by Michael Pollan  
Powells.com Staff Pick I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Robert D Putnam
Publisher Comments In a groundbreaking bestseller based on vast new data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and our democratic structures--and tells how we may reconnect.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Charles C. Mann
Powells.com Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Christine Kenneally
Powells.com Staff Pick The First Word is a fascinating search for the origins of language, which takes the reader through genetics, evolution, and the process of defining language itself. Christine Kenneally is a capable guide to answering this difficult and complex question... (read more) Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Michael Harner Publisher Comments The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--"The Chalice and the Blade" has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by David B. Goldstein Publisher Comments Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today's Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? These questions stand at the heart of this engaging book. Geneticist David... (read more) Your Price $26.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by John Reader Publisher Comments "Awe-inspiring . . . a masterly synthesis." <BR>--"The New York Times Book Review <BR>"Deeply penetrating, intensely thought-provoking and thoroughly informed . . . one of the most important general surveys of Africa that has been produced in... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Michelle Moran Publisher Comments A National Bestseller! “Meticulously researched and richly detailed . . . an engrossing tribute to one of the most powerful and alluring women in history.” –Boston Globe Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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Saturday July 5, 2008
North Africa and the Middle East by John Ure Publisher Comments For centuries, settled peoples have contemplated nomads with fascination and envy, or with disdain and fear. Both Americans and the British have had an obsession with nomadic peoples, stemming from their own wanderlust and admiration for the unfettered... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Mysore Nar Srinivas Publisher Comments This is a paperback of a 1979 hardback which broke new ground in social investigation. There have, since, been other books on the experience of fieldwork, but this remains a much cited work. The eighteen essays in the volume describe the experiences of... (read more) Your Price $17.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by James C. Scott Publisher Comments Everyday forms of peasant resistance.... (read more) List Price $28.50 Your Price $16.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Michael Moran Synopsis This text presents a romantic and adventurous look at the remarkably diverse cultures of the hidden paradise islands surrounding Papua New Guinea. The islands of the Coral, Solomon and Bismarck Seas were the last inhabited places on earth to be explored... (read more) Your Price $12.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Ian Hancock Publisher Comments Written by a Romani (gypsy), this introduction to Roma life, health, food, culture, and society provides an insightful look at this despised but mysterious minority originating in India. Extensively illustrated, it looks at the people, their history... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Not Available (na) Publisher Comments Rediscovering the past through archaeological finds is a deeply satisfying and culturally important process. From desert sands to high mountains, and from deep caves to elaborate monuments, this beautifully illustrated book provides a global survey of... (read more) Your Price $35.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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