He describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.

    Living for thirty years in the Gilbert & Ellis Islands, Grimble was ultimately initiated and tattooed according to local tradition, but not before he was severely tested, as when he was used as human bait for a giant octopus. Beyond the hilarious and frightening adventure stories, A Pattern of Islands is also a true testament to the life of these Pacific islanders. Grimble collected stories from the last generation who could remember the full glory of the old pagan ways. This is anthropology with its hair down.

    An interpretation of religious philosophies and their influences with foreword by Albert Einstein.

    BEAUTIFUL colorful pictures throughout, includes the miracle of the sea, face of the land, canopy of air, creatures of the sea, the age of mammals, the coral reef, the arctic barrens, the rain forest, the woods of home, the starry universe, the face of the land, the pageant of life, lovely, pages and pages of fold out pictures.

    With passion and verve, Joseph Kinsey Howard, author of the best-selling Montana: High, Wide, and Handsome, narrates the tragic story of Riel, the Metis people, and their struggle for a homeland on the plains of the U.S.-Canada border.

    The 1984 edition has an introduction by David Pocock (of Mass Observation) which covers meal-times from 1953 to the early 1980s.