Southern Tradition

Embark on an Unforgettable Journey to South Korea While Learning English Naturally! Have you ever dreamed of traveling to Seoul, the vibrant capital of South Korea? Do you want to discover the fascinating culture of a country where ancient palaces stand beside futuristic skyscrapers? Are you looking for a fun way to improve your English without boring textbooks and tedious grammar exercises? Welcome to the Around the World in Easy English series—where travel, discovery, and language learning come together in one exciting adventure! Join six curious teenagers from the World Explorer ...

Taíno Myths: The Stories That Shaped the Caribbean Before any European set foot on Caribbean shores, the Taíno people flourished, their lives intertwined with rich beliefs and powerful ancient tales. This book unveils their legacy. This book is an intimate portrait of a culture that overcame attempts at erasure, colonization, and centuries of enforced silence. The Taíno were declared gone, but their pulse still resonates across the Caribbean, their stories speaking clearly today. Here’s just a fraction of what you can expect inside: Foundational creation myths where sibling rivalry ...

For the first time ever, an active practitioner describes the history, folklore, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine in this groundbreaking guide for curious herbalists. This book is the first to describe the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and...

Out of the ashes of 1865 rose a nation the world said could not exist: the Covenant Commonwealth. Spared conquest by an armistice, the South staked everything on the economics of Scripture. The land rested every seventh year. Debts died every seventh year. And every fiftieth year came Jubilee, when a whole nation carried its ledgers into the courthouse squares and burned them, and called it worship. The world called it folly. Then the harvests came in. While the North built towers of speculation, the Commonwealth built guilds where freedman and former master labored as equals. It backed its...

Coffee and brightly painted oxcarts. Quetzals, coastlines, and the Montverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Learn the ABCs of Costa Rica in this exotic, colorful tour of the small but treasure-filled Central American country.

This summer, escape to the Shores­—a Southern lake town full of elegance and glamour in a story about family traditions, friendship, and a love that can’t be denied—for readers of Sunny Hostin’s Summer on Sag Harbor. "A tribute to the power of hard-won love and deep-rooted family ties...

Our origins as a slave species and the Anunnaki legacy in our DNA Reveals compelling new archaeological and genetic evidence for the engineered origins of the human species, first proposed by Zecharia Sitchin in The 12th Planet Shows how the Anunnaki created us using pieces of their own...

Hey, y’all. Welcome to the South! Viral sensation and TikToker Landon Bryant (@LandonTalks) presents his tongue-in-cheek “anthropological dive” into the food, fashion, linguistics, culture, holidays, and traditions of the American South. “Let’s discuss . . .” These two words began...

Some civilizations are remembered for what they built. The Inca are remembered for how they understood the world. In the thin air of the Andes, where mountains rise like silent guardians and the sun commands every harvest, the Inca created more than an empire—they created a sacred system of life. Every step, every seed, every offering carried meaning. The earth was alive. The sky was watching. The past was never truly gone. This book draws you into that world—clearly, powerfully, and without unnecessary complexity. Discover the gods who shaped an empire—from Inti, the blazing sun, to ...

Discover the heart and soul of Louisiana in The Pelican State Revealed: Louisiana’s Cultural Tapestry, a captivating journey through the history, traditions, and challenges of one of America’s most vibrant states. From the rhythms of jazz born in New Orleans to the Cajun bayous of Acadiana, this book brings to life Louisiana’s rich heritage, extraordinary people, and stunning natural landscapes. Explore iconic moments like the Louisiana Purchase, the rise of Creole and Cajun culture, the devastation of floods such as the Great Flood of 1927 and Hurricane Katrina, and the resilience of...

This is a compilation of true, often humorous stories and serious observations about the lives and customs of Appalachians from the old days to modern times. Topics include mountain customs and traditions with forays into herbal remedies, moonshining, religion and language, along with the difficulties of being absorbed into cultures outside of the hills. A few of the forty-four chapters include: Aunt Berthy and the Fires of Hell, Enlightenment Comes to the Mountains, Old Time Religion in Appalachia, Uncle Bryant: Mountain Medicine Man, Appalachian Medicine Chest, Catfish in a Log, ...

A documentary‑style journey into the hidden traditions, protective magic, and enduring folklore of the Appalachian Mountains. For generations, the ridges and hollows of Appalachia have carried stories—quiet warnings, whispered charms, protective rituals, and the symbolic practices that shaped daily life in the mountains. Witches of Appalachia explores these traditions through a grounded, cinematic lens, revealing how families used herbs, roots, spoken magic, and household protections to navigate a world where the natural and the mysterious often felt intertwined. From conjure bags and ...

Welcome to the Travel Enrichment Series, the perfect companion for travelers wishing to understand more about the history of the regions they visit. Scattered across the world’s largest and deepest ocean, the remote and beautiful South Pacific Islands have been enticing explorers, travelers, and settlers to their shores for more than six thousand years. In twelve lively essays, South Pacific charts the history of this vibrant region, from the intrepid Polynesians who relied on constellations and stick charts to navigate its isolated archipelagos, to the stranded mutineers of HMS Bounty ...

Blue Flame of the South: Guruvayurappan’s Divine Presence from Dwarka to Kerala is a profound spiritual and cultural journey into the heart of one of India’s most revered temple deities. Drawing upon myth, scripture, temple tradition, and living devotion, this book tells the timeless story of Lord Guruvayurappan—Krishna in his most intimate and accessible form—whose divine presence traveled across ages and geographies to settle in the lush land of Kerala. From the drowning city of Dwarka to the quiet sanctity of Guruvayur, this narrative illuminates not only a physical migration but...

Volume 2 of Musing Appalachia is a compilation of forty-six comical but true stories about the lives and customs of Appalachians and their experiences while making the often-painful transition of being absorbed into a culture outside the hills. Topics touch on humorous adaptations and traditions as they grapple to cope with the new environment. They include searching for identity, schooling, marriage and sex, religion, nicknames, Appalachian creativity, moonshining, hunting, race, the War of Northern Aggression, etc. A few of the 46 stories include Where I Come From, Roots Run Deep; ...

Parrots, rain forests, and the Amazon River. Soccer legends and the Carnaval of Rio de Janeiro. Discover the ABCs of a country known worldwide for its deep jungles and amazing variety of plant and animal life in this tour of Brazil.

Take an alphabetical exploration of the people, geography, animals, plants, history, and culture of Guatemala!

For centuries, the Queen of Sheba has stood at the crossroads of history, archaeology, theology, and legend. Her brief appearance in 1 Kings 10 and 2 Chronicles 9—a foreign monarch arriving in Jerusalem with a caravan of gold, spices, and hard questions—has inspired Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, Ethiopian national identity, and modern scholarship. Yet the central question remains: Who was she? In this groundbreaking study, biblical scholar P. C. Anderson applies a rigorous nine‑variable rubric to evaluate the five major responsible hypotheses: • a South Arabian queen ...

A Backwards Glance is a collection of stories from the extraordinary life of an exceptional man. Follow Sid Mickle from his small-town Alabama childhood to a 40-year professional career that allowed him to travel far from home without ever forgetting its lessons. This book is more than a collection of stories. It is a nostalgic journey through time with family, friends, work associates and a collection of real life memories. There is success and failure, joy and tragedy, setbacks and triumphs. These stories include vivid recollections of childhood struggles to understand his polar-opposite ...

In 1868, on the barren shores of post-war Outer Banks North Carolina, the once wealthy Sinclair family moves for the summer to one of the first cottages on the ocean side of the resort village of Nags Head. Seventeen-year-old Abigail is beautiful, book smart, but sheltered by her plantation life and hemmed in by her emotionally distant family. To make good use of time, she is encouraged by her family to teach her father's fishing guide, the good-natured but penniless Benjamin Whimble, how to read and write.