mark J. Plotkin
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice is a classic scientific
adventure story. To my way of thinking, an ideal book educates as it
entertains, leaving the reader richer for the experience. This one certainly
achieves that as it portrays the hidden riches of the South American
rainforests, and the threatened knowledge base of its indigenous peoples.
I only hope that its readership will continue to grow, that people will
suggest it to national and international politicians, and take its message
to heart. As is said on "The X-Files": "The truth is out there." The
planet and our health may both be saved if these ideals of ecology and
cultural preservation become valued in our collective reasoning.
Read more or order this book....
A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry, Mark J. Plotkin Chidrens book ages 4 - 12 A wonderful book to introduce children to ethnobiology
through a story based upon Mark Plotkins ,Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice.
Well illustrated... especially like the inside covers where there are
illustrations of various plants and their medical use. My 4 year old
daughter loves this story . ( Ray Kril )
A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
A Literature Unit for The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry by Lynn DiDominicis / Paperback / Published 1998 Guyana: Fragile Frontier by Marcus Colchester / Paperback / Published 1997
Forest Politics in Suriname by Marcus Colchester / Paperback / Published 1995
The Struggle for Land and the Fate of the Forests by Marcus Colchester, Larry Lohmann / Paperback / Published 1993
At the End of the Rainbow? : by Gordon MacMillan
A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905 Walter Rodney / Paperback / Published 1981 USA
Sally Price, Richard Price / Hardcover / Published 1999 "The Maroon peoples of Suriname are decended from slaves
imported from West and Central Africa who escaped from Dutch plantations
in the 18th century. Their art is a rich mix of African American aesthetics
and the strong spirit of individual creativity. The authors (who share
the Dittman Chair in American Studies at the College of William and
Mary) examine textiles, woodcarving, calabash decorations, and ritual
performance with an anthropologist's regard for historical and cultural
context. . . . An important contribution to the literature of anthropolgy
and art." --Library Journal USA |
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The
Ventriloquist's Tale 
Spirit
of the Rainforest : A Yanomamo Shaman's Story 
Tales
of a Shaman's Apprentice : An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines
in the Amazon Rain Forest
The
Shaman's Apprentice : 
The
Great Kapok Tree : 
Maroon
Arts : Cultural Vitality in the African Diaspora