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The Abolition of Man: Or Reflections on Education With Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schoolsby C. S. LewisISBN 0684823713 (0-684-82371-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Amish Societyby John Andrew HostetlerISBN 0801844428 (0-8018-4442-8)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amish Society'Book summary:Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America.
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Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr - Amish Society: ISBN 0801844428 (0-8018-4442-8)
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Anthropology: 98/99by Elvio AngeloniISBN 0697391248 (0-697-39124-8)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problemsby John H. BodleyISBN 076741845X (0-7674-1845-X)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Anthropology: Contemporary Perspectivesby David E. Hunter, Phillip WhittenISBN 0673520749 (0-673-52074-9)
Hardcover, Scott, Foresman/Little, Brown Higher Education
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The Arab Mindby Ralph PataiISBN 0684178109 (0-684-17810-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arab Mind'Book summary:The classic study of Arab culture and society is now more relevant than ever. Since its original publication in 1983, the revised edition of Raphael Patai's The Arab Mind has been recognized as one of the seminal works in the field of Middle Eastern studies. This penetrating analysis unlocks the mysteries of Arab society to help us better understand a complex, proud and ancient culture. The Arab Minddiscusses the upbringing of a typical Arab boy or girl, the intense concern with honor and courage, the Arabs' tendency toward extremes of behavior, and their ambivalent attitudes toward the West. Chapters are devoted to the influence of Islam, sexual mores, Arab language and Arab art, Bedouin values, Arab nationalism, and the pervasive influence of Westernization. With a new foreword by Norvell B. DeAtkine, Director of Middle East Studies at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, N.C., this book unravels the complexities of Arab traditions and provides authentic revelations of Arab mind and character.
ONE OF THE GREAT LANDMARKS OF CULTURAL STUDIES
First published in 1973, revised in 1983, and now updated with new demographic information about the Arab world, The Arab Mind takes readers on a journey through the societies and peoples of a complex and volatile region. This sensitive study explores the historical origins of Arab nationalism, the distinctive rhetorical style of Arabic speakers and its effect on politics, traditional attitudes toward child-rearing practices, the status of women, the beauty of Arabic literature, and much more.
MORE RELEVANT NOW THAN EVER
Since September 11, the book s lessons have been misconstrued by some but have proven indispensable to those trying to truly understand the roots of the major political conflicts of our time. Patai s sympathetic but critical depiction of Arab culture explores the continuing role of the Bedouin values of honor and courage in modern Arab culture, inter-Arab conflict and the aspiration toward unity, and how anti-Western attitudes conflated with anti-modernization have led to stagnation in much of the Arab world.
DRAWS ON A LIFETIME OF EXPERTISE
Patai, a prominent anthropologist and historian, drew on both his research and his personal experience to produce this indispensable work in the field of Middle Eastern studies. With an updated foreword by Norvell B. DeAtkine, former director of Middle East Studies at the JFK Special Warfare School, The Arab Mind remains a relevant and crucial masterpiece of scholarship for anyone seeking to understand this multifaceted culture today. [via] 
Asian American Ethnicity and Communicationby William B. GudykunstISBN 0761920412 (0-7619-2041-2)
Hardcover, Sage Pubns
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Bare Bonesby Kathy ReichsISBN 074345300X (0-7434-5300-X)
Softcover, Pocket Star
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The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Lifeby Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles MurrayISBN 0684824299 (0-684-82429-9)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanismby Daniel PinchbeckISBN 0767907434 (0-7679-0743-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism'Book summary:A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the postmodern in a quest for the promise and meaning of the psychedelic experience.
While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the spiritual sacraments of tribal cultures around the world. From the iboga of the Bwiti in Gabon, to the Mazatecs of Mexico, these plants are sacred because they awaken the mind to other levels of awareness--to a holographic vision of the universe.
Breaking Open the Head is a passionate, multilayered, and sometimes rashly personal inquiry into this deep division. On one level, Daniel Pinchbeck tells the story of the encounters between the modern consciousness of the West and these sacramental substances, including such thinkers as Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Walter Benjamin, and Terence McKenna, and a new underground of present-day ethnobotanists, chemists, psychonauts, and philosophers. It is also a scrupulous recording of the author's wide-ranging investigation with these outlaw compounds, including a thirty-hour tribal initiation in West Africa; an all-night encounter with the master shamans of the South American rain forest; and a report from a psychedelic utopia in the Black Rock Desert that is the Burning Man Festival.
Breaking Open the Head is brave participatory journalism at its best, a vivid account of psychic and intellectual experiences that opened doors in the wall of Western rationalism and completed Daniel Pinchbeck's personal transformation from a jaded Manhattan journalist to shamanic initiate and grateful citizen of the cosmos. [via]More editions of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the Americna Westby Dee BrownISBN 078578876X (0-7857-8876-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Children of the Ice Age: How a Global Catastrophe Allowed Humans to Evolveby Steven M. StanleyISBN 0716731983 (0-7167-3198-3)
Softcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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Colonialism's Culture: Anthropology, Travel and Governmentby Nicholas ThomasISBN 0691037310 (0-691-03731-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Composing a Lifeby Mary Catherine BatesonISBN 0802138047 (0-8021-3804-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Continuum Conceptby LiedloffISBN 0715609068 (0-7156-0906-8)
Hardcover, Duckworth
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The Crow Indiansby Robert Harry LowieISBN 0803279094 (0-8032-7909-4)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crow Indians'Book summary:For nearly ten years between 1907 and 1931, anthropologist Robert H. Lowie lived among the Crow Indians, listening to the old men and women tell of times gone forever. Lowie learned much about what had been, and still was, a society remarkable for its variability and cohesion, and for its resistance to the encroachments of white civilization.[via]Written with clarity and vigor, Lowie's study makes instantly accessible what had taken him years to discover. He sacrificed neither personal sensitivity nor narrative skill to scientific scruples, but brought his scientific work to life. Crow religion, ceremonies, taboos, kinship bonds, tribal organization, division of labor, codes of honor, and rites of courtship and wedlock receive their due.
The Crow Indians is a masterpiece of ethnography, foremost for Lowie's portrayal of the different personalities he encountered: Gray-bull and his marital troubles; the great visionary Medicine-crow; Yellow-brow, the gifted storyteller; and many more.
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The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is As Necessary As Love and Sexby David M. BussISBN 0684850818 (0-684-85081-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Dark Placeby Aaron ElkinsISBN 0802755658 (0-8027-5565-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Projectby Spencer WellsISBN 0792262158 (0-7922-6215-8)
Hardcover, Natl Geographic Society
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The Dictionary of Global Cultureby Henry Louis Gates, Anthony Appiah, Michael Colin VazquezISBN 0679729852 (0-679-72985-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dictionary of Global Culture'Book summary:This work, edited by two of America's most accessible public intellectuals, from Harvard University's Afro-American studies department, is a scholarly yet easy-to-read reference that serves as a cultural-literacy primer for the third millennium. Multicultural in scope, it contains concise and timely essays on everything from the Islamic origins of algebra to Chinua Achebe, the Dalai Lama, John Coltrane, Frida Kahlo, and Fannie Lou Hamer. Gates and Appiah also include figures of popular culture such as Amy Tan and J.R.R. Tolkien. What makes the work most impressive is the editors' search for "an understanding of other cultures that enriches without displacing" the achievements of Western civilization, showing how African, Afro-American, Hispanic, Asian, and European writers, politicians, and artists have all contributed. --Eugene Holley Jr. [via]
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Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeologyby Robert J. Sharer, Wendy AshmoreISBN 076741196X (0-7674-1196-X)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
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East Is a Big Bird: Navigation and Logic on Puluwat Atollby Thomas GladwinISBN 0674224264 (0-674-22426-4)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Evolutionby David BurnieISBN 0737000368 (0-7370-0036-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Evolution of Consciousness: The Origins of the Way We Thinkby Robert OrnsteinISBN 0671792245 (0-671-79224-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Fire from Withinby Carlos CastanedaISBN 0671732501 (0-671-73250-1)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred Sitesby Brian FaganISBN 0738201413 (0-7382-0141-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islamby Talal AsadISBN 0801846323 (0-8018-4632-3)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animalsby F. B. M. De WaalISBN 0674356616 (0-674-35661-6)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals'Book summary:In Good Natured Frans de Waal, ethologist and primatologist, asks us to reconsider human morality in light of moral aspects that can be identified in animals. Within the complex negotiations of human society, a moral action may involve thoughts and feelings of guilt, reciprocity, obligation, expectations, rules, or community concern. De Waal finds these aspects of morality prevalent in other animal societies, mostly primate, and suggests that the two philosophical camps supporting nature and nurture may have to be disbanded in order to adequately understand human morality. A theoretician, de Waal is meticulous in his research, cautious not to extrapolate too much from his findings, and logically sound in his arguments. He also writes with precision and a flair for the dramatic, carrying readers along with graceful ease and vivid examples. [via]
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Hell's Angelsby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 067960331X (0-679-60331-X)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hell's Angels'Book summary:"California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again." Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most no-torious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial An-gels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, "For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson's book is a thoughtful piece of work." As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell's Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.
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How Natives Thinkby Lucien Levy-BruhlISBN 0691020345 (0-691-02034-5)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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Human Ancestors: Readings from Scientific Americanby Richard E. Leakey, Glynn Llywelyn IsaacISBN 0716711001 (0-7167-1100-1)
Softcover, W. H. Freeman
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Human Diversityby Richard C. LewontinISBN 0716760134 (0-7167-6013-4)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Human Diversity'Book summary:A growing number of aspects of human nature are proving to be genetically based, but it is important not to jump to the conclusion that everything about human nature is determined by genes. Richard Lewontin, eminent geneticist from Harvard and founding member of "Science for the People," has written an accessible and important book about the limits of genetic determinism, especially in defining putative differences between races. In technical terms, his basic argument is that the genetic differences between races are not significantly greater than the genetic differences between randomly selected humans within any race. The first edition in 1982, based largely on studies of protein polymorphisms, was prompted in large part by his concerns with the potential dangers of E.O. Wilson's encyclopedic, masterful (but now somewhat dated) Sociobiology, and this 1995 edition includes a considerable amount of more recent evidence from DNA analyses for Lewontin's argument. Recommended. [via]
Iceman : Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacierby Brenda FowlerISBN 0679431675 (0-679-43167-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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In an Antique Landby Amitav GhoshISBN 0679727833 (0-679-72783-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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In the Footsteps of Eve : The Mystery of Human Originsby Lee Berger, Brett Hilton -BarberISBN 0792277287 (0-7922-7728-7)
Softcover, National Geographic Society
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Indians of the Plainsby Robert H. LowieISBN 0803279078 (0-8032-7907-8)
Softcover, Bison Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Indians of the Plains'Book summary:First published in 1954, Robert H. Lowie's Indians of the Plains surveys in a lucid and concise fashion the history and culture of the Indian tribes between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains. The author visited various tribes from 1906 to 1931, observing them carefully, participating in their lifeways, studying their languages, and listening to their legends and tales. After a half century of study, Lowie wrote this book, praised by anthropologists as the synthesis of a lifetime's work.[via]A preface by Raymond J. DeMallie situates the book in the history of American anthropology and describes information and changes in interpretation that have emerged since Indians of the Plains first appeared.
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The King and the Corpseby Heinrich ZimmerISBN 069101776X (0-691-01776-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Lame Deer Seeker of Visionsby John Lame DeerISBN 0671888021 (0-671-88802-1)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Landscape and Memoryby Simon SchamaISBN 0679735127 (0-679-73512-7)
Softcover, Random House, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Landscape and Memory'Book summary:An extraordinary book that explores how the earth itself has shaped the Western imagination and how, as a result, our interaction with the environment is far richer and more complex than today's doomsayers would have us believe. [via]
The Life and Death of a Druid Prince: The Story of an Archaeological Sensationby Anne Ross, Don RobinsISBN 0671741225 (0-671-74122-5)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Life in a Medieval Castleby Frances Gies, Joseph GiesISBN 069000561X (0-690-00561-X)
Hardcover, Crowell
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Culturesby Wade DavisISBN 0792264746 (0-7922-6474-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis in Archaeologyby Colin RenfrewISBN 0715630342 (0-7156-3034-2)
Softcover, Duckbacks
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Monday Mourningby Kathy ReichsISBN 0743453018 (0-7434-5301-8)
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Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist, has come to Montreal to testify as an expert witness at a murder trial. She should be going over her notes, but instead she's in the basement of a pizza parlor investigating the skeletonized remains of three young women. Thought by homicide detective Luc Claudel to be historic, Tempe's examination proves them to be very recent murders. [via]
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Monkeyluv: And Other Essays On Our Lives As Animalsby Robert M. SapolskyISBN 0743260163 (0-7432-6016-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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In these essays -- updated for this volume -- Robert M. Sapolsky once again applies his curiosity, compassion, and generous insight into the human condition to make a case for the science of behavioral biology that tells us who we are, why we are, and how we are.
The first section, "Genes and Who We Are," addresses the physiology of genes, featuring a dissertation on "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and tackling the vital question: How did they wind up on the list? Another essay explains the invisible genetic warfare that takes place between men and women as they conceive a baby and that continues as the fetus develops. As Sapolsky says, "Warning: this essay does not make pleasant wedding-night reading."
The second section, "Our Bodies and Who We Are," focuses on our physical natures and dwells on such diverse topics as why dreams are in fact dreamlike, why we are sexually attracted to one another, and why Alzheimer's disease tends to be a postmenopausal phenomenon. As Sapolsky writes, "Sometimes, all you need to do is think a thought and you change the functioning of virtually every cell in your body."
In the third section, "Society and Who We Are," Sapolsky takes his interdisciplinary curiosity out into the wilds of civilization and poses such interesting questions as: When and why do our preferences in food become fixed? Why do desert cultures tend to be monotheistic and sexually repressed, whereas rainforest cultures tend to be sexually relaxed and polytheistic? Why do different cultures think differently about dead bodies? "We are shaped by the sort of society in which we live," Sapolsky tells us, "and we would not be the same person if we had grown up elsewhere."
In each of these investigations, we see a brilliant mind synthesizing his and others' research in a thoughtful, engaging, and witty voice that reveals the enormous complexity of simply being human. Charming and erudite in equal measure, this collection will appeal to the inner monkey in all of us. [via]
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The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Deadby Heather PringleISBN 0786884630 (0-7868-8463-0)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation--Manus, 1928-1953by Margaret MeadISBN 0688071694 (0-688-07169-4)
Hardcover, Morrow
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Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Areby Roger Fouts, Stephen Tukel Mills, Jane GoodallISBN 068814862X (0-688-14862-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Mealsby Michael PollanISBN 078628952X (0-7862-8952-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Winner of the James Beard Award
Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, as the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine our survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore's Dilemma is changing the way Americans thing about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
Coming from The Penguin Press in 2013, Michael Pollans newest book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation--the story of our most trusted food experts culinary education
"Thoughtful, engrossing ... You're not likely to get a better explanation of exactly where your food comes from."
-The New York Times Book Review
"An eater's manifesto ... [Pollan's] cause is just, his thinking is clear, and his writing is compelling. Be careful of your dinner!"
-The Washington Post
"Outstanding... a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits."
--The New Yorker
"If you ever thought 'what's for dinner' was a simple question, you'll change your mind after reading Pollan's searing indictment of today's food industry-and his glimpse of some inspiring alternatives.... I just loved this book so much I didn't want it to end."
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The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistoryby Kenneth L. FederISBN 0767411927 (0-7674-1192-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Patterns in Comparative Religionby Mircea Eliade, Rosemary SheedISBN 0803267339 (0-8032-6733-9)
Softcover, Bison Books
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Peacemaking among Primatesby Frans De WaalISBN 067465921X (0-674-65921-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indiansby Barbara G. MyerhoffISBN 0801491371 (0-8014-9137-1)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotanyby Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan CoxISBN 0716760274 (0-7167-6027-4)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalismby Max WeberISBN 0684164892 (0-684-16489-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Reason for Hopeby Phillip Berman, Jane GoodallISBN 078622343X (0-7862-2343-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Reindeer Moonby Elizabeth Marshall ThomasISBN 0671741896 (0-671-74189-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative And Quantitative Approachesby H. Russell BernardISBN 0759101485 (0-7591-0148-5)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desireby Wade DavisISBN 0767904028 (0-7679-0402-8)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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In this riveting collection of stories and essays, gifted scientist, anthropologist, and writer Wade Davis offers a captivating look at indigenous cultures around the world--from the nomadic Penan of Malaysia to the Vodoun practitioners of Haiti--and a poetic, timely examination of the rapport between humans and the natural world. Traveling from the mountains of Tibet to the jungles of the Amazon, Davis delves into the mysteries of shamanic healing, experiences first-hand hallucinogenic plants, explores the vanishing Borneo rain forests, and describes the ingenuity of the Inuit as they hunt narwhale on the Arctic ice.
A compelling and utterly unique celebration of the beauty and diversity of our planet, Shadows in the Sun is about landscape and character, the wisdom of lives drawn directly from the land, and the hunger of those who seek to rediscover such understanding. Davis shows that preserving the diversity of the world's cultures and spiritual beliefs is as important as preserving endangered plants and animals--and vital to our understanding of who we are. [via]More editions of Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire:
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A Short History of Nearly Everythingby Bill BrysonISBN 076790818X (0-7679-0818-X)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'Book summary:Bill Bryson is one of the worlds most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journeyinto the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. Its a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, &how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since. This is, in short, a tall order.
To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the worlds most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemisty, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isnt some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. His interest is not simply to discover what we know but to find out how we know it. How do we know what is in the center of the earth, thousands of miles beneath the surface? How can we know the extent and the composition of the universe, or what a black hole is? How can we know where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out?
On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only this superb writer can render it. Science has never been more involving, and the world we inhabit has never been fuller of wonder and delight. [via]More editions of A Short History of Nearly Everything:
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Son of Old Man Hat a Navaho Autobiographyby Walter DykISBN 0803250541 (0-8032-5054-1)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Sparrow : A Novelby Mary Doria RussellISBN 0679451501 (0-679-45150-1)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Symbols: Public and Privateby Raymond William FirthISBN 0801491509 (0-8014-9150-9)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Symbols:Public and Private: Public and Privateby Raymond William FirthISBN 0801407605 (0-8014-0760-5)
Hardcover, Cornell University Press
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Theological Anthropologyby J. Patout BurnsISBN 0800614127 (0-8006-1412-7)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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The Time Before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impactby Colin TudgeISBN 0684830523 (0-684-83052-3)
Softcover, Scribner
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Voyage of the Beagleby Charles Robert Darwin, Charles W. EliotISBN 0766182142 (0-7661-8214-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Voyage of the Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 0760754969 (0-7607-5496-9)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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The Way of the Masksby Claude Lvi Strauss, Sylvia ModelskiISBN 077480761X (0-7748-0761-X)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Mythby Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Paul T. BarberISBN 0691127743 (0-691-12774-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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