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Cultural theory: an introduction (21st Century Sociology Ser.)
By Philip Smith. 2001
An overview of contemporary cultural theory, covering the major thinkers - like Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas and Giddens - and key…
concepts of the last century - including symbolic interactionism, structuralism and psychoanalysis. An ideal guide for any student with an interest in the theoretical study of culture and society. 2001.Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians (Zone Books)
By Pierre Clastres, Paul Auster. 1998
A study of surviving members of a dwindling population in the forests of Paraguay, originally published in 1972. Written by…
a French anthropologist who lived with this small group in 1963 and 1964, it portrays rituals surrounding birth, initiation, and death, as well as social customs involving food and cannibalism.1998. Uniform title: Chronique des Indiens Guayaki.Canada's first nations: a history of founding peoples
By Olive Patricia Dickason. 1992
Dickason traces the history of Canada's first nations, from the earliest habitation of North America through European settlement and to…
the present. She discusses current issues and controversies, including Meech Lake, the Oka crisis, and the debate over self-government. 1992.Cake or death: the excruciating choices of everyday life
By Heather Mallick. 2007
Heather Mallick is sorely disappointed - the world has not turned out quite the way she had hoped it would.…
But rather than retreat from it, she takes the world head on in her columns, cataloguing the many situations and items in our daily lives that we are told we should fear, teaching us how to cope with people we just can't stand, or writing about the valuable life lesson to be learned from one of her childhood heroes: Mrs. Tittlemouse, the original domestic goddess. 2007.Bury my heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian history of the American West
By Dee Alexander Brown. 1970
The author sets out to tell of the conquest of the American West as the victims experienced it, using their…
own words whenever possible; of the greedy invaders, murdering and destroying Indians who had set out to live in peace with their white neighbours. 1970.Born to kvetch: Yiddish language and culture in all its moods
By Michael Wex. 2006
A Yiddish-speaking professor and translator examines the features of Jewish life and faith that contributed to the development of Yiddish…
over the past thousand years. Covers subjects such as food, sex, death, kvetching (complaining), and humour to provide the context for understanding colourful Yiddish words, idioms, expressions, and metaphors. 2005.Apron strings: navigating food and family in France, Italy, and China
By Jan Wong. 2017
Jan Wong knows food is better when shared, so when she set out to write a book about home cooking…
in France, Italy, and China, she asked her 22-year-old son, Sam, to join her. While he wasn't keen on spending excessive time with his mom, he dreamed of becoming a chef. Ultimately, it was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. On their journey, Jan and Sam live and cook with locals, seeing how globalization is changing food, families, and cultures. In southeast France, they move in with a family sheltering undocumented migrants. From Bernadette, the housekeeper, they learn classic French family fare such as blanquette de veau. In a hamlet in the heart of Italy's Slow Food country, the locals teach them how to make authentic spaghetti alle vongole and a proper risotto with leeks. In Shanghai, they cook firecracker chicken and scallion pancakes with the nouveaux riches and their migrant maids, who are part of the biggest demographic shift in world history. Along the way, mother and son explore their sometimes-fraught relationship, uniting--and occasionally clashing--over their mutual love of cooking. 2017.À la découverte du Montréal yiddish
By Chantal Ringuet. 2011
Au début des années 1900, Montréal est, avec New York, l’une des deux capitales du monde yiddish en Amérique du…
Nord. Venus des confins de l’empire russe, fuyant les pogroms et les persécutions, des milliers de Juifs ashkénazes arrivent dans le Nouveau Monde, animés par l’espoir d’une vie meilleure. Ces derniers sont alors les dépositaires d’une culture yiddish très vivante qui trouve, à Montréal, un lieu d’expression privilégié. Ce monde n’est plus. Il a disparu, mais il s’est aussi transformé, non sans laisser un héritage le plus souvent méconnuc. Ceci est leur histoire. 2011.A coat of many colours: two centuries of Jewish life in Canada
By Irving Martin Abella. 1990
Examines the hardships and accomplishments of Jews in Canada as well as the organizations that were established to help Jewish…
immigrants adapt to this country and its customs. Also looks at the Jewish contributions made to Canada in business, theatre, literature, education and politics. 1990.A complete guide to fairies and magical beings
By Cassandra Eason. 2001
This text introduces the reader to the enchanting world of these beautiful and powerful creatures. From wood nymphs to Lorelei,…
goblins to pixies, Eason explores fascinating fairy myths and legends from around the world, and shows you how to unlock fairy energy and magic for yourself. 2001.Tout ce qu'on ne te dira pas, Mongo ((Collection Chronique).)
By Dany Laferrière. 2015
Un après-midi d'été, l'écrivain croise sur la rue Saint-Denis un jeune homme, Mongo, qui vient de débarquer à Montréal. Il…
lui rappelle cet autre jeune homme arrivé dans la même ville en 1976. Le même désarroi et la même détermination. Mongo demande : comment faire pour s'insérer dans cette nouvelle société? Ils entrent dans un café et la conversation débute comme dans un roman de Diderot. C'est ce ton léger et grave que le lecteur reconnaît dès le début d'un livre de Laferrière. 2015.Yesterday, I cried: celebrating the lessons of living and loving
By Iyanla Vanzant. 1998
An empowerment specialist and ordained minister, Vanzant offers help in turning painful situations into learning experiences. She discusses the various…
pains she has endured and the fact that crying about them can allow healing to begin. She encourages celebrating life each and every day. c1998.Y a pas que du sable dans le désert !: à la rencontre des Touaregs
By Moussa Ag Assarid, Nathalie Valera Gil. 2011
Son arrivée en France l'avait tellement marqué que Moussa Ag Assarid, jeune Touareg du Mali, en avait tiré un livre,…
Y a pas d'embouteillage dans le désert !. Dix ans après, il revient auprès des siens dans son désert natal. Pour ce retour tant attendu, il met en œuvre la Caravane du Cœur avec Nathalie Valera Gil, globe-trotteuse passionnée par l'Afrique. Accompagnés de volontaires français, parmi lesquels des chômeurs, des retraités, des chefs d'entreprises, des hommes, des femmes et des enfants, ils vont parcourir huit mille kilomètres par la route, à travers la France, l'Espagne, le Maroc, la Mauritanie et le Mali, pour vivre le quotidien des campements touaregs. Moussa leur permet de découvrir sa culture, le mode de vie nomade et sa beauté, mais aussi le combat des hommes Bleus pour rester libres. Le dépouillement, la simplicité et la profondeur de ces moments inoubliables bouleversent les caravaniers, notamment Bastien, 9 ans, qui notera dans son carnet de voyage " qu'il y a aussi des hommes dans le désert ", lui qui pensait n'y trouver que du sable et des scorpions ! 50 % des droits d'auteurs sont reversés à l'association Caravane du Cœur pour soutenir l'éducation et la santé des nomades du nord du Mali.Worse than slavery: Parchman Farm and the ordeal of Jim Crow justice
By David M Oshinsky. 1996
History of the notorious Mississippi penitentiary, infamous for its brutality and deplorable conditions. Examines the state's profitable use of inmates…
as labour on the twenty-thousand-acre prison plantation and the earlier practice of leasing convicts out to work on cotton farms in the area. Strong language and violence. 1996.Winter in the morning: a young girl's life in the Warsaw ghetto and beyond, 1939-1945
By Janina Bauman. 1986
A personal account of life in and out of the Warsaw Ghetto. Describes the experiences and emotions of a well-to-do,…
irreligious, non-Yiddish-speaking teenager who suffers the horrors of being Jewish in a land controlled by Nazis. Based on her diaries from the war years, the book depicts Bauman's growing self-awareness as she fights for survival. 1986.Willie Mays: the life, the legend
By James S Hirsch. 2010
Authorized biography of baseball outfielder Willie Mays, born in 1931 Alabama. Follows Mays from the Negro Leagues to the New…
York Mets. Highlights Mays's best games, including his astonishing catch when playing for the Giants in the 1954 World Series. Discusses his personal life and baseball's racial integration. Bestseller. Some violence and strong language. 2010.Whylah Falls
By George Elliott Clarke. 1990
A collection of prose and poetry by Canadian writer George Elliott Clarke. Based on a mythical village in Nova Scotia,…
the poems speak of love, wisdom, and the black experience in Nova Scotia. Short-listed for the "Canada Reads" programme 2002. 1990.White tribe dreaming: apartheid's bitter roots : notes of an eighth-generation Afrikaner
By Marq De Villiers. 1987
The author explains the thoughts, emotions and actions of the apartheid-supporting Afrikaners by tracing their history from the 17th century.…
De Villiers believes that the solutions to the problems of South Africa will work only if they are at least minimally acceptable to the Afrikaners. 1987.Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls?: the search for the secret of Qumran
By Norman Golb. 1995
A scholarly inquiry into the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the first of which was discovered in the Qumran…
caves in 1947. The author refutes the theory that scribes produced the scrolls in a local Essenean monastery and asserts that the manuscripts were transferred from Jerusalem when the city was under Roman siege. c1995.When evils were most free
By Eric Johnson, György Faludy, George Gabori. 1981