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Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Publisher Comments From a renowned sociologist, the wisdom of saying goodbye Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. There's a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes and... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character by Jack Hitt Publisher Comments WHAT IS IT THAT DRIVES THE SUCCESS OF AMERICA AND THE IDENTITY OF ITS PEOPLE? ACCLAIMED WRITER AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TO THIS AMERICAN LIFE JACK HITT THINKS IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE ALL A BUNCH OF AMATEURS. America’s self-invented tinkerers... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free by Sara Lawrence-lightfoot Publisher Comments From a renowned sociologist, the wisdom of saying goodbye Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. Theres a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life by Richard Jenkins Publisher Comments In Being Danish, Richard Jenkins offers a comprehensive, up-to-date look at modern Danish culture. Looking first at a small Danish town in the 1990s, he tracks how the idea of what it means to be Danish has evolved, moving through the 1990s to the... (read more) Your price: $56.75 New - Trade Paper
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Best of Language Learning #10: A Companion to Forensic Anthropology by Dennis C. (edt) Dirkmaat Publisher Comments A Companion to Forensic Anthropology explores the latest theoretical and methodological work in the field, and includes thorough and up-to-date bibliographies. A wide range of international experts provide a comprehensive assessment of the field of... (read more) Your price: $199.95 New - Hardcover
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Arab Youth: Social Mobilization in Times of Risk by Samir (edt) Khalaf Publisher Comments In 2011 thousands of Arab youth took to the streets revealing the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties and participatory democracy. Arab Youth explores the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Anthropology of Labor Unions by E. Paul (edt) Durrenberger Publisher Comments The Anthropology of Labor Unions presents ethnographic data and analysis in eight case studies from several very diverse industries. It covers a wide range of topics, from the role of women and community in strikes to the importance of place in... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Trade Paper
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Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction by John Storey Publisher Comments Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, sixth edition, has been extensively revised throughout. As before, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and... (read more) Your price: $44.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch (Studies in Sensory History) by Constance Classen Publisher Comments From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the subject of an extensive historical exploration. The Deepest Sense: A Cultural... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth by Adharanand Finn Publisher Comments “A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven’t come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I’ve come to run.” Whether... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas by Cristobal De Molina Publisher Comments Based on eyewitness accounts of rituals conducted at the height of Inca rule, this is a key document that provides an unparalleled account of the prayers and religious celebrations of the Inca in a context of rapidly changing cultural practices.... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Becoming Mexipino by Jr. Guevarra, Rudy P. Publisher Comments Becoming Mexipino is a social-historical interpretation of two ethnic groups, one Mexican, the other Filipino, whose paths led both groups to San Diego, California from 1900 to 1965. Rudy Guevarra traces their earliest interactions under Spanish... (read more) List Price $72.00 Your price: $63.90 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology by John H. Relethford Publisher Comments In its ninth edition, The Human Species continues to provide a comprehensive approach to biological anthropology, especially the relationship between biology and culture, behavior in an evolutionary context, and humans as a species within the primate... (read more) Your price: $161.55 New - Trade Paper
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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith Publisher Comments To the colonized, the term "research" is conflated with colonialism; academic research steeped in imperialism remains a painful reality. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War by Bernard Wasserstein Publisher Comments On the Eve is the portrait of a world on the brink of annihilation. In this provocative book, Bernard Wasserstein presents a new and disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. In the 1930s... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Hardcover
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Cengage Advantage Books: Understanding Humans: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology by Barry Lewis Publisher Comments UNDERSTANDING HUMANS: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY shows students how anthropologists and archaeologists go about their work as they study human evolution, living nonhuman primates, human adaptation and variation, the origin and... (read more) Your price: $127.25 New - Trade Paper
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The School-To-Prison Pipeline: Structuring Legal Reform by Catherine Kim Publisher Comments How do you tell the difference between a “good kid” and a “potential thug”? In Dangerous or Endangered?, Jennifer Tilton considers the ways in which children are increasingly viewed as dangerous and yet, simultaneously, as... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Trade Paper
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality (No-Nonsense Guides) by Danny Dorling Publisher Comments The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality discusses the positive effects that equality can have, using examples and case studies from across the globe, including many from the United States. It examines the lessons of history and covers race, gender and... (read more) Your price: $13.95 New - Trade Paper
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When the Sun Danced: Myth, Miracles, and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Portugal (Studies in Religion and Culture) by Jeffrey S. Bennett Publisher Comments Between May and October of 1917, three young shepherds were reportedly visited six times by an apparition of the Virgin Mary near the town of Fatima in Portugal. At the final apparition event, approximately 70,000 visitors gathered to witness a... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Discipline and Debate: The Language of Violence in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery by Michael Lempert Publisher Comments The Dalai Lama has represented Buddhism as a religion of non-violence, compassion, and world peace, but this does not reflect how monks learn their vocation. This book shows how monasteries use harsh methods to make monks of men, and how this tradition... (read more) Your price: $33.25 New - Trade Paper
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