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Au Contraire!
Figuring Out the French
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
"I find Au Contraire! delightfully validating - a great piece of work." - Nancy Bragard, Franco-American interculturalist, trainer and coach
The French are famously enigmatic: fiercely independent yet deeply romantic,conservative yet avant-garde, rational yet emotional. What is it,...
Listening Is an Act of Love
A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2007
**A New York Times bestseller!
As heard on NPR, a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity**
StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps' collection, creating a moving portrait of American life.
The...
by Docia Schultz Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1998
A collection of strange occurences, this book brings to light tangible evidence and first-hand testimony to validate a wide range of ghostly tales. Whether they haunt the place of their death or a place they loved in their lives, these spirits are found up and down the Texas coast. Author Docia Williams...
A Thailand Diary: Volume 1
A Thailand Diary, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
A Thailand Diary: volume 1 is the first in a series of easy-to-read diary entries of life in the Land of Smiles.
Some entries are short, some entries are humourous, All are true descriptions of events which actually happened. Only names have been changed.
48,000 words covering each...
The Passing of the Aborigines
A Lifetime spent among the Natives of Australia
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
DAISY BATES: "As the years passed, I was more and more convinced that it was impossible to leave these people, to be deaf to their appeal for human kindliness, and of the hopelessness of any movement except one of help and comfort to the individual, and personal example. So savage and...
The Mansion of Happiness
A History of Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Renowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has composed a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived, and beautifully crafted history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.
How does life begin? What does it mean? What happens...
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Contents On a lazy idle boy -- On two children in black...
by Charles Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).
*An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.
*This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.
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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.
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...
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...