age ~64
from Huntington, VT
Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has ...
Author
Eric S. Ross
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
308
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
ISBN #
1580462170
EAN Code
9781580462174
ISBN #
9
The Known World is a sprawling region ruled by mortals, protected by gods, and plied by magicians and warriors, merchants and beggars, royals and scoundrels. Here, those with the gift of the Erjak share a psychic bond with animals; a far-reaching fraternity unites criminals of every persuasion in a ...
Author
Pierre Grimbert
Binding
Paperback
Pages
308
Publisher
AmazonCrossing
ISBN #
1612184596
EAN Code
9781612184593
ISBN #
5
A blend of indigenous life in the rural countryside and metropolitan culture in urban centers, Senegal has been a small, yet prominent country on Africa's western coast. In this comprehensive study of contemporary Senegalese life, readers will learn how daily lifestyles are celebrated through both r...
Author
Eric S. Ross Ph.D.
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
160
Publisher
Greenwood
ISBN #
0313340366
EAN Code
9780313340369
ISBN #
4
There’s so much to do now that Uncle Mike and Steve are getting married. Follow Andy on this enjoyable journey as he talks about his uncle's wedding, how it affects him, and the things he gets to do in preparation for the ceremony. You’ll laugh and smile as you read this adorable story about marriag...
Author
Eric Ross
Binding
Paperback
Pages
34
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1456531034
EAN Code
9781456531034
ISBN #
2
This book is an objective study of the state of Islam in Senegal and of the religious factors that influence it. Islam in Senegal is characterized by the strong intrenchment of a certain number of Sufi brotherhoods. In effect, the majority of Senegal's 7,600,000 Muslims consider adherence to a broth...
Author
Khadim Mbacke, John O. Hunwick
Binding
Paperback
Pages
141
Publisher
Markus Wiener Pub
ISBN #
1558763422
EAN Code
9781558763425
ISBN #
16
In 1952, Professor Allan Holmberg arranged for Cornell University to lease the Hacienda Vicos, an agricultural estate in the central Peruvian highlands on which some 1800 Quechua-speaking highland peasants resided. Between 1952 and 1957 Holmberg, with colleagues and students, initiated a set of soci...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
358
Publisher
AltaMira Press
ISBN #
0759119740
EAN Code
9780759119741
ISBN #
13
The Oneness of the Universe through scientific and ancient principles. Through insomnia, long hours of meditation, asceticism, and learning Hebrew, philosophy, theology, psychology, hypnotism, and theoretical physics- The Science of One shares the unbelievable and ground breaking results of this ext...
Author
Eric Arthur Ross
Binding
Paperback
Pages
104
Publisher
lulu.com
ISBN #
1257913972
EAN Code
9781257913978
ISBN #
12
This book represents a major critique of the way Malthusian thinking has influenced capitalist development policy in the modern period, as well as in the past. Taking an historical and comparative view, it highlights the strategic role of Malthusian ideas in the defence of capitalist political econo...
Author
Eric B Ross
Binding
Paperback
Pages
272
Publisher
Zed Books
ISBN #
1856495647
EAN Code
9781856495646
ISBN #
6