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The Language of the Genes
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Juju: A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music
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Why We Travel
Why We Travel asks why humans yearn to travel, what motivates us and what we can gain from venturing out into the world. INDEPENDENT BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024Good Housekeeping...
STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World
Would our lives, relationships and careers be better if we just STFU for a while? We live in a world that doesn't just encourage overtalking, but practically demands it. When...
Remote Avant-Garde: Aboriginal Art under Occupation
In Remote Avant-Garde Jennifer Loureide Biddle models new and emergent desert Aboriginal aesthetics as an art of survival. Since 2007, Australian government policy has targeted "remote" Australian Aboriginal communities as...
Tattoo: Bodies, Art, and Exchange in the Pacific and the West
The history of tattooing is shrouded in controversy. Citing the Polynesian derivation of the word "tattoo," many scholars and tattoo enthusiasts have believed that the modern practice of tattooing originated...
Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo
Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the USA as a widely appealing cultural, artistic and social form. In this text, Margo DeMello explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors...
Anthropology: An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization. Vol. II. With Illustrations.
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Author: Tylor Edward B.Binding: HardbackPublished: Watts & Co, 1930Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis second volume of Tylor's comprehensive exploration of anthropology offers insights into...
Plumes and Arrows: Inside New Guinea
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Author: Colin SimpsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1962Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a vivid exploration of New Guinea, providing readers with insights into the...
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State: In the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan
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Author: Frederick EngelsBinding: SoftbackPublished: Current Book Distributors, 1942, First Australian EditionCondition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the origins of family structures, property ownership, and the...
STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World
Would our lives, relationships and careers be better if we just STFU for a while? We live in a world that doesn't just encourage overtalking, but practically demands it. When...
The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey Out of Africa
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Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live-and How Their Wealth Harms Us
A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit-and the insidious ways this realm harms us all.Have you...
The Ghost Dance: Origins of Religion
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Author: Weston La BarreBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen and Unwin, 1972, First G.B. EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book is a classic search for the origins of religion,...
Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
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Author: Jared M DiamondBinding: SoftbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'Why is Sex Fun?', Jared Diamond explores the evolutionary forces that shaped...
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
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Author: Carl SaganBinding: SoftbackPublished: Ballantine Books, 1978Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn this book, Carl Sagan explores the evolution of human intelligence, tracing the history of the...
The Last Cannibals
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Author: Jens Bjerre; Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister.Binding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow and Company, 1957, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Last Cannibals by Jens...
Cultural Atlas of the Viking World
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Author: James Graham-Campbell et al. Binding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life, 1994Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Cultural Atlas of the Viking World offers a comprehensive overview of Viking history,...
Human Origins
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Author: Richard E. LeakeyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHuman Origins is a groundbreaking work by Richard E. Leakey that explores the evolution...
Prehistoric Man in the New World
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Author: Jesse D. Jennings / Edward NorbeckBinding: SoftbackPublished: The University of Chicago Press, 1974, Sixth Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the origins and...
Letters from the Field 1925-1975
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Author: Margaret MeadBinding: SoftbackPublished: Harper Colophon Books, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book is a compilation of Margaret Mead's writings and reflections from her anthropological work...
Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind
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Author: Colin RenfrewBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2013Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind', Colin Renfrew explores the evolution of human thought...
NAGA: Cultural Origins in Siam and the West Pacific
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Author: Sumet Jumsai; R. Buckminster FullerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Chalermnit Press and DD Books, 1997, Third PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the cultural significance...
Bunjil of the Wurundjeri (SIGNED)
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Author: Kenneth Eric EckersallBinding: Other bindingPublished: Self-published, 2007Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: SignedBunjil of the Wurundjeri is a beautifully illustrated children's book that tells the...
Bindibu Country
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Author: Donald ThompsonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Nelson, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsBindibu Country is a vivid account of the author's experiences with the Aboriginal people of...
Food in Civilization
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Author: Carson I.A. RitchieBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Australia, 1981, First Australian EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the intricate relationship between food and the...
'So Much That Is New' Baldwin Spencer 1860-1929 A Biography
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Author: D.J. Mulvaney, J.H. CalabyBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Melbourne Press, 1985, FIRST EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography explores the life and contributions of Baldwin...
Escapism
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The Anatomy of Disgust
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The Spears of Twilight: Life and death in the Amazon jungle
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Links Between Sri Lanka & Australia A Book About the Sri Lankans (Ceylonese) in Australia
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Author: W. S. WeerasooriaBinding: HardbackPublished: Self-published, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book explores the historical, cultural, and social links between Sri Lanka and Australia....
Cities & People
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Author: Mark GirouardBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCities & People is a social and architectural history that explores the relationship between...
Why We Get Sick: the New Science of Darwinian Medicine
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Taboo: Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork
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The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion,...
The Little Universe of Man
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Author: C. D. DarlingtonBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe Little Universe of Man explores the intricate relationship between human...
The Neandertal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origins
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Author: James ShreeveBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Softback Preview, 1996Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the origins of modern humans and the role that Neandertals played in...
The Mighty Aztecs
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Author: Gene S. StuartBinding: HardbackPublished: National Geographic Society, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Mighty Aztecs explores the rich history and culture of the Aztec civilization, detailing...
Making of Mankind
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Author: Richard E. LeakeyBinding: HardbackPublished: E P Dutton, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'Making of Mankind', Richard E. Leakey explores the evolutionary history of humans, examining fossil...
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West: A Visual History of [...]
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the...
The Egyptians
This is an account of the Egyptians from the first settlers in the Nile Valley through to the present day. Egypt has the longest, continuous, known history of any country...
The Nomads of Mykonos: Performing Liminalities in a 'Queer' Space
This is the ethnography of the Mykoniots d'election, a 'gang' of romantic adventurers who have been visiting the island of Mykonos for the last thirty-five years and have formed a...
Who Prospers?: How Cultural Values Shape Economic and Political Success
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Identity and Everyday Life
The notion of "everyday life" is ubiquitous in the contemporary intellectual scene. While scholars frequently use this concept to signal a romantic return to the "common people," Berger and Del...
Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley
Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region The Mississippi Valley region has long played...
Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America
Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. Chapters are written alternately...
Primitive Man As Philosopher
Primitive Man as Philosopher is influential anthropologist and ethnologist Paul Radin's enduringly relevant survey of an array of aboriginal cultures and belief systems, including those of the Winnebago, Oglala Sioux,...
The Mummies of Urumchi
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