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100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can't Miss
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by Taylor Trade Publishing
Paperback (01 October, 1999)
(16 reviews) 3.88 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The Fun of Travel in a Very Funny Manner: I think my title pretty much sums up my view of this book -- it presents, in a very user-friendly format,
101 American Customs : Understanding Language and Culture Through Common Practice
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by McGraw-Hill
Paperback (01 October, 1999)
(2 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: "I Give it a 3" <--- from the old American Bandstand Days.: This book is fun, informative but lacks depth as far as a real source of topics.

4,000 Years of Christmas: A Gift from the Ages
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by Ulysses Press
Paperback (30 September, 2000)
(4 reviews) 3.25 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An Excellent Christmas Gift: This is a delightful, well-rounded explanation of the development of the holiday we know as Christmas.
A Brief History of the Evolution of Body Adornment: Ancient Origins and Today
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by Tribalife Publications
Paperback (01 June, 2003)

A Dancing People: Powwow Culture on the Southern Plains
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by University Press of Kansas
Hardcover (01 September, 2003)
A Death in Brazil : A Book of Omissions (John MacRae Books)
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by Henry Holt and Co.
Hardcover (05 May, 2004)
(2 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Entertaining Assortment: Don't be put off by the mingling of genres. Although Robb has written a book that is both history and travel,

A Gracious Plenty: Recipes and Reflections from the American South
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by HP Books
Paperback (01 September, 2002)
(10 reviews) 4.7 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Southern food is unmatched in taste and culture.....: As a reformed "Yankee" and a student of the Univeristy of Mississippi I have had the great pleasure of living in the south for the last four years.
A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East
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by Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Paperback (14 April, 2001)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Insight into Middle Eastern Culture: This book is an academic sociological study on the cultures of the Middle East using food studies as its medium.

African Ceremonies
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by Harry N Abrams
Hardcover (01 November, 1999)
(13 reviews) 4.23 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: By a recent count, the continent of Africa comprises some 1,300 cultures. Some of them number millions of people, some only a few families; some are thriving, while others are in danger of disappearing,
After the Dance : A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti (Crown Journeys)
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by Crown
Hardcover (06 August, 2002)
(4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This poignant narrative will mesmerize readers: You are given a challenge that harkens back to your childhood ---return to carnival and write about it.

Ancient Egyptian Dances
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (01 March, 2000)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A scholarly overview on Ancient Dances: This nice book contains many interesting and thought-provoking studies on ancient Egyptian dances,
Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence
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by Routledge
Paperback (01 February, 2004)

Ashes to Ashes : America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the
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by Vintage
Paperback (29 July, 1997)
(12 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Fascinating but where was the editing?: There is no question but that the book was exhaustively researched and tells you everything you might want to know about the tobacco industry over the past 100 years.
Ayahuasca: Human Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
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by Thunder's Mouth Press
Paperback (28 April, 1999)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Ayahuasca is a tea made from two plants found, until recently, only in the Amazon basin. Indigenous people of the region have used it for medicinal and shamanic purposes since time immemorial. In the last century,

Babies Celebrated
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by Harry N Abrams
Hardcover (01 October, 1998)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Beautiful Babies: I value this book, not as a treatise on child care around the world, but for the exquisite photography of babies,
Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture
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by Plume Books
Paperback (01 March, 1993)
(10 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Oh Holy Cow!: There are more than 1.28 million cattle all over the planet, taking 24% of the land mass, consuming enough grain to feed 100s of millions of people &

Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Soroitie
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by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Paperback (August, 2003)
(5 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Kimbrough Scores in Black Greeks 101: This is a work for anyone who works with students on college campuses in the U.S.A. That includes parents,
Book of Tea
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (01 June, 1966)
(13 reviews) 4.54 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The Tempest in Tea Cup: I haphazardly discovered this book when I had undertaken the task of better acquainting myself with tea.

Brit-Think, Ameri-Think: A Transatlantic Survival Guide
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by Penguin Books
Paperback (25 February, 2003)
(14 reviews) 3.93 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Perfect as half of the whole picture...: This book by an American born woman who has been transplanted to Britain is a very enjoyable read.
Bushido: The Soul of Japan
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by Kodansha International (JPN)
Hardcover (01 April, 2002)
(10 reviews) 4.1 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword: "Bushido: The Soul of Japan" is an interesting book, outlining the codes and ethics of the Samurai warrior class of Tokugawa era Japan.

Catholic Customs and Traditions: A Popular Guide (More Resources to Enrich Your Lenten
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by Twenty-Third Publications
Paperback (01 November, 1993)
(8 reviews) 3.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Helpful Guide, Not a Catechism: While I appreciate the concern that other reviewers have shown about this book's accuracy toward doctrine and catechisis,
Chado: The Way of Tea : A Japanese Tea Master's Almanac
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by Tuttle Publishing
Hardcover (01 December, 2001)

Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul : Stories of Love, Laughter and Commitment to Last a Lifetime (Canfield,
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Paperback (27 January, 2004)
(3 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Energizes the motivation to plan your wedding: This book is great for Bride's to be and Veteran Bride's alike. I bought this book prior to my March 2004 wedding.
Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
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by University of California Press
Paperback (01 July, 1997)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An International Perspective of Birth: Inspired by birth anthropologist Brigitte Jordan (author of Birth in Four Cultures), editors Davis-Floyd and Sargent have collection of articles written by scientists studying birth all over the world who have taken Jordan's concept of authoritative knowledge and applied it to myriad studies.

Chinese Dragons (Images of Asia)
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 August, 2002)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An excellent book on Chinese dragons: This is a fascinating book, and I concur with the other reviewers. It is erudite, authoratative,
Christ Stopped at Eboli : The Story of a Year
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by Noonday Press
Paperback (01 January, 1947)
(16 reviews) 4.88 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Book Painted with Words: This brilliant book is an account of Carlo Levi's banishment to a remote village in southern Italy for his opposition to Fascism in 1935.

Christmas in France
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by McGraw-Hill
Hardcover (04 October, 1990)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Christmas in France: This book is a part of a series (another is Christmas in Germany).This is a wonderful book showing the history and traditions of French Noel.
Christmas in New York
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by Seven Stories Press
Hardcover (01 October, 1997)
(4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Fun and Fabulous insight into age-old traditions!: What I truly loved about this book, aside from it's fun, compact, easily tote-able size,

Christmas in Ukraine: Christmas Around the World (Christmas Around the World)
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by World Book Inc
Hardcover (October, 1997)
Christmas
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by Octopus
Hardcover (01 October, 2003)

City of Lingering Splendour : A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures
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by Shambhala
Paperback (01 May, 2001)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Time Travel !: If the name John Blofeld means anything to you, you've probably been consulting the I Ching. Blofeld wrote a popular translation to the Chinese oracle at a time when the only other version available in English was Richard Wilhelm's groundbreaking but somewhat turgid text.
Cloth and Human Experience (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)
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by Smithsonian Books
Paperback (01 April, 1991)

Confederates in the Attic : Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Vintage Departures
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by Vintage
Paperback (22 February, 1999)
(205 reviews) 4.38 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Civil Wargasm that doesn't farb out: It's hard to know what to say about Tony Horwitz's Confederates in the Attic. This is a strange book,
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches : The Riddles of Culture
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by Vintage
Paperback (17 December, 1989)
(20 reviews) 4.55 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Slaying the Sacred Cows: First published in 1973, Marvin Harris' book suffers slightly from time lag (it closes with a refutation of the now-defunct counterculture movement),

Creating Ceremonies: Innovative Ways to Meet Adoption Challenges
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by Zeig, Tucker & Theisen
Paperback (01 December, 1998)
(8 reviews) 4.88 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: One of the Best Gifts We Ever Gave Ourselves: I bought this book on the recommendation of a friend and it started to help us immediately.
Culture Shock Ukraine Edition (Culture Shock)
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by Graphic Arts Center Publishing
Paperback (01 September, 2001)
(7 reviews) 3.86 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Honest, in-depth, and genuinely appreciative of Ukraine: CULTURE SHOCK: UKRAINE ranks as one of the best installments of the Culture Shock series.

Culture Shock! Chile (Culture Shock! Country Guides)
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by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
Paperback (01 May, 2001)
(4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: That explains why..............: We lived with an Exchange Student from Chile this year. So many pages of this book had me thinking "So,
Culture Shock! Taiwan
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by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
Paperback (01 January, 2003)
(6 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Taipei different than presented: I read this book before setting off for four months in Taipei. This book led me to believe that finding Western items would be much harder than it is.

Cup Of Comfort For Christmas: Stories That Celebrate the Warmth, Joy, and Wonder
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by Adams Media Corporation
Paperback (30 October, 2004)
Curries & Bugles: A Memoir & Cookbook of the British Raj
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by Periplus Editions
Paperback (01 October, 2000)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Original and wonderful: If you want a book on Indian cuisine that is unlike any other, do not hesitate to get this book. It is a treasure.

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
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by Mariner Books
Paperback (06 April, 2001)
(39 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This book rings true: My grandparents live about 30 miles from Lemmon, SD (the setting of Norris's memoir). I was overwhelmed at times while reading Dakota: A spiritual Geography.
Day of the Dead Box
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by Chronicle Books
Hardcover (01 October, 2001)

Death Warmed over: Funeral Food, Rituals & Customs from Around World
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by Ten Speed Press
Paperback (30 June, 2004)
Desert Eves : An Indian Paradise
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by Harry N Abrams
Hardcover (01 January, 2002)

Drifters
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by Fawcett
Paperback (12 October, 1986)
(45 reviews) 4.64 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Must Read...about young people's search for themselves: Just as Dorothy had to travel far away from home to "find herself" (excuse the cliche)James Michener's very real characters travel to the beautiful coast of Torremolinos,S
Drink: A Social History of America
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by Carroll & Graf Pub
Hardcover (01 March, 1999)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: "It is not generally appreciated how extreme American attitudes about alcohol appear from the other side of the Atlantic."With an opening line such as that, it's not surprising that Drink: A Social History of America engages in its share of Yankee-bashing.

Event Planning : The Ultimate Guide to Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fundraising Galas,
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by John Wiley & Sons
Hardcover (31 March, 2000)
(7 reviews) 4.14 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Live & Learn: As a spokesperson for a national woman's interest group, I now understand why taking my potential contributors to a gentlemen's club might have been a faux pas.
Family Reunion Planning Kit for Dummies
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by For Dummies
Paperback (08 February, 2002)

Fashion in Costume 1200-2000
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by New Amsterdam Books
Paperback (15 April, 2000)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Fashion in Costume 1200-2000: Throughout history, clothes have been worn not only for warmth but also, with constant variety and innovation,
Fast Food Nation : The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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by Random House Audio
Audio CD (04 May, 2004)
(1014 reviews) 4.32 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Horrific information but I couldn't stop reading: Not for the weak stomach...I have begun to think more about everything involving the meat industry,

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