The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 21
by George Long
William Cane has become an expert in the art of the kiss. "The Art of Kissing" has sold over 100,000 copies and become the bible of kissers everywhere. Now, infuse big screen passion into every day smooching with "Kiss Like a Star". This book divulges such screen secrets as Rhett and Scarlett's fire in "Gone with the Wind", the romance when Harry finally kisses Sally in "When Harry Met Sally", and how to be swept away like Zack and Paula in "An Officer and a Gentleman". With step-by-step photogr...
Mordecai M. Noah, His Life and Work from the Jewish Viewpoint
by A B Makover
"When Roots Die" celebrates and preserves the venerable Gullah culture of the sea islands of the South Carolina and Georgia coast. Entering into communities long isolated from the world by a blazing sun and salt marshes, Patricia Jones-Jackson captures the cadence of the storyteller lost in the adventures of "Brer Rabbit," records voices lifted in song or prayer, and describes folkways and beliefs that have endured, through ocean voyage and human bondage, for more than two hundred years.
Explores key festivals in different religions. Details the history behind each celebration and how it is celebrated. Help children appreciate the range of religious identities in the United Kingdom. Provides simple craft ideas
The Welch Indians, Or, a Collection of Papers Respecting a People Whose Ancestors Emigrated from Wales to America, in the Year 1170, with Prince Madoc (Three Hundred Years Before the First Voyage of Columbus), and Who Are Said Now to Inhabit a Beautiful C
by George Burder
Mississippian Smoking Ritual in the Southern Appalachian Region
by Dennis B. Blanton
North American Indians cultivated tobacco beginning in prehistory, often through great effort and for multiple reasons. Especially valued for its narcotic effects, however, tobacco was assigned sacred status and became a necessary component of any event with cultural or religious significance. As such, ritualistic tobacco use joined cult usage of other plants as Native American societies evolved throughout the Mississippian time period. In Mississippian Smoking Ritual in the Southern Appalachi...
The History of the Highland Clearances (Classic Reprint)
by Alexander MacKenzie
Robes and Honor is a fascinating exploration of the possible common origin and subsequent developments of investiture across medieval Christianity and medieval Islam. The ceremony in all of its cultural variety was much more than the public adoption of a high-value textile as symbol of office; within a culture, robing established a personal link 'from the hand' of the giver - king, pope, head of a sect, ambassador - to the receiver - noble, general, official, nun, or acolyte. This volume challen...