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1493 How Europes Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade Ecology & Life on Earth by Charles C Mann Publisher Comments From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the... (read more) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Smoke in the Lanes. Dominic Reeve by Dominic Reeve Publisher Comments The classic account of the reality of life as a Gypsy in the UK in the 1950s when Travellers lived in horse drawn wagons and stopped by the wayside in quiet country lanes wherever possible, but were often driven to "atch" besides main highways as so many... (read more) List Price $9.95 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 $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler Publisher Comments The legacy ofthe sacred feminine The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It showsthat warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologicallyordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession by Craig Childs Synopsis Childs is a naturalist, adventurer, and desert ecologist. Written in his trademark lyrical style, "Finders Keepers" carries readers directly into his adventures and discoveries, lifting the curtain on the ethical dilemmas and dark side of archaeology.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership by Lewis Hyde Publisher Comments Common as Air offers a stirring defense of our cultural commons, that vast store of art and ideas we have inherited from the past and continue to enrich in the present. Suspicious of the current idea that all creative work is “intellectual... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation by Steven C Caton Publisher Comments In 1979, Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes. The recent hostage crisis in Iran made life perilous for a young American in the Middle East; worse, he was soon embroiled in a dangerous... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Growing Up in New Guinea (Perennial Classics) by Margaret Mead Publisher Comments Chapter OneIntroduction The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and his century is one of the most fascinating studies open to the curious minded. Whether one wishes... (read more) List Price $14.99 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: $8.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of Gods and Kings by Dennis Tedlock Publisher Comments Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 8 a Grammar of Dhimal by J T King Synopsis This groundbreaking reference work is a linguistic description of the western dialect of Dhimal, a hitherto little-known and endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken by approximately 20,000 individuals of the same name in the lowlands of southeastern... (read more) List Price $263.75 Your price: $154.00 Sale - Hardcover
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You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity by Robert Lane Greene Publisher Comments "An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - Kirkus What is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture by Georges Bataille Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture collects essays and lectures by Georges Bataille spanning 30 years of research in anthropology, comparative religion, aesthetics, and philosophy. These were neither idle nor idyllic years... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price: $14.98 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 humanwhat 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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One River by Wade Davis Publisher Comments In the 1940s, biologist Richard Evans Schultes uncovered many of the secrets of the rain forest, relying not only on his own prodigious investigations, but on the wisdom passed down by local tribes. Thirty years later his student, Wade Davis, followed in... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans by Brian Fagan Publisher Comments They survived by their wits in a snowbound world, hunting, and sometimes being hunted by, animals many times their size. By flickering firelight, they drew bison, deer, and mammoths on cavern walls- vibrant images that seize our imaginations after... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Brian Fagan Staff Pick In this troubling but well-told tale, Fagan walks us through the history of world climate change — and how it has affected the rise and fall of civilizations. Perfect for fans of history and the environment alike.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 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 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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