social life and customs

"What would it be like to live in Kenya? How is Kenya's culture unique? Explore the sights, traditions, and daily lives of Kenyans"--Provided by publisher.

"What would it be like to live in Peru? How is Peru's culture unique? Explore the sights, traditions, and daily lives of Peruvians"--Provided by publisher.

"The South Asian land we now call Pakistan has been home to different important groups and civilizations since ancient times, but it did not become its own nation until it was separated from India by the British in 1947. Readers dive deep into Pakistan's past as they explore the relationship between history and contemporary culture. Focused chapters highlight Pakistan's geography, religious groups, government, and more, and readers also develop a strong sense of what daily life is like for Pakistani people. Recipes, fact boxes, sidebars, maps, and colorful photographs add to this enlightening reading experience"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of essays about the author's life as a Puerto Rican immigrant living in New York City during the early twentieth century.

Explores the foods, cooking traditions, customs, eating habits, and food sources of Cuba.

Explores the foods, customs, eating habits and traditions, and food sources of Australia, and includes photographs and recipes.

Alice and Marek help their family prepare to celebrate a traditional Polish Christmas. Presented in Polish and English.

"Living in ancient Rome was one of the most intense experiences in human history. It was also superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians and poets, who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of the city that ruled the known world. [This book] takes the reader on a . . . journey through the landscape of politics, crime, domestic life, faith, sex, entertainment, cuisine, disease, and inequality experienced daily by Roman people of all social strata. Revealing what it meant to eke out an existence in servitude, live in luxury in the imperial palaces, enjoy a day at the races, riot in the streets, make do in a tenement block, plot to assassinate an emperor, worship any one of a multitude of gods, witness an imperial triumph, and commemorate the dead, this powerful story of the people of ancient Rome"--Provided by publisher.

An introduction to the country of Venezuela, discussing its heritage, religion, and more.

An introduction to the country of Syria, discussing its heritage, social life and customs.