Anthropology
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures
$14.95 Add to cartFor more than 30 years, renowned anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the globe, studying the mysteries of sacred plants and celebrating the world’s traditional cultures. His passion as an ethnobota… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Wade
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 07 2007
- ISBN10: 1553652673
- Language: English
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Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set
$125.00 Add to cart*2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment
*2022 Nautilus Book Award Special Honors as Best of Anthology
For readers of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Overstory
From The Center fo
- Author: Van Horn, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 942
- Publish Date: September 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1736862553
- Language: English
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Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism during the twenty-first century.
The very word Jew continues- Author: Prager, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 12, 2003
- ISBN10: 0743246209
- Language: English
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
$17.99 Add to cartAS SEEN IN THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
“Profound . . . Lanier shows the tactical va
A WIRED “ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOK”
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK
“THE CONSCIENCE OF SILICON VALLEY”- GQ- Author: Lanier, Jaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1250239087
- Language: English
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Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
$35.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them? “Hunt, Gather, Parent is full of smart ideas tha- Author: Doucleff, Michaeleen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1982149671
- Language: English
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The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
$19.00 Add to cartThrough The Healing Wisdom of Africa, readers can come to understand that the life of indigenous and traditional people is a paradigm for an intimate relationship with the natural world that both surr… [more below]
- Author: Some, Malidoma Patrice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 13 1999
- ISBN10: 087477991X
- Language: English
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Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains
$28.00 Add to cartNew York Times Book Review Editors‘ Choice – An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims’ families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell … [more below]
- Author: Hagerty, Alexa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593443136
- Language: English
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Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This–a timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society.
There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness.… [more below]- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Radtke, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 13, 2021
- ISBN10: 1524748064
- Language: English
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The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
$26.95 Read moreFor fans of Sapiens and The Dawn of Everything, a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression–its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it
For centuri- Author: Saini, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0807014540
- Language: English
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The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail Volume 36
$37.43 Add to cartIn this gripping and provocative “ethnography of death,” anthropologist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Jason De Le n sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time–the human cons… [more below]
- Series: California Public Anthropology #36
- Author: de Leon, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 23 2015
- ISBN10: 520282752
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
$21.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY - An “important, deeply affecting–and regrettably relevant” (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedo… [more below]
- Author: Cowie, Jefferson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: 2-Jan-24
- ISBN10: 1541605128
- Language: English
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Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice: An Introduction
$29.95 Add to cartEthnography as a Pastoral Practice invites you to open your eyes, ears and hearts to your congregation. By listening to their stories you will not only find out who they are but help them to better cl… [more below]
- Author: Moschella, Mary Clark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0829800409
- Language: English
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The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
$27.99 Read moreParis Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects.
April recommended r- Author: Kelleher, Katy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 198217935X
- Language: English
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Muscle: The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement
$28.95 Add to cartMuscle tissue powers every heartbeat, blink, jog, jump, and goosebump. It is the force behind the most critical bodily functions, including digestion and childbirth, as well as extreme feats of athlet
- Author: Meals, Roy A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324021446
- Language: English
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The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
$18.00 Add to cartWhy have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe’s history
“Traces the idea of witches far beyond the Salem witch tri- Author: Hutton, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0300238673
- Language: English
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Apaga El Celular Y Enciende Tu Cerebro: Manipulación, Control Y Destrucción del Ser Humano
$16.99 Add to cartEl premiado filósofo, conferenciante internacional y académico Dr. Pablo Muñoz Iturrieta nos trae un manifiesto filosófico que pretende animar a los lectores a aprender a pensar por sà mismos y no per
- Author: Muñoz Iturrieta, Pablo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1400337054
- Language: Spanish
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What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Fat
$15.95 Add to cartFrom the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.
Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What- Author: Gordon, Aubrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: 16-Nov-21
- ISBN10: 080701477X
- Language: English
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On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy, this “elegant and entertaining” (The Boston Globe) explanation of how humans perceive their environments … [more below]
- Author: Horowitz, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1439191263
- Language: English
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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives
Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and- Author: Graeber, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 23 2016
- ISBN10: 1612195180
- Language: English
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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
$25.00 Add to cartWe have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding–“tribes.” This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the ke… [more below]
- Author: Junger, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 24 2016
- ISBN10: 1455566381
- Language: English
