Customs Traditions category: 898 books
The Dead Beat
Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms, and made a pilgrimage to London...
With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple.
Narrative of Four Years' Residence On the Tibetan Border, and of a Journey Into the Far Interior
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Elibron Classics. Replica of 1901 edition by Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh. This is an Illustrated edition. This is an account of Susie Carson Rijnhart (1868 - 1908) and her husband, Petrus Rijnhart, spent as missionaries in Tibet from 1895-1899. Susie Rijnhart and her husband offered...
by Kakuzo Okakura
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times.In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is accessibile...
The Book of Tea Classic Edition
Classic Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee tables and bookshelves. A keepsake enjoyed by tea lovers for over a hundred years, The Book of Tea Classic Edition will enhance your enjoyment and understanding...
by Walter Weston
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Elibron Classics. Replica of 1896 edition by John Murray, London. This book includes maps available as a free download. This is an Illustrated edition. Walter Weston (25 December 1860 – 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman, missionary, and mountaineer. This is a great travel book with a lot...
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
"Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to 'civilize' us into...
by John Barber
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
This book is a collection of fifty eight blogs posted on the author’s personal web site over a two year period. It was headed ‘The Best of British’ and was inspired by my collection of news clippings. Read about cultural events that take place on May Day such as Penky Follar, famous and ordinary...
Heroes and Heroines
Tlingit-Haida Legend
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Over uncounted generations the Tlingits and Haidas of Southeast Alaska developed a spoken literature as robust and distinctive as their unique graphic art style, and passed it from the old to the young to ensure the continuity of their culture. Even today when the people gather, now under lamplight...
Celebrating the Third Place
Inspiring Stories About the Great Good Places at the Heart of Our Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Nationwide, more and more entrepreneurs are committing themselves to creating and running "third places," also known as "great good places." In his landmark work, The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg identified, portrayed, and promoted those third places. Now, more than ten years...
by Kevin Wehr
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
From the driveway mechanic to the backyard gardener, many diverse people are "doing it themselves" by building or repairing the stuff of their daily lives without the aid of experts. Do It Yourself uses Habermas’s colonization of the lifeworld as a frame and mobilizes Marx’s concepts of alienation...
Germany
Unraveling an Enigma
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Who are the Germans?
So we think we know a lot about Germans? After all, more Germans have immigrated to the United States than any other ethnic group, and fifty million American citizens currently claim German heritage. The truth is, though, Germans are different from us-in more ways than...
Foodshed
An Edible Alberta Alphabet
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
In this intimate guide to Alberta's sustainable food scene, writer, poet, professional chef, and food advocate Dee Hobsbawn-Smith profiles more than seventy-five of the province's growers and producers. Learn the A to Z's of each producer, from Asparagus growers to Zizania cultivators, and enjoy the...
Execution
A History of Capital Punishment in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Judicial hanging is regarded by many as being the quintessential British execution. However, many other methods of capital punishment have been used in this country; ranging from burning, beheading, and shooting to crushing and boiling to death. Execution explores these types of executions in detail....
New Orleans Memories
One Writer's City
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Carolyn Kolb provides a delightful and detailed look into the heart of her city, New Orleans. She is a former Times-Picayune reporter and current columnist for New Orleans Magazine, where versions of these essays appeared as "Chronicles of Recent History." Kolb takes her readers, both those who live...