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City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe
Barbara A. Hanawalt
Paperback - $51.95
Urban ceremonial in the Middle Ages took various forms and served a number of different ends--private, collegial, political, and religious. Broadly construed, urban ceremonial included public functions of multiple sorts. From private, but public, cel ...
Celebrate the Solstice : Honoring the Earth's Seasonal Rhythms Through Festival and Ceremony
Richard W. Heinberg
Paperback - $27.95
Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary : Detailing Nearly 2,500 Observances from All 50 States and More Than 100 Nations
Helene Henderson
Hardcover - $260.95
Kwanzaa
M. C. Johnston
Library Binding - $46.95
The second step in this unique series gently lengthens sentences and features more challenging vocabulary, but the overall layout and marvelous photo format remain familiar to students enjoying newly acquired skills. Nonfiction Level Two readers are ...
Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies & the Coca-Cola Company : The Origins of Modern Holidays
Gabriella Kalapos
Paperback - $27.95
Year after year, many of us continue to perform holiday rituals with little or no understanding of what they mean or what purpose they serve. A part of us yearns to understand how and why these special days originated. Why does Groundhog Day exist an ...
Veteran's Day
Leslie Kaplan
Library Binding - $43.95
This series will add to the enjoyment of these celebrations by explaining the history behind each holiday. From Ireland in the fourth century to modern-day America, from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to Arlington National Cemetery, students will come a ...
Halloween a Festival of Lost Meanings
Alvin Boyd Kuhn
Paperback - $27.95
Kuhn, the author of the popular New Lectures on the Ancient Wisdom series, offers up an essay on the origins of Halloween and its traditions such as the candle in the pumpkin, broomstick riding witches, apple in a tub of water and the wearing of mask ...