Become a Multiculturalist with These 11 Books About Different Cultures

The moon is turning gray and the sun begins to burn out. There is a disturbance in the universe as ocean tides and storms rage with awakened creatures, demons, gods and spirits of the forgotten centuries of old. In the first installment of the series titled Lost At Sea, Ceridwen flees her home in ashes and is sent out to sea to find the light from within as well as the power to maintain the balance of all the different forces of good and evil.

Each tribe demonstrates vastly different roles for men and women, suggesting strongly that our ideas of gender are far more culturally assigned than genetically determined. The book goes into great detail about the three societies, and this alone is worth the cover price. The interesting premise makes it all the more intriguing, especially given the close proximity the tribes have to one another.

We use journalistic interviews to surface the simple, everyday questions that people have about each other but might be afraid to ask. We use research and reporting to get the answers and then put them where people can find them, read them and learn about each other. These cultural competence guides are meant to be conversation starters.

We want people to use these guides to get some base-line understanding and to feel more comfortable asking more questions. We put a guide to resources in every guide we make, we arrange community conversations and we are working on a facilitation guide.

While the guides can answer questions in private, they are meant to spark discussions. Making these has taught us that people are not that different from each other. People share more similarities than differences. We all want the same things for ourselves and for our families. We want to be accepted, respected and understood.

While fearing he will be starved, branded, and sent to an orphanage, Shyam matures within his small, poor family while the political and social upheavals of the century threaten to destroy all of them. As Shyam’s life journey leads him to a missionary college in Nagpur, he embraces Western influences that prompt him to question traditions and wisdom acquired through centuries.

While Europe heads toward war, Shyam and his orthodox Hindu father become immersed in a moral struggle that erupts from a volcano of religious fanaticism and age-old traditions. Can the two men ever reach a resolution or will Shyam be left with more questions than answers and a void he will never be able to fill?

Defender of the Faith is a powerful story of love, loss, resilience, and hope as an Indian boy comes of age and embraces Western values that cause friction between his father and him.

Eventually, they settle in New York City, Cleveland, and Monterey, California. Immigration in the early twentieth century was difficult at best and assimilation proved an even greater challenge. In L’America, Orazi shares a true story of immigration and assimilation in its heyday.

Written in a poignant and succinct manner, the novel gives a glimpse of the confused and frightened Italian emigrants as they make their way to the land of the free. It tells of the harsh reality of discrimination, generational conflict, socialism, anarchism and fascism they had to endure.

The children of the three families who made that voyage in 1915, though very different in experience and response, will return to us volumes of fortitude, character, and culture, ultimately establishing their place in the tapestry they once called LAmerica.

The frequent bombings and shooting within the city became her new normal. She finds romance with a GI from America and soon leaves behind her world in Denmark for a new adventure with him in New York City. Her incredible life story is detailed by her loving son just before her death in January 2018. Readers who long to learn more about the unique individuals living during this turbulent time in history will connect with Inge’s story and her life living with love, dreams and a sense of adventure.