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Structural Anthropology #1: Structural Anthropology by Claude Levi Strauss Publisher Comments The “structural method,” first set forth in this epoch-making book, changed the very face of social anthropology. This reissue of a classic will reintroduce readers to Lévi-Strausss understanding of man and society in terms of individuals&... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John Mcwhorter Publisher Comments A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar Why do we say aI am reading a cataloga instead of aI read a cataloga? Why do we say adoa at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments The Development of an Extraordinary Species We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The English Is Coming!: How One Language Is Sweeping the World by Leslie Dunton Downer Publisher Comments English has fast become the number one language for everything from business and science, diplomacy and education, entertainment and environmentalism to socializing and beyond—virtually any human activity unfolding on a global scale. Worldwide,... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham Staff Pick Richard Wrangham's lucid, fascinating book presents a strong case that the act of harnessing the power of fire to cook food might have created modern humanity. Convincing, thoughtful, and beautifully written, Catching Fire is a surprising look at the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Ma Thomas Publisher Comments Elizabeth 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 experiences with the Bushmen, one of the last hunter-gatherer... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb by Daniel Meyerson Publisher Comments In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened King Tutankhamuns tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international renown and an indelible place... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages by Derek Bickerton Publisher Comments Bastard Tongues is an exciting, firsthand story of scientific discovery in an area of research close to the heart of what it means to be human—what language is, how it works, and how it passes from generation to generation, even where historical... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rites of Life by Anders Ryman Publisher Comments From birth to death and beyond This book depicts people at some of the most emotional moments of their lives. For more than seven years Anders Ryman traveled the world documenting life cycle rituals. The result is a book that in intimate and... (read more) Your price: $29.99 Sale - Hardcover
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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby Publisher Comments A personal adventure, a fascinating study of anthropology and ethnopharmacology, and, most important, a revolutionary look at how intelligence and consciousness come into being. This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures by Wade Davis Publisher Comments In this major new work, renowned anthropologist and bestselling author Wade Davis explores and reveals the awe-inspiring wealth of human diversity and makes an impassioned case for preservation of Earth's disappearing cultures. 80 photos.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey Publisher Comments The after-death stories of Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig Beethoven, Swedenborg, Sir Thomas Browne and many others have never before been told in such detail and vividness. Fully illustrated with some surprising images, this is a fascinating and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Sale - Hardcover
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King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb by Zahi Hawass Publisher Comments The ultimate book on King Tut and his tomb—the most exciting archaeological find the world has ever known. The fabulous treasures of Tutankhamun have fascinated the public since their discovery by Howard Carter in 1922. Many books have been written... (read more) List Price $80.00 Your price: $33.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Language in Thought & Action 5TH Edition by S I Hayakawa Publisher Comments In an era when communication has become increasingly diverse and complex, this classic work on semantics—now fully revised and updated—distills the relationship between language and those who use it. Renowned professor and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Claude Levi-Strauss: The Formative Years by Christopher Johnson Publisher Comments vi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists.... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Indigenous Movements and Their Critics: Pan-Maya Activism in Guatemala by Kay B Warren Publisher Comments In this first book-length treatment of Maya intellectuals in national and community affairs in Guatemala, Kay Warren presents an ethnographic account of Pan-Maya cultural activism through the voices, writings, and actions of its participants. Challenging... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Primal Arts: Americas - Australia by Geoffroy Schneiter Publisher Comments Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives by Leonard D Katz Publisher Comments Four principal papers and a total of 43 peer commentaries on the evolutionary origins of morality. To what extent is human morality the outcome of a continuous development from motives, emotions and social behaviour found in nonhuman animals? Jerome... (read more) List Price $37.40 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness by James Campbell Publisher Comments Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve out a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. In The Final Frontiersman, Heimo's cousin James Campbell chronicles Korth's amazing life and adventures, creating a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition by Emma Cohen Publisher Comments The cognitive science of religion has made a persuasive case for the view that a number of different psychological systems are involved in the construction and transmission of notions of extranatural agency such as deities and spirits. Until now this... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price: $13.97 Sale - Hardcover
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