Customs Traditions category: 898 books
Unveiling Traditions
Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2000
In Unveiling Traditions Anouar Majid issues a challenge to the West to reimagine Islam as a progressive world culture and a participant in the building of a multicultural and more egalitarian world civilization. From within the highly secularized space it inhabits, a space endemically suspicious of...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Readers of this one-volume reference will gain useful knowledge of what travelers should and shouldn't do when in countries outside of the United States. After a general introduction, approximately 100 alphabetically arranged entries cover topics such as greeting and meeting, appearance and dress,...
A Foxfire Christmas
Appalachian Memories and Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
New in paperback
This captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared here are from a simpler time, when gifts were fewer...
by Steve Roud
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2008
This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year’s Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and Easter Monday bottle kicking in Leeds,...
by HRI
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
A big continent that accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's lands - Asia. Different countries in Asia hold different "national symbols" and "cultures" that appear similar to each other. Why don't we expand our perspectives through the symbols and anecdotes behind the landmarks...
Canadian Christmas Traditions
Festive Recipes and Stories From Coast to Coast
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Included in this book are 28 traditional recipes by Chef Jeff O'Neill, showcasing Canada's multicultural heritage, plus a special section of 18 Christmas recipes from across the country, highlighting Canada's regional diversity. The origin of a Canadian Christmas is a fascinating blend of different...
China A to Z
Everything You Need to Know to Understand Chinese Customs and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
A practical and accessible guide to an ancient but rapidly changing culture—now revised and updated
Perfect for business, pleasure, or armchair travelers, China A to Z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country....
by Canon H. E. Crewdson
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Nestorians; or, The Lost Tribes.
Containing Evidence of Their Identity; an Account of Their Manners, Customs and Ceremonies; together with Sketches of Travel in Ancient Assyria, Armenia, Media and Mesopotamia, and Illustrations of Scripture Prophecy.
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Elibron Classics. Replica of 1841 edition by John Murray, London. Asahel Grant (1807-1844) was a doctor, he supposed that this ancient Christian sect were descendants of the ten “lost tribes” of Israel (Israelites exported by the Assyrians in the 8th-century BC). The book contains evidence...
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...
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Encyclopedia of Latino Culture: From Calaveras to Quinceaneras [3 volumes]
From Calaveras to Quinceañeras
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
In the last decade, the Latina/o population has established itself as the fastest growing ethnic group within the United States, and constitutes one of the largest minority groups in the nation. While the different Latina/o groups do have cultural commonalities, there are also many differences among...
Jump Up
Good Times Throughout the Seasons with Celebrations from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2000
Virtually all peoples of the world celebrate the passage of seasons. The continual movement of time through winter, spring, summer, and autumn has framed human experience and profoundly affected the lives of individuals and communities for many thousands of years.
Celebrations that mark the...
The Immovable East.
Studies of the People and Customs of Palestine. Edited with a biographical introduction by Frederic Lees. With twenty-four illustrations.
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Elibron Classics. Digitized replica of 1913 edition by Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London. This is an illustrated edition. This is a witness account to many interesting and almost unknown sides of life in Palestine. The author had excellent opportunities for accumulating facts regarding the people and customs of the Holy Land.
by Denis Segaller
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Thai Ways is a delightful collection of nearly everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Thai customs and beliefs, engagingly explained in a grandfatherly way by a long-time English resident of Thailand. Compiled from a series of articles published in the popular weekly column “Thai Ways”...