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Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults by Steven Hassan Publisher Comments A former cult member and a leading expert in counseling people away from cults, Steven Hassan brings his best-selling book to audiocassette. He exposes the troubling facts about destructive cults--including their use of psychological manipulation to gain... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Audio Cassette
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Compact Disc
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Publisher Comments One of our most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots-and the roots of life as we know itWhen Elizabeth Marshall Thomas first arrived in Africa to live among the Kalahari San, or bushmen, it was... (read more) Your price: $69.99 New - Compact Disc
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Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade Publisher Comments Based on a groundbreaking synthesis of recent scientific findings, critically acclaimed New York Times science reporter Nicholas Wade tells a bold and provocative new story of the history of our ancient ancestors and the evolution of human nature.Just in... (read more) Your price: $75.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Unabridged) by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Compact Disc
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Guns Germs and Steel CD by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns. It... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Compact Disc
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Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution by Terence Mckenna Publisher Comments Terence McKenna hypothesizes that as the North African jungles receded, giving way to savannas and grasslands near the end of the most recent ice age, a branch of our arboreal primate ancestors left the forest canopy and began living in the open areas... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things by Laurence Gonzales Synopsis The author of the bestseller "Deep Survival" reveals how modern society has made humans lazy and susceptible to previously unknown threats, and explains how to best use the lessons on evolutionary history to overcome the hazards of everyday life... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists.Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten-year... (read more) Your price: $69.99 New - Compact Disc
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Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution by Terence Mckenna Publisher Comments Terence McKenna hypothesizes that as the North African jungles receded, giving way to savannas and grasslands near the end of the most recent ice age, a branch of our arboreal primate ancestors left the forest canopy and began living in the open areas... (read more) Your price: $83.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Lost World of the Kalahari by Sir Laurens Van Der Post Publisher Comments In moving detail, Van Der Post recounts his search for a primitive group of Bushmen, a once wide-spread people that approached extermination by opposing tribes and Europeans during the last few centuries. Van Der Post, yearning to uncover Bushman culture... (read more) Your price: $77.50 New - Audio Cassette
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Dawn and New Dawn 1952-1975: A Magazine for the Aboriginal People of New South Wales by Aboriginal Welfare Board Your price: $45.50 New - Compact Disc
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Publisher Comments One of our most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots-and the roots of life as we know itWhen Elizabeth Marshall Thomas first arrived in Africa to live among the Kalahari San, or bushmen, it was... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Compact Disc
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Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade Publisher Comments Based on a groundbreaking synthesis of recent scientific findings, critically acclaimed New York Times science reporter Nicholas Wade tells a bold and provocative new story of the history of our ancient ancestors and the evolution of human nature.Just in... (read more) Your price: $37.99 New - Compact Disc
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Publisher Comments Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years-a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that... (read more) Your price: $69.99 New - Compact Disc
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Publisher Comments Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years-a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Compact Disc
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Rak Badjalarr by Bobby Lane Synopsis Rak Badjalarr presents the wangga songs of Bobby Lane (1941-1993), a Wadjiginy songman from Belyuen on the Cox Peninsula south and west of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. The recording takes its name from Bobby's song, "Rak Badjalarr... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Compact Disc
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists.Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten-year... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Compact Disc
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Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline by Robert H. Bork Your price: $32.95 New - Compact Disc
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Waiting for the Weekend by Witold Rybczynski Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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