Learning Culture

All in all, Japan seems to be a country of paradoxes and oppositions, of yin and yang. Yet it doesn’t seem to suffer from it; instead, it is thriving, growing, and developing, and it has been doing so for a long time. From those contradictions, a sense of unity and pride arose, guiding Japanese history and civilizational development through the ages, leaving an unquestionable mark on the world heritage and mankind. But this is only the surface of an astonishing culture that deserves a deeper look.

Bald kommt der Frühling, die Gelegenheit zu einem Spaziergang auf den Klippen der Normandie und im schönen Garten von Giverny! Orte, die die impressionistischen Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts stark inspiriert haben. Wenn das Wetter zu schlecht ist, können Sie vor dem Fernseher bleiben, denn wir werden Ihnen in unserem 4/20-Audio-Produkt alle Begriffe rund ums Fernsehen beibringen. Schließlich werden wir uns in unserem Grammatikpunkt mit der Phonetik der Verbindungen befassen... sehr wichtig im Französischen. Also, hören Sie gut zu! Französisch lernen mit Écoute Audio.

The Basics of Making Homemade Cheese is a practical guide that shares simple yet practical knowledge that covers everything you need to start learning how to make your own simple cheeses from the comfort of your own kitchen. The audiobook is suited to kitchen enthusiasts of all skill levels and those wanting ideas for simple DIY cheesemaking equipment and alternatives to make your kitchen cheesemaking a less-expensive hobby.

Hattie Owen prefers to be steeped in the familiarity of her small-town life than to think about the vast world beyond her own. Her family's boarding house is where she feels most at home, with its eccentric tenants and predictable routines, so different from the controlling and repressive home of her well-to-do grandparents who live nearby.

Clap your hands and sing along to this fresh take on a traditional singalong. The multicultural children in this colorful early learner encourage action and imagination, and two full spreads at the end teach "hello" in 36 languages, and the names of the children and their countries of origin.

Learning Native Wisdom explains why achieving a sustainable culture is more important than any other challenge we face today. Although there are many measures of a society's progress, Holthaus warns that only a shift away from our current culture of short-term abundance, founded on a belief in infinite economic growth, will represent true advancement. In societies that value the longevity of people, culture, and the environment, subsistence and spirituality soon become closely allied with sustainability.

"Boys, let us get up a club." Six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South. This is the story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America's democracy.

Ryoanji Temple, Tenryuji Temple, and Saihoji Temple are Zen temples in the area called Rakusai in Ky

The Golden Gai area in Tokyo's Kabukicho, in Shinjuku Ward, is home to many restaurants and bars. ゴ

Join Andy Stanley for Twisting the Truth, a six-session audio bible study developed to help you understand how truth can get twisted and distorted, and how that impacts your life. Throughout the study Stanley exposes four destructive and all-too-prevalent lies about authority, pain, sex, and sin...

The Magic Tree House carries Jack and Annie back to the Old West, where they roam the Great Plains with a Lakota boy.

Among the many types of egg cuisines, tamagoyaki is said to be one of Japan's unique household dishes. It is also known as atsuyaki tamago.

Umeboshi are a type of pickle made from ume (plums) fruits that are dried in the sun after being salted and soaked in ume vinegar.

Tsukemono is a kind of food, mostly vegetables, that has been pickled in salt, rice bran, miso, or something else.

Lacquerware that uses Japanese lacquer is known as shitsugei (lacquer art).

The Shirakami Mountain Range is spread across Aomori and Akita Prefectures and spans over 1,000 mete

One of the classic activities for autumn in Japan is otsukimi (moon viewing).

Tori-no-Ichi (day of the rooster), held at Otori shrines across Japan every November, is a festival where people wish for good fortune and thriving business for the coming year.

In addition to sashimi and sushi, there are various ways of eating and preparing fish, such as grilling, boiling, salting, fermenting, drying, smoking, and pulping into a paste.

Hiraizumi in Iwate Prefecture was the political, economic, and cultural center of the Tohoku region