Sociology: customs & traditions books

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The Shrinking Goddess: Power, Myth and the Female Body

The Shrinking Goddess: Power, Myth and the Female Body...

Author: Mineke Schipper
ISBN: 9781908906595
Format: Hardback
$43.96

Wild and strange stories have circulated about the female body since antiquity. While legends of poisoned hymens...  Read More >>

Egypt - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Egypt - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs...

Author: Isabella Morris
ISBN: 9781787023451
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Don't just see the sightsget to know the people. At first sight, modern-day Egypt is an unruly and chaotic place:...  Read More >>

Subterranean Explorations: The Unfinished Promise of Geothermal Energy in the Chilean Andes

Subterranean Explorations: The Unfinished Promise of...

Author: Martin Fonck
ISBN: 9783837672633
Format: Paperback
$82.95

Martín Fonck delves into the promises of geothermal energy and their abandonment in the Chilean Andes.  Read More >>

Sex, God, and the Brain: How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth to Religion and a Whole Lot More

Sex, God, and the Brain: How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth...

Author: Dr Andrew Newberg ,  Nick Mondelli
ISBN: 9798228246515
Format: Audio
$110.85

For the modern world, it seems as if sexuality and spirituality have always been at odds. But what if the two are...  Read More >>

Sex, God, and the Brain: How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth to Religion and a Whole Lot More

Sex, God, and the Brain: How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth...

Author: Dr Andrew Newberg ,  Nick Mondelli
ISBN: 9798228246492
Format: Audio
$97.65

For the modern world, it seems as if sexuality and spirituality have always been at odds. But what if the two are...  Read More >>

Britain - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Britain - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs...

Author: Sarah Riches
ISBN: 9781787023574
Format: Paperback
$28.44

This new and updated edition of Culture Smart! Britain unpacks all this and more. Penetrate the polite veneer of...  Read More >>

The Routledge International Handbook on Max Weber

The Routledge International Handbook on Max Weber

Author: Alan Sica (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367545079
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book brings together leading scholars from various disciplines to illuminate Weber’s thought in numerous areas,...  Read More >>

Space, Mobility, and Crisis in Mega-Event Organisation: Tokyo Olympics 2020's Atmospheric Irradiations

Space, Mobility, and Crisis in Mega-Event Organisation:...

Author: Rodanthi Tzanelli (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9781032323428
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Taking the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a case study, Tzanelli explores mega-event crisis and risk management...  Read More >>

Morality, Violence, and Ritual Circumcision: Writing with Blood

Morality, Violence, and Ritual Circumcision: Writing...

Author: Na'ama Carlin (University of New South Wales, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367551964
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Departing from both the ordinary defences and criticisms that surround the practice of Jewish ritual of circumcision,...  Read More >>

The Dangers of Gifts from Antiquity to the Digital Age

The Dangers of Gifts from Antiquity to the Digital Age...

Author: Alexandra Urakova (Tampere University, Finland) ,  Tracey A. Sowerby (University of Oxford, UK)
ISBN: 9781032298627
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This is the first volume that examines dangerous gift-giving across centuries and disciplines. Bringing to the fore...  Read More >>

Modern Japan

Modern Japan

Author: Louis G. Perez (Illinois State University, USA) ,  R. W. Purdy (John Carroll University, USA)
ISBN: 9781440877568
Format: Hardback
$150.00

"Organized by theme, this comprehensive encyclopedia examines all aspects of life in Japan, from geography and government...  Read More >>

Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance in Popular Culture

Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance in Popular...

Author: Liz W. Faber
ISBN: 9781476693781
Format: Paperback
$131.87

When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all...  Read More >>

Unlock the Magic of Crystals

Unlock the Magic of Crystals

Author: Alex Amore
ISBN: 9798224422357
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Have the negative energies surrounding you lately been leaving you feeling drained and unbalanced? Does the relentless...  Read More >>

Love Around the World: Relationship Traditions Across Cultures

Love Around the World: Relationship Traditions Across...

Author: Avery Nightingale
ISBN: 9798330239108
Format: Paperback
$31.65

"Embark on a journey across continents and cultures in ""Love Around the World: Relationship Traditions Across Cultures.""...  Read More >>

The Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and other Social Supernatural Beings: European Traditions

The Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and...

Author: Dr. Simon Young ,  Davide Ermacora
ISBN: 9781804131046
Format: Hardback
$258.75

For centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel world of the ‘social supernatural’. The social supernatural realm...  Read More >>

Rituals and Music in Europe: An ethnological study through data analytics

Rituals and Music in Europe: An ethnological study through...

Author: Daniel Burgos
ISBN: 9783031544309
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book explores modern European religious and non-religious rituals and their main features by focusing on music...  Read More >>

Anecdotes of an Arab Anglophile

Anecdotes of an Arab Anglophile

Author: Faisal J. Abbas
ISBN: 9781917045032
Format: Hardback
$64.69

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The Unfiltered Truth: Waking Up from the Woke Nightmare

The Unfiltered Truth: Waking Up from the Woke Nightmare...

Author: Qutham Bin Qutham
ISBN: 9798332850691
Format: Paperback
$18.45

The Unfiltered Truth: Waking Up from the Woke Nightmare This book is for young minds-perhaps a bit unconventional...  Read More >>

Death and the Afterlife: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from a Global City

Death and the Afterlife: Multidisciplinary Perspectives...

Author: Kit Ying Lye (Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore) ,  Terence Heng (University of Liverpool, UK)
ISBN: 9781032383989
Format: Hardback
$284.00

What insights can we gain from the rituals, actions and interactions around death and the afterlife? This edited...  Read More >>

Gulf Women’s Lives: Voice, Space, Place

Gulf Women’s Lives: Voice, Space, Place

Author: Emanuela Buscemi ,  Shahd Alshammari
ISBN: 9781804131084
Format: Hardback
$219.94

This edited volume investigates how Gulf women negotiate spaces of dissent through their writing. The focus on women’s...  Read More >>

The Danish Secret to Happy Kids: How the Viking Way of Raising Children Makes Them Happier, Healthier, and More Independent

The Danish Secret to Happy Kids: How the Viking Way...

Author: Helen Russell
ISBN: 9781728297729
Format: Paperback
$47.49

""Smart, witty and packed with surprising facts about life in the Nordics, The Danish Secret to Happy Kids is a...  Read More >>

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