Customs & Traditions
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Ritual: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRitual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sources of value and meaning larger than th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stephenson, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 25 2015
- ISBN10: 0199943524
- Language: English
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From Scratch: Adventures in Harvesting, Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging on a Fragile Planet
$27.00 Read morePUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER
Gold Award Winner in “Food, Cooking, & Healthy Eating” Category of the the Nautilus Awards “Unadulterated, smart, beautifully rendered, and often thrilling… This is de- Author: Moscow, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1637584024
- Language: English
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Foxfire 8
$23.00 Add to cartFirst 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… [more below]
- Series: Foxfire (Paperback) #8
- Author: Foxfire Fund Inc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 510
- Publish Date: March 20 1984
- ISBN10: 0385177410
- Language: English
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A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East
$22.00 Add to cartThis pioneering book considers the culinary cultures of the Middle East in a variety of contexts. The contributors discuss various aspects of historical and contemporary processes, including likely or… [more below]
- Series: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
- Author: Zubaida, Sami
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 16 2001
- ISBN10: 1860646034
- Language: English
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Culture and Customs of the Sioux Indians
$19.95 Add to cart“[A] well-balanced history and overview of Dakota and Lakota Siouans.”—Choice
Although some aspects of Sioux history such as the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Massacre at Wounded Knee are incl
- Author: Gagnon, Gregory O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0803244541
- Language: English
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Jewish Holidays Jewish Values Journal
$11.95 Read moreGuide 4-6 grade students in making connections between their Jewish traditions and their day-to-day lives by showing how Jewish values are rooted in the holidays.
Jewish Holidays, Jewish Values invite
- Author: House, Behrman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 01, 2014
- ISBN10: 0874419174
- Language: English
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The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book: Singin’, Praisin’, Raisin’
$23.00 Add to cartFor almost half a century, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency and preserving the stories, crafts, and customs o… [more below]
- Series: Foxfire
- Author: Foxfire Fund Inc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0307742598
- Language: English
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Tea Under the Palms: From Leaf to Kettle, a History of Tea and the Art of a Proper Tea Party
$29.99 Read more“I wrote this book to extol the pleasures of my own habit of afternoon tea in the hope of drawing others into it.”
“Wars have been waged, royal marriages arranged, companies formed, and world problems- Author: Farmer, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 825309999
- Language: English
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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea
$20.00 Add to cartA staple of the food-writing genre that prefigured the current locavore and foodist movements by almost two decades, Margaret Visser’s Much Depends on Dinner is a delightful and intelligent history of… [more below]
- Author: Visser, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0802144934
- Language: English
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Suicide
$20.99 Add to cartThe phenomenon of suicide and its social causes written by one of the world’s most influential sociologists. Emile Durkheim’s Suicide addresses the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes. Written… [more below]
- Author: Durkheim, Emile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: October 17 2013
- ISBN10: 1607966425
- Language: English
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Samba
$20.00 Add to cartTo the 70 million poor of Brazil, dreaming and planning for Carnival is an upside down ritual for exorcising their pain–a brilliant cultural and sexual release in which sequins are brighter than diam… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures #0000
- Author: Guillermoprieto, Alma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 30 1991
- ISBN10: 067973256X
- Language: English
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The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story
$18.95 Add to cartWhen Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride price, which both honors the work the bride’s family has done in raising a daught
- Author: Moua, Mai Neng
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1681340364
- Language: English
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Coats of Arms: An Introduction to The Science and Art of Heraldry
$21.95 Add to cartWith full-color pages accessible to readers of any age, this how and why quick-start guide explains knighthood and nobility and royalty, what coats of arms mean, how to create your own, and how to ass
- Author: Fountain, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 42
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1615996958
- Language: English
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – A Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent takes us on an explosive adventure into the soul of the unvanquished South, where Civil War reenactors, battlefield visitors, and fans … [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Horwitz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 22 1999
- ISBN10: 067975833X
- Language: English
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Future Shock
$10.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The classic work that predicted the anxieties of a world upended by rapidly emerging technologies–and now provides a road map to solving many of our most pressing crises. … [more below]
- Author: Toffler, Alvin
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 01 1984
- ISBN10: 0553277375
- Language: English
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
$18.99 Add to cartEssential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan.
The World War II-era study by the cultural anthr
- Author: Benedict, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0618619593
- Language: English
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Forbidden Flowers: More Women’s Sexual Fantasies
$19.99 Add to cartBefore there was 50 Shades of Grey, there was the incomparable Forbidden Flowers–a collection of women’s fantasies so daring and explicit that Nancy Friday redefined female sexuality.Today, women eve… [more below]
- Author: Friday, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 1476715599
- Language: English
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The Invention of Tradition
$24.99 Add to cartMany of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores exa… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Hobsbawm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: March 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1107604672
- Language: English
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Art of Tea: A Journey of Ritual, Discovery, and Impact
$38.99 Add to cartHave you ever wished the world would just stop for a minute?
What if it could?
As a teenager, Steve Schwartz lived in 24/7 survival mode, going hungry whenever he couldn’t find enough work to pay for
- Author: Schwartz, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1544527780
- Language: English
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Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization
$20.00 Add to cartTobacco was first cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes long before the arrival of Columbus. But when European… [more below]
- Author: Gately, Iain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 03 2003
- ISBN10: 0802139604
- Language: English
