Broken Gourds
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Broken Gourds
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Author : Beresford McLean
language : en
Publisher: Anancy Books
Release Date : 2002
Broken Gourds written by Beresford McLean and has been published by Anancy Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fiction categories.
Broken Gourds is Inspirational Folklore. It is a portrait of humanity mirrored in the events of one small Jamaican farming village. The story tells of a lowly healer whose mission is to empower the oppressed while fostering harmony and hope. His success attracts the temptations of greed, hate, and lust. These he must struggle to overcome. FIC000000
The Gourd Book
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Author : Charles B. Heiser
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-02-03
The Gourd Book written by Charles B. Heiser and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-03 with Nature categories.
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.
Gourd Crafts For The First Time
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Author : Marilynn Host
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2002
Gourd Crafts For The First Time written by Marilynn Host and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Step-by-step instructions explain how to complete a variety of projects using gourds of all shapes and sizes.
Gourd Crafts
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Author : Ginger Summit
language : en
Publisher: Lark Books
Release Date : 2000
Gourd Crafts written by Ginger Summit and has been published by Lark Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Contains twenty easy projects using gourds to create candleholders, a birdhouse, drinking cups, bracelets, and bowls.
The Electrical Engineer
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
The Electrical Engineer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Electrical engineering categories.
Funeral Rites Reformation For Any African Ethnic Community Based On The Proposed New Funeral Practices For The Agikuyu
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Author : Johnson Nganga Mbugua
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2016-06-17
Funeral Rites Reformation For Any African Ethnic Community Based On The Proposed New Funeral Practices For The Agikuyu written by Johnson Nganga Mbugua and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-17 with Religion categories.
This book has been written on the premise that the mode of coping with death of virtually all African ethnic communities has taken proportions and turns that are neither cultural, scriptural, nor necessary. Current rites are complicated, time-consuming, expensive, and are leaving most families and their neighbors impoverished. They have been extremely commercialized and a large number of Africans do not have resources to bury their dead the "modern" way. Were the Agikuyu (read: Africans) to curb numerous funeral demands which they deem necessary and "customary," when in actual fact they are not, funerals for them would become cheaper, faster, and simpler; would be decent enough for the dead; would take care of those left behind; and would be environmentally friendly. How Africans in the Diaspora, away from their ancestral homeland, should cope with death is also addressed. Also addressed is the issue of cremation. It is shown that at the resurrection, God will accord us new spiritual bodies which will have no bearing with the material substance of our earthly (mortal) bodies.
Indian Basketry
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Author : George W. James
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-01-23
Indian Basketry written by George W. James and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-23 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Most complete survey of Indian basket-making describes uses of baskets, their role in ceremony, origins of designs, materials and colors, weaves and stitches, plus full how-to instructions. 355 illustrations.
The Ship Of Coral
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Author : H. De Vere Stacpoole
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-03
The Ship Of Coral written by H. De Vere Stacpoole and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-03 with Fiction categories.
The Ship of Coral is a fascinating tropical romance full of adventure. Its charming characterization and thrilling storyline made this work a hit instantly. H. De Vere Stacpoole traveled extensively, taking up a profession as a ship's doctor. His time at sea most certainly inspired many stories and characters in his writing. This absorbing book frequently displayed detailed depictions of the natural life and civilizations he had become familiar with during his travels on those islands. Excerpt from The Ship of Coral: "The sea lay blue to the far horizon. Blue—Ah, blue is but a name till you have seen the sea that breaks around the Bahamas and gives anchorage to the tall ships at Port Royal; that great sheet of blue water stretching from Cape Catoche to the Windward Islands, and from Yucatan to beyond the Bahamas, studded with banks and keys and reefs, the old sea of the Buccaneers shot over with the doings of Kidd and Singleton and Horne."
The Yanoama Indians
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Author : William J. Smole
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-07-03
The Yanoama Indians written by William J. Smole and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-03 with Social Science categories.
The Yanoama are one of the most numerous remaining aboriginal populations of the South American tropical forests, and their large territory constitutes a significant culture region. Although other scholars (anthropologists, geneticists, linguists) have studied this contemporary "neolithic" population, this is the first geographic study of the Yanoama. It is also the only book to focus on the Yanoama highland core area—the Parima massif—and it is the first study to analyze Yanoama horticulture as an integral part of their ecosystem. The author is concerned principally with the spatial dimension as developed in Yanoama culture, with the spatial patterns of functioning systems, and with Yanoama ecology in this highland habitat. The natural environment is viewed, not as a cultural determinant, but as part of the total ecosystem. Livelihood activities constitute a major organizing theme and, among these, gardening receives the most attention. Frequently classified as a nomadic hunter-gatherer group, the Yanoama are found to have a deep-seated horticultural tradition, and many new data on this tradition are presented. As this study reveals, the Yanoama have created and maintained a cultural landscape that bears their distinctive stamp.
Pamphlets
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Author : Jesse Walter Fewkes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Pamphlets written by Jesse Walter Fewkes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Excavations (Archaeology) categories.