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My Health, My Faith, My Culture
M&K Update Ltd 2012; US$ 9.58Every patient, whatever their cultural background and religious affiliation, is entitled to receive healthcare that is sensitive, appropriate and person- centred. In the UK today, there are people from many different minority groups. There are also members of the host population who follow religions other than Christianity, either from birth or personal... more...
Southern Ladies & Gentlemen
St. Martin's Press 1993; US$ 17.99Looking for guidance in understanding the ways and means of Southern culture? Look no further. Florence King's celebrated field guide to the land below the Mason-Dixon Line is now blissfully back in print, just in time for the Clinton era. The Failed Souther Lady's classic primer on Dixie manners captures such storied types as the Southern Woman... more...
AQA A2 Sociology Student Unit Guide New Edition: Unit 3 Beliefs in Society
Hodder Education 2012; Not AvailableFocused revision for your best possible grade more...
Carolina Piedmont Country
University Press of Mississippi 1996; US$ 112.50The Complete Idiot's Guide to Modern Manners Fast-Track
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 12.95Technology is changing society faster than anyone could have imagined even a few short years ago. People share intimate details to hundreds of acquaintances online, yet they are stumped when it comes to writing a simple thank-you note. They talk, text, and surf on their phones constantly but seem oblivious to the needs of the people who are right in... more...
Dancing with the Gods
University Press of America 2012; US$ 59.99This book explores cosmological concepts and ritual actions of the Ga people of southeastern Ghana through case studies of calendrical agricultural rites, social status transition rites, and redressive rites. Based on fieldwork in the 1960s, the essays present descriptive analyses of verbal and non-verbal ritual action. more...
Vedic Astrology
Red Wheel Weiser 1997; US$ 24.95Vedic, or Jyotish astrology, has its roots in Indian and Hindu culture, making it markedly different from its Western counterparts. The author of this book explains how it can be used, and how it shouldn't be used, in this introduction. Complete instructions, easy to understand. Charts. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. more...
My Mother's Wedding Dress
Pan Macmillan 2013; US$ 8.95In this absolutely unique treasure trove of fashion, family memoir and literature, Justine Picardie tells a sequence of stories that reveal the fabric of the past, and how a family has fashioned itself through the clothes that they have worn: from her mother?s black wedding dress to her first party frock, a translucent winged fairy outfit that provided... more...
Wisdom from Africa
Random House Struik 2013; US$ 13.00As with so much of African culture, proverbs have been passed on in the oral tradition; from across Africa, Dianne Stewart has compiled a fascinating collection. The text is given in the language of origin, an English translation and an explanation of the meaning. They are divided into subject groups such as human nature, family life, good fortune,... more...
Our Stories Are Our Survival
Aboriginal Studies Press 2013; US$ 31.99Using sport as a lens, this book celebrates Wiradjuri culture and the joys of life within an Aboriginal Australian community. As it examines the physical activities and sports that are valued by native Australians?including games, bare-knuckle fighting, and storytelling that incorporates a significant physical performance component?this account offers... more...









