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  • Voices of Wisdom Hawaiian Elders Speak

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    Called "a brilliant book of interviews with amazing photographs" by The Maui News, this book illuminates the magic, mastery and culture of Hawaii's wisest elders.  It is a rare privilege to sit at the feet of Hawaiian elders—to hear their stories firsthand. Their wisdom and knowledge is seldom passed beyond family, but now, with this important book, their expertise is available to us all. They are ... Leer más

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  • Myths of the Norsemen

    de H.A. Guerber ...
    THE MYTHS OF THE NORSEMEN is an interesting look at the mythology of the ancient Norse (Vikings). Prior to the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity c. 1000, the Norse practiced a polytheistic religion rich in tradition with many competing gods, spirits, and devils. In addition the pantheon of gods like Thor, Odin, and Freya, Norse myth includes fascinating beliefs in elves, dwarves, dragons, ... Leer más

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  • The Craftsman

    Defining craftsmanship far more broadly than skilled manual labor,” Richard Sennett maintains that the computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even the parent and citizen engage in a craftsman’s work. Craftsmanship names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake, says the author, and good craftsmanship involves developing skills and focusing on the work rather than ... Leer más

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  • Christmas on Jane Street

    A True Story

    This "sweet tale" of a Vermont family's annual trek to New York City to sell trees is "a cross between It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol" ( USA Today).Every holiday season for nearly twenty years, Billy Romp, his wife, and their three children have spent nearly a month living in a tiny camper and selling Christmas trees on Jane Street in New York City. They arrive from Vermont the day ... Leer más

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  • Ancient Art of Tea

    Wisdom From the Ancient Chinese Tea Masters

    The Ancient Art of Tea is a delightful look at the philosophy, history, and culture of tea in China.The health benefits of tea, whether white, green, oolong or black, are well known in our world today. However, creating the perfect, healthy cup of tea is a process few people genuinely understand. As expert Warren Peltier explains, making an ideal cup of tea is a dynamic process that requires the ... Leer más

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  • The Diloggún

    The Orishas, Proverbs, Sacrifices, and Prohibitions of Cuban Santería

    de Ócha'ni Lele ...
    The first book on Santería’s holiest divination system to thoroughly explore each family of odu and how their actions and reactions affect the spiritual development of the client.• Includes the major considerations for sacrifice, providing the diviner with ways to placate and supplicate the Afro-Cuban deities known as orishas.• Demonstrates how to properly end a reading so that negative vibrations ... Leer más

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  • The Dominion of Youth

    Adolescence and the Making of Modern Canada, 1920 to 1950

    Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    Adolescence, like childhood, is more than a biologically defined life stage: it is also a sociohistorical construction. The meaning and experience of adolescence are reformulated according to societal needs, evolving scientific precepts, and national aspirations relative to historic conditions. Although adolescence was by no means a “discovery” of the early twentieth century, it did assume an ... Leer más

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  • Gloves and Glove-making

    de Mike Redwood ...
    Series Libro 812 - Shire Library
    From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions – insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles.Gloves have been used since prehistoric times, but in Britain their use as formal and fashion items took off during Elizabeth I's reign, and played a surprisingly significant cultural role well into the nineteenth century. ... Leer más

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  • Among the Bone Eaters

    Encounters with Hyenas in Harar

    Series series Animalibus
    Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa’s second-largest carnivores, up close—and in a city of a hundred thousand inhabitants? In Among the Bone Eaters, Marcus Baynes-Rock takes us to the ancient city of Harar in ... Leer más

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  • Christmas

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    de Tara Moore ...
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  • Japanese A Cultural Portrait

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  • Love, Sex, and Marriage in Colonial America 1607-1800

    A brief look at love, sex, and marriage in colonial America and the early republic.The English colonies in North America, which were eventually to become the United States of America, developed their own idiosyncratic customs regarding love, sex, and marriage based on local circumstances. While the basis for all of these attitudes can be traced back to the Mother Country, local variations occurred ... Leer más

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