Venture into the heart of Borneo and New Guinea with anthropologist Alfred C. Haddon. "Head-Hunters" offers a fascinating exploration of these enigmatic cultures. Discover the intricate rituals, beliefs, and customs of these misunderstood people. Through vivid descriptions and expert analysis, Haddon challenges stereotypes and provides a nuanced understanding of headhunting practices. Prepare to have your perceptions shattered as you delve into a world both familiar and alien.

Headhunters are third-party agents paid a fee by companies for locating job candidates perform a unique sales role. The product they sell is people, matching candidates with jobs and companies with candidates. Headhunters affect the professional lives of thousands of employees every day, and their work has a profound, though hidden, effect on the employment picture in the United States. William Finlay and James E. Coverdill draw on interviews with and observations of headhunters and on analysis of headhunting training seminars, lectures, industry newsletters, and a mail survey of headhunting firms. The result is a frank and sometimes unsettling portrait of the aims, attitudes, and tactics of practitioners. The payment of fees has shifted from candidates to employers, and recruiters now find people to fit jobs rather than the other way around. Finlay and Coverdill address what they feel is a serious lack of research about the work headhunters do and how they do it. Their book is built around three major questions: What advantages do employers derive from using third-party agents to handle candidate search and recruitment? How are headhunters able to accomplish the double sale ('selling' candidates to employers and employers to candidates)? What criteria do headhunters use for selecting candidates? In the process, Finlay and Coverdill link their findings to larger issues of institutional and historical context, revealing the economic and political reasons clients use headhunters, demonstrating how headhunters manipulate clients and candidates, and assessing the impact of headhunters' actions on hiring decisions.

The Collected Works of Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Unabridged) is a paramount collection of Scottish literature that showcases Gibbon's distinct literary style, known for its lyrical prose and poignant portrayal of rural life in the early 20th century. Through his vivid descriptions and deeply human characters, Gibbon captures the essence of Scotland's landscapes and the socio-political changes that shaped the country. Readers can expect a rich tapestry of stories that explore themes of identity, modernity, and the struggle for independence. Gibbon's work is characterized by its deep sense of place and its ability to evoke a strong emotional response from readers. Lewis Grassic Gibbon, born James Leslie Mitchell, was a Scottish writer and poet known for his keen observations of the Scottish way of life. His experiences growing up in rural Scotland greatly influenced his writing, as did his involvement in socialist movements. Gibbon's commitment to social justice and his passion for storytelling are evident throughout his work, making him a highly respected figure in Scottish literature. I highly recommend The Collected Works of Lewis Grassic Gibbon to readers interested in exploring the complexities of Scottish identity and the impact of social change on rural communities. Gibbon's timeless narratives offer a compelling glimpse into the cultural landscape of Scotland and the human experiences that resonate across time.

Spurred on by the woman he loves, young journalist Edward Malone eagerly joins forces with irascible Professor Challenger on an expedition to South America. They are accompanied by Professor Summerlee, keen to expose his old rival as a fraud, and soldier-adventurer, Lord John Roxton. Their mission is to verify Challenger's claim of the existence of a mysterious Jurassic-age plateau untouched by human civilization that brings both wonder and terror in the form of prehistoric creatures, from fierce ape-men to grazing iguanodons and rookeries of pterodactyls.

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Who, and what are the medicine-men (or medicine-women), of the American Indians? What powers do they possess in time of peace or war? How is this power obtained, how renewed, how exercised? What is the character of the remedies employed? Are they pharmaceutical, as we employ the term, or are they the superstitious efforts of empirics and charlatans, seeking to deceive and to misguide by pretended consultations with spiritual powers and by reliance upon mysterious and occult influences? Such a discussion will be attempted in this book, which will be restricted to a description of the personality of the medicine-men, the regalia worn, and the powers possessed and claimed. To go farther, and enter into a treatment of the religious ideas, the superstitions, omens, and prayers of these spiritual leaders, would be to open a road without end.

When he learns that his partner's been murdered attempting to gather gold worth half a million dollars, Tom Christian sets off to the jungles of the Solomon Islands to retrace his partner's footsteps and finish the job. But Tom's gold fever makes him unaware that the notorious thief Punjo Charlie has laid a trap to snare the young man and collect the treasure himself. Christian's problems soon triple when a trio of Americans are taken hostage by the same bandit-and one of those hostages just happens to be the beautiful Diana Forsythe. What follows is an all-out war which pits Christian, his first mate Hihi and their contingent of coast men against a horde of bloodthirsty headhunters, all under the control of the man who killed his partner.

The Mysterious Island follows the adventures of a group of castaways who use their survivalist savvy to build a functional community on an uncharted island. A hot-air balloon carrying five passengers and a dog escapes from Richmond, Va., during the American Civil War. It is blown off course and deposited near an obscure island. One of the castaways nearly dies after a skirmish with pirates; he is saved by the unexplained appearance of medicine after the pirates are unexpectedly routed. The group later discovers that their secret helper is the reclusive Captain Nemo (first introduced in Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea), who dies and is buried at sea in his submarine. The castaways are eventually saved by a passing ship.

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