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Cryptids: The Fascinating World of Unknown Creatures (A Deep Dive Into the Cryptids, Folklore, and Hidden Stories From Coast) - Paperback

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by James Bell (Author)This book takes you into the mysterious woods of Oregon, where the line between the real and the supernatural is fuzzy. Find the elusive Sasquatch, who is said to live in the thick forests, meet the mysterious Colossal Claude in the deep seas, and learn the scary stories of the roams the high deserts. This book tells about strange creatures that people have seen and heard, and it also talks about their cultural importance. Each part paints a vivid picture of the supernat...

Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification - Paperback

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by Mike Amezcua (Author)An exploration of how the Windy City became a postwar Latinx metropolis in the face of white resistance. Though Chicago is often popularly defined by its Polish, Black, and Irish populations, Cook County is home to the third-largest Mexican-American population in the United States. The story of Mexican immigration and integration into the city is one of complex political struggles, deeply entwined with issues of housing and neighborhood control. In Making Mexican Chic...

The Fires of Yule: A Keltelven Guide for Celebrating the Winter Solstice - Paperback

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by Montague Whitsel (Author)In the myth and folklore of ancient European cultures and spiritual traditions, the longest night of the year, called Winter Solstice's, was a time of transition during which people sought out personal renewal and rebirth. The Fires of Yule provides a template and a pattern for entering deeply into the Winter Solstice Season, experiencing it in poetic and transformative ways through a contemporary calendar called "The Thirteen Dayes of Yule." Readers of The Fires o...

Moon Phases: A Witch's Guide to the Lunar Calendar - Hardcover

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by Wyrd Books (Author)Tune into the natural power of the Moon with this grimoire of lunar magic. Enrich your life and enhance your well-being with spells, herbs, and charms tailored to each phase of the Moon. 'His mother was a witch, and one so strong That could control the Moon.' --Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1623 Living by the Moon helps us to tune into our emotions, providing a deeper sense of purpose and connection to the natural world. An essential guide to lunar living, Moon Phases collec...

The Habit: A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nuns - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Kuhns (Author)Curiosity about nuns and their distinctive clothing is almost as old as Catholicism itself. The habit intrigues the religious and the nonreligious alike, from medieval maidens to contemporary schoolboys, to feminists and other social critics. The first book to explore the symbolism of this attire, The Habit presents a visual gallery of the diverse forms of religious clothing and explains the principles and traditions that inspired them. More than just an eye-opening...

At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cultural History of the Long-Playing Record in Jazz - Paperback

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by Darren Mueller (Author)In At the Vanguard of Vinyl, Darren Mueller examines how the advent of the long-playing record (LP) in 1948 revolutionized the recording and production of jazz in the 1950s. The LP's increased fidelity and playback capacity allowed lengthy compositions and extended improvisations to fit onto a single record, ushering in a period of artistic exploration. Despite these innovations, LP production became another site of negotiating the uneven power relations of a heavily...

I Like Your Chutzpah: And Other Yiddish Words You'll Like - Board Book

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by Suzy Ultman (Author), Suzy Ultman (Illustrator)The first in a stylish, current, and multifaceted series of Jewish-themed board books for curious young readers. This modern and whimsical Jewish-themed board book series is the first of its kind incorporating both Jewish traditions and Jewish culture, offering a unique depiction of Judaism. Author and artist Suzy Ultman melds her own Jewish upbringing with her current trend-setting aesthetic to create a much-needed series of gorgeous, appeali...

Gardener's Folklore: The Ancient Secrets for Gardening Magic. - Hardcover

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by Margaret Baker (Author)Ever wondered if there's any truth behind planting by the moon? Or why wassailing is still a common folk practice in some parts of the world? In Gardener's Folklore, the record of these practices is unveiled, with plenty of tips and tricks to try in your own 21st century garden for blooming bushes and plentiful potatoes. First published in 1976, Gardener's Folklore collects the little bits of magic and myth to be found in the gardens of Britain and North America. Com...

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America - Hardcover

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by Michael Harriot (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON'S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. “Michael Harriot has...

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore

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Report copyright infringementby Adrienne Mayor (Author), Michele M. Angel (Illustrator)From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders--and disasters--of the natural world Mythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and...

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement - Paperback

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by Ashley Shew (Author)When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume they want--nor are they generally asked. Almost everyone will experience disability at some point in ...

How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon - Hardcover

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by Lyn Slater (Author)One of Elle's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2024 A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as "Accidental Icon," brings her characteristic style, optimism, forward-thinking, and rules-are-meant-to-be-broken attitude to the question of how to live boldly at any age. When Lyn Slater started her fashion blog, Accidental Icon, at age sixty-one, she discovered that followers were flocking to her account for more than just her A-list style. As Lyn flau...

The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Malinda Maynor Lowery (Author)Jamestown, the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and Plymouth Rock are central to America's mythic origin stories. Then, we are told, the main characters--the "friendly" Native Americans who met the settlers--disappeared. But the history of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina demands that we tell a different story. As the largest tribe east of the Mississippi and one of the largest in the country, the Lumbees have survived in their original h...

Chicano Folklore: A Handbook - Hardcover

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by Maria Herrera-Sobek (Author)Chicanos and Chicanas, or Mexican Americans, are deeply rooted in the cultures of African, European, and Native American groups. The richness of Chicano culture is especially evident in such folklore genres as myths, tales, legends, traditional beliefs, songs, games, and riddles. Written especially for high school students and general readers, this book is an introductory guide to Chicano folklore. It defines and classifies the folklore, provides numerous exampl...

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by Snorri Sturluson (Author)"The Prose Edda," a timeless compilation of Old Norse tales and poetic theories meticulously crafted by Icelandic scholar Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century. Offering a treasury of myths, legends, and insights into Viking Age beliefs, this cornerstone of Norse literature unveils the rich tapestry of gods, giants, and heroes that populate the ancient Nordic cosmos. From the thunderous exploits of Thor to the cunning wisdom of Odin, each story resonates with the ec...

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist - Paperback

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by Sesali Bowen (Author)"Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still figuring out who they are in this world will gain so much from whatever she has to say."--Charlene A. Carruthers, activist and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements"Sesali perfectly vocalizes the inner dialogue, and daily mantras...

The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World - Hardcover

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by Christine Rosen (Author)We embraced the mediated life--from Facetune and Venmo to meme culture and the Metaverse--because these technologies offer novelty and convenience. But they also transform our sense of self and warp the boundaries between virtual and real. What are the costs? Who are we in a disembodied world?In The Extinction of Experience, Christine Rosen investigates the cultural and emotional shifts that accompany our embrace of technology. In warm, philosophical prose, Rosen re...

Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State - Paperback

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by Brooks Blevins (Author)What do Scott Joplin, John Grisham, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Maya Angelou, Brooks Robinson, Helen Gurley Brown, Johnny Cash, Alan Ladd, and Sonny Boy Williamson have in common? They're all Arkansans. What do hillbillies, rednecks, slow trains, bare feet, moonshine, and double-wides have in common? For many in America these represent Arkansas more than any Arkansas success stories do. In 1931 H. L. Mencken described AR (not AK, folks) as the "apex of moronia." While, i...

Over Your Dead Body: the history and future of how we deal with the dead - Paperback

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by Robert Connolly (Author)Over Your Dead Body is about the history and future of how we deal with the dead: everything about death, funerals and what happens to the body afterwards. It features vivid personal experiences of the business of death, but also the science, history, and ecology of death - what undertakers do, their curious obsession with embalming, what people did before undertakers, new high-tech replacements for burial and cremation, plus Green funerals and advice on arranging a...

Grooming Sexual Abuse of Teenage Girls - Paperback

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by Acie Cargill (Author)Child grooming is befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, and sometimes the family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse. Child grooming is also regularly used to lure minors into various illicit businesses such as child trafficking, child prostitution, or the production of child pornography.This is a 5000 word booklet describing the practice of grooming and ensuing sexual abuse of teenage girls. A featured char...

In Brigid's Footsteps: The Return of the Divine Feminine - Paperback

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by Linda W. McFadden (Author)In Brigid's Footsteps: The Return of the Divine Feminine focuses on the Celtic goddess and Christian saint Brigid as an archetype of the Divine Feminine. Drawing on mythology, history, and transpersonal psychology, the author traces the iconic Brigid's evolution from incarnation as goddess of wisdom, craft, and healing to embodiment as a saint of Celtic Christianity who served as midwife to Mary at the birth of Jesus. Part Two explores the suppression of feminine ...

Sexy Anime Girls Uncensored Coloring Book 1, 2 & 3 - Paperback

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by Nick Snels (Author)Can you handle these seductive girls? 120 coloring pages of extremely hot, nude and sexy hentai girls in sexy poses which will provide you hours of coloring fun. Clothes aren't allowed in this book. Perfect for any manga, anime, yuri, bdsm or hentai lover. This coloring book bundles volumes 1, 2 and 3.Each picture is printed on its own 8.5 x 11 inch page so no need to worry about smudging. Number of Pages: 242 Dimensions: 0.51 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 05,...

The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions - Paperback

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by Paula Gunn Allen (Author)This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of American Indian traditions and the crucial role of women in those traditions.Author BiographyPaula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) was a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Native American of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage. She authored many books, including The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Tradition, and was the editor of Sp...

Sueños Americanos: Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identities - Paperback

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by Julio Cammarota (Author)Education is a primary route to rewarding employment and economic security. It is particularly significant for the future prospects of children who are ethnic minorities, were born into disadvantaged economic circumstances, or are dealing with language barriers. For nearly a decade Julio Cammarota interviewed and observed Latino youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four who lived in a barrio in a city on the California coast. He conducted forty life inter...

Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago - Paperback

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by Lilia Fernández (Author)Brown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernández reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in one of America's great cities. Through their experiences in the city's cent...

Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture - Paperback

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by Donald N. Levine (Author)In Abyssinian poetry, the "wax" is the obvious meaning, the "gold" is the hidden meaning. In Wax and Gold, Donald N. Levine explores mid-to-late-twentieth-century Ethiopian society on the same two levels, using modern sociology and psychology to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant ethnic group, the Amhara, and what are its enduring values? What aspects of modern culture interest this society and by ...

Barrios Norteños: St. Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century - Paperback

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by Dionicio Nodín Valdés (Author)Mexican communities in the Midwestern United States have a history that extends back to the turn of the twentieth century, when a demand for workers in several mass industries brought Mexican agricultural laborers to jobs and homes in the cities. This book offers a comprehensive social, labor, and cultural history of these workers and their descendants, using the Mexican barrio of "San Pablo" (St. Paul) Minnesota as a window on the region. Through extensive ar...

Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait - Paperback

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by Peter D'a Jones Jones (Author), Melvin Holli (Author)This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly details the various peoples and ethnic institutions in America's heartland city. This newly revised and expanded edition also includes chapters on African-American migration, Chatham, Latino Chicago, the Chinese in Chicago, Asian Indians, Korean-Americans, the new entrepreneurial immigrants, and the Swedes. There is also a new six-chapter section that examines saloons, sports, cri...

The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in the Traditional Ojibwe Life-World - Paperback

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by Theresa S. Smith (Author)In this study, Theresa S. Smith explores the lived experience of the contemporary Ojibwes (or Anishnaabeg) amid the remarkable revival of both belief in and practice of the Ojibwe religion. Scholars have contended that traditional Ojibwe religion was gradually lost during the three centuries following Euro-American contact. And yet even though traditional religion no longer exists as a plausibility structure for a hunting-gathering culture, historic and contemporar...

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by Brendan Fairbanks (Author)Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Brendan Fairbanks examines the challenging subject of discourse markers in Ojibwe, one of the many indigenous languages in the Algonquian family. Mille Lacs elder Jim Clark once described the discourse markers as "little bugs that are holding on for dear life." For example, discourse markers such as mii and gosha exist only on the per...

Droppers: America's First Hippie Commune, Drop City - Paperback

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by Mark Matthews (Author)Recounts the rise and fall of this famous 1960s community Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. In popular imagination, these words seem to capture the atmosphere of 1960s hippie communes. Yet when the first hippie commune was founded in 1965 outside Trinidad, Colorado, the goal wasn't one long party but rather a new society that integrated life and art. In Droppers, Mark Matthews chronicles the rise and fall of this utopian community, exploring the goals behind its creation...

Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia - Paperback

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by Anthony Cavender (Author)In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the nineteenth century to the present. He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicines, and magico-religious beli...