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Stone Age Economics Marshall Sahlins 9781138702615
RRP: £16.99£15.22Since its first publication over forty years ago Marshall Sahlins's Stone Age Economics has established itself as a classic of modern anthropology and arguably one of the founding works of anthropological economics. Ambitiously tackling the nature of... -
History Through Material Culture by Dr. Leonie Hannan
RRP: £12.99£9.24History through material culture is a unique, step-by-step guide for students and researchers who wish to use objects as historical sources.Responding to the significant, scholarly interest in historical material culture studies, this book makes clear... -
A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace by Lynn Meskell
RRP: £37.99£23.72Best known for its World Heritage program committed to "the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity," the United Nations Educational, Scientific and... -
Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory by Michael A. Cremo 9780892133345
£36.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892133345Author Michael A. CremoFormat HardbackPage Count 554Imprint Bhaktivedanta Book TrustPublisher Bhaktivedanta Book TrustWeight(grams)... -
Nudism in a Cold Climate by Annebella Pollen
RRP: £25.00£17.13A fascinating glimpse into an experimental British nudist culture that radically challenged and transformed conventional attitudes to bodies and their representations This richly illustrated volume examines the idiosyncratic phenomenon of social... -
Philosophical Posthumanism Francesca Ferrando (New York University, USA) 9781350186019
£30.26The notion of 'the human' is in need of urgent redefinition. At a time of radical bio-technological developments, and in light of the political and environmental imperatives of our age, the term 'posthuman' provides an alternative. The philosophical... -
Deceit and Self-Deception: Fooling Yourself the Better to Fool Others by Robert L. Trivers
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Deceit and Self Deception Robert Trivers, whose work has been acclaimed by figures such as Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker, looks at how and why we so often deceive ourselves. We lie to ourselves every day: about how well we drive, how much we're... -
The Hundreds by Lauren Berlant
RRP: £19.99£17.54In The Hundreds Lauren Berlant and Kathleen Stewart speculate on writing, affect, politics, and attention to processes of world-making. The experiment of the one hundred word constraint-each piece is one hundred or multiples of one hundred words... -
Weimar Germany: The Republic of the Reasonable by Paul Bookbinder
RRP: £19.99£17.82The Weimar period, which extended from 1919 to 1933, was a time of political violence, economic crisis, generational and gender tension, and cultural experiment and change in Germany. Despite these major issues, the Republic is often treated only as a... -
Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion and Desire by David Graeber 9781904859666
RRP: £15.00£10.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904859666Author David GraeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 558g -
Outline of a Theory of Practice by Pierre Bourdieu
RRP: £27.99£20.57Outline of a Theory of Practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the... -
Ever Seen a Fat Fox?: Human Obesity Explored by Mike Gibney 9781910820087
RRP: £17.00£16.13Ever seen a fat fox? Didn't think so. Why it is that only humans - or animals in the care of humans - develop obesity? In Ever Seen a Fat Fox?: Human Obesity Explored Professor Mike Gibney delves into the history of the human relationship with food. He... -
Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
RRP: £22.95£18.38Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of engaging and understanding each other. How such singular human capacities... -
Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain by Tony Jefferson
RRP: £28.99£25.09Praise for the first edition:'No one seriously interested in youth mass culture or style can afford to ignore this work.' - Stanley Cohen, The Times Higher Education Supplement 'The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies deserves our gratitude for... -
Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths Helen Morales 9781472273642
RRP: £12.99£8.60A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyonce.The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways... -
The Semiotics of Love by Marcel Danesi 9783030181109
RRP: £19.99£11.67The Semiotics of Love brings together work on early symbolism, literary practices, and contemporary communication on the theme of romance and the idea of love to forge an understanding of the semiotic-cultural side of romance. Moving beyond psychological... -
The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill Tim Ingold 9781032052274
RRP: £36.99£32.53In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive new approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor... -
The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times Anthony DePalma 9781847925152
RRP: £20.00£18.02A revelatory account of life in one of the most restrictive, isolated and misunderstood places in the world. Famed for its equality and good health, sunshine and beauty, many celebrate Cuba, one of the world's five remaining Communist countries, for... -
Victorian Recipes by Pitkin
RRP: £5.00£3.73This charming little book provides a feast of original recipes from Victorian times, which are still perfectly reliable today. How about spring soup or mayonnaise of chicken in shells to start? Followed by toad in the hole made with steak and kidney,... -
Namibia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Sharri Whiting 9781857334739
RRP: £9.99£7.54Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
The Life of Lines by Tim Ingold 9780415576864
RRP: £39.99£35.06To live, every being must put out a line, and in life these lines tangle with one another. This book is a study of the life of lines. Following on from Tim Ingold's groundbreaking work Lines: A Brief History, it offers a wholly original series of... -
The Past is a Future Country: The Coming Conservative Demographic Revolution by Edward Dutton
RRP: £14.95£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360753Author Edward DuttonFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 13mm -
Have I Got Views For You by Boris Johnson
RRP: £12.99£8.48In his own inimitable style, Boris Johnson, the new Mayor of London, turns his attention to the culture, manners and morals of British society, giving us a humorous, at times furious, but always entertaining read. A witty anthology of pieces... -
Stuff Daniel Miller (University College London, UK) 9780745644240
RRP: £15.99£14.41Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of material things. This book shows why it is time to acknowledge and confront this neglect and how much we can... -
Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives by Peter Bellwood 9780731521326
RRP: £22.76£16.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780731521326Author Peter BellwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 359Imprint Department of Anthropology (Australian National UnPublisher Department of... -
Archaeology: The Basics Brian M. Fagan (University of California, USA) 9781032024813
RRP: £18.99£16.87Archaeology: The Basics, rewritten for this fourth edition, is a short, engaging book that takes the reader on a journey through the fascinating world of archaeology and archaeologists.Written in a non-technical style by two experienced archaeologists... -
With Two Souls: Two midwives' recollections of love, life, birth, and death in rural Ethiopia by Indie McDowell
RRP: £12.99£9.09Recollections of birth and death, joy and tragedy that reveal the reality of maternity care in a remote setting. In 2016, English midwife Indie joined the staff at Attat Hospital in south-western Ethiopia, where Atsede led the midwifery services. It... -
Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan Jose Millas
RRP: £14.99£9.80A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all. Perhaps he is a... -
Teddy Boys: A Concise History by Ray Ferris 9781908479181
RRP: £6.99£5.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908479181Author Ray FerrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 118g -
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time by Gaia Vince
RRP: £10.99£7.77* A TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR *From the prize-winning author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, the astonishing story of how culture enabled us to become the most successful species on Earth'A wondrous, visionary work' Tim Flannery, author of... -
Art Worlds, 25th Anniversary Edition by Howard Saul Becker
RRP: £30.00£23.69This classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who - along with the artist - "produce" a work of art. Howard S. Becker looks at the conventions... -
Nicaragua - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Russell Maddicks 9781857338768
RRP: £9.99£7.54Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
Autoethnography by Tony E. Adams 9780199972098
RRP: £43.99£26.91Autoethnography is a method of research that involves describing and analyzing personal experiences in order to understand cultural experiences. The method challenges canonical ways of doing research and recognizes how personal experience influences the... -
Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future by Johan Norberg
RRP: £10.99£7.77A Book of the Year for The Economist and the Observer Our world seems to be collapsing. The daily news cycle reports the deterioration: divisive politics across the Western world, racism, poverty, war, inequality, hunger. While politicians,... -
A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie 9781788738842
RRP: £14.99£10.77Enslaved West Indian women had few opportunities to record their stories for posterity. Yet from their dusty footprints and the umpteen small clues they left for us to unravel, there's no question that they earned their place in history. Pick any... -
The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English by Lynne Murphy
RRP: £9.99£7.11'The first and perhaps only book on the relative merits of American and British English that is dominated by facts and analysis rather than nationalistic prejudice. For all its scholarship, this is also a funny and rollicking read.' The Economist,... -
Ancient Iraq by Georges Roux
RRP: £16.99£12.28First published in 1964, Ancient Iraq is the classic work on Mesopotamia and the great civilizations that sprung from the region bounded by the Euphrates and Tigris. It remains an invaluable primer for anyone fascinated by the extraordinary ruins and... -
Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set by Gavin Van Horn
RRP: £85.00£55.05*2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment *2022 Nautilus Book Award Special Honors as Best of Anthology For readers of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Overstory From The Center for Humans and Nature, a collection in five... -
Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea and Japan by Michael Booth
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The next Bill Bryson' New York TimesTwo tigers cannot share the same mountain - Chinese proverbDespite geographical proximity, cultural similarities, and shared status as highly powerful nations, China, Korea and Japan love to hate each other. Why?In... -
The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction by Jonathan Sterne
RRP: £25.99£22.89The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With an ear for the unexpected, scholar and...