{"product_id":"the-healing-land-rupert-isaacson-9780802140517","title":"The Healing Land: The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought up on stories and myths of the Kalahari Bushmen, Rupert Isaacson journeys to the dry vast grassland - which stretches across South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia -- to find out the truth behind these childhood stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep in the Kalahari, Isaacson meets the last groups of Bushmen still living the traditional way, caught between their ancient culture and the growing need to protect and reclaim their dwindling hunting grounds. Little by little he is drawn into the fascinating web of ritual and prophecy that make up the Bushman reality. He hears of shamans who turn into lions, sees leopards conjured from the landscape as though by magic. He attends trance-inducing dances and witnesses incredible healings. But he also sees the heart-wrenching social problems of a dispossessed people. What follows is an adventure of an intensity he could never have predicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Healing Land\u003c\/i\u003e records Isaacson's personal transformation amid these extraordinary people, and his passionate contribution to their political struggle. It captures his enchantment with the character, corruption, kindness, and confusion of a place that has wrenched itself from the Stone Age into the new millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rupert Isaacson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802140513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802140517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.52w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2004 pg. 16","brand":"Rupert Isaacson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438014116095,"sku":"9780802140517","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b17183cc-1234-4395-a3aa-8aedf72b8031.jpg?v=1777168213","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-healing-land-rupert-isaacson-9780802140517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}