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The articles in this volume give a clear picture as to where the profession of social work is heading. From global social work to the issues facing social work higher education it lays out where we have been and where we might be headed. A great read and good resource for those in the field or studying to become a social worker. Kudos! :o)

This book is like reading Tom Sawyer by Twain, Penrod by Tarkington, and sometimes like James Thurber. It is also something like the biography of Thomas A. Edison. A website about this book can be found at: http://members.aol.com/lhchristen/index.htm

The escapades of the Hannebaum family from Indiana continue in Idaho in the 1920's. This is an original and humorous book, well worth reading. Excerpts can be found at this URL: http://members.aol.com/lhchristen/index.htm

Dr. Porter is the most brilliant mind in the nursing field. Her insights on Indiana nursing practice are invigorating. Read this book and you won't be disappointed!

Very few books on film are regarded as "A MUST READ", and there's a good reason for that. I can go on forever about this book, but I don't have the time. All I can say is go to your local bookstore and judge for yourself, because this is A MUST READ!

Enjoyed reading these letters from the family members to the soldier. Showed how the war affected the civilians in Indiana.
Very interesting to read.

A great book about Ogun's cult. If you want to know Ogun in Africa and in Americas, you need this book.

This book contains valuable information on the history of African film from colonial times to the present. It explains why film production in Africa is what it is today, from region to region. This is mainly a book on African film history, so reviews of films are not emphasized

This superb book had its beginnings in Indiana at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University. An African Folklore Conference was held at the college in 1970. Research papers were presented by folklorists, historians, and colleagues of Richard M. Dorson (1916-1981), IU professor and editor of this book. Professor Dorson led the way for folklore studies to venture from simplistic "wives-tales" to scholarly research, documentation and fieldwork. The first part of this book is an introductory essay written by Professor Dorson. He links folklore, anthropology, literary and oral history concepts to introduce the reader to the second section of the book. Part II is comprised of 16 papers, all presented at the Conference. Part III of the book is actual African folklore. The samples come all areas of Africa. Please note that this book is meant for adult readers, but many excerpts could be shared with children.

Masolo has written perhaps the best encyclopedic account of 20th century African philosophy. His exploration of the problem of articulating reason in the African context, a context burdened by the imposition of colonialism, racism, and the perils and anxiety of metaphilosophical reflections on philosophy (epistemologically, ontologically, and politically understood) is balanced and erudite. I teach this book regularly in my Contemporary African Philosophy course at Brown University and I provide a discussion of it in my book, HER MAJESTY'S OTHER CHILDREN. My main concern, by way of criticism of the text, is its appeal to pragmatism in places that are clearly existential. This is a problem endemic to pragmatism, however, since the category of experience often raises similar sets of problems as in existential philosophy. No pragmatist, for instance, believes in a prior essence. That said, read this work. It is illuminating, and it is a valuable guide for anyone interested in 20th century philosophy.