The devastating impact of alcohol on indigenous populations is well known, but debate often overlooks the broad context of the problem and the priorities of indigenous people themselves. This book provides readers with a coherent explanation of alcohol misuse among indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Written with the desire to improve the level of informed debate and lead to constructive action, the book argues that our understanding of alcohol misuse needs to be reconceptualized and structural inequalities addressed.

Dealing with Alcohol: Indigenous Usage in Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Politics & Social Sciences

Gray, Dennis

Saggers, Sherry

Social Sciences

Cambridge University Press

The devastating impact of alcohol on indigenous populations is well known, but debate often overlooks the broad context of the problem and the priorities of indigenous people themselves. This book provides readers with a coherent explanation of alcohol misuse among indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Written with the desire to improve the level of informed debate and lead to constructive action, the book argues that our understanding of alcohol misuse needs to be reconceptualized and structural inequalities addressed.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Addiction & Recovery

""      ""Life's no more than a balancing act, with each of us on stage / No rights or wrongs, ifs, ands or buts; we react and turn the page,"" writes poet Dennis Gray. His newest work, Thoughts on Life in Rhyme and Sculpture, certainly reveals these thoughts in a meditation on the complexities, joys, and tribulations of being alive--from the stress of traffic to the troubling state of the environment and finding one's purpose amidst the craziness and uncertainty of life in our times.  Mr. Gray expresses some ""dark and troubling"" concerns regarding the human condition and the harmful ways in which men and women treat one another and the environment. Dennis Gray's poetry gives great hope and inspiration, urging people to move beyond their innate tendencies toward selfishness and material greed to enhance their compassion and love for their fellow man.  Thoughts on Life in Rhyme and Sculpture is an original, refreshing, and sometimes disconcerting look at life by an artist of great insight, wit, and empathy.

Thoughts on Life in Rhyme & Sculpture

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Vantage Pr

Rope boy

Gollancz

Tight Rope: The Fun of Climbing

Sports & Outdoors

Mountaineering

Ernest Pr

THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN RHYME & SCULPTURE

"" ""Life's no more than a balancing act, with each of us on stage / No rights or wrongs, ifs, ands or buts; we react and turn the page,"" writes poet Dennis Gray. His newest work, Thoughts on Life in Rhyme and Sculpture, certainly reveals these thoughts in a meditation on the complexities, joys, and tribulations of being alive--from the stress of traffic to the troubling state of the environment and finding one's purpose amidst the craziness and uncertainty of life in our times. Mr. Gray expresses some ""dark and troubling"" concerns regarding the human condition and the harmful ways in which men and women treat one another and the environment. Dennis Gray's poetry gives great hope and inspiration, urging people to move beyond their innate tendencies toward selfishness and material greed to enhance their compassion and love for their fellow man. Thoughts on Life in Rhyme and Sculpture is an original, refreshing, and sometimes disconcerting look at life by an artist of great insight, wit, and empathy.

Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc

Rope Boy is the story of Dennis Gray, a young lad from Leeds who gets his first taste of rock at age eleven, and goes on to become a prominent figure in the UK climbing scene for decades to come. Gray's climbing career began with the 'Bradford Lads', climbing in Yorkshire, Scotland and Wales, exploring classic crags such as Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, tentatively venturing into an exciting new game, and inspired by the pioneering Arthur Dolphin. Just as the scene was rapidly developing in the 1950s, so was Gray's desire to climb, and he was soon climbing with the Rock and Ice legends Joe Brown, Don Whillans and Nat Allen, among others, making first ascents such as North Crag Eliminate on Castle Rock in the Lake District and Grond on Dinas Cromlech in Wales. Larger objectives beckoned, and Gray embarked upon multiple expeditions to the Alps as well as to the Himalaya, the Andes, and America, making numerous first ascents along the way including the north ridge of Alpamayo in Peru's Cordillera Blanca, and Mukar Beh in the Kulu valley of India. Rope Boy relays times of frustration, adventure and success, and the hilarious and dauntless friends with whom Gray shared his experiences. Dennis Gray's transformation from rope boy to expedition leader is an inspiring and encouraging tale of one boy's journey into adulthood via a world of rock, snow and ice.

Rope Boy: A life of climbing from Yorkshire to Yosemite

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Vertebrate Publishing

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