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Anthropology

1. Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun

   Liza Bakewell

   Why is the word madre, "mother," so complicated in Spanish—especially in Mexico?More

2. Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

   Elizabeth Wayland Barber

   "A fascinating history of . . . [a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book ReviewMore

3. The Mummies of Ürümchi

   Elizabeth Wayland Barber

   In the museums of Ürümchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region (also known as Chinese Turkestan), a collection of ancient mummies lies at the center of an enormous mystery.More

4. Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose

   Deirdre Barrett

   A Harvard psychologist explains how our once-helpful instincts get hijacked in our garish modern world.More

5. How Humans Evolved

   Robert Boyd, Joan B. Silk

   Fifth Edition

   With its unique blend of evolutionary theory, population genetics and behavioral ecology, How Humans Evolved provides students with the most contemporary and complete introduction to physical anthropology available.More

6. How Humans Evolved

   Robert Boyd, Joan B. Silk

   Sixth Edition

   The science of human evolution, not just the sites.More

7. The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton

   Fawn M. Brodie

   "Brilliant. . . . [Brodie's] scholarship is wide and searching, and her understanding of Burton and his wife both deep and wide. She writes with clarity and zest. The result is a first class biography of an exceptional man."—J. H. Plumb, New York Times Book ReviewMore

8. 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

9. 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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10. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis

    Glenn C. Conroy, Herman Pontzer

    Third Edition

    The definitive textbook for paleoanthropology courses.More

11. 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

12. Human Biology and Ecology

    Albert Damon, W. W. Howells, Romayne Timms

    This book is designed for introductory courses in physical anthropology or human biology where the emphasis is on human variation.More

13. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin: 1809-1882

    Charles Darwin, Nora Barlow

    The only complete edition.More

14. 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

15. The Darwin Reader

    Charles Darwin, Mark Ridley

    Second Edition

    "Here is Darwin in his own words, at once accessible and profound, ranging widely over many problems that fascinated him and through which he made discoveries that changed the world." —From the First EditionMore