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Art and Life in Bangladesh

Art and Life in Bangladesh

Henry Glassie

Henry Glassie introduces us to dozens of artists working in different mediums--potters, metal workers, painters, weavers, poets--and shares the excitement of meeting new people and discovering new art forms. 12 color photos. 445 b&w photos.
Vernacular Architecture

Vernacular Architecture

Henry Glassie

Based on thirty-five years of fieldwork, Glassie's Vernacular Architecture synthesizes a career of concern with traditional building.
All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming

All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming

Henry H. Glassie

Glassie's study treats fully the social and cultural context of the mummers' play. It is a superb study, of obvious value to folklorists, but also of interest to literary critics, literary historians, anthropologists, and others.
Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United ...

Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United ...

Henry Glassie

Filled with brilliant insights and tantalizing leads.--
Irish Folk History: Tales from the North

Irish Folk History: Tales from the North

Henry Glassie

Citizens of a community in Northern Ireland retell local folktales
Irish Folk Tales

Irish Folk Tales

Henry Glassie

Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland.
The Stars of Ballymenone

The Stars of Ballymenone

Henry Glassie

Generally authors disappear into an ongoing process of transmission— paralleled precisely in the singing of songs and too ramified to track exactly—but it pleases me to know that my writings proved useful to Ray Cashman when, following his ...
All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming

All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming

Henry Glassie

For the general reader as for the folklorist, this is a fascinating, vivid, and sensitive account that, through its portraits of individuals and of a community, offers a unique insight into a folk custom of the Christmas season.
Folk Housing in Middle Virginia: A Structural Analysis of ...

Folk Housing in Middle Virginia: A Structural Analysis of ...

Henry Glassie

He in convinced that any study of man's past must make use of nonverbal and verbal evidence, since written history - the story of man as recorded by the intellectual elite - does not tell us much about the everyday life, thoughts, and fears ...
The Voice of the Past: Oral History

The Voice of the Past: Oral History

Joanna Bornat

James Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium, The Self We Life By: Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). 19. Grele, Envelopes of Sound (1975) and 'Listen to Their Voices' (1979); Henry Glassie, The Stars ...
The Voice of the Past: Oral History

The Voice of the Past: Oral History

Paul Thompson

James Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium, The Self We Life By: Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). 19. Grele, Envelopes of Sound (1975) and 'Listen to Their Voices' (1979); Henry Glassie, The Stars ...
Folksongs and Their Makers

Folksongs and Their Makers

Henry Glassie

Three prominent folklorists wrote these essays in the 1970s about Dorrance Weir of upstate New York and his song "Take that Night Train to Selma," Joe Scott of Maine and his song "The Plain Golden Band," and Paul Hall of Newfoundland and ...
Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry ...

Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry ...

Jessie Childs

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.
Shakespeare and I - Mirroring All Façades of Reality

Shakespeare and I - Mirroring All Façades of Reality

Manuel Augusto Antão

Henry and Katherine: Henry V” by William Shakespeare, A. L. Rowse One of the scenes I like the less is the one between Henry and Katherine. This scene while funny and sweet has always felt a little strange to me. Henry has never seen, met  ...
Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII

Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII

Robert Hutchinson

From that day forward everything changed. Based on contemporary accounts, Young Henry provides a compelling vision of the splendours, intrigues and tragedies of the royal court, presided over by the ruthless and insecure Henry VIII.
The Works of Henry Mackenzie

The Works of Henry Mackenzie

Henry Mackenzie

Henry Mackenzie. I . ~ . ' '_ rd_' , ' .. oF HENRY MACKENZIE, Esq. LONDON: nmrrzn Eon THE PROPRIETORS or.
The federal reporter

The federal reporter

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Henry T. HAMILTON, Herbert V. Johnson, Frank A. Jackiewicz, Frank Sullivan, Herbert Heilmann, Jr., Henry Tchorzewski, Benno Merker, Arthur Spinello, Herb Poeschla, Howard Pines, William Griffin, Henry Frank, Henry Webber, Rocco ...
Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker

Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker

Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon. Cover Title Copyright Dedication All Horrid Henry Books About the Author 1 Horrid Henry's Christmas Play 2 Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents Acknowledgements Horrid Henry's Website ...
Musquodoboit pioneers: a record of seventy families, their ...

Musquodoboit pioneers: a record of seventy families, their ...

Jennie Reid

Nancy McCabe of Greenfield, Col. Co. 1. Henry 2. Robert 3. Dora Henry (lst son of James & Nancy McCabe McFetridge). 1. Henry md. 1st Helen Ishpach. They had 1 dau. Maude. U 1. Maude md. Henry Peabody Farnham of Salem, Mass.
The Papers of Henry Laurens: Vol. 4, September 1, ...

The Papers of Henry Laurens: Vol. 4, September 1, ...

Henry Laurens

sounce: Letterbook copy, Letter Book of Henry Laurens, Oct. 30, 1762—Sept. 10, 1766, Penn. Hist. Soc. This letter was copied by HL. TO HENRY TODDa [Charles Town] 21 March 1764, Sir, This covers a Bill of Loading & Invoice of the ...
The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White Robert Southey ..-~. U!-.-~fi .-...-..-.—-v-..._ .-. 0 v UMVERZIITY OF MINNE-''OTi' w 1:: v.1 B24W58 IS White. Henry. _ _.
The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey. M]lSOOr I&HIRIM ¥1^1- HENRY KIRKK WHIJE, BORN MARCH 2\r7 1785. DIED (MTOBBR MOO. WAUM WTFH POND llOl'g AND Ji£ARNIX
American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book

American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book

American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association

King Henry E. M. 455009 ....... Anita 341005 King Henry E. M. 455009 Bonita 341006 King Henry E. M. 455009 Ethel 310190 King Henry E. M. 455009 Fashion's Lass 337976 King Henry E. M. 455009 Mattie 341011 King Henrv E. M. 455009 ...
Henry Moore: Human Landscapes

Henry Moore: Human Landscapes

Henry Moore

Henry Moore, the celebrated English sculptor, created a century-spanning oeuvre that perfectly illustrates his comment, "knees and breasts are mountains.
Year of the Phenoms 2

Year of the Phenoms 2

Henry Gonzalez

Henry Gonzalez. Year of The Phenoms 2 A VOLLEYBALL QUEST Henry Gonzalez Copyright © 2016 Henry Gonzalez. All rights reserved. No part.
Horrid Henry's Christmas

Horrid Henry's Christmas

Francesca Simon

Henry's doing some secret Christmas present-swapping in this hilarious festive Horrid Henry story, perfect for Early Readers.
The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014

The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014

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HENRY Em. DANI Oh, HERE WE GO, playing the “Em, Em, Em” Charade—it's always, “Em, Em, Em” with you, isn't it? Why can't you just say “UM” like every other goddamn American?! HENRY Huh. DANIUhhuh. HENRY Em. DANI Oh?
Henry's Lieutenants

Henry's Lieutenants

Ford R. Bryan

Henry's Lieutenants features biographies of thirty-five people who served Henry Ford in a variety of capacities, and nearly all of whom contributed to his fame.
Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots

Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots

Thomas S. Kidd

In Patrick Henry, Kidd pulls back the curtain on one of our most radical, passionate Founders, showing that until we understand Henry himself, we will neglect many of the Revolution's animating values.
Enterprising Engines

Enterprising Engines

Rev. W. Awdry

Flying Scotsman visits the Fat Controller's Railway and Henry is jealous because he has two tenders. Duck makes Henry look silly, but it is Henry who rescues the passengers when the other railway and Duck's Branch line gets a new name.

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