Cultural & Social
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A History of Modern Japan: In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the Present
$16.99 Add to cart“Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan’s turbocharged (and painful) modernization.” –The Daily Telegraph
In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the un- Author: Harding, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 4805315970
- Language: English
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The Everything Irish History & Heritage Book: From Brian Boru and St. Patrick to Sinn Fein and the Troubles, All You Need to Know about the Emerald Is
$15.99 Add to cartThere’s more to being Irish than kissing a Blarney Stone
Few places on earth match Ireland’s romantic attraction and historical legacy. Every year, millions of visitors flock to the ancient sites and- Series: Everything(r)
- Author: Blackwell, Amy Hackney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1580629806
- Language: English
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Glass, Paper, Beans: Revolutions on the Nature and Value of Ordinary Things
$19.00 Add to cartOnce upon a time we knew the origins of things: what piece of earth the potato on our dinner plate came from, which well our water was dipped from, who cobbled our shoes, and whose cow provided the le… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Leah Hager
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 17 1998
- ISBN10: 038549257X
- Language: English
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Five Modern No Plays
$22.00 Add to cartFive No plays–one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world–from one of Japan’s outstanding post-war writers. – “Mishima’s is a wonderful, astonishing, and frightening c… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Mishima, Yukio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0307473112
- Language: English
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Kokoro: An Intimate Portrait of Japanese Inner Life
$14.99 Add to cart“The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). [This] word signifies also mind, in… [more below]
- Author: Hearn, Lafcadio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 4805317205
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World
$26.99 Read moreTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
“Secrets of the Sprakkar is a fascinating window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it’s worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the
- Author: Reid, Eliza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1728242169
- Language: English
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First Things, Last Things
$13.95 Add to cartEric Hoffer–one of America’s most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer–begins with a macro view on the progress of civilization, ending with his crucible vision on the unique and t
- Author: Hoffer, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 92
- Publish Date: October 28 2008
- ISBN10: 1933435275
- Language: English
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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
$24.95 Add to cartA Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty, injustice, and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala, offering “a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people” (The … [more below]
- Author: Menchu, Rigoberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1844674185
- Language: English
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Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society
$29.95 Read moreA template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, for years to come.
Tales Of The San Francisco Cacophony Society tells the history of the most influential u… [more below]
- Author: Law, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: July 01 2019
- ISBN10: 086719877X
- Language: English
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The Day of Shelly’s Death: The Poetry and Ethnography of Grief
$24.95 Add to cartThis deeply moving collection of poetry by Renato Rosaldo focuses on the shock of his wife Michelle (Shelly) Rosaldo’s sudden death on October 11, 1981. Just the day before, Shelly and her family had … [more below]
- Author: Rosaldo, Renato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0822356619
- Language: English
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Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment
$14.95 Read moreA blending of art and pop cultural criticism about people who injure themselves for our entertainment or enlightenment.
A few weeks before he died, Hunter S. Thompson left an answerphone message for J- Author: Snow, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1913462463
- Language: English
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How to Speak Midwestern
$18.95 Add to cart“A dictionary wrapped in some serious dialectology inside a gift book trailing a serious whiff of Relevance.”―The New York Times
In this book on Midwestern accents and sayings, Edward McClelland
- Author: McClelland, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0997774274
- Language: English
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
$26.99 Add to cartAn NBCC Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist
People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancie
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
One of The Economist‘s 2011 Books of the Year- Author: Bellos, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0865478767
- Language: English
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
$18.99 Add to cartEssential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan.
The World War II-era study by the cultural anthr
- Author: Benedict, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0618619593
- Language: English
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The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
$34.95 Add to cartHow do ancient Greek myths find themselves retold and reinterpreted in cultures across the world, several millennia later? In this volume, bestselling author Richard Buxton explores the power that eig
- Series: Myths That Shape the Way We Think #1
- Author: Buxton, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0500518807
- Language: English
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Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
$18.00 Add to cart“This book is a tour de force.” –Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzm- Author: Suzman, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0525561773
- Language: English
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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
$29.95 Read moreThis remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of ‘basic stories’ in the world. Using a wealth of examples,
- Author: Booker, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1472976185
- Language: English
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Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War
$35.00 Read moreAn original history of Russia’s thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin’s politics and rekindled the Cold War.
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped his- Author: Sixsmith, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1399409867
- 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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A Brief History of Vietnam: Colonialism, War and Renewal: The Story of a Nation Transformed
$16.99 Add to cartA comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam’s long and tumultuous history
A Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land that has risen from the ashes of war to become the new- Series: Brief History of Asia
- Author: Hayton, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0804854181
- Language: English
