Archaeology / Anthropology
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Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems
$17.99 Add to cartFatema Mernissi, the world-renowned Islamic feminist, has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women in the Middle East, in works hailed as “enchanting” (The New York Times Book Review), “exubera… [more below]
- Author: Mernissi, Fatema
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0743412435
- Language: English
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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
$19.99 Add to cart“A glorious success…The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip” (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of “Lucy”–the oldest, best-preserved skel… [more below]
- Author: Edey, Maitland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 15 1990
- ISBN10: 0671724991
- Language: English
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Patterns of Culture
$18.99 Add to cart“Unique and important . . . Patterns of Culture is a signpost on the road to a freer and more tolerant life.” — New York Times
A remarkable introduction to cultural studies, Patterns of Culture is an- Author: Benedict, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0618619550
- Language: English
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People
$25.99 Add to cartElizabeth Marshall Thomas was nineteen when her father took his family to live among the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Fifty years later, after a life of writing and study, Thomas returns to her experience
- Author: Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 30 2007
- ISBN10: 031242728X
- Language: English
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White Fragility: Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults)
$25.95 Read moreA reimagining of the best-selling book that gives young adults the tools to ask questions, engage in dialogue, challenge their ways of thinking, and take action to create a more racially just world.
- Author: Diangelo, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0807007366
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Humans: The Natural History of a Singular Species
$17.00 Add to cartWould you know a human being if you saw one? This is not as frivolous a question as it might seem. Recent scientific discoveries from many disciplines have painted a new picture of what it means to be
- Author: Smith, Ronald M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: July 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0999000608
- Language: English
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Jefferson’s Poplar Forest: Unearthing a Virginia Plantation
$21.95 Add to cartThomas Jefferson once called his plantation Poplar Forest, “the most valuable of my possessions.” For Jefferson, Poplar Forest was a private retreat for him to escape the hordes of visitors and everyd
- Author: Heath, Barbara J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0813062993
- Language: English
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Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
$42.00 Add to cartThis book argues that religion can and must be reconciled with science. Combining adaptive and cognitive approaches, it is a comprehensive analysis of religion’s evolutionary significance, and its ine… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology #110
- Author: Rappaport, Roy a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 564
- Publish Date: March 25 1999
- ISBN10: 0521296900
- Language: English
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Storied Stone: Indian Rock Art in the Black Hills Country
$24.95 Add to cartAncient petroglyphs and paintings on rocky cliffs and cave walls preserve the symbols and ideas of American Indian cultures. From scenes of human-to-animal transformations found in petroglyphs dating
- Author: Sundstrom, Linea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: November 10 2021
- ISBN10: 0806135964
- Language: English
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The Science of the Dogon: Decoding the African Mystery Tradition
$18.95 Read moreA look at the close resemblance between the creation and structure of matter in both Dogon mythology and modern science
– Reveals striking similarities between Dogon symbols and those used in both the- Author: Scranton, Laird
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1594771332
- Language: English
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The Way of Tea: Health, Harmony, and Inner Calm
$15.99 Add to cartClarity. Health. Peace of mind. These are the goals of The Way of Tea.
In this book, readers will learn more about all aspects of tea–from the practical to the spiritual–and how they can implement- Author: Fisher, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 080485436X
- Language: English
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Crypto-Jews: The Long Journey
$22.95 Add to cartAt one time Spain was the center of Jewish life in Europe. Most European Jews were Spanish Jews. The most important scholars and yeshivas were there. But, Spain turned against its Jews, who had been t
- Author: Duncan Hart, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: August 14 2020
- ISBN10: 193560483X
- Language: English
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Demonic Males
$20.99 Add to cart“Remarkable and utterly fascinating” (Jane Goodall), author Dale Peterson and Harvard University biological anthropology professor Richard Wrangham’s Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Viole… [more below]
- Author: Peterson, Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0395877431
- Language: English
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A Walking Life: Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom One Step at a Time
$15.99 Add to cartFor readers of On Trails, this is an incisive, utterly engaging exploration of walking: how it is fundamental to our being human, how we’ve designed it out of our lives, and how it is essential that w… [more below]
- Author: Malchik, Antonia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0738234885
- Language: English
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The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait
$22.00 Add to cartA timeless resource that describes the evolution of the US military in the first half of the 20th century.More than 50 years after its publication, The Professional Soldier remains a path-breaking stu… [more below]
- Author: Janowitz, Morris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1501179322
- Language: English
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Caring for American Indian Objects: A Practical and Cultural Guide
$39.95 Read moreAmerican Indian cultural objects, like most objects, deteriorate over time. Precious and irreplaceable pieces of a people’s heritage can turn to dust, either slowly or rapidly, depending upon their co… [more below]
- Author: Ogden, Sherelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: August 16 2004
- ISBN10: 0873515056
- Language: English
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People of Chaco: A Canyon and Its Culture (Revised)
$30.99 Add to cartIn northwestern New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon lies a spectacular array of ruins. Like Stonehenge, they are both a monument to our pre-history and a cryptic puzzle. We know that in Chaco Canyon, one thousa
- Author: Frazier, Kendrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0393318257
- Language: English
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Bicycle
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An alm- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Maskit, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1501338099
- Language: English
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Wild Thought: A New Translation of “La Pensée Sauvage”
$34.50 Read moreAs the most influential anthropologist of his generation, Claude L vi-Strauss left a profound mark on the development of twentieth-century thought. Through a mixture of insights gleaned from linguisti
- Author: Lévi-Strauss, Claude
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: February 22, 2021
- ISBN10: 022641308X
- Language: English
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Ship of Fools: An Anthology of Learned Nonsense About Primitive Society
$19.99 Add to cartDr. Hallpike spent his first ten years as an anthropologist living with mountain tribes in Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea and writing up his research for publication. He learned that primitive societie
- Author: Hallpike, C. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 9527065550
- Language: English
