Overview :Sun-hee and her older brother, Tae-yul, live in Korea with their parents. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Jap... Read More
Overview :French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children's deep-rooted, decidedly unhea... Read More
Overview :Violence and the Sacred is Ren Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs through... Read More
Overview :Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Pu... Read More
Overview :One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do. Why do Hindus wors... Read More
Overview :Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee ta... Read More
Overview :Slogans such as "Let's put Christ back into Christmas" or "Jesus is the Reason for the Season" hold an appeal to Christians who oppose the c... Read More
Overview :Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getti... Read More
Overview :This modern classic invites the reader to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize the wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplic... Read More
Overview :Birth, puberty, marriage, and death are, in all cultures, marked by ceremonies which may differ but are universal in function. Arnold van Ge... Read More
Overview :A major contribution to the heritage of the Great Plains region, this volume is a compilation of over 7,000 separate items, relating to the ... Read More
Overview :Epitaphs are words to be remembered by, short poems or phrases literally written in stone. They can be practical, carrying some variation of... Read More