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To See Them Run
Great Plains Coyote Coursing
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
To See Them Run explores how and why Great Plains hunters have chased coyotes with greyhounds and other sight hounds since before George Armstrong Custer. Though a well-developed, long-lived, widespread, and undeniably enthralling tradition, the practice remains little known, even to those living...
Meeting Once More
The Korean Side of Transnational Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
A great
mobilization began in South Korea in the 1990s: adult transnational adoptees
began to return to their birth country and meet for the first time with their
birth parents—sometimes in televised encounters which garnered high ratings. What makes the case of South Korea remarkable is the sheer
scale...
by Elder George
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
In his book “A Gender Handbook for Western Man,” author Elder George states that Western thought suffers from a gender imbalance, specifically from a lack of masculine influence, and does not understand the purpose of human existence. George maintains that mankind’s...
by Walter White
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia
Beyond Aschaffenburg the country improves. Wooded hills alternate with lengthy slopes of vines, deep shady 4coombs, and leafy valleys, where brooks frolic along in frequent windings, and villages nestle, and gray church spires shoot above...
The End of the Chinese Dream
Why Chinese People Fear the Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Glossy television images of happy, industrious, and increasingly prosperous workers show a bright view of life in twenty-first-century China. But behind the officially approved story is a different reality. Preparing this book Gerard Lemos asked hundreds of Chinese men and women living in Chongqing,...
by Zitkala-Sa
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.American Indian Stories (1921) is remarkable for being perhaps the first literary work by a Native-American woman created without the mediation of a non-Native interpreter, or collaborator. Zitkala-Sa vividly articulates...
New Crops, Old Fields
Reimagining Irish Folklore
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
From our homes to our houses of government, from our schoolyards to our stadia, from our galleries to our gable walls, folklore is not only preserved but continues to be reimagined in all aspects of everyday life in Ireland. In the twenty-first century, the traditions of Irish folklore are engaged...
Stories from the Serat Centhini
Understanding the Javanese Journey of Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2013
When their father Sultan Sunan Giri Parapen went to war with Sultan Agung of the Mataram kingdom, Prince Jayengresmi finds himself separated from his younger siblings, Prince Jayengsari and Princess Rancangkapti. In seeking to be reunited, the three royal children have to overcome trials and tribulations...
Leisure and Pleasure
Reshaping and Revealing the New Zealand Body 1900-1960
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003
This exploration of an unexpected aspect of New Zealand social history examines the human body at leisure in the years 1900–1960. This book studies bodybuilding, especially the famous strongman Eugen Sandow; growing ideas about fitness, health, and exercise; the rise of beauty contests; the culture...
Men Among the Ruins
Post-War Reflections of a Radical Traditionalist
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Julius Evola's masterful overview of the political and social manifestations of our time, the "age of decline" known to the Hindus as the Kali Yuga.
• Reveals the occult war that underlies the crises that have become a prevailing feature of modern life.
• Includes H. T. Hansen's...
Traditional Music
Sounds in Harmony with Nature
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Music has played and continues to play a vital role in Korean society, providing a rich vein of material as a dynamic part of the nation's culture. Korean music's history reflects active engagement with surrounding cultures, as well as indigenous creativity and innovation.
Korea is heir to...
The Societal Evolution of Male Stereotypes
Gender Bashing of Men in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
"When a negative trait or practice is generally and entirely attributed to a people of a particular race, gender or origin, it is an unfair generalization that we call a ‘stereotype’. When it manifests unchallenged and unanswered, it can over time cause society to lose respect for a particular...
Playa Fire
Spirit and Soul at Burning Man
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Foreword by Burning Man founder Larry Harvey
A stunning visual and narrative homage—featuring more than 100 black & white and color photographs, many never before seen—that captures the wonder and metaphysical power of Burning Man past present, and future, and the magic that draws us...
Sea Islands Heritage
Resonances of Africa in Diasporic Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
As coastal lands become less available in the rush for condo/beach demand, the traditional life of the Sea Islands has become threatened by the pressure to accommodate the tourists, vacationers, and retirees. Scholars and lovers of the culture are recording that information for posterity. Though some...