Customs category: 898 books
by Winifred S. Blackman
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Since the dawn of time fire has been the source of awe, respect and reverence. In this unusual book find how fire was used in the rituals and beliefs of many different cultures. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...
by Lucio Tarzariol
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Il testo che andrete a leggere presenta racconti inediti, misteri e leggende del paese di Revine Lago; a volte sono storie fantastiche con atmosfere torbide e terrificanti, trame allucinanti e bizzarre, con intrecci misteriosi e non sempre logici. Il Testo è stato realizzato da Tarzariol Lucio e...
by I Feel Pretty
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
There are two sides to every coin (unless you have one of those two faced coins, you cheater.) If you live in Chicago, like we do, there are two of a lot of things: baseball teams, seasons (winter and construction), sides of the city... I Feel Pretty brings you second chances and second chapters, served hot and fresh with a second helping of pretty people.
by Austin Edward Sears
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Austin Edward Sears has been a lead newspaper reporter for 20 years, and one thing’s for sure: He knows a con when he sees one! Or does he? Because one day, either by Divine Fiat or perhaps by the simple play of blind, intransigent fate, Austin Sears turns on his car radio and listens to an hour...
Japanese Legends and Folklore
Samurai Tales, Ghost Stories, Legends, Fairy Tales, Myths and Historical Accounts
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Japanese Legends and Folklore invites English speakers into the intriguing world of Japanese folktales, ghost stories and historical eyewitness accounts. With a fascinating selection of stories about Japanese culture and history, A.B. Mitford—who lived and worked in Japan as a British diplomat—presents...
A Feeling of Belonging
Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
When we imagine the activities of Asian American women in the mid-twentieth century, our first thoughts are not of skiing, beauty pageants, magazine reading, and sororities. Yet, Shirley Jennifer Lim argues, these are precisely the sorts of leisure practices many second generation Chinese, Filipina,...
Pressure Cooker
Why Home Cooking Won't Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019
Food is at the center of national debates about how Americans live and the future of the planet. Not everyone agrees about how to reform our relationship to food, but one suggestion rises above the din: We need to get back in the kitchen. Amid concerns about rising rates of obesity and diabetes, unpronounceable...
by P. C. Remondino
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
In ancient Egypt the performance of circumcision was at one time limited to the priesthood, who, in addition to the cleanliness that this operation imparted to that class, added the shaving of the whole body as a means of further purification. The nobility, royalty, and the higher warrior class seem...
by Kevin Alan McGill
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
"Canadian? Me?" is for anyone who wants to celebrate the experience of living in this land.
Want to put some meaning into the holidays? Want to feel included rather than excluded? "Canadian? Me?" is for you!
In a pageant-style meant to capture the spirit of Being Canadian, the book presents...
Café
Café
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 4, 2014
“SOY UN DROGADICTO. TOMO DIEZ CAFÉS POR DÍA”, declara sin vueltas en el prólogo de su libro Nicolás Artusi. Semejante conciencia de sí mismo, tamaña confesión, no puede sino preparar el mejor de los terrenos para encarar la genealogía de una de las bebidas más controvertidas de los últimos...
Estamos como somos
Por qué los argentinos no tenemos el país que queremos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Un llamado a los argentinos a asumir nuestras responsabilidades y hacernos cargo de nuestro propio destino. Una revisión de los mitos ("La Argentina potencia") que nos hacen vernos como algo diferente de lo que somos y sentir que siempre estamos por debajo de como nos merecemos. Tomás...
Au milieu des hommes
Notes et Impressions
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "On ne rencontre pas certains êtres hideux ou haineux dont les instincts font horreur sans se demander pourquoi ce sont ceux-là qui ont une âme et les chiens qui n'en ont pas. C'est sans doute pour les passions à grand spectacle que les romanciers ont imaginé les déclarations et les aveux...
The Book of Tea
The best written account about Japanese aesthetics and spirit. Annotated edition.
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Annotated edition of “The Book of Tea”, by Okakura Kakuzō.
Okakura Kakuzō's biography, biographical references of the historical characters in the book, chronology of Chinese dynasties, glossary and notes by Natalio Cardoso.
Master work about Japanese aesthetics
"The...
History of Latinos: Exploring Diverse Roots
Exploring Diverse Roots
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
The first text of its kind to trace the combined history of Latino groups in the United States from 1500 to the present day.
• Features a timetable of major events in Latina/o history
• Emphasizes the bonds between different groups rather than their differences
• Includes...