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9780618211883 | Houghton Mifflin, December 8, 2005, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: An anthropologist describes life among the Eveny people of Siberia, detailing their nomadic way of life in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, their close relationship with the reindeer who share their environment, and their successful survival despite their harsh living conditions and Soviet efforts at control.
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9780618773572 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, December 1, 2006), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: An anthropologist describes life among the Eveny people of Siberia, detailing their nomadic way of life in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, their close relationship with the reindeer who share their environment, and their successful survival despite their harsh living conditions and Soviet efforts at control.
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9780007662401 | Thorsons Pub, April 1, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: This is a vivid, richly illustrated exploration of the symbolism and significance of sacred architectural forms from spires and minarets to pyramids and temples.
9780316381222 | Little Brown & Co, August 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Looks at the different ways the worlds religions translate their beliefs into architecture, and discusses site selection, feng shui, celestial alignments, and consecration
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9780806133287 | Univ of Oklahoma Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The shaman occupies a key role as a healer mediating between the world of the living and the world of spirits and is a potent figure in alternative medicine.
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9783822813409 | Taschen America Llc, January 1, 2001, cover price $14.95
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9780670861514 | Penguin USA, October 1, 2000, cover price $24.95
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9781571456649 | Laurel Glen, September 1, 2000, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Combines accessible and extremely readable scholarship with imaginative design to explore humankind's spiritual relationship with the Earth and its most sacred ancient structures.
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9780705435239 | Time Life Education, September 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Reverence for animals and the earth is a common theme that runs through the myths of Native Americans.
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9780316903042 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Examines historic and modern manifestations of shamanism in different regions of the world, discussing such key themes as healing, visions, initiation, and cosmology, and explores the relevance of shamanism to contemporary Western culture
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Explores the culture of the Saami people of Lapland, examining their traditions, religion, home and family life, language, education, and crafts, and discusses their efforts to maintain their distinct culture
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9781568471594 | Thomson Learning, February 1, 1994, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: Explores the culture of the Saami people of Lapland, examining their traditions, religion, home and family life, language, education, and crafts, and discusses their efforts to maintain their distinct culture
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9780521384476 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 1, 1993, cover price $100.00 | About this edition: Piers Vitebsky's study of religion, healing and psychology in tribal India focuses on a unique dialogue between the living and the dead, conducted through a shaman.
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