41 books in Social Science - Anth/Cultural
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Shakespeare and Modern Culture
Written by Marjorie Garber
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $17.00
From one of the world's premier Shakespeare scholars comes a magisterial new study whose premise is "that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare."
Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as "naturally" true: ideas about human character, individuality and selfhood, government, leadership, love... Read more >
Written by Marjorie Garber
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $17.00
From one of the world's premier Shakespeare scholars comes a magisterial new study whose premise is "that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare."
Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as "naturally" true: ideas about human character, individuality and selfhood, government, leadership, love... Read more >
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Written by Daniel L. Everett
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $16.00
A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil.
Daniel Everett arrived among the Pirahã with his wife and three young children hoping to convert the tribe to Christianity. Everett quickly became... Read more >
Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Written by Daniel L. Everett
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $16.00
A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil.
Daniel Everett arrived among the Pirahã with his wife and three young children hoping to convert the tribe to Christianity. Everett quickly became... Read more >
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The East, The West, and Sex
A History of Erotic Encounters
Written by Richard Bernstein
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $27.95
A rich and seductive narrative of the powerful erotic pull the East has always had for the West—a pervasive yet often ignored aspect of their long historical relationship—and a deep exploration of the intimate connection between sex and power.
Richard Bernstein defines the East widely—northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific... Read more >
A History of Erotic Encounters
Written by Richard Bernstein
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $27.95
A rich and seductive narrative of the powerful erotic pull the East has always had for the West—a pervasive yet often ignored aspect of their long historical relationship—and a deep exploration of the intimate connection between sex and power.
Richard Bernstein defines the East widely—northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific... Read more >
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Born to Run
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Written by Christopher McDougall
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $24.95
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance... Read more >
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Written by Christopher McDougall
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $24.95
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Down at the Docks
Written by Rory Nugent
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $24.95
“No writer I can think of, unless it is Sebastian Junger, might have written this obsessed, intrepid, and intelligent book.”
—Alec Wilkinson
“‘Nowhere in all America,’ wrote Herman Melville in Moby-Dick, ‘will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford.’ Not any- more. Down at the... Read more >
Written by Rory Nugent
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $24.95
“No writer I can think of, unless it is Sebastian Junger, might have written this obsessed, intrepid, and intelligent book.”
—Alec Wilkinson
“‘Nowhere in all America,’ wrote Herman Melville in Moby-Dick, ‘will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford.’ Not any- more. Down at the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Down at the Docks
Written by Rory Nugent
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $24.95
“No writer I can think of, unless it is Sebastian Junger, might have written this obsessed, intrepid, and intelligent book.”
—Alec Wilkinson
“‘Nowhere in all America,’ wrote Herman Melville in Moby-Dick, ‘will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford.’ Not any- more. Down at the... Read more >
Written by Rory Nugent
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $24.95
“No writer I can think of, unless it is Sebastian Junger, might have written this obsessed, intrepid, and intelligent book.”
—Alec Wilkinson
“‘Nowhere in all America,’ wrote Herman Melville in Moby-Dick, ‘will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford.’ Not any- more. Down at the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Nigger
The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Written by Randall Kennedy
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $12.95
Nigger: it is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history, though, at the same time, a word that reminds us of “the ironies and dilemmas, tragedies and glories of the American experience.” In this tour de force, distinguished Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy—author of the highly acclaimed Race... Read more >
The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Written by Randall Kennedy
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $12.95
Nigger: it is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history, though, at the same time, a word that reminds us of “the ironies and dilemmas, tragedies and glories of the American experience.” In this tour de force, distinguished Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy—author of the highly acclaimed Race... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Shakespeare and Modern Culture
Written by Marjorie Garber
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $30.00
From one of the world’s premier Shakespeare scholars, author of Shakespeare After All (“the indispensable introduction to the indispensable writer”–Newsweek): a magisterial new study whose premise is “that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare.”
Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as “naturally” our... Read more >
Written by Marjorie Garber
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $30.00
From one of the world’s premier Shakespeare scholars, author of Shakespeare After All (“the indispensable introduction to the indispensable writer”–Newsweek): a magisterial new study whose premise is “that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare.”
Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as “naturally” our... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Shakespeare and Modern Culture
Written by Marjorie Garber
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $30.00
From one of the world’s premier Shakespeare scholars, author of Shakespeare After All (“the indispensable introduction to the indispensable writer”–Newsweek): a magisterial new study whose premise is “that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare.”
Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as “naturally” our... Read more >
Written by Marjorie Garber
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $30.00
From one of the world’s premier Shakespeare scholars, author of Shakespeare After All (“the indispensable introduction to the indispensable writer”–Newsweek): a magisterial new study whose premise is “that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare.”
Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as “naturally” our... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Good Women of China
Hidden Voices
Written by Xinran
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to “open up” China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show... Read more >
Hidden Voices
Written by Xinran
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
When Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to “open up” China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Book of Peoples of the World
A Guide to Cultures
Edited by Wade Davis, K. David Harrison and Catherine Herbert Howell
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $40.00
As cultures and languages disappear from the Earth at a shocking rate, it becomes all the more urgent for us to know and value the world’s many ethnic identities. National Geographic’s Book of Peoples of the World propels that important quest with concern, authority, and respect. Created by a team of... Read more >
A Guide to Cultures
Edited by Wade Davis, K. David Harrison and Catherine Herbert Howell
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $40.00
As cultures and languages disappear from the Earth at a shocking rate, it becomes all the more urgent for us to know and value the world’s many ethnic identities. National Geographic’s Book of Peoples of the World propels that important quest with concern, authority, and respect. Created by a team of... Read more >
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Failed God
Fractured Myth in a Fragile World
Written by John A. Rush Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $28.95
On a 2001 trip to the cathedrals of Europe, anthropologist John Rush and his wife entered St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and encountered a mosaic depicting Jesus surrounded by mushrooms with an Amanita muscaria cap in his hand. Examining the space with new eyes, they discovered images of mushrooms and mind-altering... Read more >
Fractured Myth in a Fragile World
Written by John A. Rush Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $28.95
On a 2001 trip to the cathedrals of Europe, anthropologist John Rush and his wife entered St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and encountered a mosaic depicting Jesus surrounded by mushrooms with an Amanita muscaria cap in his hand. Examining the space with new eyes, they discovered images of mushrooms and mind-altering... Read more >
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What the World Eats
Written by Faith D'Aluisio
Photographed by Peter Menzel
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Price: $22.99
Sitting down to a daily family meal has long been a tradition for billions of people. But in every corner of the world this age-old custom is rapidly changing. From increased trade between countries to the expansion of global food corporations like Kraft and NestlŽ, current events are having a tremendous... Read more >
Written by Faith D'Aluisio
Photographed by Peter Menzel
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Price: $22.99
Sitting down to a daily family meal has long been a tradition for billions of people. But in every corner of the world this age-old custom is rapidly changing. From increased trade between countries to the expansion of global food corporations like Kraft and NestlŽ, current events are having a tremendous... Read more >
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The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee
Observations on Not Fitting In
Written by Paisley Rekdal
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
"Witty, original, and authentic. A fresh,
young Chinese-American voice."
--Adeline Yen Mah,
author of Falling Leaves
As the daughter of a Chinese-American mother and a Norwegian father, Paisley Rekdal grew up wondering where she fit in. The essays in this, her shimmering nonfiction debut, tackle thorny issues--race and identity politics, interracial desire, what... Read more >
Observations on Not Fitting In
Written by Paisley Rekdal
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
"Witty, original, and authentic. A fresh,
young Chinese-American voice."
--Adeline Yen Mah,
author of Falling Leaves
As the daughter of a Chinese-American mother and a Norwegian father, Paisley Rekdal grew up wondering where she fit in. The essays in this, her shimmering nonfiction debut, tackle thorny issues--race and identity politics, interracial desire, what... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Out of It
A Cultural History of Intoxication
Written by Stuart Walton
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
“Who will ever relate the whole history of narcotica? It is almost the history of ‘culture,’ of our
so-called higher culture.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882
With Nietzsche’s question as his objective, Stuart Walton begins Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication—a heterodox and throughly engaging examination of intoxicants, from the more everyday substances... Read more >
A Cultural History of Intoxication
Written by Stuart Walton
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
“Who will ever relate the whole history of narcotica? It is almost the history of ‘culture,’ of our
so-called higher culture.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882
With Nietzsche’s question as his objective, Stuart Walton begins Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication—a heterodox and throughly engaging examination of intoxicants, from the more everyday substances... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Salonica, City of Ghosts
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Written by Mark Mazower
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.95
Salonica, City of Ghosts is an evocation of the life of a vanished city and an exploration of how it passed away. Under the rule of the Ottoman sultans, one of the most extraordinary and diverse societies in Europe lived for five centuries amid its minarets and cypresses on the shore... Read more >
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Written by Mark Mazower
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.95
Salonica, City of Ghosts is an evocation of the life of a vanished city and an exploration of how it passed away. Under the rule of the Ottoman sultans, one of the most extraordinary and diverse societies in Europe lived for five centuries amid its minarets and cypresses on the shore... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Hungry Planet
What the World Eats
Written by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: September 1, 2007
Price: $24.95
Read more >
What the World Eats
Written by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: September 1, 2007
Price: $24.95
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Hungry Planet
What the World Eats
Written by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
Format: Trade Paperback, 287 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2007
Price: $24.95
The age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France--and... Read more >
What the World Eats
Written by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
Format: Trade Paperback, 287 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2007
Price: $24.95
The age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France--and... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Por El Camino del Inca
Odisea de una mujer en el corazon de los andes
Written by Karin Muller
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $14.00
Read more >
Odisea de una mujer en el corazon de los andes
Written by Karin Muller
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $14.00
Read more >
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Himalaya
Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, and Hope
Written by Brot Coburn
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $35.00
Both a magnificent celebration and a call for compassion, Himalaya is a panorama of the unique history and uncertain future of the world's highest region and its colorful inhabitants. The awesome beauty of these lofty peaks, including Everest, Kanchenjunga, and Annapurna, is brought to life by gifted photographers like Steve McCurry... Read more >
Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, and Hope
Written by Brot Coburn
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $35.00
Both a magnificent celebration and a call for compassion, Himalaya is a panorama of the unique history and uncertain future of the world's highest region and its colorful inhabitants. The awesome beauty of these lofty peaks, including Everest, Kanchenjunga, and Annapurna, is brought to life by gifted photographers like Steve McCurry... Read more >
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Salonica, City of Ghosts
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Written by Mark Mazower
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $16.95
Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced... Read more >
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Written by Mark Mazower
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $16.95
Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride
Rituals of Womanhood
Written by Lisa Ling and Joanne Eicher
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $35.00
In a compelling exploration of all things female, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride celebrates the defining connections among women and honors their differences. Each chapter reveals the actions through which a woman connects with herself, with her family, with members of her community, and with other women—from quinceañera parties commemorating a Hispanic... Read more >
Rituals of Womanhood
Written by Lisa Ling and Joanne Eicher
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $35.00
In a compelling exploration of all things female, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride celebrates the defining connections among women and honors their differences. Each chapter reveals the actions through which a woman connects with herself, with her family, with members of her community, and with other women—from quinceañera parties commemorating a Hispanic... Read more >
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Hungry Planet
What the World Eats
Written by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
Format: Hardcover, 287 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2005
Price: $40.00
On the banks of Mali's Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the USA, the Ronayne-Caven family enjoys corndogs-on-a-stick with a tossed green salad. This age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as... Read more >
What the World Eats
Written by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
Format: Hardcover, 287 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2005
Price: $40.00
On the banks of Mali's Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the USA, the Ronayne-Caven family enjoys corndogs-on-a-stick with a tossed green salad. This age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Ice Maiden
Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
Written by Johan Reinhard
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2005
Price: $26.00
Read more >
Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
Written by Johan Reinhard
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2005
Price: $26.00
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Spiritual Tattoo
A Cultural History of Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, Branding, and Implants
Written by John Rush
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2005
Price: $18.95
Say "body modifications" and most people think of tattoos and piercings. They associate these mainly with the urban primitives of the 1980s to today and with primitive tribes. In fact, as this fascinating book shows, body mods have been on the scene since ancient times, traceable as far back as 1.5... Read more >
A Cultural History of Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, Branding, and Implants
Written by John Rush
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2005
Price: $18.95
Say "body modifications" and most people think of tattoos and piercings. They associate these mainly with the urban primitives of the 1980s to today and with primitive tribes. In fact, as this fascinating book shows, body mods have been on the scene since ancient times, traceable as far back as 1.5... Read more >
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