Cultural & Social
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The Ultimate 70s Collection: Iconic Musicians and Albums, Movies That Defined a Generation, Legendary Toys and Videogames
$19.99 Read moreHow do you remember the seventies? Whether it’s as the “Me Decade,” the heatwave of 1976, or the Winter of Discontent, you’ll find something in these pages to stir up nostalgia for the pop culture tha… [more below]
- Author: Romero, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103789
- Language: English
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Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
$17.95 Read moreFrom love at first sight and infidelity to hook-up culture and “slow love,” Dr. Helen Fisher, the biological anthropologist and “renowned expert on the science of love” (Scientific American), explains
- Author: Fisher, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0393349748
- Language: English
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South Africa – Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
$12.99 Read moreSouth Africa has been described as “A World in One Country” and a “Rainbow Nation.” Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of th… [more below]
- Series: Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- Author: Morris, Isabella
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1857338723
- Language: English
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American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York
$35.00 Read moreA compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil
Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American- Author: Stolzenberg, Nomi M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0691199779
- Language: English
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Recipe
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Recipe reveals the surprising lessons that recipes teach, in addition to the obvious instruct- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Bloom, Lynn Z.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1501367102
- Language: English
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As If Already Free: Anthropology and Activism After David Graeber
$31.95 Read more“Contains precious insights into what made David Graeber the most innovative social thinker of our time, and why the legacy of his ideas will inspire projects of emancipation for generations” – David
- Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
- Author: High, Holly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0745348459
- Language: English
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A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe
$19.00 Read more“Thrilling . . . a bracing summary of what we have learned [from] ‘archaeogenetics’–the study of ancient DNA . . . Krause and Trappe capture the excitement of this young field.”–Kyle Harper, The Wal… [more below]
- Author: Krause, Johannes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0593229436
- Language: English
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Returning to the Teachings: Exploring Aboriginal Justice
$22.00 Read moreIn his bestselling book Dancing with a Ghost, Rupert Ross began his exploration of Aboriginal approaches to justice and the visions of life that shape them. Returning to the Teachings takes this explo… [more below]
- Author: Ross, Rupert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 28 2006
- ISBN10: 0143055593
- Language: English
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Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife
$29.95 Read moreSanitation is fundamental to urban public life and health. We need Sanitation for All.
In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more im- Author: McFarlane, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1839760540
- Language: English
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Palestinian Costume
$40.00 Read moreThe traditional costumes of the Palestinian villagers and Bedouin are of exceptional beauty and diversity, especially the festive costumes of the women with their lavish silk embroidery and patchwork … [more below]
- Author: Weir, Shelagh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1566567270
- Language: English
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The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
$35.00 Add to cartFrom language to culture to cultural collision: the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age
Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cu… [more below]- Author: Ansary, Tamim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1610397967
- Language: English
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
$18.00 Add to cartBased upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions, here is a notable contribution to our understanding of ourselves, using theatrical performance as a framework.
This book … [more below]- Author: Goffman, Erving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 20 1959
- ISBN10: 0385094027
- Language: English
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Next: A Brief History of the Future
$18.00 Read moreStar Trek-loving inventors who 3D print in space, vegan researchers who replicate the composition and chemical structures of meat in a lab, and mad scientists who save humans from terrible disorders b
- Author: Jorisch, Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 28 2022
- ISBN10: 9657023750
- Language: English
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Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide
$18.00 Read moreAn evolutionary psychologist traces the roots of political divisions back to our primate ancestors and male-dominated social hierarchies. Through the lens of evolutionary science, this book offers a n… [more below]
- Author: Garcia, Hector A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1633885143
- Language: English
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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977
$18.00 Add to cartMichel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madne… [more below]
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 1980
- ISBN10: 039473954X
- Language: English
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NKJV Study Bible, Hardcover, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: The Complete Resource for Studying God’s Word
$54.99 Add to cartThe full text of the trustworthy New King James Version with robust study notes and dozens of study resources in a convenient size to help you grow deeper in your faith.
With more than 2 million copies
- Author: Thomas Nelson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 2208
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0785220348
- Language: English
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Culture
$18.00 Read moreOne of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value
Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture a- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270615
- Language: English
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American Afterlives: Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First Century
$46.58 Add to cartA mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary life
Death in the United States is undergoing a quiet revolution. You can have your body frozen, dissected,- Author: Dawdy, Shannon Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0691210640
- Language: English
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Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State
$22.00 Add to cartLonglisted for the National Book Award and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness- Author: Allman, T. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0802122302
- Language: English
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The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars
$20.00 Read moreA Best Book of 2020 (NPR)
A Best Book of 2020 (The Economist)
A Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 (Smithsonian)
A Best Science and Technology Book of 2020 (Library Journal)
A Must-Read Book to Escape the… [more below]- Author: Marchant, Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0593183045
- Language: English
