Archaeology / Anthropology
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Death and the Idea of Mexico
$31.00 Add to cartDeath and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of death and of the death sign from
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Lomnitz, Claudio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: January 04 2008
- ISBN10: 1890951544
- Language: English
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Localism in the Mass Age
$34.00 Add to cartIn the United States the conventional left/right distinction has become increasingly irrelevant, if not harmful. The reigning political, cultural, and economic visions of both the Democrats and the Re… [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Mark T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1532614438
- Language: English
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The Kingdom of Speech
$18.99 Add to cartThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.
“A whooping, joy-filled and hyperbolic raid on, of all things, the theo- Author: Wolfe, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0316404632
- Language: English
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Color Psychology And Color Therapy
$22.00 Add to cartAmerican writer Faber Birren devoted his life to color and it’s effects on human life. After writing around 25 texts on the topic, it would be safe to say his work is considered highly among color exp
- Author: Faber Birren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: November 04 2013
- ISBN10: 1639231331
- Language: English
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At the Place of the Lobsters and Crabs: Indian People and Deer Isle, Maine, 1605-2005
$15.95 Add to cartFor thousands of years, native people lived, loved and labored on Deer Isle as well as the surrounding islands and peninsulas of east Penobscot Bay. Then, just over 400 years ago, their lives were dis
- Author: Haviland, William a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1882190807
- Language: English
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What a Mushroom Lives for: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make
$27.95 Add to cartHow the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China–and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds
What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today’s mushroom renais- Author: Hathaway, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0691225885
- Language: English
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The Omnivores Dilemma
$14.95 Add to cartThe bestselling author of the Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the 21st century.
- Author: Pollan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 710
- Publish Date: April 24 2007
- ISBN10: 1594132054
- Language: English
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Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way
$18.99 Add to cartMary Catherine Bateson, author of Composing a Life, is our guide on a fascinating intellectual exploration of lifetime learning from experience and encountering the unfamiliar. Peripheral Visions beg
- Author: Bateson, Mary C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0060926309
- Language: English
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Grave Matters: The Controversy Over Excavating California’s Buried Indigenous Past
$24.00 Add to cartHow do we reconcile the sanctity of Indigenous burial grounds with the desire to study them?
Whether by curious Boy Scouts and “backyard archaeologists” or competitive collectors and knowledge-hungry- Author: Platt, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1597145599
- Language: English
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Intelligence in Nature: An Inquiry Into Knowledge
$15.95 Add to cartContinuing the journey begun in his acclaimed book The Cosmic Serpent, the noted anthropologist ventures firsthand into both traditional cultures and the most up-todate discoveries of contemporary sci… [more below]
- Author: Narby, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 02 2006
- ISBN10: 1585424617
- Language: English
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Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion in the Living Room comes a fascinating and provocative exploration of the biology of motherhood that “is witty, reassuring, and takes motherhood … [more below]
- Author: Tucker, Abigail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1501192876
- Language: English
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Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
$34.95 Add to cartSelected by Kirkus for “Best of 2021: Our Favorite Nonfiction”
It is impossible to imagine New Orleans, and by extension American history, without the vibrant and singular Creole culture. In the face o
- Author: Shaik, Fatima
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0917860802
- Language: English
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A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
$18.95 Read moreFrom the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt’s ancient past took place in an
- Author: Wilkinson, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0393882403
- Language: English
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Bigfoot: Surprising Encounters With Bigfoot in the United States (A Collection of Unsettling Encounters)
$19.95 Add to cartThis book was made from a few reports and some commentary and analysis of what was reported. The reports are what people said they saw. In this book, the reports are relayed as they were reported and
- Author: Vega, Ursula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1774856026
- Language: English
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Understanding Human Evolution
$15.99 Add to cart- Series: Understanding Life
- Author: Tattersall, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1009101994
- Language: English
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History Archaeological Thought 2ed
$75.08 Add to cartIn its original edition, Bruce Trigger’s book was the first ever to examine the history of archaeological thought from medieval times to the present in world-wide perspective. Now, in this new edition… [more below]
- Author: Trigger, Bruce G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 726
- Publish Date: September 11 2006
- ISBN10: 0521600499
- Language: English
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Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills
$32.99 Add to cartLong before the coming of Euro-Americans, native inhabitants of what is now Kansas left their mark on the land: carvings in the soft orange and red sandstone of the state&fsquo;s Smoky Hills. Though n… [more below]
- Author: Buchanan, Rex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0700628428
- Language: English
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Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations in Identity, Leadership, and Belonging
$24.95 Read more“Strong debut . . . this nuanced portrait of the state of American Judaism proffers a cogent vision of how to revitalize the faith.” –Publisher’s Weekly
Why are religious organizations on the decline
- Author: Stanton, Rabbi Joshua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1681150891
- Language: English
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Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel’s Assaults on Gaza
$19.95 Add to cartIn the past five years Israel has mounted three major assaults on the 1.8 million Palestinians trapped behind its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Taken together, Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), Operation Pi
- Author: Finkelstein, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1939293715
- Language: English
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American Nerd: The Story of My People
$16.00 Add to cart“One of the season’s most talked about cultural studies” (Los Angeles Times)–an incisive and irreverent appreciation of nerds that combines history, sociology, psychology, and memoir from noted journ… [more below]
- Author: Nugent, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 02 2009
- ISBN10: 0743288025
- Language: English
