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500 Nations : An Illustrated History of North American Indiansby Josephy, Alvin M., Jr.ISBN 0375703209 (0-375-70320-9)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depressionby Jon KalbISBN 0387987428 (0-387-98742-8)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Almost Adamby Petru PopescuISBN 0380728249 (0-380-72824-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Almost Adam'Book summary:Ken is about to make a discovery that will challenge everything we've believed about the ascent of humankind [via]
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Anthropology, Contemporary Perspectivesby Phillip Whitten, David E. HunterISBN 0316382663 (0-316-38266-3)
Softcover, Little, Brown
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The Arab World: Forty Years of Changeby Robert A. Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, Thomas HartwellISBN 0385485204 (0-385-48520-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arab World: Forty Years of Change'Book summary:In the ten years since Anchor first published Elizabeth and Robert Fernea's award-winning The Arab World: Personal Encounters, vast political and economic shifts have taken place: the end of the Iran/Iraq War and the Lebanese civil war; the outbreak of the Gulf War; the historic 1993 peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians, to name just a few. Which is why the Ferneas, leading scholars in Middle Eastern studies, felt a need to return to the same towns and cities they had written about previously-to see how these changes had affected the region and the people who live in it.
The authors reveal the human face of the Arab World as they revisit and talk with newsmakers and colleagues, old friends and new. Their forty years of experience in the region help illuminate the human consequences of changes all too often discussed in abstractions and generalizations: the military conflicts, new urbanization, labor migration, religious revival, as well as radical changes in the roles of men, women, and the family. With new chapters on Baghdad, Beirut, Amman, Jerusalem, Marrakech, and Cairo, this new edition of The Arab World will strengthen its reputation as a book "which should be required reading for anyone with a serious interest in the Middle East" (The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs). [via]More editions of The Arab World: Forty Years of Change:
Arab World: Personal Encountersby Robert A. Fernea, Robert FerneaISBN 0385239734 (0-385-23973-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Arabian Nightsby Husain Haddawy, Muhsin MahdiISBN 0393027074 (0-393-02707-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:Working from the definitive edition established by Muhsin Mahdi (based on the 14th century Syrian manuscript), this is a translation of "The Arabian Nights". It contains stories, of Arabic and Persian origin, which weave magic into the fabric of everday life, mixing flamboyance, pathos and humour. [via]
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Richard Francis Burton, A. S. ByattISBN 0375756752 (0-375-75675-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.
This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination, demonstrating that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights:
Archaeology: A Brief Introductionby Brian M. FaganISBN 0316259918 (0-316-25991-8)
Softcover, Little, Brown
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At Day's Close: Night in Times Pastby A. Roger EkirchISBN 0393050890 (0-393-05089-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Back to Freedom and Dignityby Francisa SchaefferISBN 0340170174 (0-340-17017-4)
Hardcover, Hodder & Stoughton
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The Bamboo Fire: An Anthropologist in New Guineaby William E. MitchellISBN 0393064360 (0-393-06436-0)
Hardcover, Norton
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The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Manby David W. MaurerISBN 0385495382 (0-385-49538-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man'Book summary:"To study the lingo of the con is inevitably to study the con itself," writes Luc Sante in his foreword to this classic work of urban anthropology, originally published in 1940. "A term such as cackle-bladder or shut-out cannot be properly described without giving a full account of its use, and such an account cannot be illustrated by stick figures." Thus The Big Con is filled with richly detailed anecdotes populated by characters with names like Devil's Island Eddie, the Honey Grove Kid, the Hashhouse Kid, and Limehouse Chappie ("distinguished British con man working both sides of the Atlantic and the steamship lines between, all with equal ease"). David Maurer spent years talking to con men about their profession, learning about each and every step of the three big cons (the wire, the rag, and the payoff). From putting the mark up to putting in the fix, Maurer guides readers through the fleecing--pretty soon you'll be forgetting the book's scientific value and reading for sheer entertainment. (A cackle-bladder, by the way, is a fake murder used to scare the victim off after his money's been taken. As for the shut-out, well, that you'll have to learn on your own.) --Ron Hogan [via]
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A Bone from a Dry Seaby Peter DickinsonISBN 0385308213 (0-385-30821-3)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Scienceby Carl SaganISBN 0345336895 (0-345-33689-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0375751475 (0-375-75147-5)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.
The tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. . . . Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement."
Thomas Bulfinch, in his day job, was a clerk in the Merchant's Bank of Boston, an undemanding position that afforded him ample leisure time in which to pursue his other interests. In addition to serving as secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History, he thoroughly researched the myths and legends and copiously cross-referenced them with literature and art. As such, the myths are an indispensable guide to the cultural values of the nineteenth century; however, it is the vigor of the stories themselves that returns generation after generation to Bulfinch. [via]More editions of Bulfinch's Mythology:
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Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0393029611 (0-393-02961-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History'Book summary:Stephen Jay Gould has a wide range of interests, and for many years he has shared his enthusiasms in the pages of Natural History and the New York Review of Books, among other journals. His passions include baseball, the puzzles of evolutionary theory, and the game of scholarly detection as it applies to questions such as, "What became of dinosaurs, anyway?". He answers entertainingly, but never talks down to his readers. Gould is one of modern natural science's great popularizers, but he shuns the temptation to make the giant reptiles of prehistory the Smurfs of the 1990s, in the manner of a certain purple dinosaur. The 35 pieces gathered here make for fine browsing, full of sideways glances and digressions that eventually make sense. [via]
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Powerby Victor Davis HansonISBN 0385720386 (0-385-72038-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power'Book summary:Many theories have been offered regarding why Western culture has spread so successfully across the world, with arguments ranging from genetics to superior technology to the creation of enlightened economic, moral, and political systems. In Carnage and Culture, military historian Victor Hanson takes all of these factors into account in making a bold, and sure to be controversial, argument: Westerners are more effective killers. Focusing specifically on military power rather than the nature of Western civilization in general, Hanson views war as the ultimate reflection of a society's character: "There is&a cultural crystallization in battle, in which the insidious and more subtle institutions that heretofore are murky and undefined became stark and unforgiving in the finality of organized killing."
Though technological advances and superior weapons have certainly played a role in Western military dominance, Hanson posits that cultural distinctions are the most significant factors. By bringing personal freedom, discipline, and organization to the battlefield, powerful "marching democracies" were more apt to defeat non-Western nations hampered by unstable governments, limited funding, and intolerance of open discussion. These crucial differences often ensured victory even against long odds. Greek armies, for instance, who elected their own generals and freely debated strategy were able to win wars even when far outnumbered and deep within enemy territory. Hanson further argues that granting warriors control of their own destinies results in the kind of glorification of horrific hand-to-hand combat necessary for true domination.
The nine battles Hanson examines include the Greek naval victory against the Persians at Salamis in 480 B.C., Cortes's march on Mexico City in 1521, the battle of Midway in 1942, and the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. In the book's fascinating final chapter, he then looks forward and ponders the consequences of a complete cultural victory, challenging the widespread belief that democratic nations do not wage war against one another: "We may well be all Westerners in the millennium to come, and that could be a very dangerous thing indeed," he writes. It seems the West will always seek an enemy, even if it must come from within. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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The Celtsby Frank DelaneyISBN 0316179930 (0-316-17993-0)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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The Celtsby Gerhard HermISBN 0312313438 (0-312-31343-8)
Softcover, Strategic Planning Management
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Changing Ones : Third and Fourth Genders in Native North Americaby Will RoscoeISBN 0312224796 (0-312-22479-6)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Citizen of the Galaxyby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0345342445 (0-345-34244-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Citizen of the Galaxy'Book summary:SLAVE: Brought to Sargon in chains as a child -- unwanted by all save a one-legged beggar -- Thorby learned well the wiles of the street people and the mysterious ways of his crippled
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OUTLAW: Hunted by the police for some unknown treasonous acts committed by his beloved owner, Thorby risked his life to deliver a dead man's message and found himself both guest and prisoner aboard an alien spaceship . . .
CITIZEN: Unaware of his role in an ongoing intrigue, Thorby became one of the freest of the free in the entire galaxy as the adopted son of a noble space captain . . . until he became a captive in an interstellar prison that offered everything but the hope of escape! [via]More editions of Citizen of the Galaxy:
Contemporary Cultural Anthropologyby Michael C. HowardISBN 0316374490 (0-316-37449-0)
Softcover, Little, Brown
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Crowds and Powerby Elias Canetti, Carol StewartISBN 0374518203 (0-374-51820-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Ranging from soccer crowds and political rallies to Bushmen and the pilgrimage to Mecca, Canetti exhaustively reviews the way crowds form, develop, and dissolve, using this taxonomy of mass movement as a key to the dynamics of social life. The style is abstract, erudite, and anecdotal, which makes Crowds and Power the sort of work that awes some readers with its profundity while irritating others with its elusiveness. Canetti loves to say something brilliant but counterintuitive, and then leave the reader to figure out both why he said it and whether it's really true. --Richard Farr [via]
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Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered Itby Loren C. EiseleyISBN 0385081413 (0-385-08141-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Decline of Males: The First Look at an Unexpected New World for Men and Womenby Lionel TigerISBN 0312263112 (0-312-26311-2)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brainby Antonio R. DamasioISBN 0380726475 (0-380-72647-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain'Book summary:In this wondrously lucid and engaging book, renowned neurologist Antonio Damasio demonstrates what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking.
Descartes' Error takes the reader on an enthralling journey of scientific discovery, starting with the case of Phineas Gage--a construction foreman who in 1848 survived a freak accident in which a 3 1/2 foot iron rod passed through his head--and continuing on to Damasio's experiences with modern-day neurological patients affected by brain damage. Far from interfering with rationality, his research shows us, the absence of emotion and feeling can break down rationality and make wise decision making almost impossible.
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The Design of Everyday Thingsby Donald A. NormanISBN 0385267746 (0-385-26774-6)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Design of Everyday Things'Book summary:Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans--from physical objects to computer programs to conceptual tools--must read this book, and it is an equally tremendous read for anyone who has to use anything created by another human. It could forever change how you experience and interact with your physical surroundings, open your eyes to the perversity of bad design and the desirability of good design, and raise your expectations about how things should be designed. [via]
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Dinosaurs in the Atticby Douglas J. PrestonISBN 0312210981 (0-312-21098-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural Historyby Douglas PrestonISBN 0345347323 (0-345-34732-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Ecological Indian: Myth and Historyby Shepard KrechISBN 0393047555 (0-393-04755-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 039303416X (0-393-03416-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History'Book summary:What story lies behind the bent tail of an ichthyosaur? How did hearing bones evolve? Is it possible that our five fingers and toes just happened to be and were not ordained? Here are Gould's thoughts on extinction and on the ecological crisis, as he proposes a Golden Rule of our Earth: we should treat all species as we would ourselves. Drawings. [via]
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El Laberinto De La Soledadby O. PazISBN 0320066665 (0-320-06666-5)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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The Empire of Signsby Roland BarthesISBN 0374522073 (0-374-52207-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Essentials of Physical Anthropologyby Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson, Lynn KilgoreISBN 0314045937 (0-314-04593-7)
Softcover, West Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essentials of Physical Anthropology'Book summary:Concise, well-balanced, and comprehensive, "Essentials of Physical Anthropology, International Edition" introduces you to physical anthropology with the goal of helping you understand the big picture of human evolution. Supported by vibrant visuals that include abundant illustrations, photographs, and photo-enhanced maps, the text focuses on human evolution and biology to help you master basic biological principles of physical anthropology so you'll be able to better understand human origins and our place in the biological world. Offering balanced coverage of the topic areas you'll cover in class (heredity and evolution, primates, hominid evolution, and contemporary human evolution) this edition emphasizes the chronology of fossil finds instead of just describing the fossils and the sites where they were found. The authors also interpret each fossil within the framework of the story of human evolution. New features like 'Why It Matters' further emphasize the fossils' evolutionary significance, and often even propose the relevance of chapter materials to our everyday lives. The seventh edition provides thorough coverage of cutting-edge advances in molecular biology and expanded coverage of population biology and human variation. It also includes powerful learning tools, including a robust text website. Altogether, "Essentials of Physical Anthropology, International Edition", integrates up-to-date coverage of the latest finds and relevant technologies in a format and writing style designed to help all students master the material. [via]
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The Everlasting Manby Gilbert Keith ChestertonISBN 0385071981 (0-385-07198-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Extraordinary Groups: An Examination of Unconventional Life-Stylesby William M. KephartISBN 0312278632 (0-312-27863-2)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Extraordinary Groups: The Sociology of Unconventional Life-Styles.by William M. KephartISBN 0312278624 (0-312-27862-4)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions: And the Madness of Crowdsby Charles MacKayISBN 0374502765 (0-374-50276-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions: And the Madness of Crowds'Book summary:Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first published in 1841--shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.
In fact, cases such as Tulipomania in 1624--when Tulip bulbs traded at a higher price than gold--suggest the existence of what I would dub "Mackay's Law of Mass Action:" when it comes to the effect of social behavior on the intelligence of individuals, 1+1 is often less than 2, and sometimes considerably less than 0. [via]
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countriesby W. Y. Evans-WentzISBN 0391007734 (0-391-00773-4)
Hardcover, Humanities Press
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Fieldworking: Reading and Writing Researchby Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater, Bonnie Stone SunsteinISBN 0312258259 (0-312-25825-9)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The Flying Sorcerersby David Gerrold, Larry NivenISBN 0345334973 (0-345-33497-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Forbidden Experiment: The Story of the Wild Boy of Aveyronby Roger ShattuckISBN 0374157553 (0-374-15755-3)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus Giroux
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Foxfire 5by Eliot WiggintonISBN 0385143079 (0-385-14307-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Livingby Eliot WiggintonISBN 0385143087 (0-385-14308-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Foxfire 8by Eliot Wigginton, Margie BennettISBN 0385177410 (0-385-17741-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping With His Daughter: Coyote Builds North Americaby Barry LopezISBN 0380711117 (0-380-71111-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired Into Our Genesby Dean H. HamerISBN 0385720319 (0-385-72031-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God, expressing a conviction that has existed since the beginning of recorded time and is shared by billions around the world. In The God Gene, Dr. Dean Hamer reveals that this inclination toward religious faith is no accident; it is in good measure due to our genes. In fact, he argues, spiritual belief may offer an evolutionary advantage by providing humans with a sense of purpose and the courage and will to overcome hardship and loss. And, as a growing body of evidence suggests, belief also increases our chances of reproductive survival by helping to reduce stress, prevent disease, and extend life.
Hamer shows that new discoveries in behavioral genetics and neurobiology indicate that humans inherit a set of predispositions that make their brains ready and eager to embrace a higher power. By analyzing the genetic makeup of over a thousand people of different ages and backgrounds, and comparing their DNA samples against a scale that measures spirituality, Hamer actually identified a specific God gene that appears to influence spirituality.
Popular science at its best, The God Gene is an in-depth, fully accessible inquiry into the cutting-edge research that is changing the way we think about ourselves, our world, and our culture. Written with balance and integrity, without seeking to confirm or deny the existence of God, The God Gene brilliantly illuminates the mechanism by which belief itself is biologically fostered. Its a book that bridges the gap between science and religion, and one that will appeal to the readers of Genesis and Genome alike.More editions of The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired Into Our Genes:
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The Greek Wayby Edith HamiltonISBN 0380008165 (0-380-00816-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greek Way'Book summary:The aim of this work is not a history of events but an account of the achievement and spirit of Greece.
"Five hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the settled and civilizaed world, a strange new power was at work. . . . Athens had entered upon her brief and magnificent flowering of genius which so molded the world of mind and of spirit that our mind and spirit today are different. . . . What was then produced of art and of thought has never been surpasses and very rarely equalled, and the stamp of it is upon all the art and all the thought of the Western world."
A perennial favorite in many different editions, Edith Hamilton's best-selling The Greek Way captures the spirit and achievements of Greece in the fifth century B.C. A retired headmistress when she began her writing career in the 1930s, Hamilton immediately demonstrated a remarkable ability to bring the world of ancient Greece to life, introducing that world to the twentieth century. The New York Times called The Greek Way a "book of both cultural and critical importance."
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolutionby Steven LevyISBN 0385312105 (0-385-31210-5)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hackers : Heroes of the Computer Revolution'Book summary:Steven Levy's classic book explains why the misuse of the word "hackers" to describe computer criminals does a terrible disservice to many important shapers of the digital revolution. Levy follows members of an MIT model railroad club--a group of brilliant budding electrical engineers and computer innovators--from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. These eccentric characters used the term "hack" to describe a clever way of improving the electronic system that ran their massive railroad. And as they started designing clever ways to improve computer systems, "hack" moved over with them. These maverick characters were often fanatics who did not always restrict themselves to the letter of the law and who devoted themselves to what became known as "The Hacker Ethic." The book traces the history of hackers, from finagling access to clunky computer-card-punching machines to uncovering the inner secrets of what would become the Internet. This story of brilliant, eccentric, flawed, and often funny people devoted to their dream of a better world will appeal to a wide audience. [via]
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The Historiesby Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Rosalind ThomasISBN 0375400613 (0-375-40061-3)
Hardcover, Everymans Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:Since the release of the film version of Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient, there has been renewed interest in the Histories of Herodotus--the book the dying patient treasures so much.
The writings of Herodotus are the ground zero of Western history. He lived during the fifth century B.C.E, and his Histories chronicle the events of the Persian Wars, which were within living memory when he wrote. He was the first writer to examine real, rather than mythical history, and although his work lacks the rigor of later histories, it has a breathtaking scope. Herodotus is a wonderful storyteller, and in recalling the wars with Persian invaders, he ranges across the ancient world, mixing politics with natural history and anthropology. These are traveler's tales, and a great deal of their appeal to a modern audience lies in the way Herodotus describes the cultures that influence his story. The societies of Scythians, Arabs, and Egyptians are depicted in detail, from their political structures to their dining habits. Herodotus created a sense of history for his people, and he gives us a picture of a distant past that reminds us of the vast continuum of civilization. [via]
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Human Heredity: Principles and Issuesby Michael R. CummingsISBN 0314095780 (0-314-09578-0)
Softcover, West Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Human Heredity: Principles and Issues'Book summary:Offering in-depth yet accessible coverage, Cummings's HUMAN HEREDITY PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES, 8e, International Edition, draws from the most current research in genetics as it presents the latest challenges facing physicians, researchers, and society. Designed for the introductory genetics or heredity course, this concise, well-written, and well-illustrated text combines thorough coverage with a superior supplement and media package that offers a wealth of study tools--including the customized learning paths of CengageNOW . The new eighth edition includes streamlined art, chapter sidebars that address everyday issues, and numerous cases that help you analyze tough decisions. Written by a widely respected genetics authority, HUMAN HEREDITY PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES is known for its student-friendly presentation that introduces complex topics and important concepts with precise logic, without oversimplifying. Demonstrating the process of science while focusing on basic genetics concepts, the text gives you a working knowledge of heredity without the rigorous scientific/quantitativeservices that are now developing--highlighting the social relevance and real-world applications to your other courses and personal life. Emphasizing relevant issues, the text equips you with the insight to make informed decisions about your personal health and public policy, as well as teaches you how to recognize genetic disorders, their causes, and their patterns of inheritance. details. It discusses the various genetic [via]
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I Believe in Manby George CareyISBN 0340181001 (0-340-18100-1)
Hardcover, Hodder and Stoughton
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Indians of the Northwest Coastby Philip DruckerISBN 0385024436 (0-385-02443-6)
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An Introduction to Social Anthropologyby Lucy P. MairISBN 0313249776 (0-313-24977-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Education
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Invitation to Archaeologyby J. DeetzISBN 0385071566 (0-385-07156-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Island of the Colorblind and Cycad Island: And, Cycad Islandby Oliver W. SacksISBN 0375700730 (0-375-70073-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Island of the Colorblind and Cycad Island: And, Cycad Island'Book summary:In his books An Anthropologist on Mars and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks details the lives of patients isolated by neurological disorders, shedding light on our common humanity and the ways in which we perceive the world around us. Now he looks at the effects of physical isolation in The Island of the Colorblind. On this journey, he carried with him the intellectual curiousity, kind understanding, and unique vision he has so consistently demonstrated.
Drawn to the Micronesian island of Pingelap by reports of a community of people born totally colorblind, Dr. Sacks set up a clinic in a one-room dispensary. There he listened to patients describe their colorless world in terms rich with pattern and tone, luminance and shadow. Then, in Guam, he investigated a puzzling neurodegenerative paralysis, making housecalls amid crowing cockerels, cycad jungles, and the remains of a colonial culture. The experience affords Sacks an opportunity to elaborate on such personal passions as botany and history and to explore the meaning of islands, the dissemination of species, the birth of disease, and the nature of deep geologic time. [via]
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Levkas Manby Hammond InnesISBN 0330342266 (0-330-34226-6)
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The Marx-Engels Readerby Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Robert C. TuckerISBN 0393054578 (0-393-05457-8)
Hardcover, Norton
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Marx-Engels Reader'Book summary:This collection was designed for optimal navigation on Kindle and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, stories and poems. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.
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The Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels) Translated by Samuel Moore
Das Kapital (Marx) Translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling
Critique of the Gotha Programme (Marx)
Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (Marx) Translated by Emil F. Teichert
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 (Engels) Translated by Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky
Speech at the Grave of Karl Marx (Engels)Essays (Marx) Translated by H. J. Stenning:
A Criticism of The Hegelian Philosophy of Right
On The Jewish Question
On The King of Prussia And Social Reform
Moralizing Criticism And Critical Morality: A Polemic Against Karl
Proudhon
French Materialism
The English RevolutionAppendix:
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Friedrich Engels Biography
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The Marx-Engels Readerby Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Robert C. TuckerISBN 039309040X (0-393-09040-X)
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The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Otherby Walker PercyISBN 0312254016 (0-312-25401-6)
Softcover, Picador USA
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Myth, Symbol, and Cultureby Clifford GeertzISBN 039309409X (0-393-09409-X)
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Neanderthalby John DarntonISBN 0312963009 (0-312-96300-9)
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0393013804 (0-393-01380-4)
Hardcover, Norton
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With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights. [via]More editions of The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History:
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Parallel Mythsby J.F. BierleinISBN 0345381467 (0-345-38146-7)
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Peoples and Cultures of Africa: An Anthropological Readerby Elliott Percival SkinnerISBN 0385083491 (0-385-08349-1)
Softcover, Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] Natural History Press
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Questionable Remainsby Beverly ConnorISBN 0373263856 (0-373-26385-6)
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymourby J. D. SalingerISBN 0316766941 (0-316-76694-1)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour'Book summary:The author writes: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker ? RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS in 1955, SEYMOUR ? An Introduction in 1959. Whatever their differences in mood or effect, they are both very much concerned with Seymour Glass, who is the main character in my still-uncompleted series about the Glass family. It struck me that they had better be collected together, if not deliberately paired off, in something of a hurry, if I mean them to avoid unduly or undesirably close contact with new material in the series. There is only my word for it, granted, but I have several new Glass stories coming along ? waxing, dilating ? each in its own way, but I suspect the less said about them, in mixed company, the better. Oddly, the joys and satisfactions of working on the Glass family peculiarly increase and deepen for me with the years. I can't say why, though. Not, at least, outside the casino proper of my fiction. [via]
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Rats, Lice and History: Being a Study in Biography, Which, After Twelve Preliminary Chapters Indispensable for the Preparation of the Lay Reader, Deby Hans ZinsserISBN 0316988960 (0-316-98896-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rats, Lice and History: Being a Study in Biography, Which, After Twelve Preliminary Chapters Indispensable for the Preparation of the Lay Reader, De'Book summary:When Rats, Lice and History appeared in 1935, Hans Zinsser was a highly regarded Harvard biologist who had never written about historical events. Although he had published under a pseudonym, virtually all of his previous writings had dealt with infections and immunity and had appeared either in medical and scientific journals or in book format. Today he is best remembered as the author of Rats, Lice, and History, which gone through multiple editions and remains a masterpiece of science writing for a general readership.
To Zinsser, scientific research was high adventure and the investigation of infectious disease, a field of battle. Yet at the same time he maintained a love of literature and philosophy. His goal in Rats, Lice and History was to bring science, philosophy, and literature together to establish the importance of disease, and especially epidemic infectious disease, as a major force in human affairs. Zinsser cast his work as the "biography" of a disease. In his view, infectious disease simply represented an attempt of a living organism to survive. From a human perspective, an invading pathogen was abnormal; from the perspective of the pathogen it was perfectly normal.
This book is devoted to a discussion of the biology of typhus and history of typhus fever in human affairs. Zinsser begins by pointing out that the louse was the constant companion of human beings. Under certain conditionsto wash or to change clothinglice proliferated. The typhus pathogen was transmitted by rat fleas to human beings, who then transmitted it to other humans and in some strains from human to human.
Rats, Lice and History is a tour de force. It combines Zinsser's expertise in biology with his broad knowledge of the humanities
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Rethinking Anthropologyby E. R. LeachISBN 0391001469 (0-391-00146-9)
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The Road to Delphi: Scenes from the History of Oraclesby Michael WoodISBN 0374526109 (0-374-52610-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, cities, and states, individuals have consulted oracles in time of need. In this fascinating exploration of the history and enduring popularity of oracles, Michael Wood examines how they are interpreted and why.
The inherent ambiguity of many oracular pronouncements and the ingenuity and tendentiousness of many readings of them form the basis for Woods analyses of oracles, both real and imagined. Using examples from actual oracles at Delphi, Dodona, and in pre-Hispanic America to fictionalbut influentialoracles in literature from Oedipus to Macbeth, Wood combines storytelling and commentary to provide an entertaining and concise account of humanitys persistent faith in signs. He also looks at later instances of oracles, arguing that consultations have evolved in many ways over the years, and that echoes and survivals of old practices in modern literature and popular culturein the works of Kafka and in the film The Matrix, as well as in astrology columnscontinue to exert an important influence over human civilization.
Lively, engaging, and remarkably revealing, The Road to Delphi shows an ancient art at work in many times and places, and invites us to think again about the ways in which we deal with our longing for the certainties we know we cant have.More editions of The Road to Delphi: Scenes from the History of Oracles:
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The Road to Delphi: The Life and Afterlife of Oraclesby Michael WoodISBN 0312423071 (0-312-42307-1)
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Skeleton Danceby Aaron J. ElkinsISBN 0380731630 (0-380-73163-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skeleton Dance'Book summary:Forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver and his wife Julie have planned a relaxing four-week European jaunt that will allow Gideon to collect material for his upcoming book. But when a local dog digs up some very tasty--and very modern--human bones at a prehistoric site in the French Dordogne, Gideon gets a call for deductive assistance from old friend Inspector Lucien Joly. It appears that the bones are connected to the Institut de Préhistoire, epicenter of the academic debate on the proper place of Neanderthals in the progression of human evolution.
Years ago, the Institut's director, Ely Carpenter, found startling archaeological evidence that Neanderthal Man was a sensitive being with an appreciation of beauty and art: when that evidence was exposed as a fraud, Carpenter committed suicide. Or did he? These days, the remaining members of the Institut are still at dagger's (or perhaps Middle Paleolithic Acheulian cordiform hand ax's) edge. Half of them argue for the Neanderthals as card-carrying Homo sapiens, and the other half want to fling them from the family tree altogether. The academic debate is vicious, indeed--but when more bodies start to appear, Gideon must dig deep into layers of personal animosity and professional rivalry to determine which of his anthropological colleagues has more than a monograph at stake.
Aaron Elkins is the author of a number of Gideon Oliver mysteries, including the Edgar Award-winning Old Bones. It is a tribute to his skill that the dusty fragments of bone at the heart of this latest outing will capture his readers' interest, and that the ramifications of a scientific dispute seem the perfect motive for murder. Skeleton Dance carries as well all the touches that have made his previous novels successful: a genial protagonist who wavers between sharp-eyed precision and absent-minded obliviousness; an assortment of well-drawn minor characters (though their foibles may be sketched a bit too broadly, as Elkins stretches for a touch of humor); and a cozy evocation of local atmosphere. If the music of Skeleton Dance is a tune we've heard before, and the steps are a trifle well-worn, it doesn't really matter; Elkins is such a skilled partner that we'll find ourselves tapping our feet and turning the pages in easy rhythm. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneoby Eric HansenISBN 0375724958 (0-375-72495-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Study of American Folklore: An Introductionby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393090485 (0-393-09048-5)
Hardcover, Norton
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The Sumeriansby Charles Leo WoolleyISBN 0393002926 (0-393-00292-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The idea that Egypt was the earliest civilization has been entirely exploded. The Sumerians had reached a very high level of culture by 3500 B.C.E., and may be said with some justice to be the forerunners of all the Old World civilizations of Egypt, Assyria, Asia Minor, Crete, and Greece. This book will appeal to everyone interested in the early history of humankind. [via]More editions of The Sumerians:
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Sweetness in the Bellyby Camilla GibbISBN 0385660189 (0-385-66018-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweetness in the Belly'Book summary:The protagonist of this meditative and elegantly written novel represents an unusual demographic. White, English, and orphaned at eight, Lilly grows up in Morocco as a Muslim, moves to Harar, Ethiopia, for five years and settles in London after political upheaval makes her vulnerable in Harar. A stranger everywhere, she has a knack for making homes and building communities anywhere: as a valued teacher of the Qur'an to Harari children, and as friend and nurse to Ethiopian exiles in London. "You put roots and they'll start growing," her bohemian parents told her to justify their nomadic ways. But grown-up Lilly actively seeks roots and relationships, agonizing over the uprootings that famine, corruption, and political instability made inevitable for Ethiopians in the 1970s and '80s. Her narrative shuttles between two cosmopolitan cities, two tumultuous decades, and two significant others. Aziz is an Ethiopian doctor she falls for in Harar but is wrenched away from literally (perhaps too literally) after giving him her virginity. Dr. Gupta is an Indian whose courtship of her in London is handicapped by the flame she still holds for Aziz. Not knowing if the latter is alive or dead, Lilly has remained suspended in a 17-year limbo between grief and desperate hope.
Sweetness in the Belly is obviously not your average doctor-and-nurse story. Indeed, Gibbs's aim is to portray a largely invisible society. Ethiopia, Lilly says, is just "a starving impoverished nation ... of famine and refugees" in the Western imagination. Steeped in research but wearing it lightly, the novel renders a culture and dozens of people convincingly (though the parallel story lines make keeping characters straight a challenge). Lilly, with her religious fervour, multiple languages, and basic decency, is a believable insider and appealing consciousness. The self-protective emotional coolness of her London self, however, casts a shadow over the Harar narrative, where a contrasting tone could have conveyed her youthful optimism and passion. One might also wish the political back-story of famine and Haile Selassie's fall were more integrated into the plot; Gibb seems as keen to protect characters as they are to protect each other, sacrificing opportunities for drama and suspense. But these are small flaws in a precise, textured, suitably bittersweet novel. --John C. Ball [via]
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The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brainby Terrence W. DeaconISBN 0393038386 (0-393-03838-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain'Book summary:Terrence Deacon's The Symbolic Species begins with a question posed by a 7-year-old child: Why can't animals talk? Or, as Deacon puts it, if animals have simpler brains, why can't they develop a simpler form of language to go with them? Thus begins the basic line of inquiry for this breathtakingly ambitious work, which attempts to describe the origins of human language and consciousness.
What separates humans from animals, Deacon writes, is our capacity for symbolic representation. Animals can easily learn to link a sound with an object or an effect with a cause. But symbolic thinking assumes the ability to associate things that might only rarely have a physical correlation; think of the word "unicorn," for instance, or the idea of the future. Language is only the outward expression of this symbolic ability, which lays the foundation for everything from human laughter to our compulsive search for meaning.
The final section of The Symbolic Species posits that human brains and human language have coevolved over millions of years, leading Deacon to the remarkable conclusion that many modern human traits were actually caused by ideas. Deacon's background in biological anthropology and neuroscience makes him a reliable companion through this complicated multidisciplinary turf. Rigorously researched and argued in dense but lively prose, The Symbolic Species is that rare animal, a book of serious science that's accessible to layman and scientist alike. [via]
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Us And Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mindby David BerrebyISBN 0316090301 (0-316-09030-1)
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The Way of the Sacredby Francis HuxleyISBN 0385046189 (0-385-04618-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Woman: An Intimate Geographyby Natalie AngierISBN 0385498411 (0-385-49841-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Woman: An Intimate Geography'Book summary:Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, as far as the health care profession is concerned the standard operating design of the human body is male. So when a book comes along as beautifully written and endlessly informative as Natalie Angier's Woman: An Intimate Geography, it's a cause for major celebration. Written with whimsy and eloquence, her investigation into female physiology draws its inspiration not only from scientific and medical sources but also from mythology, history, art, and literature, layering biological factoids with her own personal encounters and arcane anecdotes from the history of science. Who knew, for example, that the clitoris--with 8,000 nerve fibers--packs double the pleasure of the penis; that the gene controlling cellular sensitivity to male androgens, ironically enough, resides on the X-chromosome; or that stress hormones like cortisol and corticosterone are the true precursors of friendship?
The mysteries of evolution are not a new subject for Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biology writer for the New York Times whose previous books include The Beauty of the Beastly and Natural Obsessions. The strengths of Woman begin with Angier's witty and evocative prose style, but its real contribution is the way it expands the definition of female "geography" beyond womb, breasts, and estrogen, down as far as the bimolecular substructure of DNA and up as high as the transcendent infrastructure of the human brain. --Patrizia DiLucchio [via]
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Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Timesby Elizabeth Wayland BarberISBN 0393035069 (0-393-03506-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times'Book summary:2500 years ago, the women of Athens slaved at home, virtual prisoners of their husbands, expected to provide the cloth and clothing for their family. 4000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, there was a very different picture: respectable women were in business, weaving textiles at home to be sold abroad for gold and silver. Going back even further, 20,000 years ago women began making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibres. Indeed, for over 20,000 years, until the Industrial Revolution, the arts of weaving belonged primarily to women and were the principal vehicle for demonstrating their various roles as mother, provider, worker, entrepreneur and artist. [via]
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World Prehistory: A Brief Introductionby Brian M. FaganISBN 032102365X (0-321-02365-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction'Book summary:The compact edition of Brian Fagan's bestselling People of the Earth offers a brief survey of world archaeology. This comprehensive text gives students a clear overview of the major issues and theoretical debates. For the new edition there are new chapters on the study of world prehistory and the origins of civilization and increased coverage of cultural developments.* New - More coverage of major cultural developments and discoveries. * BENEFIT NEEDED. * New - Increased coverage of theories relating to food production and the rise of civilization. * BENEFIT NEEDED. * New - Chapters on the study of world prehistory, theories of the origins of food production and the origins of civilizations. * BENEFIT NEEDED. * Up-to-date analysis and expanded coverage of Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations. * BENEFIT NEEDED. * Good summaries of the earliest civilizations and their development. * BENEFIT NEEDED. * Gives students a grasp of the major issues and theoretical debates about world prehistory unobtainable elsewhere. * BENEFIT NEEDED. * Allows instructor to discuss theories on major issues and to relate them to actual data summarized in other chapters. * BENEFIT NEEDED. * Unique chapter (1) on the phenomenon of world prehistory and alternative perspectives on the past and time. * BENEFIT NEEDED. [via]
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