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The Last of the Nomads
Described by the Australian Book Review as 'deeply moving', this is the story of Warri and Yatungka, an exiled couple who spent thirty years exiled in the Gibson Desert. Partners...
By Noon Prayer: The Rhythm of Islam
A groundbreaking anthropological analysis of Islam as experienced by Muslims, By Noon Prayer builds a conceptual model of Islam as a whole, while travelling along a comparative path of biblical,...
Show of Justice: Racial 'Amalgamation' in Nineteenth Century New Zealand
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Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER
Author: Dr Alexa Hagerty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR CHOSEN BY FINANCIAL TIMES' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF...
Coming of Age in Iran: Poverty and the Struggle for Dignity
Author: Manata Hashemi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An inside look at young Iranians navigating poverty and stigma in a time of crisis Crippling sanctions, inflation, and unemployment have...
The Handshake: A Gripping History
Author: Ella Al-Shamahi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'A fabulously sparky, wide-ranging and horizon-broadening little study ... joyously unboring' - Sunday Times Friends do it, strangers do it and...
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...
The Yin and Yang of American Culture: A Paradox
Author: Eun Y. Kim Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Based on over thirty years of conversations and interactions with Americans and Asians, Korean American Eun Kim presents American virtues...
Throwim Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds
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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...
The Handshake: A Gripping History
Author: Ella Al-Shamahi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 'A fabulously sparky, wide-ranging and horizon-broadening little study ... joyously unboring' - Sunday Times Friends do it, strangers do...
The Ape and the Sushi Master
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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...
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...