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Green Men & White Swans
The Folklore of British Pub Names
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2010
Why do British pubs have such curious names? What tales lie behind the Moonrakers, the Hooden Horse, the Derby Tup? And why does the Green Man come in different shapes and sizes?
In Green Men & White Swans, leading folklorist Jacqueline Simpson explores the fascinating stories behind pub...
I Like Being Catholic
Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A celebration of the treasured traditions, rituals, and stories that run through the bloodstream of American Catholics
For Andrew Greeley, it is the reverence of Christmas night and the exultation of Easter morn. Martin Scorsese, like many others, remains grateful for the nuns who rapped his...
Games of Persuasion
: Exercises in Media Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2000
Like rain, the media overload pours over us each day, each hour, each waking moment of our lives. One way to cope is to withdraw from the world to a faraway island unhooked to any satellite.
Another way is to grapple with the media as so to understand the nuts and bolts of the persuasive messages...
by Terence Barrow
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
The Incredible is a part of American History and tradition and our 50th State is certainly no exception. This unique little book, incredible in its own way, brings together the talents, knowledge and experience of two well-known Hawaiian residents, artist-illustrator Ray Lanterman and author-anthropologist...
Mixed-Up Love
Relationships, Family, and Religious Identity in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Dating, commitment, kids, and family--it's all hard work, and when you come from different religious backgrounds it's even harder.
Jon, a Catholic writer, and Michal, a Reconstructionist rabbi, live out the challenges of an interfaith relationship everyday as husband and wife, and as parents...
Christmas on Jane Street
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The warm, wonderful, real-life tale of the family that brings the Christmas spirit to life on a street corner in Manhattan.
Every holiday season for nearly twenty years, Billy Romp, his wife, and their three children have spent nearly a month living in a tiny camper and selling Christmas trees...
Shamans and Kushtakas
North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Shaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was honored as a person who could heal the body and spirit as well as see into the future. In his struggles...
Seven Seasons in Siena
My Quixotic Quest for Acceptance Among Tuscany's Proudest People
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Siena seems at first glance a typical Italian city: within its venerable medieval walls the citizens sport designer clothes, wield digital phones, and prize their dazzling local cuisine. But unlike neighboring Florence, Siena is still deeply rooted in ancient traditions—chiefly the spectacular Palio,...
Teachings of the Santería Gods
The Spirit of the Odu
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
The first book to explore the sacred myths of Santería
• Includes more than 100 myths, stories, and histories about the odu and the orishas
• Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories
• Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically...
Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation
Community, Religion and Cultural Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book is a brilliant historicisation and scathing critique of many of the dominant concepts by which Indians generally, and north Indian Hindus more specifically, think and live today. Historians, sociologists, political scientists and serious readers who wish to understand how the immediate past has shaped Indias life will value this incisive work of a major historian.
Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation
The Four Aims of Life in the Tradition of Ancient India
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1993
What is the Nature of the social order that unquestionably produced one of the greatest and longest lasting civilizations known to humankind? Alain Daniélou, distinguished Orientalist, musicologist, and linguist, reveals the foundations of India's culture and the four aims of human life as they are...
On Islam
Muslims and the Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In the constant deluge of media coverage on Islam, Muslims are often portrayed as terrorists, refugees, radicals, or victims, depictions that erode human responses of concern, connection, or even a willingness to learn about Muslims. On Islam helps break this cycle with information and strategies...
Cascina Novecento
Tradizione contadina, emigrazione e radici nell’Italia del secondo dopoguerra
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Le radici lontane di un mondo che non esiste più, i luoghi e le persone che hanno dato dignità, cultura, invenzioni e tradizione ai nostri luoghi natii e all’intera nazione. Il tutto alla luce di una dimensione di vita contadina mai gridata ma, al contrario, sussurrata con garbo e riservatezza...
From Beginning to End
The Rituals of Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
FROM BEGINNING TO END
Why "rituals"?
My thinking was set in motion by those who, knowing I was a parish minister for many years, have asked me for advice about ceremonies and celebrations. They wanted words to use at graduations, funerals, and the welcoming of children. They inquired about...