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Indians
$12.00 AUD
Author: Robin MayBinding: HardbackPublished: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 1973Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the rich and diverse histories of Native American peoples across...
Wanderings in the Roman Campagna
$25.00 AUD
Author: Lanciani Rodolfo AmedeoBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Constable, 1909Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Marked wear, fading and fraying of...
Australian Popular Culture
Australia's leisure culture is legendary, and as millions of British viewers of Neighbours, fans of Yothu Yindi or drinkers of Castlemaine XXXX would attest, Australian popular culture is popular outside...
Archaeology of the Dreamtime
Presenting information and findings about the history of the peopling of Australia, this revised edition looks at the way people first came to Australia, where they lived, and how they...
The Arctic World
$20.00 AUD
Author: Fred BrummerBinding: HardbackPublished: Key Porter Books, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markings*The Arctic World* by Fred Brummer explores the harsh beauty, wildlife, and cultures of the Arctic region,...
Aristocrats
$15.00 AUD
Author: Stella TillyardBinding: HardbackPublished: Harlequin Presents, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsStella Tillyard's Aristocrats chronicles the compelling lives of the Lennox sisters, daughters of the Duke of Richmond,...
Aboriginal Myths
$30.00 AUD
Author: Sreten Bozic In Conjunction With Alan MarshallBinding: HardbackPublished: Gold Star Publications, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAboriginal Myths presents a compelling collection of traditional narratives, offering profound...
The Origin Of The Aryans: An Account Of The Prehistoric Ethnology And Civilisation Of Europe
$100.00 AUD
Author: Isaac TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Walter Scott, London., 1892Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to pages,...
A Shamanic Theology Of Sacred Sustainability: Church And Shamans In Dialogue For Liberative Struggle In Asia
$12.00 AUD
Author: Jojo M. Fung, SjBinding: PaperbackPublished: Jesuit Communications Foundation Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work presents a profound theological examination...
Antiquity And Man: Essays In Honour Of Glyn Daniel
$30.00 AUD
Author: John D. Evans, Barry Cunliffe And Colin RenfrewBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner'Antiquity And Man: Essays In Honour Of Glyn Daniel presents...
Yalukit Willam: The River People Of Port Phillip
$15.00 AUD
Author: Meyer EidelsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Meyer Eidelson., 2014Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, Yalukit Willam: The River People Of Port...
An Introduction To Oriental Mythology
$20.00 AUD
Author: Clio WhittakerBinding: HardbackPublished: New Burlington Books, London, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and yellowing and fraying on external dust cover; pages in good...
Human Population Biology: A Transdisciplinary Science
$80.00 AUD
Author: Michael A. Little And Jere D. HaasBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsHuman Population...
Disrupted Lives: How People Create Meaning In A Chaotic World
$15.00 AUD
Author: Gay BeckerBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, 1998Condition:Book: FairJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Page cut on fep. This sociological study chronicles the human experience of navigating profound...
The Lives of Images
In the Lives of Images , Peter Mason examines four striking case studies involving the production and transmission of visual images of non-European peoples. Beginning with what has been taken...
From Maui To Cook: The Discovery And Settlement Of The Pacific
$15.00 AUD
Author: David LewisBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, Sydney, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsFrom Maui To Cook: The Discovery And Settlement Of The Pacific chronicles the...
Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire
Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138), a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian...
First Humans, The:The Search for our Origins: The Search for our
Who are we? Where did we come from? What makes us human? The whole puzzle of our early life on earth is gradually being pieced together from fragments of bone,...
World's Children
$100.00 AUD
Author: Mortimer MenpesBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam and Charles Black, 1903Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Marks and specks on...
Venture To The Interior
$15.00 AUD
Author: Laurens Van Der PostBinding: HardbackPublished: The Reprint Society, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling travelogue chronicles a remarkable expedition into the remote, untamed landscapes of Africa....
The Performer: Art, Life, Politics
A compelling exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday...
Men's Lives: The Surfmen And Baymen Of The South Fork
$40.00 AUD
Author: Peter MatthiessenBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMen's Lives: The Surfmen And Baymen Of The South Fork chronicles the vanishing way of life among...
From Maui To Cook: The Discovery And Settlement Of The Pacific
$15.00 AUD
Author: David LewisBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, Sydney, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsFrom Maui To Cook: The Discovery And Settlement Of The Pacific chronicles the epic saga...
Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self
A philosopher explains why the search for identity is meaningless, and how we should escape the self Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to...
Shamanism: The Timeless Religion
From a talented young anthropologist and contributor to the New Yorker comes a fascinating investigation into the spiritual practice of shamanism What are the origins of shamanism and what is...
The People Of Kau
$60.00 AUD
Author: Leni RiefenstahlBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis photographic volume presents an intimate visual record of the Nuba people of Sudan. Through striking black and...
The Circle Of Life: Rituals From The Human Family Album
$40.00 AUD
Author: Peter Matthiessen. Cohen, David (ed), Gabriel Garcia MarquezBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper , 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis work presents a compelling anthropological survey of human rituals, charting...
Wildbird Dreaming: Aboriginal Art From The Central Deserts Of Australia
$25.00 AUD
Author: Nadine Amadio And Richard KimberBinding: HardbackPublished: Greenhouse Publications, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume, Wildbird Dreaming: Aboriginal Art From The Central Deserts Of...
Great Excavations: John Romer's History Of Archaeology
$20.00 AUD
Author: John RomerBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell & Co., 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsGreat Excavations: John Romer's History Of Archaeology presents a comprehensive chronicle of humanity's quest to unearth its...
The Color of Cities: An International Perspective
A unique color dictionary of international urban design and phenomenal photographic reference, "The Color of Cities, by Lois Swirnoff, documents the distinctive color characteristics of cities in the United States,...
Australia's Aborigines: Their Life And Culture
$200.00 AUD
Author: Frederick D. MccarthyBinding: HardbackPublished: A COLORGRAVURE PUBLICATION, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Number 4502This seminal work, Australia's Aborigines: Their Life And Culture, presents a comprehensive ethnographic...
The First Sunrise: Australian Aboriginal Myths
$20.00 AUD
Author: Ainslie Roberts; Charles P. MountfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling volume presents a rich collection of Australian Aboriginal myths, beautifully illustrated to bring...
The Dawn Of Time: Australian Aboriginal Myths
$20.00 AUD
Author: Ainslie Roberts; Charles P. MountfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Dawn Of Time: Australian Aboriginal Myths presents a compelling collection of ancient narratives from...
In Humboldt's Shadow: A Tragic History of German Ethnology
A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important...
The Min Of The Papua New Guinea Star Mountains: A Look At Their Traditional Culture And Heritage
$40.00 AUD
Author: Gerrit J.T. SchuurkampBinding: HardbackPublished: Ok Tedi Mining Limited Tabubil, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe scholarly work The Min Of The Papua...
How to Be Human: The Manual
A practical and inspiring book by the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled With a little help from a monk, and a neuroscientist,...
I, The Aboriginal
$15.00 AUD
Author: Douglas LockwoodBinding: PaperbackPublished: Rigby, Adelaide, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the extraordinary life of...
Hunters and Gatherers (Vol II): Vol II: Property, Power and Ideology
All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose subsistence way of life reflects the original form of...
Raising Children: Surprising Insights from Other Cultures
Why in some parts of the world do parents rarely play with their babies and never with toddlers? Why in some cultures are children not fully recognized as individuals until...
Nationalism in the Vernacular: State, Tribes, and Politics of Peace in
Nationalism in the Vernacular illuminates our understanding of the relationship between orality and nationalist politics. In doing so, it provides a new angle to the understanding of nationalism by looking...
Songs At the River's Edge: Stories From a Bangladeshi Village
Part autobiography, part travelogue, part anthropological study, this is an account of a Western woman living in a Muslim Bangladeshi village for 18 months. On an anthropological level, it demonstrates...
A View to a Death in the Morning: Nature of Hunting Through History
$15.00 AUD
What brought the ape out of the trees, and so the man out of the ape, was a taste for blood. This is how the story went, when a few...
People of the Earth: Introduction to World Prehistory
The story of human history throughout the world is told in this book, from the origins of humankind to the beginnings of literate civilizations. Fagan does not favour any specific...
Phyllis Kaberry And Me
This is the fascinating story of two women, both anthropologists, who worked with Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia one in the 1930s, the other in the...
Arguments about Aborigines: Australia and the Evolution of Social
In the debates which followed the publication of Darwin's book on the origin of species, Australian Aborigines were used as the ideal exemplars of early human forms by European scholars...