Customs & Traditions

In "Nightwork", Anne Allison opens a window onto Japanese corporate culture and gender identities. Allison performed the ritualized tasks of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs": pouring drinks, lighting cigarettes, and making flattering or...

The fourteenth-century Egyptian cookbook, Kanz al-fawa'id fi tanwi' al-mawa'id, is a treasure trove of 830 recipes of dishes, digestives, refreshing beverages, and more. Here, for the first time, it has been meticulously translated into English and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528772440Author John BatchelorFormat HardbackPage Count 34Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414409Author E.Estyn EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Experience Dr. Warren Wiersbe's lifetime of powerful Bible teaching in one place.Whether through his bestselling "BE Series" commentaries or his popular "Back to the Bible" radio ministry, Dr. Wiersbe has guided millions into a life-transforming...

The Tale of Tea is the saga of globalisation. Tea gave birth to paper money, the Opium Wars and Hong Kong, triggered the Anglo-Dutch wars and the American war of independence, shaped the economies and military history of Tang and Song China and moulded...

From Georgian England and Edith Wharton's New York to the contemporary International Debutante Ball, the presentation of young women into society has persisted. In this "sharply observed" (The New Yorker) exploration of the debutante ritual, Kristen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399536090Author Harry OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Perigee Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Sfakians on the island of Crete are known for their distinctive dress and appearance, fierce ruggedness, and devotion to traditional ways. Konstantinos Kalantzis explores how Sfakians live with the burdens and pleasures of maintaining these expectations...

Yoruba Proverbs is the most comprehensive collection to date of more than five thousand Yoruban proverbs that showcase Yoruba oral tradition. Following Oyekan Owomoyela's introduction, which provides a framework and description of Yoruba cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Christian Retailing's Best (Church & Culture) 2015. Commended for Christian Book Award (Nonfiction) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781433683923Author Thom S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771622868Author Sylvia OlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre

With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise and the demise of the nuclear family, it is clear that the structures of kinship in the modern West are in a state of flux.In The Metamorphoses of Kinship, the world-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852442173Author Joanna BogleFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint GracewingPublisher GracewingWeight(grams) 305gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993158773Author George FramptonFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Ozaru BooksPublisher Ozaru Books

Honorable Mention for the 2015 Cultural Studies Best Book presented by the Association of Asian American Studies Winner of the 2013 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project in LGBT Studies A transnational study of Asian performance...

The popularity of the musical, Hamilton, featuring the death of Alexander Hamilton in a duel with Aaron Burr, then Vice President of the United States, has revived interest in duelling, but also aroused incredulity that such events could ever have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907325949Author Helen SaberiFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Pigs are among the most peculiar animals domesticated in the Ancient Near East. Their story, from domestication to taboo, has fascinated historians, archaeologists, and religious studies scholars for decades. Rejecting simple explanations, this book...

Rubbish is something we ignore. By definition we discard it, from our lives and our minds, and it remains outside the concerns of conventional economics. However, this book explores the dynamics through which rubbish can re-enter circulation as a prized...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874336983Author Rachel WorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote Press

This is the guide to everything strange, mysterious and uncanny that has occurred in the beautiful and rugged Lake District. Every historic site and ancient monument is explored - including stone circles, ancient cairns and crumbling stations - along...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954296315Author Mary NeashamFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic PublishingWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608683208Author Neala ShaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608689033Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Australia -Culture Smart! appears on Oprah's Austalian Adventure! Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062394033Author Matt GouldingFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Harper Wave/Anthony BourdainPublisher Harper Wave/Anthony BourdainWeight(grams) 839g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946963321Author Ruth BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Albatross PublishersPublisher Albatross PublishersWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807046296Author Sidney MintzFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583944479Author Francesca Mason BoringFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

This book explores the interrelations between food, technology and knowledge-sharing practices in producing digital food cultures.Digital Food Cultures adopts an innovative approach to examine representations and practices related to food across a...

Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners - holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table. We certainly know bad manners when we see them. But where has this patchwork of beliefs and behaviours come from? How did...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547722399Author Mrs Linda Sue ParkFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Clarion BooksPublisher Clarion BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 193mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312333294Author Beatrice HoheneggerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams)...

This exquisite collection of photographs and interviews focuses on four of Kyoto's most beautiful geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha). First, the geisha and maiko were photographed at Kyoto's largest geisha dance performances and other important dances...

Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern...

Among the cuisines of Europe, Britain's has traditionally been regarded as the black sheep kippers, jellied eels and blood pudding rarely elicit the same fond feelings as chocolate mousse or pasta primavera. Yet despite these unfortunate stereotypes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071304Author Nigel RodgersFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd