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	Culture and Customs of China Conduct Unbecoming what not to do in Brazil Encyclopedia of Days descriptions of holidays from all over the world, grouped alphabetically by country, religion, or topic Everyday Eating Customs in China Executive Planet designed for business, but a great roundup of formal international etiquette Finish Customs and Manners Germany Survival Guide tips from the readers of Der Spiegel Global Etiquette from Monster.com The Great Britain Mystery Tour odd customs and events calendar The History of Eating Utensils the birth of chopsticks, spoons and folding forks Holidays & Observances special occasions, birthdays, anniversaries, birthstones, flowers, astrological signs, monthly and weekly observances Etiquette for interacting with the Hmong International Holidays Japanese Cultural Glossary traditional terms and pop-culture references Japanese Customs Japanese Etiquette Japanese Holidays Japan SAQ (Seldom Asked Questions) National Health Observances May is Better Sleep Month Culture of Nepal Never Give a Mandarin a Clock a guide to gift-giving, an article from Business Week Magazine Russia - Etiquette and Local Customs Cursing in Swedish The Alternative Dictionaries slang from around the world Vietnamese Names World Observances holidays everywhere - slightly more pagan
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	1911 Encyclopedia 29 volumes and over 44 million words Adherents.com more than 42,000 statistics for over 4,000 religions Animal Sounds on the Net hundreds of sound files, everything from birds to frogs to fish Atlas Van der Hagen Project seventeenth and eighteenth century atlases of the world  BandToBand.com every band in the list is connected to every other band based upon a family tree Behind the Name etymology and history of first names Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics one of the largest collections of recorded animal sounds in the world Britannica.com the encyclopedia, website reviews, articles from leading magazines, and Books in Print California On-line Dragonfly Guide information on and photographs of all the species of dragonflies and damselflies in California Celebrity Tattoos movie idols, rock stars and tattooed historical figures C.I.A. Electronic Document Release Center City of the Silent Information about cemetery symbols, epitaphs, history, burials, tombstone rubbing, and other aspects of mortuary culture City Pictures snaps of locales from around the world The Code of Hammurabi Complete Planet search the "deep web" of databases that most search engines cannot reach directly Cultures.com information and features about cultures, living and ancient  Dance Style Database Direct Search find information on the "invisible Web" of databases that don't show up on standard search engines Dog Breed Information Center need to know how big a Doberman gets? look here Edible Flowers dozens of flowers with descriptions, usage and pictures Fast Facts and Trivia 50 facts about each U. S. State in no particular order FreeDictionary.com english, medical, legal, and computer dictionaries, thesaurus, encyclopedia Free Historic Maps around 85,000 images from maps dated between 1846 and 1899 Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Guide to Poisonous Plants Hobo Signs and Symbols the written code of the rails Holiday Insights find out when what happens (July 1 is Build A Scarecrow Day) How Far is It computes the distance from one city to another How to get information from public bodies access to government info from the BBC Indian Mythology the stories that form the backbone of Indian culture Insects on the Web a beautifully designed survey of the insect world International Crop Circle Database International Telephone Calling Codes The Language of Flowers Learn2.com experts on ANYTHING Legends primary source material and up-to-date scholarship on heroic legends LitQuotes more than 1200 quotations from literature Living Traditions dedicated to the study, preservation and innovative popularization of community based traditional folk culture Manifest Technology explaining computers and electronics Maporama get personalized maps of Europe and the world Meeting God the American Museum of Natural History looks at elements of Hindu devotion NatureServe conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada New York Architecture Images New York Public Library’s Digital Library Collection online access to collections of unique and rare materials Nicknames and Naming Traditions NYPL Digital Gallery more than 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library Optical Weather Phenomena fascinating pictures and explanations Patron Saints Index find out who will protect against moles or the patron of people named Herve (hint: it's Saint Herve) Places Named thousands of place names, where they are, what they mean (sometimes) and statistics PopNet information on population topics such as demographic statistics, economics, education, environment, gender, policy and reproductive health Quotable Women a one page list of memorable quotes by women Quotes and Sayings quotations, speeches, proverbs Quotez more than 13,000 quotes in a searchable database Religious Movements profiles of more than two hundred religious movements, from the University of Virginia Repositories of Primary Sources holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar Researchville query 8 search engines at the same time Plants for a Future resource centre for rare and unusual plants Poisonous Plants and Animals a beautifully designed and informative site Television News Archive Vanderbilt University's searchable collection of over 30,000 evening news broadcasts Think Baby Names etymological dictionary of first names TopoZone interactive topographic map of the entire United States Turning the Pages rare documents in digital form, from the British Library UpMyStreet property prices, crime figures, council performance for towns and neighborhoods US Patent and Trademark Office Search a full text and image database of patents back to 1976 The Wayback Machine an archive of stored web pages - look into the past of the net Words About Words word-related quotations World Gazetteer current population figures for cities, towns and places of all countries World Time Server what time is it? xrefer search engine of facts, words, concepts, people & quotations

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