LIBROS DEL AUTOR: mary helms

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  • Hunu’s Journey
    John Helms / Mary Helms
    'Hunu’s Journey: A Tale of Exploration and Pollution' is a children’s book that follows the adventures of Hunu, a baby sea turtle, as she sets out on a mission to teach her friends about the dangers of pollution in the ocean. Along the way, Hunu encounters various marine animals and witnesses firsthand the harm that pollution can cause to the ocean’s ecosystem. With the help of...
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    13,38 €

  • Ulysses’ Sail
    Mary W. Helms / Mary WHelms
    What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance in cosmological terms, and why they associate political power with information about strange places, peoples, and things. She assesses the diverse goals of travelers, be the...
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    64,97 €

  • Access to Origins
    Mary W. Helms / Mary WHelms
    In many non-industrial, non-Western societies, power and prestige are closely linked to the extent of an individual’s or group’s perceived connection to the supernatural realm, which also explains and validates tangible activities such as economic success, victories in war, or control over lucrative trade. Affines (in-laws), ancestors, and aristocrats, in particular, are connec...
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    33,34 €

  • Craft and the Kingly Ideal
    Mary W. Helms / Mary WHelms
    In ancient Mediterranean cultures, diamonds were thought to endow their owners with invincibility. In contemporary United States culture, a foreign-made luxury car is believed to give its owner status and prestige. Where do these beliefs come from? In this study of craft production and long-distance trade in traditional, nonindustrial societies, Mary W. Helms explores the power...
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    40,25 €

  • Middle America
    Mary W Helms / Mary W. Helms / Mary WHelms
    Originally published by Prentice-Hall in 1975. ...
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    104,98 €

  • Ancient Panama
    Mary W. Helms / Mary WHelms
    Ancient Panama adds depth to our understanding of the political and religious elite ruling in Panama at the time of the European conquest. Mary W. Helms’s research greatly expands knowledge of the distribution, extent, and structural nature of these pre-Columbian chiefdoms. In addition, Helms delves more deeply into select aspects of ancient Panamanian political systems, includ...
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    33,62 €