Added by: Raffles | Karma: 94.50 | Other | 26 November 2014
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TEFL UncoveredThis book will serve as a perfect guide for you to begin your TEFL endeavours. It is a truly unbiased view of the TEFL world based on our experiences (16 years!) teaching abroad and training people to teach abroad too.
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Other | 22 November 2014
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Elegantly written by a distinguished culinary historian, Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do with food—its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption—represents a cultural act. Even the "choices" made by primitive hunters and gatherers were determined by a culture of economics (availability) and medicine (digestibility and nutrition) that led to the development of specific social structures and traditions.
Why Was Queen Victoria Such a Prude? ...and other historical myths and follies
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Other | 18 November 2014
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“What is history, but a set of lies agreed upon?” – Napoleon Bonaparte. At least, we think it was him. This quote is traditionally attributed to Napoleon, but ironically it’s not really clear whether or not he ever actually said it. As it turns out, a great many things which we think we know about history often turn out to be myths, misunderstandings, or outright fictions. For example…
"I Hear America Singing": Folk Music and National Identity
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Other | 18 November 2014
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Folk music is more than an idealized reminder of a simper past. It reveals a great deal about present-day understandings of community and belonging. It celebrates the shared traditions that define a group or nation. In America, folk music--from African American spirituals to English ballads and protest songs--renders the imagined community more tangible and comprises a critical component of our diverse national heritage.
DK Smithsonian 1,000 Inventions and Discoveries 2014
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Other | 18 November 2014
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This revised and updated edition brings this comprehensive review of humanity’s greatest ideas up to date. Innovations in science, space, technology, transportation, medicine, mathematics, and language are covered, along with a timeline of history highlighting all inventions and discoveries from the airbag to DNA, lie detectors to hormones, and money to the signs of the zodiac. Feature boxes delve into the details of the lives of Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein and more, while amazing images and archive materials bring their achievements to life.
Covering over 3 million years of ideas, 1,000 Inventions and Discoveries will amaze and inspire a love of history in kids.
