Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

We all are products of our backgrounds in many ways. The same is true of Muba, Muazu, Nasir and Buzu. The extremely harsh and inhuman conditions in which they had to fight their way to survival where several others lost their lives according to the religious-cultural dictates of their ethnicity produced...

A novel set in the Canadian Arctic about the cultural and historical changes that culminated in the creation of the Nunavut territory.

The author of this book is a native Chinese.He is a cross-cultural training expert, Business in China pioneer trainer, and soft-skill trainer for Fortune 500 companies as well as a Theory of Constraints Management consultant. This book is a one- stop guide for you to practice appropriate and fine...

This collection of Vietnamese mythology will be of great interest to cultural scholars as well as people of Vietnamese descent. The history of every country is reflected in its myths and legends and this absorbing collection of thirty-two stories vary from the sweep and grandeur of past battles,...

By the author of Waiting in Vain: “A sparkling gift, the tale of a meager, shoeless, raggedy abandoned Cinderella whose hardships make her all the wiser” (The Washington Post).   Set in 1942 on the imagined island of San Carlos—a cultural cocktail of Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica—this is the...

As a non-native English speaker, the protagonist had to express herself using the language she knows best, a Neo-Melanasian pidgin language which was incorporated in her journal in her attempt at self-expression. Her experience was interpreted in terms of sexual, cultural and economic dominance, she herself did not necessarily see her relationship in that way though.

The story of the novel revolves around two youths from city. They are sent to a mountain village to be re-educated while the Cultural Revolution in China was going on. The setting of the novel and most of the details in the novel are inspired by Dai’s own life, but the plot of the novel is...

Encompassing many different visions of Africa, the stories in this comprehensive collection feature characters struggling to survive grinding poverty, tyrannical governments, cultural upheavals, and disintegrating relationships. Reflecting a continent with a tragic history, An African Quilt...

"Mile zero" marks the location of Key West -- the island that defines the end of the American road, the cultural junction where Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Afro worlds collide. On this island, with its cruel legacy of slave trade and Latin revolution, and its turbulent present of marijuana millionaires,...

“Startlingly good” stories of Nepali society set against the backdrop of violent Maoist insurgencies (San Francisco Chronicle).   From an author like “a Buddhist Chekhov,” The Royal Ghosts features characters trying to reconcile their true desires with the forces at work in Nepali society...

Tales From The Lands Of Nuts And Grapes (Spanish And Portuguese Folklore) - By Charles Sellers - PREFACE - FIRMLY believe that the following tales have never seen the light of publicity. They are the folklore of Spain and Portugal. Since the day when Hernando del Castillo, published sorne of the romances...

Justin had given up hope on ever finding true love, but when he met Lily everything changed. Born into a traditional Chinese family, Lily was expected to do as she was told. Loyalty to country and to family was of utmost importance, while loyalty to self was not a common pursuit. Raised in a society...

Pungent curry. . .sweet fried onions. . .incense. . .colorful beads. . .lush fabrics. Shobhan Bantwal's compelling new novel is set on the streets of Edison, New Jersey's Little India, where a young businesswoman rediscovers the magic of love and family. . . Since becoming a widow at age twenty-seven,...

From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as a teacher’s aide in a small New Mexican border town, Tía Regina is also raising her teenage nephew, Gabo, a hardworking boy who has...