Cultural & Social
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Monumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past
$29.95 Read moreHow statues, heritage and the built environment have become the battleground for the culture wars
The past is weaponised in culture wars and cynically edited by those who wish to impose their ideology- Author: Bevan, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1839761873
- Language: English
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Raven’s Witness: The Alaska Life of Richard K. Nelson
$24.95 Read more2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner – Grand Prize
2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner – Mountain Literature- Richard K. Nelson was the host of the national public radio series, “Encounters”
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- Author: Lentfer, Hank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1680513079
- Language: English
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
$24.00 Read moreExamining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times–from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive–Victor Da… [more below]
- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 27 2002
- ISBN10: 0385720386
- Language: English
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The War on Critical Race Theory: Or, the Remaking of Racism
$19.95 Read more“Critical Race Theory” is consuming conservative America. The mounting attacks on a once-obscure legal theory are upending public schooling, legislating censorship, driving elections, and cleaving com
- Author: Goldberg, David Theo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1509558543
- Language: English
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Susegad: The Goan Art of Happiness
$14.95 Read more‘Susegad’ is a Konkani word that has no exact translation in English. Goans use it to convey the sense of contentment, fulfilment and relaxation that everyone associates with Goa and its culture. Clyd… [more below]
- Author: D’Souza, Clyde
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0670094579
- Language: English
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The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy with Recipes
$18.00 Read moreA delightful and hilarious classic about the joys of the table, The Physiology of Taste is the most famous book about food ever written. First published in France in 1825 and continuously in print eve
- Series: Vintage Classics
- Author: Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0307390373
- Language: English
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All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
$50.00 Add to cartCreated for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today.
In this visually stunning boo- Author: Miller, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1426219725
- Language: English
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Michael Chiago: O’Odham Lifeways Through Art
$26.95 Read moreThis book offers an artistic depiction of O’odham lifeways through the paintings of internationally acclaimed O’odham artist Michael Chiago Sr. Ethnobiologist Amadeo M. Rea collaborated with the artis… [more below]
- Series: Southwest Center
- Author: Chiago, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0816544751
- Language: English
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Humour
$15.00 Add to cartA compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture–by one of its greatest exponents
Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the natur- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0300255020
- Language: English
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Work: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Read moreThe image of a job captures our imagination from an early age, usually prompted by the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’. Work — paid, unpaid, voluntary, or obligatory — is woven i… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Fineman, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0199699364
- Language: English
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Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America
$19.99 Add to cartBarbara Ehrenreich’s New York Times bestselling Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America’s love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism
Americans- Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 03 2010
- ISBN10: 0312658850
- Language: English
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Hawaiki Rising: Hōkūle’a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance
$32.99 Read moreAttuned to a world of natural signs–the stars, the winds, the curl of ocean swells–Polynesian explorers navigated for thousands of miles without charts or instruments. They sailed against prevailing
- Author: Low, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: January 31 2018
- ISBN10: 0824877357
- Language: English
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Relic
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a signi- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 11 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765102282
- Language: English
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Un B?rbaro En Par?s: Textos Sobre La Cultura Francesa / A Barbarian in Paris. Wr Itings about French Culture
$19.95 Read moreEL LIBRO QUE CELEBRA LA ENTRADA DEL PREMIO NOBEL MARIO VARGAS LLOSA EN LA ACADEMIA FRANCESA
«La literatura francesa fue la mejor y sigue siéndolo. La más osada, la más libre, […] la que se … [more below]- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 6073826214
- Language: Spanish
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The Ultimate 70s Collection: Iconic Musicians and Albums, Movies That Defined a Generation, Legendary Toys and Videogames
$19.99 Read moreHow do you remember the seventies? Whether it’s as the “Me Decade,” the heatwave of 1976, or the Winter of Discontent, you’ll find something in these pages to stir up nostalgia for the pop culture tha… [more below]
- Author: Romero, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103789
- Language: English
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Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
$17.95 Read moreFrom love at first sight and infidelity to hook-up culture and “slow love,” Dr. Helen Fisher, the biological anthropologist and “renowned expert on the science of love” (Scientific American), explains
- Author: Fisher, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0393349748
- Language: English
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South Africa – Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
$14.99 Read moreSouth Africa has been described as “A World in One Country” and a “Rainbow Nation.” Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of th… [more below]
- Series: Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- Author: Morris, Isabella
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1857338723
- Language: English
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American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York
$35.00 Read moreA compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil
Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American- Author: Stolzenberg, Nomi M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0691199779
- Language: English
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Recipe
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Recipe reveals the surprising lessons that recipes teach, in addition to the obvious instruct- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Bloom, Lynn Z.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1501367102
- Language: English
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As If Already Free: Anthropology and Activism After David Graeber
$31.95 Read more“Contains precious insights into what made David Graeber the most innovative social thinker of our time, and why the legacy of his ideas will inspire projects of emancipation for generations” – David
- Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
- Author: High, Holly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0745348459
- Language: English
