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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Jewish marriage and divorce in imperial Russia / ChaeRan Y. Freeze	ChaeRan Y Freeze	"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and an African American, he is offended and angered by the success of We's Lives in Da Ghetto, the explo…	OL12330723W
Pratiques de mariage et nuances de continuité dans le monde grec	Stavros Perentidis	• Antiquité païenne - Athènes et ioniens : La découverte, dans les nouveaux fragments du Lexique de Photius, de la définition latente d’apaulia, premier jour de l’ensemble des rites nuptiaux dans l’A…	OL13336783W
Feats on the fiord or Rolf and Oddo among the pirates	Harriet Martineau	A tale of Norway including adventures on the fjords, the old gods, pirates, and, at the happy ending, a marriage.	OL1490997W
Kupinang engkau dengan hamdalah	Mohammad Fauzil Adhim	Preparation for marriage based on Islamic belief.	OL14924994W
The world's greatest proposals	Fred Cuellar	In a recent Internet contest, Fred Cuellar (a.k.a. "The Diamond Guy") offered a beautiful, sparkling diamond in return for the most hilarious, creative or inspirational proposal story. As a result, h…	OL15156818W
Ellen's broom	Kelly Starling Lyons	Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol of her parents' wedding during slave days, so she proudly carries it to the courthouse when the marriage b…	OL16471238W
Upacara perkawinan adat Jawa	Thomas Wiyasa Bratawijaya	Javanese marriage customs and rites.	OL1784270W
The Roman wedding	Karen K. Hersch	"This is the first book-length examination of Roman wedding ritual"--Provided by publisher. "The wedding ritual of the ancient Romans provides a crucial key to understanding their remarkable civiliz…	OL18676197W
The anthropology of marriage in lowland South America	C. Alès,Stephen Beckerman,Paul Valentine	"This volume reveals that individuals in Amazonian cultures often disregard or reinterpret the marriage rules of their societies--rules that anthropologists previously thought reflected practice. It …	OL19763973W
The bride price	Mai Neng Moua	"A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules. When Mai Neng Moua decid…	OL20058389W
Marriage	Ronne Randall	This book gives a fascinating look at aspects of marriage and raises topical issues surrounding marriage and religion. It includes significant passages from holy texts that are read to mark a marriag…	OL20849027W
Looking beyond the mask	Nancy Brown Diggs	"Looking Beyond the Mask focuses on the personal stories of the growing number of American women who - despite vast cultural differences, and sometimes because of them - are married to Japanese men. …	OL2649627W
Recognizing Ourselves	Ellen Lewin	In April 1993, as part of the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, hundreds of couples participated in "the Wedding," a symbolic commitment ceremony held in front…	OL2740878W
To love & to cherish	Linda Otto Lipsett	Brides Remembered This rare and wonderful book presents a panoramic and lively picture of what courtship, marriage and married life was like for women across the American continent during the nine…	OL2965796W
How people get married	Caroline Arnold	Briefly discusses marriage customs in the United States before during and after the wedding.	OL34658W
Ike and Mama and the block wedding	Carol Snyder	Rosie Weinstein is getting married on Sunday but not without a little help from the residents of East 136th Street.	OL3537380W
Tata rias pengantin gaya Yogyakarta	Murtiadji, Sri Supadmi R.	Traditional marriage custom of Yogyakarta region.	OL3729251W
Kinship and rituals among the Meo of Northern India	Raymond Jamous	On the kinship, marriage customs, and rites in Meo, Indic people, and their metasiblingship between brothers and sisters from Mevāt Region in Rajasthan, India; a study.	OL4231008W
Merry ever after	Joe Lasker	Contrasts the way children of different social classes were betrothed and married during the Middle Ages.	OL4462914W
Persandingan di kalangan masyarakat Melayu dan pandangan Islam terhadapnya	Fatimah bte. Ali.	Malay traditional wedding ceremony from Islamic viewpoint in Kelantan State, Malaysia.	OL4605680W