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Human Sacrifice: In History And Today
$25.00 AUD
Author: Nigel DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical and anthropological study chronicles the pervasive practice of human sacrifice across...
Climate, Man And History
$30.00 AUD
Author: Robert ClaiborneBinding: HardbackPublished: ANGUS & ROBERTSON, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerRobert Claiborne's Climate, Man And History presents a compelling examination of the profound influence...
You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World
Being a good citizen means standing up for what's right-and here's just the way to start. From the author of The Gutsy Girl , this kids' guide to activism is...
In Patagonia; The Viceroy Of Ouidah; The Songlines
$25.00 AUD
Author: Bruce ChatwinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine has minor sun-fading and minor peels to corners.Bruce Chatwin's collected works, In...
Our Grandmother's Drums
West Africa. Blinding white light, dust and scrub, salt flats and mangrove swamps, a village called Dulaba in the Gambia. People are scratching a living out of rice, groundnuts, millet....
Animals In Archaeology
$20.00 AUD
Author: A. Houghton BrodrickBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Jenkins,, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Aged endpapersThis book explores the intricate relationship between animals and archaeology, offering insights...
Just Friends: On the joy, influence and power of friendship
Voice memos, care packages, hours-long phone conversations, treasured traditions that go back decades, glasses held aloft during wedding toasts, hands held at funerals, first cuddles with newborns, lunches with work...
Cannibal
Cannabalism is one of the last great taboos and it is now beginning to emerge as far more wide ranging than was previously thought. This book examines evidence ranging from...
Aboriginal Bark Paintings
$15.00 AUD
Author: Robert Edwards; Bruce GuerinBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume chronicles the rich tradition of Aboriginal Bark Paintings, presenting a comprehensive...
The Art Of Earth
$120.00 AUD
Author: E. Lucas BridgesBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: first couple inside front and back...
Treasure Islands: The Trials Of The Ocean Islanders
$20.00 AUD
Author: Pearl BinderBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Treasure Islands: The Trials Of The Banabans, chronicles the profound struggles of...
Upon A White Horse: A Financial Times Best Book of 2025 and Radio 4
*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2025, SCOTSMAN BOOKS OF 2025, COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025* 'Packed with anecdote and colour, it's...
Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination
How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating exploration of our moral universe We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep,...
All Desire is a Desire for Being
A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire Rene Girard eludes easy categories, bridging the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, sociology,...
Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism
'An indispensable resource for white people who want to challenge white supremacy but don't know where to begin' Robin DiAngelo, author of WHITE FRAGILITY 'It should be mandatory reading ......
Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara
Blue-veiled nomads, camels crossing infinite dunes, oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure. But they can never truly capture a region that crosses...
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 Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to
Are our brains wired to hate? Does online hate incite violence on the streets? With hate crimes at an all-time high, what can we do to help turn the tide?...
Hearth and Home: History of Material Culture
The book titled Hearth and Home: History of Material Culture by the author Norman John Greville Pounds. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
The Human Jungle: An Intriguing Look at How We Have Adapted to Cope
A look at the hidden patterns of behaviour which underpin our daily life, based on research in environmental psychology and urban anthropology. Topics discussed are the concept of personal space...
Ancestral Passions: Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's
This is a biography of the first family of anthropology - Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose discoveries have laid the foundations for much of our knowledge about the origins...
Defenders of the Truth
For the last 25 years, sociobiologists have come under continuous attack by a group of left-wing academics, who have accused the former of dubious and politically dangerous science. Many have...
How War Began
Have humans always fought and killed each other, or did they peacefully coexist until organized states developed? Is war an expression of human nature or an artifact of civilization? Questions...
Future Primitive
$20.00 AUD
Author: Heide Museum of Modern ArtBinding: HardbackPublished: Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2013Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFuture Primitive’ brings together works by 19 artists from Australia and New...
Seeing History. I, III & IV
$50.00 AUD
Author: K. M. AdamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Australia, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis richly produced historical survey presents a visual and narrative account of major...
In The Footsteps Of Eve: The Mystery Of Human Origins
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Author: Lee R. Berger Ph.D. With Brett Hilton-BarberBinding: HardbackPublished: -Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn In The Footsteps Of Eve: The Mystery Of Human Origins, Lee...
The Making Of Mankind
$15.00 AUD
Author: Richard E. LeakeyBinding: HardbackPublished: MICHAEL JOSEPH LIMITED, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe seminal work The Making Of Mankind presents a compelling narrative of human evolution, tracing...
Robinson In Space
$60.00 AUD
Robinson in Space is a visual, satirical record of a journey made by a fictional character called Robinson, narrated by his travelling companion and researcher, through the increasingly unknown space...
Making Words Dance: Reflections on Red Smith, Journalism, and Writing
$12.00 AUD
When revered Notre Dame alumnus and award-winning journalist Red Smith died in 1982, the University created a lecture series in his name, sponsored by John and Susan McMeel and Universal...
Origins: An Atlas of Human Migration
From the first journey out of Africa, through the Vikings and the Pilgrim Fathers, to the return to the Promised Land, discover how people's movements through the ages have shaped...
Conformity And Conflict: Readings In Cultural Anthropology
$12.00 AUD
Author: James P. Spradley And David W. MccurdyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear...
The Anthropology Of Disease
$60.00 AUD
Author: C. G. N. Mascie-TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic work presents a comprehensive examination of disease...
Puzzled People: A Study In Popular Attitudes To Religion, Ethics, Progress And Politics In A London Borough
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Author: Mass-ObservationBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: word written on backThis compelling sociological examination presents a meticulous study of popular sentiment regarding...
The Azande: History And Political Institutions
$40.00 AUD
Author: E. Evans-PritchardBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work of anthropology, The Azande: History And Political Institutions, meticulously...
The Land that Waited
$20.00 AUD
Author: Max Harris & Alison ForbesBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA sweeping visual and historical journey into a continent shaped by ancient forces and...
The River People
$20.00 AUD
Author: James CowanBinding: HardbackPublished: A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney & Wellington, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: medium rip/chip on spineThe River People...
The Future of Anthropology: Its Relevance to the Contemporary World
The book titled The Future of Anthropology: Its Relevance to the Contemporary World by the author Akbar S. Ahmed. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
Peoples Of The Sea Wind: The Native Americans Of The Pacific Coast
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Author: Vinson BrownBinding: PaperbackPublished: Collier Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work...
The Work Of The Gods In Tikορια
$40.00 AUD
Author: Raymond FirthBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press and The Athlone Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsRaymond Firth's seminal work, The Work Of The Gods In...
The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes From A Mud Hut
$20.00 AUD
Author: Nigel BarleyBinding: HardbackPublished: British Museum Publications Ltd, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis engaging anthropological memoir chronicles the humorous and often challenging experiences of a young academic...
Two-Dimensional Man: An Essay On The Anthropology Of Power And Symbolism In Complex Society
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Author: Abner CohenBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work in social anthropology presents a profound analysis of how power and symbolism...
Gods Ghosts And Men In Melanesia: Some Religions Of Australian New Guinea And The New Hebrides
$25.00 AUD
Author: P. Lawrence And M. J. MeggittBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work chronicles the intricate...
Married Life In An African Tribe
$60.00 AUD
Author: I. SchaperaBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Limited, 1940Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMarried Life In An African Tribe presents a foundational...
Arnold Van Gennep: The Creator Of French Ethnography
$20.00 AUD
Author: Nicole BelmontBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNicole Belmont's Arnold Van Gennep: The Creator Of French Ethnography presents a compelling intellectual biography...
Human Birth: An Evolutionary Perspective
$60.00 AUD
Author: Wenda R. TrevathanBinding: HardbackPublished: Aldine de Gruyter., New York, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic work presents a comprehensive analysis of human parturition from an evolutionary...
Ethnographers In The Field: The Psychology Of Research
$30.00 AUD
Author: John L. WengleBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Alabama Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic work chronicles the intricate psychological landscape encountered by researchers immersed in...
The Anthropology Of Performance
$40.00 AUD
Author: Victor TurnerBinding: HardbackPublished: PAJ, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work in anthropology presents groundbreaking theories on the nature of human performance and ritual. It uncovers...
Illness And Healing Among The Sakhalin Ainu: A Symbolic Interpretation
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Author: Emiko Ohnuki-TierneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded DJ.This ethnographic study chronicles the intricate relationship between health, sickness, and cultural meaning...