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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - 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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Debt (11 Edition) by David Graeber Publisher Comments Now in paperback: David Graeber’s “fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely” (Financial Times) history of debt Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The quest for human beauty :an illustrated history by Julian Robinson Publisher Comments An extensive, prodigiously illustrated -- in full color and sepia -- and often playful compendium of the disparate notions of human beauty throughout history and cultures. The Quest for Human Beauty illuminates how and why, for thousands of years, men... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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In Search of the Old Ones (96 Edition) by David D. Roberts Publisher Comments The Anasazi, ancestors of the Pueblo people, inhabited the Southwest for at least 5,000 years. David Roberts' extensive interviews and back country travels create a richly detailed portrait of an enigmatic people.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World (Vintage) by Lewis Hyde Publisher Comments This 25th anniversary edition returns to the seminal argument originally proposed by Hyde that states that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Modernity At Large by Arjun Appadurai Publisher Comments Offering a new framework for the cultural study of globalization, Modernity at Large shows how the imagination works as a social force in today's world, providing new resources for identity and energies for creating alternatives to the nation-state... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics by Clifford Geertz Publisher Comments Clifford Geertz, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, here discusses some of the most urgent issues facing intellectuals today. In this collection of personal and revealing essays, he explores the nature of his anthropological work in... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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To Harvest, to Hunt: Stories of Resource Use in the American West by Judith L Li Publisher Comments To Harvest, To Hunt is a rich collection of writings that reveals how diverse peoples have valued and used natural resources throughout the history of the American West. Drawing on family letters, oral traditions, historical records, and personal... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People by E E Evans Pritchard Review "An excellent example of British social anthropology. Useful as a teaching tool for social organization."--Michele Gamburd, Portland State University "We used this as an ethnographic example of structural-functionalism for our introductory theory course.... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society by Alfonso Ortiz Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index.... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin Publisher Comments Bruce Chatwin—author of In Patagonia—ventures into the desolate land of Outback Australia to learn the meaning of the Aborginals' ancient "Dreaming-tracks." Along these timeless paths, amongst the fortune hunters and redneck Australians... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cosmic Serpent : Dna and the Origins of Knowledge (98 Edition) by Jeremy Narby Publisher Comments This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences," leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge. In a first-person... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain Publisher Comments This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology,... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin 3rd edition by Ashley Montague Publisher Comments With more than 300,000 copies sold, this landmark book is an impressive examination of the importance of touching. "All professionals concerned with human behavior will find something of value. . . . Parents . . . can gain insight into the nurturing... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nefertiti (07 Edition) by Michelle Moran Publisher Comments Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Essays From Contemporary Culture 5TH Edition by Katherine An Ackley Publisher Comments Praised for its collection of essays on contemporary issues, the fifth edition offers more coverage of critical reading and writing and visual rhetoric.... (read more) List Price $135.75 Your price: $50.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska by William W. Fitzhugh and Aron Crowell Publisher Comments Published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name organized by the National Museum of Natural History and circulated by the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, this book "includes thirty-six...illustrated articles by American and Soviet... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships (P.S.) by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha Staff Pick Sex at Dawn is nonfiction at its best. Writing across a range of disciplines, from anthropology to philosophy, the authors explore and challenge everything we thought we knew about human sexuality in this provocative and profound book.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - 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 $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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