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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Best Price: $7.48 This book was very well written. Before starting, I was worried that it would be a rather dry...	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Best Price: $14.91 Guns, Germs and Steel is a scientific historical treatment on the rise and fall of civilizations...	The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) Best Price: $6.85 Hey, my review is going to be broken down in to four sections, the introduction, the information...	Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (California Series in Public Anthropology, 4) Best Price: $11.68 Paul Farmer has long been famous, I take it, within the medical community as a brave lifesaver...	The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics Best Price: $14.53 Shermer attempts to synthesize a wide range of findings about how humans often behave in a...



The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World Best Price: $22.99 This book is sort of rare for me, who generally reads items cover to cover. Some chapters of it...	The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know Best Price: $17.96 I agree that every American should be culturally literate; however, many entries in this book...	Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge Best Price: $64.20 Explore the most fascinating, creative, dangerous, and complex species alive today: you and your...	The Seven Daughters of Eve Best Price: $8.95 I read this book because I had read about National Geographic's Genome Project including the...	The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do Best Price: $7.54 Nice stories, good observations, simplistic expos?s and bold statements... but dubious...



Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of Best Price: $6.94 I have read quite a few Mayan books before this one, its a good one. I have a hard time hanging...	The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850 Best Price: $7.98 Interesting with several unique approaches. The problem for me rests with his intricate...	Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors Best Price: $8.29 Wonderful a book of distinction. Relates well with Spenser Wells. The whole National...	Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution Best Price: $11.27 I suppose that McKenna must have been a charismatic individual. He seemed to wander with the...	Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues Best Price: $12.00 The context of epidemics is important. What happens to the poor people who have drug resistant...

Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs Best Price: $15.96 "All I ask is that viewers not assume that the profession is inherently degrading. It's...	The Cosmic Serpent Best Price: $8.41 Apparently countless civilizations have recognized the serpent or other double-helix like shapes...	The Songlines Best Price: $7.97 The first sentence sounded promising:"In Alice Springs - a grid of scorching streets where...	The Origin of Species Best Price: $4.76 I read this book, here in Brazil.The author, Darwin was an atheist and a racist.Writen at the...	Insomniac Best Price: $18.25 What did I like best about this book? It did not blame me for my insomnia. It did not patronize...

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image Best Price: $8.85 I enjoyed this book a lot - it's very well written and I admire the breath of research the...	Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent Best Price: $5.39 I've been reading this book for the past few days and I am appalled at how biased it is against...	We Give Our Hearts to Dogs to Tear: Intimations of their Immortality Best Price: $27.95 This modern-day Pioneer family gave up a secure life as a tenured college Professor of...	Primitive Technology - A Book of Earth Skills Best Price: $11.99 The book is an overview of a wide range of skills and lacks details on how on how to do them.	Transforming Worldviews: An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change Best Price: $15.21 Transforming worldviews covers a full range of anthropological ideas and applies them to the...

Poland Best Price: $3.97 I finished Poland on the heels of Mila 18 by Uris and it gave me the back drop of the country...	Introduction to Physical Anthropology Best Price: $65.16 Thank you so much for the book. It was in great condition, and was shipped quickly. Hope to do...	The World of Myth: An Anthology Best Price: $10.99 The World of Myth was my textbook for a college course on world mythology. It is a handy...	Joie de Vivre: Simple French Style for Everyday Living Best Price: $18.00 I can't believe only one other person gave this a poor rating. Maybe the others didn't even...	Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind (Modern Library Chronicles) Best Price: $7.00 In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human...

Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus Best Price: $11.01 I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It's an in depth analysis of the culture of...	Essentials of Physical Anthropology (with InfoTrac ) Best Price: $48.98 This mainstream, four-color physical anthropology text is the best selling text in the brief...	The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles Best Price: $14.81 Lipton's book turns our understanding of the world inside out: it is not the DNA inside the...	The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic Best Price: $7.98 Wade Davis has written a remarkable book here. Although he went to Haiti on a scientific...	The School and Society & The Child and the Curriculum Best Price: $4.45 This great book contains two Dewey classics: (1) The School and Society; and, (2) The Child and...

Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (New Report, No 4) Best Price: $8.81 This is mis-labeled. There is a link from the paperback book to this article. I mistook it as...	The DIY Bride: 40 Fun Projects for Your Ultimate One-of-a-Kind Wedding Best Price: $12.12 This book does have a very detailed, excellent series of DIY projects, which would be perfect...	Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History Best Price: $8.21 Someone scribbled the following on the first page of the introduction of my copy of this book:...	One River Best Price: $7.99 'One River' is full of great stories and anecdotes as well as a sense of place and time that are...	Beyond Culture Best Price: $4.89 I have read it at least 6 times since it was originally published. It speaks to the current...

The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) Best Price: $15.71 I read this book while taking an undergraduate sociocultural anthropology class. Several years...	The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality Best Price: $10.11 Don't let the title fool you. Especially if you already believe that Euro-centric history is...	Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology (12th Edition) (MyAnthroKit Series) Best Price: $34.80 Definately, this is one of the best Anthropology-oriented books I've read, academically or for...	The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition Best Price: $29.47 It's worth picking up a copy, alot of information in there. Good thick book. Glad i bought it.	The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History Best Price: $6.00 This book provides a fascinating perspective on history and current society. If you are...

Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology Best Price: $13.55 Really, what is the difference between a nip and a bite? They look the same, when you are...	The Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke Best Price: $7.30 Cannot see any great spiritualism here. Altogether a very disappointing experience. A Karate...	The Hidden Dimension Best Price: $7.89 I read this book in the 70's and loved it. It was eye-opening, and I was astounded by his level...	The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal Best Price: $7.89 A stirring look at the primal factors driving man in the art of Love, the doldrums of Work and...	The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body Best Price: $10.38 I have long suspected that music must be connected to language and that the evolution of...

Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Best Price: $6.57 After disheartening forays into text books and frustration at readers that are either too...	The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing Best Price: $19.94 Assisted by a talented science writer, child psychiatrist Bruce Perry presents a series of...	Amish Society Best Price: $6.97 Very informative book. Definitely not a light read but will leave you with a good understanding...	Black Skin, White Masks Best Price: $11.20 If you want to understand racial identity, you should read Fanon's approach. The most...	Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman Best Price: $6.25 After reading this text, it is very clear to me why Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman is...

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples Best Price: $21.50 I first read this book for a course in Sociocultural Theory in Anthropology. It has stayed on...	Annual Editions: Anthropology 08/09 (Annual Editions : Anthropology) Best Price: $21.87 the book came in perfect condition. the shipping took a little longer than expected but it was...

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