Authors:Gwynneth Latham, Michael Latham,
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Keywords: family, africa, medical, saga, tales, kilimanjaro
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 1995-01-15
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 1850438811
ISBN-13: 9781850438816

These tales are based mainly on the writings and reminiscences of Gwynneth Latham who joined her husband Donald, a yopung doctor in Tanganyika in the 1920s and 1930s. These memoirs provide a portrait of life in what is now mainland Tanzania, in the early period of that country as a British mandated territory.Offering an account of medical practice in the most extreme tropical conditions, this is the tale of an English woman who took on the important role of medical assistant to a "bush doctor". Perceptive insights into the connection between traditional medical practice and Western medicine ar

Author: A. J. H. Latham
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Keywords: related, disciplines, select, bibliographies, history, guide, asia, south, america, bibliographical, africa
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1995-05-01
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0719018773
ISBN-13: 9780719018770

A selected, annotated bibliography, dealing with the history of Africa, Asia and South America since 1800. Most of the 5000 items included are books published since 1945 - many of which are very recent. Important works written earlier are also included.

Author: Tim Latham
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Keywords: secrets, island, norfolk
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-06-28
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 174114373X
ISBN-13: 9781741143737

In this well-researched analysis of a true and unsolved crime, the enigma surrounding the death of Janelle Patton—a 29-year-old Australian woman who disappeared while hiking on a popular Norfolk Island trail and was later found stabbed and dead—is investigated through personal interviews and probing questions. A territory of Australia, Norfolk Island itself is as fascinating and strange as Patton’s murder. Few people in this secretive and protective island community of less than 2,000 citizens will discuss the incident, further shrouding Patton’s death with mystery. This startl

Author: A.J.H. Latham
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: modern, world, economy, studies, routledge, primary, commodity, rice
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1998-05-21
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0415151538
ISBN-13: 9780415151535

Rice: The Primary Commodity de-mystifies the trade, outlines its workings and the problems which confront it.A.J. Latham outlines the history and cultivation of rice, and the research programmes which have done so much to revolutionise its production in recent years. Including case studies of the rice markets in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Brazil, the USA and many other countries, this book gives an up-to-date and comprehensive view of the unpredictable and rapidly changing world market in rice.

Author: Lance Latham
Publisher: CMP
Keywords: world, calendars, clocks, programming, library, date, time, standard
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 1998-05-01
List price: $60.95
ISBN-10: 0879304960
ISBN-13: 9780879304966

Lance Latham’s Standard C Date/Time Library aims to solve the problem with time and calendars on computers. This book publishes the author’s C library with functions (included on CD-ROM) for many of the world’s calendars, interspersed with some truly fascinating historical material that makes sense of humankind’s myriad attempts to get a handle on time. The Standard C Date/Time Library begins with a description of the Y2K problem. The author then proceeds to show that definitions of years, months, and days are subject to different standards, many of which are the result

Author: Mark Latham
Publisher: Not Avail
Keywords: diaries, latham
Number of Pages: 429
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0522852157
ISBN-13: 9780522852158

Here are the political diaries of one of Australia’s most promising national leaders-published within twelve months of his resignation from office-an historic first. "The Latham Diaries" are searingly honest bulletins from the front line of Labor politics. They provide a unique view into the life of a man, the Party and the nation at a crucial time in Australian history. Mark Latham resigned from parliament in January 2005, after only fourteen months as Leader of the Opposition, amid bitter post-election recrimination and his own ill health. From the beginning of his career he was viewed

Author: Kevin Latham
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: culture, popular, contemporary, world, lifestyle, arts, china, media, pop
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-07-27
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 1851095829
ISBN-13: 9781851095827

ChinaÕs release from Maoist austerity has produced an explosion in popular culture. The Chinese have embraced such technologies as television and cell phones and shaped them to their own social context. Understanding modern China requires a thorough knowledge of daily life there. This book presents readers, from high-school and college students to the inquisitive tourist, with that knowledge.The author, a scholar of Chinese culture, draws on his own fieldwork, along with authoritative scholarship and reporting, to give the reader a comprehensive, lively, and accessible introduction to all asp