Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| The Complete Coffee Compendium |
| Beside water, coffee is the most widely and frequently enjoyed drink in the world. Hundreds of billions of cups are prepared and consumed every single year in every conceivable country. Coffee has been brandished as a work of the devil on at least two occasions and blessed as a truly Christian drink |
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| Fascinating Facts about Chinese Foot Binding |
| Golden lilies, idyllic bound feet of women and girls, were the erotic hallmarks of feminine China for one thousand years. Yet, to practice the custom meant enduring the excruciating pain of mutilation and even the threat of death should the binding be improperly applied. |
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| The I Ching – A History |
| The I Ching, also called the Book of Changes, originated during an important time in Chinese history – the overthrow of the Shang dynasty by the Chou dynasty, which also collapsed. It was a time of much social unrest and confusion. |
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| Pizza Pizzazz |
| Pizza, in one form or another has been around for ages. The Babylonians, Israelites, Egyptians, and other ancient Middle Eastern cultures consumed flat unleavened bread that resembled pizza. The flat bread was cooked in mud ovens and used as plates to hold food. |
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