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Good Girls Marry Doctors by Piyali Bhattacharya
epub |eng | | Author:Piyali Bhattacharya

Becoming a Reluctant Breadwinner Swati Khurana I. Breadwinner I imagine that word in all capitals, outlined in yellow, against a red background – the graphics befitting a superhero. As a ...
( Category: Asian American Studies June 6,2017 )
Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash
epub |eng | | Author:Omar Saif Ghobash

VIOLENCE Habeebie Saif, As much as I don’t like the topic, I have to talk to you about violence, in religion and, more broadly, in life. The reality is that ...
( Category: Religion, Politics & State March 22,2017 )
I Thought My Father Was God by Paul Auster
epub |eng | 2017-02-26 | Author:Paul Auster

CHRISTMAS MORNING, 1949 A LIGHT DRIZZLE WAS FALLING as my sister Jill and I ran out of the Methodist Church, eager to get home and play with the presents Santa ...
( Category: United States March 22,2017 )
Etiquette Guide to China by Boye Lafayette De Mente
epub |eng | | Author:Boye Lafayette De Mente

Dealing with 56 Chinas! Chinese employed in business and government as well as foreigners who are familiar with China continuously point out that there is not just one China, and ...
( Category: Customs & Traditions March 12,2017 )
At the Table: Food and Family around the World by Albala Ken; Albala Ken;
epub |eng | | Author:Albala, Ken; Albala, Ken;

One of the family’s daughters sits with her husband. The husband is dipping taboon bread into a plate of hummus topped with olive oil. (Courtesy of Fatina Dahli Photography) Mlukhiya ...
( Category: Customs & Traditions February 24,2017 )
Cannibalism by Bill Schutt
epub |eng | 2017-01-17 | Author:Bill Schutt

He continued, quiet and calm. “And it would make that tree you’re sitting under the real George Donner Tree.” The Donner detectives smiled wry smiles, sensing my momentary confusion as ...
( Category: Cultural February 24,2017 )
Inspired Baby Names from Around the World
epub |eng | | Author:Neala Shane

MALE NAMES A AARON [AYR-on] MEANING: teaching, singing, shining, mountain, exalted one • USAGE: English form of Aharon, from Hebrew aharon A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where ...
( Category: Reference February 24,2017 )
Polynesian Researches by William Ellis
epub |eng | | Author:William Ellis

"Mr. Goodrich and myself visited the volcano again, and, with a line, measured the upper edge of the crater, and found it to be seven miles and a half in ...
( Category: Customs & Traditions December 3,2016 )
The Thoughtful Dresser by Linda Grant
epub |eng | | Author:Linda Grant

When it had been duly impressed upon her that she was a young lady . . . she suddenly developed a lively taste for dress. . . . [H]er judgement ...
( Category: Customs & Traditions November 30,2016 )
Colonial Spirits by Steven Grasse
epub |eng | 2016-08-04 | Author:Steven Grasse

THE HANGOVER Like any other form of mass psychosis, rum was a social fever that couldn’t help but break, eventually. The British tendency toward taxation without representation would see to ...
( Category: Spirits November 28,2016 )
The Thousand Dollar Dinner: America's First Great Cookery Challenge by Becky Libourel Diamond
epub |eng | 2015-10-27 | Author:Becky Libourel Diamond [Diamond, Becky Libourel]

WINES Œil de Perdrix A pale rosé wine made from the pinot noir grape, Œil de Perdrix is one of the prettiest shades a wine can be. Literally translated, Œil ...
( Category: History November 23,2016 )
The 420 Gourmet by JeffThe420Chef
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-05-14 | Author:JeffThe420Chef

1In a small bowl, mix together the onion powder, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, kosher salt, and black pepper. 2Place the onion on the bottom of a ...
( Category: Customs & Traditions September 26,2016 )
The Forest People by Colin Turnbull
epub |eng | 2016-07-17 | Author:Colin Turnbull

9 The World of the Village I FOUND THE FIRST WEEK back in the village difficult and depressing. During the day the air was hot and dry, and filled with ...
( Category: Native American Studies July 19,2016 )
Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict
azw3 |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Ruth Benedict

Kapali, kapali, twisting around, he laughs with joy. I with my garden darkened with foliage, I with my leaves. Kapali, kapali, twisting around, he laughs with joy. During all this ...
( Category: Ethnic Studies July 18,2016 )
How the Other Half Ate by Turner Katherine Leonard
epub |eng | | Author:Turner, Katherine Leonard

SOUTHERN TEXTILE MILL VILLAGES Textile workers in mill villages throughout the South lived suspended between rural and industrial life. Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, low crop prices ...
( Category: United States May 6,2016 )

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