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1	Power of Myth more books like this by Joseph Campbell A series of interviews that Bill Moyers conducted with Joseph Campbell near the end of the scholar's life. They range across his writings and serve as a summing up. Each chapter has a focus on one aspect of myth as reflected in Campbell's writings and each conversation brings out the idea that myths go across time and are present in modern, ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.14! \| first editions
2	Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women more books like this by Geraldine Brooks This is the story of the author's journey toward an understanding of islamic women, and of often contradictory political, religious and cultural forces that shape their lives. This journey takes her to Iran, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to Jordan and throughout the Middle East. She does find feminism, and makes other startling discoveries that ... see all copies from £5.29! new only from £6.97! \| first editions
3	Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto more books like this by Chuck Klosterman From the author of "Fargo Rock City" comes another hilarious and discerning take on popular culture, exploring everything from the crucial role of breakfast cereal to how John Cusack films destroy the modern meaning of love. see all copies from £7.47! new only from £7.81! \| first editions
4	Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: Revised Edition more books like this by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. With a discussion guide and a new Epilogue by the author, this is the fifth anniversary edition of the bestselling work on the development of racial identity. see all copies from £6.44! new only from £7.09! \| signed copies
5	The Way Things Ought to Be more books like this by Rush Limbaugh Every week more than 11 million listeners on over 450 radio stations nationwide tune in to "The Rush Limbaugh Show", and his audience is sure to grow when his nationally syndicated television program debuts in September 1992. Now Limbaugh puts his conservative values, blunt talk, blistering attacks and scathing wit into print in his first book. see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
6	Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future more books like this by Bill McKibben In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. For the first time in human history, he observes, "more" is no longer synonymous with "better" indeed, for many of us, they have become almost opposites. McKibben puts forward a new way to think about the ... see all copies from £8.26! new only from £8.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities more books like this by Lawrence Cunningham CULTURE AND VALUES, Fifth Edition continues to combine balanced coverage of literature, art, music, and philosophy with sociological insight into the daily life of the characters in the unfolding drama of Western civilization. Available in two volumes, or as an alternate single volume without readings, this text remains the most readable and ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £25.54!
8	Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge more books like this by William A Haviland Comprehensive, readable and written for the student, Haviland/Prins/Walwrath/McBride's market-leading text, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, is a highly relevant, high-quality teaching tool. The narrative voice of the text has been thoroughly internationalized and the "we: they" Western voice has been replaced with an inclusive one that will resonate with ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36!
9	Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline more books like this by Robert H Bork In this "New York Times bestselling book, Robert H. Bork, our country's most distinguished conservative scholar, offers a prophetic and unprecedented view of a culture in decline, a nation in such serious moral trouble that its very foundation is crumbling: a nation that slouches not towards the Bethlehem envisioned by the poet Yeats in 1919, but ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Ugly American more books like this by William J Lederer Reissued in new trade paperback format and design, "The Ugly American" is the multi-million-copy bestseller that coined the phrase for tragic American blunders abroad. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £9.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Introduction to Physical Anthropology more books like this by Robert Jurmain Jurmain's best-selling text provides you with the course content you need to help you pass your biological/physical anthropology course. Through clear discussions that move from 'description' to interpretation, compelling visual content, cutting-edge research, and interactive multimedia, you'll discover life's history and the place of human beings ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.18! \| first editions
12 view cover	Strangers to These Shores: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States more books like this by Vincent N Parrillo The most up-to-date and comprehensive text available for the study of racial and ethnic relations in the United States. With the growing emphasis in courses on diversity in the United States, this book informs students about the nation's past and present multicultural realities. The book begins with an analysis of the stranger as a social ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £32.75! \| first editions
13 view cover	Cultural anthropology more books like this by Carol R Ember For introductory courses in Cultural Anthropology. This comprehensive text reflects recent anthropological research and controversial developments, while integrating features in each chapter to spark and maintain student interest. A focus on applied anthropology discusses the history and types in the United States and shows how the work of ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.10! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Library at Night more books like this by Alberto Manguel Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries. 'Libraries', he says, 'have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I've been seduced by their labyrinthine ... see all copies from £14.33! new only from £15.35! \| first editions
15 view cover	Man-Eaters of Kumaon more books like this by Jim Corbett Jim Corbett was every inch a hero, something like a "sahib" Davy Crockett: expert in the ways of the jungle, fearless in the pursuit of man-eating big cats, and above all a crack shot. Brought up on a hill-station in north-west India, he killed his first leopard before he was nine and went on to achieve a legendary reputation as a hunter. Corbett ... see all copies from £1.51! new only from £3.19! \| first editions
16 view cover	Kon-Tiki more books like this by Thor Heyerdahl "Kon-Tiki" is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.45! \| first editions
17 view cover	Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do more books like this by Studs Terkel In the first trade paperback edition of his national bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel presents "the real American experience" ("Chicago Daily News")--"a magnificent book. . . . A work of art. To read it is to hear America talking" ("Boston Globe"). see all copies from £6.80! new only from £10.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life more books like this by Robert N Bellah First published in 1985, "Habits of the Heart" continues to be one of the most discussed interpretations of modern American society, a quest for a democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions. In a new preface the authors relate the arguments of the book both to the current realities of American society and to the ... see all copies from £4.77! new only from £6.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Patterns of Culture more books like this by Ruth Benedict For more than a generation, this pioneering book has been an indispensable introduction to the field of anthropology. Here, in her study of three sharply contrasting cultures, Benedict puts forward her famous thesis that a people's culture is an integrated whole, a "personality writ large". Includes a preface from Margaret Mead. see all copies from £1.37! new only from £8.84! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Yanomamo more books like this by Napoleon A Chagnon Based on the author's extensive fieldwork, this classic ethnography, now in its fifth edition, focuses on the Yanomamo. These truly remarkable South American people are one of the few primitive sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This new edition includes events and changes that have occurred since 1992, including a recent trip by the author ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.11!
21 view cover	Cultural anthropology more books like this by Conrad Kottak Offering an introduction to cultural anthropology, this text focuses on preserving cultural diversity in the face of globalization. This sixth edition reflects world changes through a revision of both organization and content. Special features include two new chapters covering the demise of the Soviet Union and its attendant ethnic conflicts; the ... see all copies from £5.29! new only from £6.11! \| first editions
22 view cover	Race, Class, & Gender in the United States more books like this by Paula S Rothenberg see all copies from £5.46! new only from £38.19! \| first editions
23 view cover	Up in the Old Hotel more books like this by Joseph Mitchell Mitchell, the venerable New Yorker reporter, wrote these New York City sketches with a fine mixture of lucidity, grittiness, and wry humor. They include "Joe Gould's Secret," which was made into a movie in the year 2000. see all copies from £1.53! new only from £11.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles more books like this by Mike Davis No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without feeling it." To Mike Davis, the author of this fiercely elegant and wide-ranging work of social history, Los Angeles is both utopia and dystopia, a place where the last ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £8.16! \| first editions
25 view cover	Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology more books like this by Conrad Phillip Kottak Written by a prominent scholar in the field, this concise, up-to-date introduction to cultural anthropology carefully balances coverage of core topics with contemporary changes in the field. Since no single or monolithic theoretical perspective orients this book, instructors with a wide range of views and approaches can use it effectively. The ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.87!

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