Katherine Ashenburg: 3 books
The Mourner's Dance
What We Do When People Die
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
When her daughter's fiancé died suddenly, Katherine Ashenburg was surprised to see how her daughter intuitively re-created the traditional rituals of mourning, even those of which she was ignorant. Intrigued, Ashenburg began to explore the rich and endlessly inventive choreographies different cultures...
Going to Town
Architectural Walking Tours in Southern Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Winner of The Ontario Historical Society’s Fred Landon Award for Best Regional History.
With 300 photos and 11 maps.
A work of unexpected delights and surprises: here is a one-of-a-kind guidebook that pinpoints the best of Ontario’s architectural heritage in its most charming towns,...
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
The question of cleanliness is one every age and culture has answered with confidence. For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, scraping the body with a miniature rake, and a final application of oil. For the aristocratic Frenchman in the seventeenth...