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by Charles Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
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The Bashful Young Gentleman
The Out-and-out...
by Foxfire Fund, Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center...
In the Country of Country
A Journey to the Roots of American Music
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
From the author of the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy comes an exhilarating exploration of the performers, places, and experiences which form country music--a genre which is uniquely and authentically American. 40 photos.
Las Christmas
Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Twenty-five celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmas in this splendid holiday extravaganza.
From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santicló delivered a beloved uncle from political oppression to Junot Díaz's story of his own uneasy assimilation on his first Christmas...
by Louisa Paar
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
This brief illustrated piece gives the history and lore of the hand fan.
Lost on Planet China
The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China—a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained.
Maarten Troost has charmed legions of readers...
The World through Soccer
The Cultural Impact of a Global Sport
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
The world’s most popular sport, soccer is a global and cultural phenomenon. The television audience for the 2010 World Cup included nearly half of the world’s population, with viewers in nearly every country. As a reflection of soccer’s significance, the sport impacts countless aspects of the...
Vanishing Act
Cambodia's World of Magic
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Cambodia's mystic class of sorcerers, mediums, fortunetellers, and monks channel spirits, read fortunes in numbers and cards, and inscribe enchantments in flesh. But technology and modernity are changing these roles and rituals. Vanishing Act tracks down these singular people to document their lives,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of Buddhist...
Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth
Beyond Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth: Beyond Schools, edited by Benjamin Frymer, Matthew Carlin, and John Broughton, addresses the new cultural landscapes which increasingly "educate" our youth. With essays from both emerging and established scholars, the book explores the ways media and...
One Kiss or Two?
The Art and Science of Saying Hello
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
Every encounter begins with a greeting, and different cultures have developed innumerable ways of showing pleasure at someone’s arrival. Humans have been greeting each other for thousands of years, so it should be the most straightforward thing in the world, but this seemingly simple act is fraught...
by Georges Flayeux, Ligaran
Language: French
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Extrait : "Au centre de la majestueuse forêt qui domine Plainfaing, au Nord-Est, se dresse le colossal rocher de Hangochet. La forêt est une sapinière pure, aux arbres géants, d'un feuillage velouté comme une tapisserie d'Orient."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN : Les éditions LIGARAN proposent...
by S. Reynolds Hole
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
A Little Tour In Ireland
The view from the hill of Killiney is one of the loveliest in this land of loveliness. Seated among the purple and golden flowers, you look over its rocks and trees upon the noble Bay of Dublin with its waters "bickering in the noontide blaze," and the stately ships...
by Maria Laurino
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2001
"One of the best books about the immigrant experience in America....unique and gracefully written."—San Francisco Chronicle
Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic identity....