The American Friend

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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 1044

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The American Friend

The American Friend PDF Author:
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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 1044

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Who's Afraid of the Booger Man?

Who's Afraid of the Booger Man? PDF Author: R. U. Afraid
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ISBN: 9781078301145
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Languages : en
Pages : 45

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Are you afraid of the Booger Man? Beware or you may be turned into a BIG...CRUSTY...SNOT! On a dark and stormy night, the Myers kids are home alone. Matthew is babysitting his little brother and his sister, when the lights go out. Alone in the dark, the kids tell spooky stories. Molly is upset when the boys laugh at her tale of the Booger Man. But when things begin to get slimy, they wonder.... could the Booger Man be real? -A little spooky, a little funny, and great for young readers.

Black Mountain Breakdown

Black Mountain Breakdown PDF Author: Lee Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101560649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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Crystal Spangler lives in rural Appalachia. She's the apple of her mother's eye -- not yet beautiful, but she will be. She's the most popular girl at Black Rock High. She makes cheerleader, gets good grades, and is elected beauty queen. Crystal discovers God, goes to college, and falls in love. When she comes home, she's disheveled and confused. Crystal becomes a wealthy politician's wife. But there's something calling her, drawing her back to where it all began, in the shadow of Black Mountain . . .

The Incredibly Stupid Adventures of the Incredibly Stupid Stuper Man!

The Incredibly Stupid Adventures of the Incredibly Stupid Stuper Man! PDF Author: Patrick C. F. Wise
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449016634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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In a quite possibly not-so distant future, the universe is wreathed in utter chaos. An intergalactic tyrant by the name of King Brainiac, seeking the ultimate power contained within the mythical Gem of the Universe, attacks and destroys the peaceful planet, Stupin, home to the Stupinians, a people who are really, REALLY stupid. In a ginormous twist of fate, however, a young Stupinian and his dog escape from the destruction with the Gem in tow. Landing on the planet Earth, these new heroes, Stuper Man and Stuper Dog, dedicate themselves to defending the Gem from Brainiac and his evil forces. Little do they realize that there is much more to the story than they know: a sinister conspiracy, an ancient bloodline, and a dark power so fearsome that it could engulf the entire universe and still have enough room for dessert. The Dumbbell Duo may not have much of it, but through their trials they prove that knowledge has been, is, and will always be the most powerful weapon that you can wield. The fate of the universe is in his hands...feel pity for the universe.

The Jingo

The Jingo PDF Author: George Randolph Chester
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243

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The Jingo is a book by George Randolph Chester. Chester was an American author and playwright, film editor, and director. Excerpt: "At such times the stalwart patient, looking out over the blue sea and waiting for his other nurses to come, had much time between healing naps for the consideration of his interrupted business journey, and also for speculation concerning his present environment. These did not seem to be poor people--they seemed, on the contrary, to be persons of quality and breeding and social standing; and yet, why did they have dinky little candles in the shape of a grooved ball and set in a silver cup made expressly for the purpose? If it was too much trouble to drop down a wire for an electric light why didn't they at least bring a lantern or an auto lamp? He didn't like that silver candle-cup. It looked too permanent, as if they were used to that and nothing else. If they didn't have electric lights it looked bad for his chances of reaching a cable--and his firm would be worried about him."

Watson's Magazine

Watson's Magazine PDF Author: Thomas Edward Watson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1058

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The Church School Journal

The Church School Journal PDF Author:
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Category : Religious education
Languages : en
Pages : 1010

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Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine

Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine PDF Author: Thomas Edward Watson
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1098

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Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine

Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 996

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The Practice of Folklore

The Practice of Folklore PDF Author: Simon J. Bronner
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496822641
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397

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Winner of the 2020 Chicago Folklore Prize CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 Despite predictions that commercial mass culture would displace customs of the past, traditions firmly abound, often characterized as folklore. In The Practice of Folklore: Essays toward a Theory of Tradition, author Simon J. Bronner works with theories of cultural practice to explain the social and psychological need for tradition in everyday life. Bronner proposes a distinctive “praxic” perspective that will answer the pressing philosophical as well as psychological question of why people enjoy repeating themselves. The significance of the keyword practice, he asserts, is the embodiment of a tension between repetition and variation in human behavior. Thinking with practice, particularly in a digital world, forces redefinitions of folklore and a reorientation toward interpreting everyday life. More than performance or enactment in social theory, practice connects localized culture with the vernacular idea that “this is the way we do things around here.” Practice refers to the way those things are analyzed as part of, rather than apart from, theory, thus inviting the study of studying. “The way we do things” invokes the social basis of “doing” in practice as cultural and instrumental. Building on previous studies of tradition in relation to creativity, Bronner presents an overview of practice theory and the ways it might be used in folklore and folklife studies. Demonstrating the application of this theory in folkloristic studies, Bronner offers four provocative case studies of psychocultural meanings that arise from traditional frames of action and address issues of our times: referring to the boogieman; connecting “wild child” beliefs to school shootings; deciphering the offensive chants of sports fans; and explicating male bravado in bawdy singing. Turning his analysis to the analysts of tradition, Bronner uses practice theory to evaluate the agenda of folklorists in shaping perceptions of tradition-centered “folk societies” such as the Amish. He further unpacks the culturally based rationale of public folklore programming. He interprets the evolving idea of folk museums in a digital world and assesses how the folklorists' terms and actions affect how people think about tradition.