Customs & Traditions

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345425928Author Jimmy CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm)...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593135778Author Robert LambrechtsFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

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

When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar. By rebooting our hard-wired patterns of thinking - through so-called 'altered...

Boasting a rich, complex history rooted in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively,...

When James Joyce called the Irish "the most belated race in Europe," he stated a complex truth about the history of his people and the nation they had been creating since the eighteenth century. The Irish would, in Joyce's lifetime, write many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393320435Author Marcel MaussFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)...

The eyes of the world are on Iran, from nuclear issues to women's rights to Iran's perspective on Palestine. Yet a strictly political view does not allow for an accurate or complete outlook on this important and facinating country. In Among the Iranians,...

Once headhunters under the rule of White Rajahs and briefly colonised before independence within Malaysia, the Iban Dayaks of Borneo are one of the world's most extraordinary indigenous tribes, possessing ancient traditions and a unique way of life. As a...

'A masterful book - a resource that makes anthropology matter' - Andrea Muehlebach, Professor of Anthropology, University of Bremen When it comes to labour movements, unionised industrial workers on the factory floor have only ever been part of the...

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...

Be the Captain of Your Change JourneyWhile every change is unique, there is a predictable pattern to change. By understanding that pattern you can build the skills to pilot your team through the waters of disruptive change.Change is inevitable. When...

Protocol to Manage Relationships Today explains the contemporary value of protocol, not only for monarchies or diplomatic institutes, but for any non-profit or for-profit organisation. This book presents modern protocol as a tool to build strong,...

The Hungry Soul is a fascinating exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. Kass brilliantly reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781889963754Author Veli-Pekka LehtolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint University of Alaska PressPublisher University of Alaska PressDimensions(mm)...

When written sources are scarce, historians often turn to oral histories for evidence. Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian,...

2020 Gourmand Award in Spirits China is one of the world's leading producers and consumers of liquor, with alcohol infusing all aspects of its culture, from religion and literature to business and warfare. Yet to the outside world, China's most famous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789872354Author W Warde FowlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The Tea Book helps you explore the blends, tastings, and ceremonies from around the world and create your own delicious tea traditions. Where does tea come from? In The Tea Book learn where in the world tea is cultivated and how to drink each variety at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838275037Author Alwyn EdgarFormat PaperbackPage Count 742Imprint ScholasticPublisher ScholasticWeight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 38mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501180088Author Richard 9hompson FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

In an age of secularization and the decline of ritual, Christmas has emerged as the most promising candidate for the first global festival, celebrated not only in the Christian West, but in many countries with either a minority or no Christian population...