Anthropology
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The Everything Irish History & Heritage Book: From Brian Boru and St. Patrick to Sinn Fein and the Troubles, All You Need to Know about the Emerald Is
$15.99 Add to cartThere’s more to being Irish than kissing a Blarney Stone
Few places on earth match Ireland’s romantic attraction and historical legacy. Every year, millions of visitors flock to the ancient sites and- Series: Everything(r)
- Author: Blackwell, Amy Hackney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1580629806
- Language: English
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Understanding Human Evolution
$17.00 Add to cart- Series: Understanding Life
- Author: Tattersall, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1009101994
- Language: English
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Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)
$23.99 Add to cart“A lighthearted yet high-minded exploration of failure’s ability to serve as a gateway to grace. Readers will find this a balm.”–Publishers Weekly
Many of us spend our days feeling like we’re the only… [more below]- Author: Zahl, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1587436329
- Language: English
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The Christian Vision of Humanity
$19.95 Add to cartThe incredible technical achievements of recent history may make us feel little less than gods,” but we also find much that cuts us down. When we face our own limits and failures, upon what or whom ca
- Series: Zacchaeus Studies: Theology
- Author: Sachs, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0814657567
- Language: English
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Origin Africa: A Natural History
$39.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated journey through the evolution of Africa’s extraordinary natural world across deep time
Origin Africa is a unique introduction to the natural history and evolution of the most misr- Author: Kingdon, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0691228531
- Language: English
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Glass, Paper, Beans: Revolutions on the Nature and Value of Ordinary Things
$19.00 Add to cartOnce upon a time we knew the origins of things: what piece of earth the potato on our dinner plate came from, which well our water was dipped from, who cobbled our shoes, and whose cow provided the le… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Leah Hager
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 17 1998
- ISBN10: 038549257X
- Language: English
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Five Modern No Plays
$22.00 Add to cartFive No plays–one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world–from one of Japan’s outstanding post-war writers. – “Mishima’s is a wonderful, astonishing, and frightening c… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Mishima, Yukio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0307473112
- Language: English
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Kokoro: An Intimate Portrait of Japanese Inner Life
$14.99 Add to cart“The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). [This] word signifies also mind, in… [more below]
- Author: Hearn, Lafcadio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 4805317205
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World
$26.99 Read moreTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
“Secrets of the Sprakkar is a fascinating window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it’s worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the
- Author: Reid, Eliza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1728242169
- Language: English
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First Things, Last Things
$13.95 Add to cartEric Hoffer–one of America’s most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer–begins with a macro view on the progress of civilization, ending with his crucible vision on the unique and t
- Author: Hoffer, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 92
- Publish Date: October 28 2008
- ISBN10: 1933435275
- Language: English
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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
$24.95 Add to cartA Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty, injustice, and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala, offering “a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people” (The … [more below]
- Author: Menchu, Rigoberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1844674185
- Language: English
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Crowned with Glory and Honor: A Chalcedonian Anthropology
$50.00 Read moreJesus defines what it means to be human.
The field of theological anthropology is at a standstill, mired in debate between dualist and physicalist perspectives on body and soul. In Crowned with Glory- Series: Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology
- Author: Wilkinson, Michael A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1683597303
- Language: English
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Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society
$29.95 Add to cartA template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, for years to come.
Tales Of The San Francisco Cacophony Society tells the history of the most influential u… [more below]
- Author: Law, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: July 01 2019
- ISBN10: 086719877X
- Language: English
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The Day of Shelly’s Death: The Poetry and Ethnography of Grief
$24.95 Add to cartThis deeply moving collection of poetry by Renato Rosaldo focuses on the shock of his wife Michelle (Shelly) Rosaldo’s sudden death on October 11, 1981. Just the day before, Shelly and her family had … [more below]
- Author: Rosaldo, Renato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0822356619
- Language: English
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Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment
$14.95 Read moreA blending of art and pop cultural criticism about people who injure themselves for our entertainment or enlightenment.
A few weeks before he died, Hunter S. Thompson left an answerphone message for J- Author: Snow, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1913462463
- Language: English
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Who Are You, Really?: A Philosopher’s Inquiry Into the Nature and Origin of Persons
$31.99 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be human? What is a person? Where did we come from?
Many answers have been offered throughout history in response to these perennial questions, including those from biological, ant
- Author: Rasmussen, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1514003945
- Language: English
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How to Speak Midwestern
$18.95 Add to cart“A dictionary wrapped in some serious dialectology inside a gift book trailing a serious whiff of Relevance.”―The New York Times
In this book on Midwestern accents and sayings, Edward McClelland
- Author: McClelland, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0997774274
- Language: English
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
$26.99 Add to cartAn NBCC Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist
People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancie
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
One of The Economist‘s 2011 Books of the Year- Author: Bellos, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0865478767
- Language: English
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Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering
$26.99 Add to cartWorld Magazine Book of the Year
Creative Quarterly Professional Graphic Design Runner-Up
Christianity Today‘s Book of the Year Winner
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award“This book will make no attempt to de
- Author: Kapic, Kelly M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 0830851798
- Language: English
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Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
$19.95 Add to cartThis collection of powerful stories reveals the complex and wondrous world of the Blackfoot nation in the nineteenth century. The thirty tales transcribed by George Bird Grinnell provide an intimate l… [more below]
- Author: Grinnell, George Bird
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: October 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0803271093
- Language: English
