Customs & Traditions
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China in Seven Banquets: A Flavourful History
$25.00 Read moreA captivating journey spanning five thousand years of Chinese culinary heritage, exploring the essence of each era through seven extraordinary meals.
China in Seven Banquets takes readers on a gastro- Author: DuBois, Thomas David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148618
- Language: English
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
$15.95 Read moreA brilliant example of the comparative method, The Gift presents the first systematic study of the custom–widespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesia–of exchanging g
- Author: Mauss, Marcel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 17 2000
- ISBN10: 039332043X
- Language: English
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Platicas: Conversations About and Among Friends and Neighbors in Cuba, New Mexico
$19.95 Add to cartThe community of Cuba, New Mexico, its institutions and economy are changing rapidly and radically. Our town is losing its former identity and its precious historical resources. Personally, I feel an
- Author: May, Esther V. Cordova
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: January 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1632932091
- Language: English
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Tikanga: An Introduction to Te Ao Maori
$29.95 Read moreThe book we’ve all been needing for decades – a unique explanation of the Maori world for Pakeha, and for Maori people wishing to learn more about tikanga.
With simple lucidity and great expertise, K- Author: Opai, Keri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1990003176
- Language: English
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The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture
$15.99 Add to cartUnderstanding a people and their culture through code words and language.
Today, South Korea is an economic, technological and entertainment superpower. How, as a country, did they rebound from war, p- Author: De Mente, Boye Lafayette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0804848157
- Language: English
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The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
$14.99 Add to cartA light-hearted look at the history and practice of “the ultimate human-interest story,” the obituary.
“What a wonderful surprise–a charming, lyrical book about the men and women who write obituaries.
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Johnson, Marilyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0060758767
- Language: English
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Mardi Gras Beads
$22.95 Add to cartBeads are one of the great New Orleans symbols, as much a signifier of the city as a pot of scarlet crawfish or a jazzman’s trumpet. They are Louisiana’s version of the Hawaiian lei, strung around tou
- Series: Louisiana True
- Author: Maccash, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: February 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0807177091
- Language: English
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Satanism and Witchcraft: The Classic Study of Medieval Superstition
$18.00 Add to cartLong out of print, Jules Michelet’s classic study of medieval superstition has been reprinted in this edition to bring the general public’s attention to one of the truly great sociological works of mo… [more below]
- Author: Michelet, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: February 19 1992
- ISBN10: 080650059X
- Language: English
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Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity
$19.95 Read moreA thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality–at the table and beyond–that’s part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our da… [more below]
- Author: Basil, Priya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0525657851
- Language: English
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Saturday Night
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Susan Orlean, the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and Rin Tin Tin, comes a new edition of her first book, a quirky classic of narrative journalism that offers an irresistible portrait of h… [more below]
- Author: Orlean, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 16 2011
- ISBN10: 1451660987
- Language: English
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Coats of Arms: An Introduction to The Science and Art of Heraldry
$34.95 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 42
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1615996966
- Language: English
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One
$19.95 Add to cartGlimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a complete, two-volume set of one of the most outstanding books on 19th century Japanese history and culture.
Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Hearn, Lafcadio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 080484755X
- Language: English
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The Everyday Life of Memorials
$37.00 Read moreA timely study, erudite and exciting, about the ordinary–and oftentimes unseen–lives of memorials
Memorials are commonly studied as part of the commemorative infrastructure of modern society. Just a- Author: Shanken, Andrew M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1942130724
- Language: English
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The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Cha-No-Yu and the Zen Art of Mindfulness
$14.99 Add to cartThe Japanese Tea Ceremony is a detailed examination of the five-centuries-old tea ceremony–or Cha-no-Yu in Japanese, literally “hot water for tea”–a cornerstone of Japanese culture and a core practi… [more below]
- Author: Sadler, A. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 4805315067
- Language: English
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A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603
$19.95 Add to cartThe Compendium of Common Knowedge (1558-1603) offers insight into ordinary lives-both common and noble-in the England of Queen Elizabeth I and Shakespeare. In this little book you’ll find notes on Eli… [more below]
- Author: Secara, Maggie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 193
- Publish Date: June 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0981840108
- Language: English
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The Essential Confucius
$14.99 Add to cartGathers selections from the Analects of Confucius grouped by subject followin the order of the I Ching.
- Author: Cleary, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 24 1993
- ISBN10: 0062502158
- Language: English
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Beer Places: The Microgeographies of Craft Beer
$29.95 Add to cartBeer Places is, most essentially, a road map for craft beer, taking readers to various locales to discover the beverage’s deep connections to place. At another level, Beer Places is an academic analys… [more below]
- Series: Food and Foodways
- Author: Harvey, Daina Cheyenne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1682262235
- Language: English
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The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use
$26.95 Add to cartWhen the first edition of this book was published in 1957, the art of making a tipi was almost lost, even among American Indians. Since that time a tremendous resurgence of interest in the Indian way
- Author: Laubin, Reginald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 1989
- ISBN10: 0806122366
- Language: English
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How to Be a Texan: The Manual
$23.95 Read moreThere are certain things every Texan should know how to do and say, whether your Lone Star roots reach all the way back to the 1836 Republic or you were just transplanted here yesterday. Some of these
- Author: Valdez, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1477309314
- Language: English
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A Culinary History of West Virginia: From Ramps to Pepperoni Rolls
$23.99 Add to cartThe Mountain State’s irregular borders and rugged geography are home to a fascinating mix of cultures, landscapes and foods. West Virginia’s culinary history is rooted among the native fauna and flora… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Tinnell, Shannon Colaianni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1625859252
- Language: English
