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Guns, Germs and Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition
Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 592 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of SapiensA short history of everybody...
The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent
Author: Richard Wrangham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 It may not always seem so, but day-to-day interactions between individual humans are extraordinarily peaceful. That is not to say that...
A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea
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Author: Don Kulick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Renowned linguistic anthropologist Don Kulick first went to study the tiny jungle village of Gapun in New Guinea over thirty years...
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health
Author: Daniel Lieberman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing...
Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
Author: Dimitris Xygalatas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Xygalatas is a brilliant polymath ... An important intellectual contribution and a true delight' - Paul Bloom, The Sweet Spot: The...
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
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Author: Simon Winchester Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . ....
England: A Class of Its Own: An Outsider's View
Author: Professor Detlev Piltz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A wry, affectionate and amusing take on English class and customs from an outsider's perspective. For years German lawyer and...
The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent
Author: Richard Wrangham Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 'A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical...
Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth
Author: John McManus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Just 70 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden...
In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology
Author: Lucy Moore (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 In the late nineteenth century when non-European societies were seen merely as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how civilisation...
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings
Author: Matt Lodder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made...
Explaining Humans: Winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2020
Author: Camilla Pang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 How proteins, machine learning and molecular chemistry can teach us about human behaviour WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT...
Song from the Forest: My Life among the Pygmies
Author: Louis Sarno Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 As a young man, American Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio that gripped his imagination. With some...
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings
Author: Matt Lodder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made...
Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind: The Beginnings of Humankind
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Author: Donald C. Johanson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 409 "A glorious success...The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip" (San Franscisco Chronicle)...
The Naked Neanderthal
Author: Ludovic SlimakFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 158g, 208 pagesPublished: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024In this acclaimed bestseller, an explorer and Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey...
Landscapes of Silence: From Childhood to the Arctic
Author: Hugh Brody Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 This is a book about silences. And land. It is about a childhood in England in the shadow of the Second...
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
Author: Gaia Vince Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019- the astonishing story of how culture enabled us to become the most successful...
The Handshake: A Gripping History
Author: Ella Al-Shamahi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Strangers do it, friends do it, politicians do it and so do chimpanzees: in fact, the handshake is so deeply embedded...
Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
Author: Thomas Chatterton Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME 'MUST-READ' 'An extraordinarily thought-provoking memoir that makes a controversial contribution to...
Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies
Author: Edward O. Wilson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Forming a twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution, Edward O. Wilson offers a bold work of scientific thought and...
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness
Author: Charles Foster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'A wonderful, wild, dazzling book. You will feel more human for having read it' - Literary Review 'Foster's daringly imaginative exploration...
Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human
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The Government of Emergency: Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Security
Author: Stephen J. Collier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 The origins and development of the modern American emergency state From pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming,...
A Billion Voices
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Land is Life: From Bush to Town: the Story of the Yanyuwa People
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The Ape and the Sushi Master
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 Over the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how...
The Fossil Trail
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Indonesia in Focus: Ancient Traditions - Modern Times
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Prehistoric Man: The Dawn of Our Species
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Author: Zdenek BurianBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamlyn, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the evolutionary journey of early humans, detailing the emergence of Homo sapiens from their...
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...
Missing Links: The Hunt for Earliest Man
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Author: John ReaderBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the search for the earliest human ancestors, delving into the discoveries and theories that...
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...
Pictorial Encyclopaedia of the Evolution of Man
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Author: J. JelinekBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamlyn, 1976, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a visual journey through the evolution of humanity, featuring illustrations and informative text...
The Green Eyes are Buffaloes
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Author: Stewart AllanBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1969Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Green Eyes are Buffaloes is a captivating exploration of identity and cultural themes, woven through...
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...
The Wisdom of Bones: In Search of Human Origins
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Author: Alan Walker, Pat ShipmanBinding: SoftbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, TPS, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the evolution of humans through the study of...
Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island
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Author: Thor HeyerdahlBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1958Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn 'Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island,' Thor Heyerdahl recounts his fascinating journey...
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...
Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body in Western Societies
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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...