Customs & Traditions 9

Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the f……続きを見る

For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aris……続きを見る

Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh travels our wide brown land collecting yarns and memories from the authentic voices of rural Australia. the people you will meet in these stories will touch yo……続きを見る

Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for h……続きを見る

Celebratory, witty and incredibly insightful, Harry Bingham explores the eccentricities and customs of the British nation in a bid to answer a question which has everyone debating – Who are we? For ……続きを見る

This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered why pubs should be called The Cross Keys, The Dew Drop Inn or The Hope and Anchor. You'll be glad to know that there are very good - strange and mem……続きを見る

Pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen’s prayers and sailors’ rituals – the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of local legends, custo……続きを見る

Elibron Classics. Replica of 1898 edition by Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London. This book includes maps available as a free download. This is an Illustrated edition. The author has succeeded in……続きを見る

Hilarious miscellany of sex advice throughout the ages from seven-week long Balinese foreplay and Victorian Viagra to swinging tips from the 1970s. It is one of the oldest questions in the world: Ho……続きを見る

The indispensable guide to everything we knew and loved before modern life got in the way. This gorgeous and beautifully illustrated countryside miscellany is the perfect purchase for anyone wanting……続きを見る

Thomas Nast (1840–1902) created the images of Santa Claus which we recognize today. Here are his best-known illustrations of Santa Claus and Christmas. Included are his drawings of Santa perched ato……続きを見る

This brief illustrated piece gives the history and lore of the hand fan.続きを見る

This book is a brilliant historicisation and scathing critique of many of the dominant concepts by which Indians generally, and north Indian Hindus more specifically, think and live today. Historian……続きを見る

The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusalem in 1947 and 1956. Now Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, co-authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, have succeeded in uncove……続きを見る

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal……続きを見る

The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in Chinaーa complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies ……続きを見る

An intensive study of Scotland’s folklore and a detailed evaluation of the characteristic features that brought Celtic lore into prominence. This volume includes comparative notes and historical sum……続きを見る

In The Affinity of the Eye: Writing Nikkei in Peru, Ignacio López-Calvo rises above the political emergence of the Fujimori phenomenon and uses politics and literature to provide one of the first co……続きを見る

The Customs And Traditions Of The Aboriginal Natives Of North Western Australia by John G. Withnell A short amateur ethnography of the Northwestern Aborigines, primarily of historical interest. The ……続きを見る

The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley A Vintage medley of spooky fascination and fun for every grown-up who still thrills to the sight of carved pumpkins, straw witches and the eerie promise of……続きを見る

This resource book from Allosaurus Publishers will help stimulate the reading comprehension and critical thinking skills of the adolescent reader through 31 fascinating stories on world cultures and……続きを見る

From the author of the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy comes an exhilarating exploration of the performers, places, and experiences which form country music--a genre which is uniquely and authenti……続きを見る

'The sentence of this court is that you be taken from this place to whence you came, and from there to a place of lawful execution, there to be hanged by the neck till you be dead, and may the Lord ……続きを見る

An anthology that examines the historical and contemporary relationship between religion and violence This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fas……続きを見る

When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years' absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this boo……続きを見る

Now in paperback ー the enormously popular essays Fannie Flagg called “as charming and welcome as an early spring down home.” As satisfying, soothing, and occasionally suprising as a plate of turnip……続きを見る

First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake t……続きを見る

The Land is the Source of Law brings an inter-jurisdictional dimension to the field of indigenous jurisprudence: comparing Indigenous legal regimes in New Zealand, the USA and Australia, it offers a……続きを見る

When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestorsーColonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainlandーa hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, croft……続きを見る

A fascinating look at old English customs and traditions established in the Middle Ages. Looks at every area of life and government: ecclesiastical, academic, judicial, urban, rural and domestic. 続きを見る