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The author of LEARNING ABOUT LEA, a study of the life and work of Lea Goldberg, is herself a distinguished Israeli academic.Lea Goldberg, who died in 1970 at the age of 59, is perhaps the best known, most popular read Hebrew female poet of her generation; but this "psychobiography" is something more than a conventional literary biography.Amia Lieblich takes us on a dual journey; through her poems and diaries, she delves deep into Goldberg's personality and motivation, and in the course of so doing, as she becomes closer to her subject, she herself embarks upon something of a voyage of personal and intellectual rediscovery.This is an absorbing study of a poet, children's author, academic and artist of seminal importance in the literary world of Palestine (as it was before 1948) and Israel, and a fascinating account of the development of a work of both scholarship and humanity.Amia Lieblich is a well-known writer of books about Israeli society. Among her books in English is a biographical novel about the author Dvora Baron, CONVERSATIONS WITH DVORA, published by the University of California Press in 1997. Amia Lieblich is a Professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. She has three grown children and a long-term partner.

Kelleyana Junique blows the smoke away from the questions many people have in their minds about Rastafarians (Rastas) and their life in Jamaica. What do they believe in? Who is Jah? Why do they revere Haile Selassie and Bob Marley? How do they live? How do they raise families? Do they work? Why are ganja and reggae/ragga music so important to the Rastas?All in all, it's a peaceful picture that is presented here, of a people who acknowledge the differences in humanity but do not presume to judge. The author doesn't shy away from tricky issues like skylarkers, gargamels and single-parent families; but the image of rural joy in the middle of 'Babylon' abides, in this informative and entertaining guide to a misunderstood faith.

This animated and entertaining account of the varied and often colourful aspects of district administration in rural Tanganyika (Tanzania) during the last years of Britain's trusteeship will dispel many misconceptions about colonial life. The reader is presented with a kaleidoscope of events and images, and will be drawn into the author's enthusiasms and concerns, all against a background of rapid political change. There are descriptions of foot safaris, poaching, murder, anti-famine measures, smuggling, witchcraft, a school riot, a locust invasion, and the threat of civil unrest; also of domestic matters, friendships made, and the sadness of leaving. Although the style is understated, the reader will be aware of the writer's affection for Africa and for the people amongst whom he lived and worked. This book will appeal to the serious and casual student of African affairs and history, and to anyone who takes pleasure in reading of unfamiliar events in distant places.

William Charles Lyon was one of several prominent soldiers in New Zealand in the nineteenth century who bridged the divide between the British Army and the Colonial Forces. A failed affair and family forced him to retire from his regiment and emigrate to New Zealand. Plagued by self-doubt and debt, he rose to the opportunities presented by what remained of the New Zealand Wars and the various internal and external threats to the colony that followed and succeeded in retaining the affection of his new family. This book provides a penetrating insight into this pivotal phase in New Zealand's early colonial period, particularly the changing nature of the military leadership; the development of the Volunteer Movement, the Waikato Militia, and the Armed Constabulary; and the early European settlement of the Waikato.