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Culture, </span><span class="ltil_item " >culture, </span><span class="ltil_item " >__culture, </span><span class="ltil_item " >culture;</span></span></span></div><div><b><a href="/tag/detail/culture#translations">Translations</a>:</b> <span id="u_6821841c" class="lt_itemlist"><span class="ltil_item " >kultur, </span><span class="ltil_item " >文化, </span><span class="ltil_item " >cultura, </span><span class="ltil_item " >kultuur, </span><span class="ltil_item " >diwylliant, </span><span class="ltil_item " >文化, </span><span class="ltil_item " >kultur, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kulttuuri, </span><span class="ltil_item " >ahurea, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Культура</span><span id="u_9163c1eb" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 32" >, <span class="ltil_item " >Култура, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultur, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Cultura, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Culture, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultura, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Cultura, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Menning, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Cultura, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultūra, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultūra, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultúra, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Култура, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Cultuur, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultur, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultura, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Cultura, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Cultură, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Культура, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kultúra, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Култура, </span><span class="ltil_item " >Kültür, </span><span class="ltil_item " >קולטור</span></span></span></div></div><div id="linkdiv" style="display: none;"></div></section><section><h2>Tagged Works</h2><p class="alwaysblue"><b>Most often tagged</b> | <a href="#" onclick="tagsort_pick(1); return false;">Weighted</a> | <a href="#" onclick="tagsort_pick(2); return false;">Popular recently</a> | <a href="#" onclick="tagsort_pick(3); return false;">Published recently</a>  —  <b>Filter:</b> None (<a href="#" onclick="return ajax_filterby('tag');">edit</a>)</p><div class="shelforlist" id="tag_shelforlist"><div id="shareid"><div id="tagtobook"><div class="lt2_shelf_loading_placeholder"><div class="cover_loading c5"></div><div class="cover_loading c4"></div><div class="cover_loading c2"></div><div class="cover_loading c4"></div><div class="cover_loading c3"></div><div class="cover_loading c4"></div><div class="cover_loading c3"></div><div class="cover_loading c5"></div><div class="cover_loading c2"></div><div class="cover_loading c5"></div><div class="cover_loading c3"></div><div class="cover_loading c2"></div><div class="cover_loading c5"></div><div class="cover_loading c5"></div><div class="cover_loading c4"></div></div><div class="list"> <ul class="ulplain"><li><a href="/work/2567" data-workid="2567" data-title="Guns-Germs-and-Steel-The-Fates-of-Human-Societies" class="" >Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> by <a href="/author/diamondjared">Jared Diamond</a> <span class="tinygray">(264 times)</span></li> <li><a href="/work/23577" data-workid="23577" data-title="Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death-Public-Discourse-in-the-Age-of-Show-Business" class="" >Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business</a> by <a href="/author/postmanneil">Neil Postman</a> <span class="tinygray">(218 times)</span></li> <li><a href="/work/1994" data-workid="1994" data-title="The-Tipping-Point-How-Little-Things-Can-Make-a-Big-Difference" class="" >The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference</a> by <a href="/author/gladwellmalcolm">Malcolm Gladwell</a> <span class="tinygray">(177 times)</span></li> <li><a href="/work/2543" data-workid="2543" data-title="From-Dawn-to-Decadence-1500-to-the-Present-500-Years-of-Western-Cultural-Life" class="" >From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life</a> by <a href="/author/barzunjacques">Jacques Barzun</a> <span class="tinygray">(166 times)</span></li> <li><a href="/work/38064" data-workid="38064" data-title="Christ-and-Culture" class="" >Christ and Culture</a> by <a href="/author/niebuhrhrichard">H. 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