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  • Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps

    de Walter Weston ...
    Series series Elibron Classics
    Elibron Classics. Replica of 1896 edition by John Murray, London.This book includes maps available as a free download.This is an Illustrated edition.Walter Weston (25 December 1860 – 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman, missionary, and mountaineer.This is a great travel book with a lot of interesting details of Japan in the late 19th century including old photographs and illustrations. ... Leer más

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    Shamanism in Siberiafrom Aboriginal Siberia, by M. A. CzaplickaA comprehensive review of the ethographic literature concerning Shamanism in Sibera."Siberia is regarded as the locus classicus of shamanism. It is inhabited by many different ethnic groups. Many of its Uralic, Altaic, and Paleosiberian peoples observe shamanistic practices even in modern times. Many classical ethnographic sources of ... Leer más

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  • The road and the backpack

    de Paolo Ghidini ...
    A journey of wisdom lost and foundAn ordinary 26 years old decided to quit his job and endure a two years round-the-world-trip. On the road he found friends, love, amazing sights and changed his way to look at life.Take on this amazing journey across Asia, the South Pacific and South America, and you may change your idea about "backpacking", whatever your idea is. ... Leer más

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  • From Chicken Feet to Crystal Baths

    An Englishman’S Travels Throughout China

    de Ian Mote ...
    I have been to every province in China, and the book is made up of travel stories about the places I have been and the experiences I have had. For instance, I have been hosted in first-class establishments in Shanghai, been drunk with miners in Inner Mongolia, wandered out in the Gobi desert, and nearly been sick on the embalmed body of Chairman Mao. This book is about being a Western expat ... Leer más

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  • With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple.

    Narrative of Four Years' Residence On the Tibetan Border, and of a Journey Into the Far Interior

    Series series Elibron Classics
    Elibron Classics. Replica of 1901 edition by Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh.This is an Illustrated edition.This is an account of Susie Carson Rijnhart (1868 - 1908) and her husband, Petrus Rijnhart, spent as missionaries in Tibet from 1895-1899.Susie Rijnhart and her husband offered medical services to the locals, as well as Bible classes and discussion with the lamas they ran into. ... Leer más

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  • In and Around Banff - A Guide to the History and Scenery of the Canadian Rockies

    de Various ...
    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. ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Climbing Kilimanjaro (Kilimanjaro series Book 1)

    de Wayne Evans ...
    If you are planning a climb up Kilimanjaro, then you are in for a real treat.However, being the World's tallest free standing mountain brings its own challenges for which you MUST be prepared. If you take this trip lightly, then you will fail, get injured or even die.At 19,320ft, she will challenge you every step of the way but that effort will be worth it provided you do it safely and that mens ... Leer más

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  • Gratuity

    A Contextual Understanding of Tipping Norms from the Perspective of Tipped Employees

    Gratuity is based on interviews with 425 people in more than 50 occupational categories. The respondents from across the U.S. reflect the diversity of the population but have one thing in common: they earn tips. A tip is a price set almost entirely by a customer, less connected to demand than to social code. In the U.S., tipping remains one of our most controversial, confusing, and highly variable ... Leer más

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  • Hats

    Although a hat may be designed for the purpose of practicality or aesthetics, it is part of a complex interplay of wider cultural meanings. Throughout history hats have played a significant role in expressing and revealing notions of class, gender, authority, fashion and etiquette. By examining the consumption and production of hats from the 18th century to the present day, this book explores ... Leer más

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  • Louisiana Culture from the Colonial Era to Katrina

    Edición de John Wharton Lowe ...
    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson acquired 828,000 square miles of French territory in what became known as the Louisiana Purchase. Although today Louisiana makes up only a small portion of this immense territory, this exceptional state embraces a larger-than-life history and a cultural blend unlike any other in the nation. Louisiana Culture from the Colonial Era to Katrina, a collection of ... Leer más

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  • Off Trail

    Finding My Way Home in the Colorado Rockies

    de Jane Parnell ...
    Only one person believed Jane Parnell when she reported being raped at twenty-one: the mountain man who first led her up one peak after another in the Colorado Rockies and who then became her husband. Parnell took to mountaineering in the Rocky Mountains as a means to overcome her family’s history of mental illness and the trauma of the rape. By age thirty she became the first woman to climb the ... Leer más

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  • Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte

    Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession

    Series series Anthropological Horizons
    On the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co-exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit-mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, on local forms of religious and ... Leer más

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