Cultural & Social
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The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World . . .: Essays
$20.00 Add to cartDrawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber’s most important essays and interviews.
“The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is somethi- Author: Graeber, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1250397642
- Language: English
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Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island
$34.00 Add to cart“The true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues” — Ken Follett
“Revelatory…fascinating… wholly convincing” — Daily Mail (UK)
“Striking . . . a stunning unraveling of many
- Author: Pitts, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 006334467X
- Language: English
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Devil’s Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain
$19.99 Add to cart“Lively . . . excoriating, eloquent . . . We are all Faustians now.” — James Wood, The New Yorker
A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and b- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1685892078
- Language: English
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The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
$34.95 Add to cartBooks are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones– they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller s… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Joel J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088939
- Language: English
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The Body Digital: A Brief History of Humans and Machines from Cuckoo Clocks to ChatGPT
$19.99 Add to cartA dazzling tour of the history of technology and its complex relationship to the human body
What is the relationship between our bodies and our senses and technology? In today’s world of blinding tech- Author: Chang, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1685891977
- Language: English
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Studying the Image: Critical Issues in Anthropology for Christians
$34.00 Add to cartThe field of anthropology provides rich insights into the world of people and cultures. But it also presents challenges for Christians in the areas of cultural relativism, evolutionary theory, race an… [more below]
- Author: Meneses, Eloise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1532636679
- Language: English
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Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead
$39.95 Add to cartFrom the author of Gothic, a marvelously illustrated cultural history of graves and graveyards, from the earliest known burial sites to today’s green burials
Why, how, and where do we inter our dead?- Author: Luckhurst, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0691278377
- Language: English
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The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
$18.99 Add to cart“A rollicking tour through humanity’s evolutionary past, and von Hippel is the consummate tour guide. With equal parts wisdom, humor, authority, and charm, he shows how our past explains the present a
- Author: Von Hippel, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0062740407
- Language: English
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Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation
$23.99 Add to cartThe key to communication, says linguistic anthropologist Michael Agar, is understanding the context and culture of conversation. In Language Shock, Agar reveals how deeply our language and cultural v
- Author: Agar, Michael H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 16 1996
- ISBN10: 0688149499
- Language: English
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Primal Myths: Creation Myths Around the World
$21.99 Add to cartA comprehensive collection of creation stories ranging across widely varying times and cultures, including Ancient Egyptian, African, and Native American.
- Author: Sproul, Barbara C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 12 1979
- ISBN10: 0060675012
- Language: English
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The Overspent American
$16.99 Add to cartThe Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental “wish lists” of things to buy or get, a… [more below]
- Author: Schor, Juliet B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0060977582
- Language: English
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
$25.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
“Strikingly original . . . A historian whose argu- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0593734238
- Language: English
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Hegemony of Homogeneity: An Anthropological Analysis of Nihonjinron
$29.95 Add to cartMuch of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain stereotypes about the Japanese. Harumi Befu spearheaded the critique of the stereotypical and the essen… [more below]
- Series: Japanese Society
- Author: Befu, Harumi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 195
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1876843055
- Language: English
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Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline
$24.99 Add to cartOriginally published on the 100th anniversary of the science of ethnobotany, this voume provides a comprehensive summary of the history and modern state of the field. The 36 articles from scientists a… [more below]
- Author: Schultes, Richard Evans
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0881929727
- Language: English
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Design Against Racism: Creating Work That Transforms Communities
$24.95 Add to cartA historical and philosophical exploration of the impact of design on underserved communities, examining the field’s shortcomings as well as its potential to create positive change. Through essays tha… [more below]
- Author: Souza, Omari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1797223585
- Language: English
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Curious Coffins and Riveting Rituals: Death Practices Around the World
$26.95 Add to cartDiscover the world’s most fascinating death and funeral traditions in this illustrated modern-day memento mori.
Embark on a whirlwind tour of burial, preservation, and memorial practices and landmarks- Author: Liak, Yy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1797230042
- Language: English
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Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds
$43.43 Add to cartIn Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design’s world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attun… [more below]
- Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century
- Author: Escobar, Arturo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0822371057
- Language: English
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Me of Little Faith: More Me! Less Faith!
$27.00 Add to cartWhat do we believe? And for God’s sake why?
These are the thorny questions that Lewis Black, the bitingly funny comedian, social critic, and bestselling author, tackles in his new book, Me of Little F- Author: Black, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 02 2009
- ISBN10: 1594483779
- Language: English
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The Anthropology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$29.99 Add to cartExplore and understand the key ideas and movements in anthropology–the study of human societies and cultures and how they work.
What does it mean to be human? Why do we have rituals? How do family s- Series: DK Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0593966813
- Language: English
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Humanish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals about the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize
$30.00 Add to cartAnthropomorphism is the human tendency to attribute human-like thoughts, feelings, and intentions to non-human things. It’s a cognitive bias baked into the human mind that distorts our view of the wo
- Author: Gregg, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0316577588
- Language: English
