Questo libro è una risorsa per chiunque sia interessato alla Paleo, dai Paleo dietisti principianti ai veterani. Tutte le informazioni di cui devi essere a conoscenza a proposito della Dieta Paleo, i suoi benefici, le regole che determinano cosa puoi o non puoi mangiare e le ricette Paleo-friendly sono concentrate in questo libro facile da leggere.In particolare questo libro è anche per coloro che conducono uno stile di vita frenetico. Anche se seguire la Dieta Paleo è di alta prio...

Explores how a folk ballad in southern India transforms the landscape and embeds the deities that are its subject within the social worlds of their devotees.Singing the Goddess into Place examines Chamundi of the Hill, a collection of songs that tells the stories of the gods and goddesses of the region around the city of Mysore in southern Karnataka. The ballad actively transforms the region into a land where gods and goddesses live, embedding the...

Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India investigates the shifting conceptualization of sovereignty in the South Indian kingdom of Mysore during the reigns of Tipu Sultan (r. 1782-1799) and Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (r. 1799-1868). Tipu Sultan was a Muslim king famous for resisting British dominance until his death; Krishnaraja III was a Hindu king who succumbed to British political and administrative control. Despite their differences, the courts of both kings dealt w...

Este libro es un recurso para cualquiera que esté interesado en Paleo, desde principiantes hasta veteranos dietistas Paleo.Toda la información que necesita saber sobre la Dieta Paleo, sus beneficios, reglas sobre lo que puede comer y que no, recetas amigables con Paleo están condensadas en este libro de lectura sencilla.En particular, este libro es también para aquellos quienes tienen estilos de vida atareado. Aunque seguir la Dieta Paleo es una alta priori...

Popular religion in village India is overwhelmingly dominated by goddess worship. Goddesses can be nationally well-known like Durga or Kali, or they can be an obscure deity who is only known in a particular rural locale. The origins of a goddess can be both ancient—with many transitions or amalgamations with other cults having occurred along the way—and very recent. While some have tribal origins, others sprout up overnight due to a vivid dream. Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Conte...

During the first quarter of the twenty-first century, more than one hundred institutions of higher education in the United States launched projects to study and share their histories concerning slavery, segregation, and racial injustice. Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University joins these wider efforts. Authored by award-winning historians Alexander X. Byrd and W. Caleb McDaniel, the book engages questions specific to Rice’s history as the last major priva...

Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navarātri Festival.Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navarātri-alternatively called Navarātra, Mahānavamī, Durgā Pūjā, Dasarā, and/or Dassain-which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadaśamī, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navarātri is one...