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Red Suit Diaries, The
Baker Publishing Group 2003; US$ 7.99A Jesus-believing, professional Santa shares his secrets--inspiring kids of all ages to live out the love of Christ year-round. more...
Why Does Santa Wear Red?
F+W Media 2010; US$ 9.95Where did Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Get His Start? At Montgomery Ward's! Copywriter Robert May wrote the story as a giveaway to attract families with children to do their holiday shopping at the store. Which famous carol is actually a secret Christian code? It's "The Twelve Days of Christmas!" The partridge "in the pear tree" is code for... more...
Christmas Traditions
F+W Media 2012; US$ 10.95Grandma's heirloom ornaments. The family carol singalong. Aunt Millie's fruitcake. We all have our special holiday traditions we practice year in and year out. This book not only embraces these old standbys, but also explores unique rituals celebrated the world over. This heartwarming collection evokes the memories of Christmas past with such stories... more...
Classic Christmas
F+W Media 2010; US$ 12.95If you are trying to rediscover the traditional joys of yuletide celebrations, then look no further. Classic Christmas is a stirring collection of more than seventy true-life stories that chronicle the simpler delights of the season. These touching tales include: Mama's Gift, a story of a grieving young woman comforted by the arrival of a Christmas... more...
Beauty Unlimited
Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 23.99Emphasizing the human body in all of its forms, Beauty Unlimited expands the boundaries of what is meant by beauty both geographically and aesthetically. Peg Zeglin Brand and an international group of contributors interrogate the body and the meaning of physical beauty in this multidisciplinary volume. This striking and provocative book explores the... more...
The Great British Christmas
The History Press 2011; US$ 14.57This book presents a delightful history of how Christmas has been celebrated in Britain over the past 2,000 years from the legend of Arthur pulling the sword from the stone one Christmas day, to when the Puritan Parliament tried to 'ban' Christmas, through to Charles Dickens' vivid recollections of his boyhood celebrations, and his delight in the... more...
Christmas's Most Wanted
Potomac Books Inc. 2005; US$ 6.95Highlights the celebration of Christmas in music, television, and song. more...
From Stonehenge to Santa Claus
The History Press 2008; US$ 19.88The story of everyone's favourite time of year - Christmas more...
Nudity
Bloomsbury Publishing 2004; US$ 109.95Nudity features regularly in all major media. So why is it illegal to appear naked in public? Nudity has always been paradoxical. In modern consumer culture, it is actively encouraged in some contexts, but criminal or deviant in others. Images of nud ity are everywhere. Advertising uses nudity to sell everything from housing loans to appliances, perfume... more...
In the Flesh
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 34.00Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies - not only tattooing, but piercing, cyberpunk and such 'neotribal' practices as scarification. She interprets the stories... more...









