Cultural & Social
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A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
$32.95 Read moreA blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.
Playing on the phrase “a theory of everything” from physics, Michael Muthukrishna’s ambitious, ori- Author: Muthukrishna, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 026204837X
- Language: English
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Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
$18.99 Add to cart“Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity.” —Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with- Author: Schutt, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 30, 2018
- ISBN10: 1616207434
- Language: English
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Courting the Wild Twin
$24.95 Add to cart‘Fabulous.’ Dan Richards, author of Holloway
‘Terrifically strange and thrilling.’ Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley
‘A modern-day bard.’ Madeline Miller, author of Circe
This is a book
- Author: Shaw, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1603589503
- Language: English
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So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything
$29.00 Read moreHow humans became so dependent on things and how this need has grown dangerously out of control.
Over three million years ago, our ancient ancestors realized that rocks could be broken into sharp-edg- Author: Colwell, Chip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 022680142X
- Language: English
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
$24.93 Add to cartIn 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of seekers dissatisfied with… [more below]
- Author: Castaneda, Carlos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 520290771
- Language: English
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures
$14.95 Add to cartFor more than 30 years, renowned anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the globe, studying the mysteries of sacred plants and celebrating the world’s traditional cultures. His passion as an ethnobota… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Wade
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 07 2007
- ISBN10: 1553652673
- Language: English
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Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set
$125.00 Add to cart*2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment
*2022 Nautilus Book Award Special Honors as Best of Anthology
For readers of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Overstory
From The Center fo
- Author: Van Horn, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 942
- Publish Date: September 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1736862553
- Language: English
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Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism during the twenty-first century.
The very word Jew continues- Author: Prager, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 12, 2003
- ISBN10: 0743246209
- Language: English
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
$17.99 Add to cartAS SEEN IN THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
“Profound . . . Lanier shows the tactical va
A WIRED “ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOK”
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK
“THE CONSCIENCE OF SILICON VALLEY”- GQ- Author: Lanier, Jaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1250239087
- Language: English
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Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
$35.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them? “Hunt, Gather, Parent is full of smart ideas tha- Author: Doucleff, Michaeleen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1982149671
- Language: English
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The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
$19.00 Add to cartThrough The Healing Wisdom of Africa, readers can come to understand that the life of indigenous and traditional people is a paradigm for an intimate relationship with the natural world that both surr… [more below]
- Author: Some, Malidoma Patrice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 13 1999
- ISBN10: 087477991X
- Language: English
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Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This–a timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society.
There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness.… [more below]- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Radtke, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 13, 2021
- ISBN10: 1524748064
- Language: English
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The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
$26.95 Read moreFor fans of Sapiens and The Dawn of Everything, a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression–its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it
For centuri- Author: Saini, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0807014540
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
$21.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY - An “important, deeply affecting–and regrettably relevant” (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedo… [more below]
- Author: Cowie, Jefferson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: 2-Jan-24
- ISBN10: 1541605128
- Language: English
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Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice: An Introduction
$29.95 Add to cartEthnography as a Pastoral Practice invites you to open your eyes, ears and hearts to your congregation. By listening to their stories you will not only find out who they are but help them to better cl… [more below]
- Author: Moschella, Mary Clark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0829800409
- Language: English
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The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
$27.99 Read moreParis Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects.
April recommended r- Author: Kelleher, Katy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 198217935X
- Language: English
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The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
$18.00 Add to cartWhy have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe’s history
“Traces the idea of witches far beyond the Salem witch tri- Author: Hutton, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0300238673
- Language: English
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Apaga El Celular Y Enciende Tu Cerebro: Manipulación, Control Y Destrucción del Ser Humano
$16.99 Add to cartEl premiado filósofo, conferenciante internacional y académico Dr. Pablo Muñoz Iturrieta nos trae un manifiesto filosófico que pretende animar a los lectores a aprender a pensar por sà mismos y no per
- Author: Muñoz Iturrieta, Pablo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1400337054
- Language: Spanish
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What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Fat
$15.95 Add to cartFrom the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.
Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What- Author: Gordon, Aubrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: 16-Nov-21
- ISBN10: 080701477X
- Language: English
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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives
Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and- Author: Graeber, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 23 2016
- ISBN10: 1612195180
- Language: English
