L Leigh: 43 books

Book cover of The Top 10 Things You Must Know About Negotiations
by Leigh L. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010

Skills, facts, strategies, techniques…whatever it takes! FT Press’s quick new Top 10s bring together the 10 most crucial things you MUST know to get great results, right now!   10 ways to make sure you’re ready for any negotiation–big or small, business or personal, anywhere, anytime!   You...
Book cover of Violent Democracies in Latin America
by Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair, Leigh A. Payne
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010

Despite recent political movements to establish democratic rule in Latin American countries, much of the region still suffers from pervasive violence. From vigilantism, to human rights violations, to police corruption, violence persists. It is perpetrated by state-sanctioned armies, guerillas, gangs,...
Book cover of Mirages and Speculations

Mirages and Speculations

Science Fiction and Fantasy from the Desert

by Lyn Worthen, Annie Reed, D.J. Butler
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017

Is the glimmer on the horizon a lake, shimmering under the hot desert sun – or a flying saucer visiting from a distant planet? Are those swirling clouds dust devils or djinn? In Mirages and Speculations seventeen authors of science fiction and fantasy take you on journeys to high mountain deserts,...
Book cover of SEAL Of My Dreams
by Jami Alden, Stephanie Bond, Kylie Brant
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011

True heroes who will win your heart. Honor, duty, courage, passion, the men of the Navy SEALs are a special breed of hero, and in these stories by eighteen top romance authors the SEALs are celebrated not only as symbols of devoted service to their country but as the kind of man every woman wants...
Book cover of Genealogy For Dummies
by Matthew L. Helm, April Leigh Helm
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017

The fun way to research your family history Genealogy For Dummies, 8th Edition covers everything you need to know about starting a genealogical research project—including where and how to find information, how to communicate with other online genealogists, how to leverage social networking...
Book cover of Researching Your Family History Online For Dummies
by Nick Barratt, Sarah Newbery, Jenny Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011

Praise for the 1st Edition "Easy to read yet filled with facts and information, this is a solid reference guide with everything for the beginner – and perhaps something for the more experienced too." –Family History Monthly "There is a lot of good advice in this book...
Book cover of Enacting History
by Leigh Clemons, Catherine H. Hughes, Kimberly Tony Korol-Evans
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011

Enacting History is a collection of new essays exploring the world of historical performances. The volume focuses on performances outside the traditional sphere of theatre, among them living history museums, battle reenactments, pageants, renaissance festivals, and adventure-tourism destinations....
Book cover of Strange Enemies

Strange Enemies

Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia

by Aparecida Vilaça, Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010

In 1956, in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, a group of Wari’ Indians had their first peaceful contact with whites: Protestant missionaries and officers from the national Indian Protection Service. On returning to their villages, the Wari’ announced, “We touched their bodies!” Meanwhile the...
Book cover of The Making of a Human Bomb

The Making of a Human Bomb

An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance

by Nasser Abufarha, Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009

In The Making of a Human Bomb, Nasser Abufarha, a Palestinian anthropologist, explains the cultural logic underlying Palestinian martyrdom operations (suicide attacks) launched against Israel during the Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–06). In so doing, he sheds much-needed light on how Palestinians have...
Book cover of Genocide

Genocide

Truth, Memory, and Representation

by Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair, Leigh A. Payne
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009

What happens to people and the societies in which they live after genocide? How are the devastating events remembered on the individual and collective levels, and how do these memories intersect and diverge as the rulers of postgenocidal states attempt to produce a monolithic “truth” about the...
Book cover of Living with Bad Surroundings

Living with Bad Surroundings

War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda

by Sverker Finnström, Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2008

Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord’s Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. Acholi have been murdered, maimed, and driven into displacement. Thousands of children have been abducted and forced...
Book cover of The Indian Militia and Description of the Indies
by Captain Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008

Sometimes referred to as the first published manual of guerrilla warfare, Bernardo de Vargas Machuca’s Indian Militia and Description of the Indies is actually the first known manual of counterinsurgency, or anti-guerrilla warfare. Published in Madrid in 1599 by a Spanish-born soldier of fortune...
Book cover of Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies E-Book
by Steven G. Gabbe, MD, Jennifer R. Niebyl
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016

Highly readable, well illustrated, and easy to understand, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies remains your go-to choice for authoritative guidance on managing today’s obstetric patient. Reflecting the expertise of internationally recognized authorities, this bestselling obstetrics reference...
Book cover of Excavation
by Brian Leigh Molyneaux, David L. Carmichael, Robert H. Lafferty III
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003

Excavation is traditionally considered the heart of the archaeological enterprise. But it is an activity transformed over the past two decades of increasingly contract-based work. Carmichael and Lafferty lay out the basics of this brand of excavation for the novice reader in this handy, practical...
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