Customs & Traditions
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
$26.95 Add to cartSince its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell’s revolutionary understanding of compar
- Series: Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
- Author: Campbell, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 28, 2008
- ISBN10: 1577315936
- Language: English
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Disconnected from Death: The Evolution of Funerary Customs and the Unmasking of Death in America
$16.00 Add to cartDISCONNECTED FROM DEATH
THE EVOLUTION OF FUNERARY CUSTOMS AND THE UNMAKING OF DEATH IN AMERICA
BY APRIL SLAUGHTER AND TROY TAYLORAmericans have a complicated history with death – that final darkness a
- Author: Taylor, Troy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: June 26, 2018
- ISBN10: 1732407908
- Language: English
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Death and the Afterlife: A Chronological Journey, from Cremation to Quantum Resurrection
$22.99 Add to cartThroughout history, the nature and mystery of death has captivated artists, scientists, philosophers, physicians, and theologians. This eerie chronology ventures right to the borderlines of science an… [more below]
- Series: Sterling Chronologies
- Author: Pickover, Clifford A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1454914343
- Language: English
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Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas
$17.99 Add to cartEver wonder where some of our unique and meaningful Christmas traditions come from? Why are red and green popular colors of the season? Why is exchanging gifts a family tradition? Stories Behind the G
- Author: Collins, Ace
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0310631602
- Language: English
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Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
$20.99 Add to cartA “sharp and entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society.
Dress codes are as old as clothing its- Author: Thompson Ford, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 18, 2022
- ISBN10: 1501180088
- Language: English
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Maori Tattooing
$18.95 Read moreOriginally published in 1896, this classic of ethnography was assembled by a skilled illustrator who first encountered Maori tattoo art during his military service in New Zealand. Maori tattooing (mok
- Series: Dover Pictorial Archives
- Author: Robley, H. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: December 29, 2003
- ISBN10: 0486430928
- Language: English
