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Anthropology

1. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design

   Richard Dawkins

   "The best general account of evolution I have read in recent years."--E. O. Wilson. With a new introduction.More

2. The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives

   Heather McKillop

   "Comprehensive…clearly written…Highly recommended."—ChoiceMore

3. How to Read Darwin

   Mark Ridley, Simon Critchley

   Intent on letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading classic authors, the How to Read series will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon.More

4. A Brief History of the Human Race

   Michael Cook

   "Enthralling....If so compact a book can be magisterial, [this] is it.—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World...    "A smart, literate survey of human life from paleolithic times until 9/11."—Edward Rothstein, The New York TimesMore

5. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis

   Glenn C. Conroy

   Second Edition

   This dynamic introduction to paleoanthropology presents the fossil evidence for human evolution and demonstrates how anthropologists interpret this evidence in light of the most current research.
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6. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

   Mary Roach

   "One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."—Entertainment WeeklyMore

7. The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging

   Bruce A. Carnes, S. Jay Olshansky

   "This is by far the best book I've read on the science of aging."—Andrew Weil, M.D.More

8. The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

   Bryan Sykes

   The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women. More

9. Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon

   Patrick Tierney

   The explosive and highly controversial National Book Award finalist that has forever changed the discipline of anthropology.More

10. The Zuni Enigma: A Native American People's Possible Japanese Connection

    Nancy Yaw Davis

    "A stunning and carefully supported argument that should stir useful discussion.... [An] exciting, groundbreaking work."—BooklistMore

11. The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Second Edition

    A new edition of the beautifully illustrated depiction of the dramatic story of survival and extinction.More

12. Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology

    Harold Klawans

    A master neurologist's clinical tales—both funny and profound—of the evolution of the brain.More

13. Darwin

    Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman

    Third Edition

    "The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.More

14. The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

    Marcel Mauss, W. D. Halls

    Since its first publication in English in 1954, The Gift, Marcel Mauss's groundbreaking study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure, has been acclaimed as a classic among anthropology texts.More

15. Rosalind Franklin and DNA

    Anne Sayre

    Rosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.
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