Bøker av Michael F. Brown

In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun-renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence-use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds.

Brown explores the scope and substance of the practice called channeling as a window on the persistent New Age movement. He offers a lively firsthand assessment of the hopes, fears, and obsessions of the thousands of Americans who have abandoned mainstream religions in search of direct and improvisational contact with spiritual beings.

Brown documents the efforts of indigenous peoples to redefine heritage as a proprietary resource. By focusing on the complexity of actual cases, he casts light on indigenous claims in diverse fields-religion, art, sacred places, and botanical knowledge. He proposes alternative strategies for defending the heritage of vulnerable native communities.

Provides students and law enforcement officers with the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process, from arrival on the scene to the trial procedures. This book merges two areas that are crucial to the successful completion of an investigation: the law, both criminal and procedural, and criminal investigative techniques.