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Uzbekistan - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & CultureHave a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations...
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Oaxaca Stories in Cloth: A Book about People, Identity, and AdornmentWinner: 2017 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Gold, Multicultural 2017 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Silver, Art & Photography Oaxaca Stories in Cloth includes more than 175 sensitive, intimate, full-color portraits of traditional people of the Oaxacan hinterlands who continue to wrap themselves in the clothing...
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Emerald CityA collection of masterful stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad: "Boldly modulated tales of displacement and blazing moments of truth.... Riveting, vaguely Hitchcockian.... Piercingly tender.... Outstanding" (The New York Times Book Review). These elegant and poignant stories--Egan's...
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Birthdays Around the WorldEveryone in the world has a birthday. But birthdays are not celebrated in the same way everywhere. Meet Mercedes in Peru, who eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada. Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for...
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Hokusai MangaIn 1814, the great Japanese artist and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) published the first volume of his sketches: Hokusai Manga. Originally designed as a reference for his students to emulate, it surpassed all expectations and became a bestseller, eventually expanding to fifteen volumes and...
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The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Behavior: Discover the True Stories Behind the 64 Most Popular Daily RitualsThe Illustrated Histories of Everyday Behavior tells the extraordinary true stories of the 64 biggest social graces and faux pas using hilarious and informative illustrations!From the time we're born, we're taught to mind our manners: don't put your elbows on the table, make eye...
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El Exilio Y El Reino / Exile and the KingdomEl último libro de ficción publicado en vida de Albert Camus, una colección de seis fabulosos relatos signados por la búsqueda del sentido vital. Los relatos de El exilio y el reino (1957) constituyen la última obra narrativa que publicó Albert Camus antes de...
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Daily Life/La Vida Diaria (Bilingual)This Spanish and English bilingual book takes you on a journey around the world to see what the daily lives of people in other countries are like, from what they wear to how they have fun.Author: Sabrina CrewePublisher: Crabtree Publishing CompanyPublished: 01/15/2020Pages: 32Binding Type:...
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Moscow and MuscovitesVladimir Gilyarovsky's classic portrait of the Russian capital is one of Russians' most beloved books. Yet it has never before been translated into English. Until now First published in 1926, this work has been translated into English for the first time and it positively...
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Kilkenny: In Times of Revolution, 1900-1923Veteran IRA leader Ernie O'Malley criticized Kilkenny as being "slack" during the War of Independence, but Kilkenny was truly at the forefront of the struggle for Irish freedom. Kilkenny has been overlooked in accounts of this period, and this book rectifies that neglect: aimed...
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LawrenceWith its skyline dominated by the campus of the University of Kansas, the history of Lawrence cannot be divorced from the history of the academy, its influence, and impact. The history of any town, however, is much more than the story of one institution...
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East LiverpoolOnce known as the Pottery Capital of the World, East Liverpool boasted some 300 potteries in its heyday, along with many ancillary industries. When British immigrant Thomas Bennett found promising clay deposits along the riverfront, he opened the city's first one-kiln pottery in 1839....
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Cold War Long IslandBy the close of World War II, Long Island had transformed from a rural corridor to a suburban behemoth. The region became a nationally recognized manufacturing and innovation hub for the military and possessed one of the fastest-growing middle-class populations in the country. But...
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New Jersey's Lost Piney CultureDeep within the heart of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, the Piney people have built a vibrant culture and industry from working the natural landscape around them. Foraging skills learned from the local Lenapes were passed down through generations of Piney families who gathered...
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El Lazarillo Contado A los NinosAn adaptation of the 16th century Spanish picaresque novel Lazarillo de Tormes, the story of a poor boy who makes his way in the world by tricking his employers.Author: Rosa Navarro DuranPublisher: EDBEPublished: 06/01/2008Pages: 169Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 8.03h x 6.28w x 0.35dISBN: 9788423689866Language:...
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Classic Eateries of the Arkansas DeltaThe Arkansas Delta is fertile ground for delicious food and iconic restaurants. It's a thickly layered culinary landscape built on generations of immigrants, farmers and cooks. Savor Delta tamales at Pasquale's Tamales, Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales and Smokehouse BBQ. Meet the masters of barbecue...
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ZelienopleIn 1800, Butler County had just been created and was nothing but forest, streams, and Indian trails. Dettmar Basse purchased 10,000 acres in this wilderness, where he hoped to create a barony similar to the ones he had known in Germany. In 1802, he...
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The Springs: Resort Towns of Sonoma ValleyThe Springs area of Sonoma Valley has a fascinating history going back to Spanish colonization of California, continuing through the Mexican period with Vallejo and the mid-19th-century sojourns of Hooker and Leavenworth, and moving into the flowering of the geothermal resort era in the...
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Jerusalem in the Time of JesusAn Investigation into Economic and Social Conditions during the New Testament Period, including: Economic conditions in the city of Jerusalem, economic status, social status, and the maintenance of racial purity.Author: Joachim JeremiasPublisher: Augsburg Fortress PublishingPublished: 01/01/1975Pages: 424Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 7.08h x 4.58w x...
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Pomona A to ZLiterary Nonfiction. California Interest. Humor. David Allen takes an alphabetical tour through 26 uniquely entertaining aspects of Pomona, California with this delightful series of newspaper columns that first appeared in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. This 10th Anniversary edition, the first time in paperback,...
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