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The Same Sweet Girls

Author : Cassandra King
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401342973
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Same Sweet Girls written by Cassandra King and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel by the celebrated author of The Sunday Wife chronicles the lives of a tight-knit group of lifelong friends. None of the Same Sweet Girls are really girls anymore, and none of them have actually ever been that sweet. But this spirited group of Southern women, who have been holding biannual reunions ever since they were together in college, are nothing short of compelling. There's Julia Stovall, the First Lady of Alabama, who, despite her public veneer, is a down-to-earth gal who only wants to know who her husband is sneaking out with late at night. There's Lanier Sanders, whose husband won custody of their children after he found out about her fling with a colleague. Then there's Astor Deveaux, a former Broadway showgirl who simply can't keep her flirtations in check. And Corinne Cooper, whose incredible story comes to light as the novel unfolds.

Gourd Girls

Author : Priscilla Wilson
Publisher : Gourdcraft Originals, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780965119672
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Gourd Girls written by Priscilla Wilson and published by Gourdcraft Originals, Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir about a lesbian couple's coming out in a rural community

The African Saga

Author : Blaise Cendrars
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The African Saga written by Blaise Cendrars and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Great-grandmother's Gourd

Author : Cristina Kessler
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780531302842
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis My Great-grandmother's Gourd by : Cristina Kessler

Download or read book My Great-grandmother's Gourd written by Cristina Kessler and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.

The Lucky Gourd Shop

Author : Joanna Catherine Scott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743437357
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Lucky Gourd Shop written by Joanna Catherine Scott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joanna Scott's "smart, sensitive book about independence, identity and survival"--"The New York Times Book Review, " tells the haunting tale of three fatherless Korean children--and the mother who gave them away.

The Gourd Book

Author : Charles B. Heiser
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806173211
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Gourd Book written by Charles B. Heiser and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humankind has had a long and intimate association with gourds, and one of them, the bottle gourd, or calabash, may have been man's first cultivated plant. Although grown in the United States today primarily as ornamentals, in other parts of the world gourds have many other important uses. With charming text and stunning black-and-white photographs, The Gourd Book provides fascinating scientific information and folklore about these remarkable plants and keys for identifying species. The first part of the book deals with tree gourds, widely used as containers and for decoration; the Cucurbita gourds, including the buffalo gourd, the Turk's turban, the silver-seed gourd, and the Malabar gourd, all utilized as food, and the beautiful ornamental gourds; the loofah gourds, popular as cosmetic sponges; minor gourds, such as the snake, wax, bitter, teasel, and hedgehog, sometimes used as food or medicine; and gourds mentioned in the Bible. The second part takes up the bottle gourd, which has been used for thousands of years. Even today this gourd is almost indispensable in many parts of the tropics, where species are used to make containers, musical instruments, and clothing, as food and medicine, and in art. The book concludes with a discussion of the gourd in folklore and myth and an appendix on growing, hybridizing, and preserving gourds for decoration. Delightfully written for general readers, this book will also appeal to botanists, anthropologists, horticulturists, and everyone interested in plants or gardening.

Zara

Author : N. I. Nwokolo
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1904744117
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Zara written by N. I. Nwokolo and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have a rich history, dating back thousands of years. The fact that we may not know it doesn't change it...Come with Princess Zara on her voyage of discovery, as she re-lives through her grandmother the southward travels of her ancestors.From the ancient Nubian kingdom to the banks of the mighty River Niger in West Africa -- share their exciting adventures on the way.And be sure there's history in you!

My Life in San Juan Pueblo

Author : Pʼoe Tsa̦wa̦
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252071584
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book My Life in San Juan Pueblo written by Pʼoe Tsa̦wa̦ and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Life in San Juan Pueblo is a rich, rewarding, and uplifting collection of personal and cultural stories from a master of her craft. Esther Martinez's tales brim with entertaining characters that embody her Native American Tewa culture and its wisdom about respect, kindness, and positive attitudes.

Africa Captured My Heart: A Young Girl's Story

Author : Darla Sauter
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1483446360
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Africa Captured My Heart: A Young Girl's Story written by Darla Sauter and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the personal true story of a young girl living in Tanzania, East Africa. Her memoirs are adventurous stories that have had a lasting imprint on her personality. You get a unique perspective through the eyes and mind of a developing girl. She not only embarked on discovery of a new and exotic country but also was traveled to a place of epic love, rest, and trust in God. Darla Sauter traveled extensively in her younger years. Later she married and settled in the scenic Pacific Northwest. She and her husband built a home in the woods and had two children. She is now a grandmother of 6 beautiful grandchildren. This is a project of love for her family and friends who enjoy hearing her stories.

Life Style, Indian Tribes

Author : Shiva Tosh Das
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788121200585
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Life Style, Indian Tribes written by Shiva Tosh Das and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 1987 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Occult Life of Things

Author : Fernando Santos-Granero
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816530424
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Occult Life of Things written by Fernando Santos-Granero and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining linguistic, ethnological, and historical perspectives, the contributors to this volume draw on a wealth of information gathered from ten Amerindian peoples belonging to seven different linguistic families to identify the basic tenets of what might be called a native Amazonian theory of materiality and personhood.

Promising Rituals

Author : Beatrix Hauser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000059227
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Promising Rituals written by Beatrix Hauser and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the performance of rituals influences the understanding that Hindu women form of their own selves, their sense of femininity, identity as well as their role and position in the lived-in world, and vice versa. Drawn from an intensive ethnographic fieldwork in southern Orissa, each section of the book takes a close look at a specific ritual practice, in exploring concepts such as purity/pollution, religious observances (such as fasting), deity possession, associated beliefs and attitudes, as also celebrated traditions such as Thākurānī Yātrā, local processions, and the role of female ritual specialists. The study uses the premise that religious practices in themselves are neither restricting nor liberating; rather rituals provide a perceptual context with the ability to affect the self-understanding of participants, as also their conception of agency, in a way that spills across non-ritual spheres. Conceptualizing gender identity as resulting from seen, but mostly unnoticed, everyday activities and approaching cultural performances as sites of collectively defining the self, the author offers a telling and vivid account of how women perceive, realize and reflect on religious ideas, while engaging in rituals and, by doing so, negotiate complex gender norms. The book also examines the assumptions of recent theories on the social construction of identities, often-debated impact of religion on women, performativity, self-identity, and ritual agency in considering ‘doing’ gender in a traditional, non-Western context. This book will serve as essential reading for scholars of sociology, anthropology, gender studies, cultural studies, history, religion, performance, and folklore studies.

Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures

Author : Ginger Summit
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781402732201
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures written by Ginger Summit and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you're an artist looking to explore a versatile medium or are interested in making dolls, look to nature's bounty. Learn a variety of classic techniques as you create projects. Comes with a gallery of inspiring work by talented artists."--adapted from back cover.

The Orphan Girl and Other Stories

Author :
Publisher : Interlink Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Orphan Girl and Other Stories written by and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Orphan Girl includes a fascinating introduction exploring the roots of the storytelling tradition in the history and culture of West Africa. Each country is represented by several stories, a map and brief information. To compile these tales, Kent State professor and storyteller Buchi Offodile searched villages for elders who remembered the old stories. These 41 tales are culled from a lifetime of listening, reading, and researching.

Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants [3 volumes]

Author : Christopher Cumo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1223 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants [3 volumes] written by Christopher Cumo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 1223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of this expansive, three-volume encyclopedia will gain scientific, sociological, and demographic insight into the complex relationship between plants and humans across history. Comprising three volumes and approximately half a million words, this work is likely the most comprehensive reference of its kind, providing detailed information not only about specific plants and food crops such as barley, corn, potato, rice, and wheat, but also interdisciplinary content that draws on the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The entries underscore the fascination that humans have long held for plants, identifies the myriad reasons why much of life on earth would be impossible without plants, and points out the intertwined relationship of plants and humans—and how delicate this balance can be. While the majority of the content is dedicated to the food plants that are essential to human existence, material on ornamentals, fiber crops, pharmacological plants, and carnivorous plants is also included.

Domineering Lady's Divine Doctor

Author : Zuo QiYouQie
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 164991718X
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Domineering Lady's Divine Doctor written by Zuo QiYouQie and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unusual technique in hand, I have a beautiful woman! The sky was full of luck. Guan Hao was possessed by the soul of a physician from a foreign world. He became a strange, evil doctor who picked up girls to train on his path to become a doctor. From then on, it was the oneesan, the nurse, the goddess, the loli ... They were waiting for the beautiful ladies to get entangled with them.

Performing Wisdom

Author : Dominica Dipio
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9401210586
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Performing Wisdom written by Dominica Dipio and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third collection produced by members of a six-year research project, funded by the NUFU (Norwegian Programme for Development, Research, and Education), whose concern was to find, preserve, and analyse ‘orature’ – spoken forms of all kinds, both their unique qualities and their equivalence in importance to ‘literature’. A major focus was the ways in which forms of orature can be made relevant to the demands of rapidly developing nations faced with insistent problems (HIV/AIDS, administrative needs, shifts in social and familial structure, the changing roles of women). Both innovative and archival, the essays explore older legends and modern performances to outline their positive and dynamic contribution to a protean society. Some contributors address the ways in which traditional forms may be adapted: e.g., via new media to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to educate children in social and individual responsibility. Traditional narratives and children’s songs can function to counter cannibalism and child sacrifice. Less dark aspects of contemporary society also receive attention. Traditional patterns of leadership are adapted to today’s conditions, especially by offering women models in the form of earlier figures and their actions. Two essays analyse the use of proverbs in the speeches of political candidates and discussing traditional music festivals as celebrations of traditional kingship and rule. Others examine the nature and operation of specific forms of orature – riddles and their subtle alteration according to performer and audience; concepts of heroism; stories of origin; and variants of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. These sensitive analyses are framed by pieces from members of the research project in Norway and Uganda. Dominica Dipio is Associate Professor in the Department of Literature, Makerere University and coordinator in the south of the NUFU research project. Stuart Sillars is Professor of English Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, and coordinator in the north of the research project.