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Korean Architecture

Breathing with Nature

by Ben Jackson, Robert Koehler
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015

This book offers an introduction to Korea's abundant and unique architectural past and present, combining explanations of the principles behind Korean architecture with introductions to some of the country's finest buildings and structures. It explains some of the ideologies and perspectives that...
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Sketches of Korea

An Illustrated Guide to Korean Culture

by Benjamin Joinau, Elodie Dornand de Rouville
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015

**How Much Do You Think You Know about Korea? Get a glimpse of the many faces of Korea in illustration form ** Kimchi, K-pop, taekwondo, Samsung—the images that most people get when they think of Korea don’t stray much beyond the usual ones. But there are so many more fascinating sides...
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The Family Ranch

Land, Children, and Tradition in the American West

by Linda Hussa
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009

As a stabilizing force in the American West, ranch families play a critical role in our country. They contribute to our nation with the food they raise, the resources they manage, and the environments and heritage they preserve. Award-winning author Linda Hussa offers readers an intimate view into...
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A travers la Bretagne

Souvenirs et paysages

by Max Radiguet
Language: French
Release Date: September 3, 2015

Max Radiguet (1816-1899) "Et d'abord – il importe que vous le sachiez, – mon voyage a duré juste un mois et je n'ai foulé du sol breton qu'une longueur de trente-cinq kilomètres, à l'extrémité du Finistère..." Max Radiguet est né à Landerneau (Finistère), ville...
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Drumming up Dialogue

The Dialogic Philosophies of Martin Buber, Fred Iklé, and William Ury Compared and Applied to the Babukusu Community of Kenya

by Patrick Wanakuta Baraza
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011

If, as they say, we all come out of Africa, then somewhere in Kenyas Rift Valley we first learned to live as human beings and we quickly learned to quarrel, too. Migration patterns within Kenya are as complicated as any in the U.S. or Europe and its multi-ethnic history is much, much longer. Fr. Baraza,...
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by Thomas Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015

These observances once represented the spiritual life of Greece, and were considered for two thousand years and more the appointed means for regeneration through an interior union with the Divine Essence. However absurd, or even offensive they may seem to us, we should therefore hesitate long before...
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Opium Culture

The Art and Ritual of the Chinese Tradition

by Peter Lee
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2005

A detailed study of the history and usage of opium • Explores the use of opium as a major healing herb and a popular relaxant • Details the opium practices adhered to in the Chinese tradition • Includes information on the suppression of opium by the modern pharmaceutical...
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by Jerrilyn McGregory
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997

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by Ted Olson
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1998

In the years immediately preceding the founding of the American nation the Blue Ridge region, which stretches through large sections of Virginia and North Carolina and parts of surrounding states along the Appalachian chain, was the American frontier. In colonial times, it was settled by hardy, independent...
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The Book of Tea

Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic

by Okakura Kakuzo, Liza Dalby
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012

Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters. The Book of Tea doesn't...
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by A. D. Thibeault
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014

A full executive summary of The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies Jared Diamond. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting...
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Traditional Painting

Window on the Korean Mind

by Rober Koehler et al.
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015

Korean painting reveals a connectivity with nature that parallels the Korean traditional world view. Living in a dramatic landscape of rugged peaks, deep valleys and broad rivers, Koreans have long held nature in deep reverence. This respect, this yearning for nature is immediately apparent in Korean...
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The Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora

Appropriation, Integration and Legislation

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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018

During its expansion from the Amazon jungle to Western societies, ayahuasca use has encountered different legal and cultural responses. Following on from the earlier edited collection, The Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora continues to explore how certain alternative global religious groups, shamanic...
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by G. Woolliscroft Rhead
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2014

Needless to say the present work is far from exhausting the subject of costume, which extends, indeed, over the whole field of history. For reasons of space, neither ecclesiastical nor military costume is touched upon. The book makes no pretensions to being anything more than what its title suggests—a...
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