Archaeology / Anthropology
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Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAntisemitism, as hatred of Jews and Judaism, has been a central problem of Western civilization for millennia, and its history continues to invite debate.
This Very Short Introduction untangles the hi- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Beller, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0198724837
- Language: English
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Hong Kong Foodways
$15.00 Read moreThis book examines Hong Kong foodways in different periods of social development and hopes to advance anthropological inquiries by addressing issues concerning identity, migration, consumerism, global… [more below]
- Series: Hong Kong Matters
- Author: Cheung C H Sidney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 9888754351
- Language: English
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Archaeology and the Indigenous Peoples of the Maritimes
$40.78 Read moreIn recent decades, the development of Indigenous Archaeology has prompted a shift in how non-Indigenous archaeologists approach the archaeological record, moving toward the inclusion of Indigenous rec
- Author: Deal, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: November 30 2023
- ISBN10: 199044511X
- Language: English
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Bodies Under Siege: How the Far-Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global
$29.95 Read moreAn exposé of how far-right extremists across Europe use attacks on abortion to introduce broader fascist politics-and their connections to the American far right, from a leading investigative journal… [more below]
- Author: Norris, Sian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1839764732
- Language: English
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Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland’s Elves Can Save the Earth
$18.95 Read more*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR’S CHOICE*
“An impassioned, informative love letter to Iceland.” —New York Times Book Review “This compelling and highly readable book offers a thought-provoking- Author: Brown, Nancy Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365745
- Language: English
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First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
$19.00 Read moreWinner of the W.W. Howells Book Prize from the American Anthropological Association and named one of the best science books of 2021 by Science News
“DeSilva takes us on a brilliant, fun, and scientific
- Author: Desilva, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0062938509
- Language: English
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
$15.95 Read moreA brilliant example of the comparative method, The Gift presents the first systematic study of the custom–widespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesia–of exchanging g
- Author: Mauss, Marcel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 17 2000
- ISBN10: 039332043X
- Language: English
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Buried Beneath the City: An Archaeological History of New York
$39.95 Add to cartBits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Pottery shards dating to 600
- Author: Rothschild, Nan A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0231194951
- Language: English
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Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies
$26.95 Add to cartTwentieth Anniversary Edition with a new preface and afterword
From the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans in the spring of 2017 to the violent aftermath of the white nationalist march on- Series: Public Planet Books
- Author: Levinson, Sanford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1478002808
- Language: English
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Tikanga: An Introduction to Te Ao Maori
$29.95 Read moreThe book we’ve all been needing for decades – a unique explanation of the Maori world for Pakeha, and for Maori people wishing to learn more about tikanga.
With simple lucidity and great expertise, K- Author: Opai, Keri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1990003176
- Language: English
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The Dinka History the Ancients of Sudan from Abuk and Garang at Creation to the Present Day Dinka 2015
$50.00 Add to cartThis book serves as a tribute to the rich heritage and legacy of the Dinka people, whose traditions and history span millennia. As a valuable contribution to the global pursuit of knowledge about huma… [more below]
- Author: Madut-Kueendit, Lewis Anei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 796
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0994363133
- Language: English
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Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine
$26.95 Add to cartTwelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine documents the generations of Native peoples who for twelve millennia have moved through and eventually settled along the rocky coast, rivers, lakes, va… [more below]
- Author: Bourque, Bruce J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0803262310
- Language: English
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Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
$19.99 Add to cartMany of our questions about religion, says the internationally renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, were once mysteries, but they no longer are: we are beginning to know how to answer questions such … [more below]
- Author: Boyer, Pascal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 02 2002
- ISBN10: 0465006965
- Language: English
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The Oak Papers
$16.99 Add to cart“A profound meditation on the human need for connection with nature, as one man seeks solace beneath the bows of an ancient oak tree.”–Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees
“James Canton
- Author: Canton, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0063037963
- Language: English
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The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe
$34.99 Add to cart“A profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?”
— Gabor Maté M.D., autho- Author: Lent, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0865719543
- Language: English
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Our Culture, What’s Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses
$25.43 Add to cartThis new collection of essays by the author of Life at the Bottom bears the unmistakable stamp of Theodore Dalrymple’s bracingly clearsighted view of the human condition. It suggests comparison with t… [more below]
- Author: Dalrymple, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 156663721X
- Language: English
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Life in Biblical Israel
$70.00 Add to cartThis special-edition volume of the Library of Ancient Israel, based on the latest research, presents a vivid description of the world of Ancient Israel, covering such topics as domestic life, the mean
- Series: Library of Ancient Israel
- Author: King, Philip J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0664221483
- Language: English
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Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education
$18.00 Read moreMuch has changed since Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking Sexual Personae, but the laser-sharp insights of this major American thinker continue to be ahead of the curve-… [more below]
- Author: Paglia, Camille
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0525433864
- Language: English
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The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man’s Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Mystery
$17.99 Add to cartThe Secret of the Great Pyramid is a thrilling intellectual adventure story about the most exciting discovery in Egyptology in decades. Bob Brier, along with French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin, tells
- Author: Brier, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 12 2014
- ISBN10: 0061655538
- Language: English
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The Art of Action: 10th Anniversary Edition
$34.95 Read moreThe 10th Anniversary Edition of the Leadership Classic
The surprisingly common sense approach to leading a global company, based on a theoretical framework first used by the nineteenth-century Prussia- Author: Bungay, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1529376963
- Language: English
