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	Oral Literature in Africa 4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Inked Pearl: A Girl's Quest 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE HELIX PEARL the story of the winedark garrulous sea 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The black inked pearl 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Musicians: Music-Making in an English Town 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The lady and the dragon (Ruthfinn romance Book 1) 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where is Language? 4.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance and Social Context 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire Pearl: Tale of the burning Way 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Have just realised that this 'Fiction and Anthrop' field that I had sort-of known about but hadn't noticed much - even thought a bit marginal to my normal concerns - is not only well recognised but exciting, growing.

AND shock horror, that I'm part of it!'

More later when I've absorbed the shock ...

Anyone else out there interested?

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Published on February 21, 2016 09:34 • Tags: anthropology, fantasy, fiction, nivel

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Descendants (The Arete, #1)

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Ruth Finnegan liked Eugene Faith's review of Storms: The way of the mariner (Hearing others voices): "Finnegan and Schofield have created something truly rare: a work of nonfiction that reads like an epic, teaches like a textbook, and resonates like a psalm. From the first chapter, I was utterly immersed. It’s not often that a book so perfectly captu" Read more of this review »
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Ruth Finnegan liked Nuel Crown's review of Storms: The way of the mariner (Hearing others voices): "In Storms: The Way of the Mariner, Schofield and Finnegan have created what I would call a literary landmark in maritime storytelling. Their fusion of real life sea chronicles, historical insights, and poetic reflections on the power of storms is not" Read more of this review »
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Ruth Finnegan liked Daniel Mony's review of Storms: The way of the mariner (Hearing others voices): "This book didn’t just move me it reshaped the way I see the sky, the sea, and the storms inside myself. Storms is not just an account of maritime survival; it’s an intellectual and emotional storm surge of its own. Tom Schofield brings us into the he" Read more of this review »
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