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The First Global Village - How Portugal Changed the World

by Martin Page

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 "Portugal is Europe’s south-western extremity, washed by the Atlantic, and warmed by the Mediterranean sun. Alone among Iberia’s ancient kingdoms in its independence from Spain, it is a nation about half the size of Florida, with two-thirds the population. Yet, over centuries, it has influenced the lives of the rest of us far more than many much larger and more powerful countries. The Portuguese gave the English afternoon tea, and Bombay the key to empire. They brought to Africa protection from Malaria, and slave-shipments to America; to India, higher education, curry, and samosas; to Japan, tempura and firearms. Portugal entered the 21st century as the first European nation to have freed itself from communism, returned to democracy, and set about rebuilding itself as a vital part of the new Europe." (from the back cover)
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Exercised - The Science Of Physical Activity, Rest And Health

by Daniel E. Lieberman

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 The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing. In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagued by misconceptions, finger-pointing and anxiety. But, as Daniel Lieberman shows in Exercised, the first book of its kind by a leading scientific expert, we never evolved to exercise. We are hardwired for moderate exertion throughout each day, not triathlons or treadmills. Drawing on over a decade of high-level scientific research and eye-opening insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman explains precisely how exercise can promote health; debunks persistent myths about sitting, speed, strength and endurance; and points the way towards more enjoyable and physically active living in the modern world.
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21 Lessons For The 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari

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The Freedom Writers Diary - How A Teacher And 150 Teens Used Writing To Change Themselves And The World Around Them

by Erin Gruwell e Freedom Writers

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The Mushroom At The End Of The World - On The Possibility Of Life In Capitalist Ruins

by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

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 What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet. Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing's account of these sought-after fungi offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: What manages to live in the ruins we have made? The Mushroom at the End of the World explores the unexpected corners of matsutake commerce, where we encounter Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human devastation. The Mushroom at the End of the World delves into the relationship between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, the prerequisite for continuing life on earth.
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The Trials Of Life - A Natural History Of Animal Behaviour

by David Attenborough

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 The third and final updated edition of David Attenboroughâ€™s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.
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The Status Game - On Human Life And How To Play It

by Will Storr

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 â€˜Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas â€¦ The Status Game might be his best yetâ€™ James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times
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The Crowd

by Gustave Le Bon

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 One of the most influential books on social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive in the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd. A must-read for students, politicians, and investors.
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Disaster Nationalism - Tsunami And Civil War In Sri Lanka

by Vivian Y. Choi

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 Examines how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami fostered new forms of governance and militarization during Sri Lankaâ€™s decades-long civil war. Foregrounding ethnographic narratives, Choi amplifies the experiences of those affected by the tsunami, and shows how life perseveres against perpetual uncertainty and dangerâ€"caused by natural disasters and state-sanctioned violence alike.
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The Trilobite Collector'S Guide

by Andy Secher

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 Andy Secherâ€"one of the most prolific trilobite collectors in the worldâ€"takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening journey to the distant epoch when these ancient arthropods swarmed through the seas.
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As If Already Free - Anthropology And Activism After David Graeber

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 A new look at a brilliant radical legacy
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Sinews Of War And Trade - Shipping And Capitalism In The Arabian Peninsula

by Laleh Khalili

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 How shipping is central to the very fabric of global capitalism.
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The Anthropology Of Childhood - Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings

by David F. (Utah State University) Lancy

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 Based on over 100 years of findings from anthropological scholarship, this book paints a nuanced and credible picture of childhood in different cultures, past and present. Now in its third edition, it has been updated with a number of new topics, and includes over 350 new sources.
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Ritual In Human Evolution And Religion - Psychological And Ritual Resources

by Matt J. Rossano

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 This book explores the role of ritual in social life, human evolution, and religion. It explains the functions and purpose of varied rituals across the world by arguing they are mechanisms of â€˜resource managementâ€™, providing a descriptive tool for understanding rituals and generating predictions about ritual survival.
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Krav Maga And The Making Of Modern Israel - For Zion'S Sake

by Andrea Molle

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 The book examines the deep interplay of martial arts, combative, and self-defense practices with nationalism and ethno-religious politics.
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Fragments Of An Anarchist Anthropology

by David Graeber

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 Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of romanticism, respond with silence...
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The Gift - How The Creative Spirit Transforms The World

by Lewis Hyde

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 Introduced by Margaret Atwood
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Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard Wrangham

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 Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour.
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Teaching Critical Thinking - Practical Wisdom

by Bell (Berea College, Usa) Hooks

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 In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.
Consider The Lobster - Essays And Arguments

by David Foster Wallace

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 A brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays from the award-winning author of the bestseller INFINITE JEST
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The Protestant Ethic And The "Spirit" Of Capitalism And Other Writings

by Max Weber

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 In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.
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The Ethnic Origins Of Nations

by Anthony D. (London School Of Economics) Smith

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 This book is an excellent, comprehensive account of the ways in which nations and nationhood have evolved over time. Successful in hardback, it is now available in paperback for a student audience.
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The Continuum Concept

by Jean Liedloff

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 Introduces the idea that in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings - especially babies - require the kind of instinctive nurturing as practiced by our ancient relatives. This book suggests practical ways to regain our natural well-being, for our children and ourselves.
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The Vocation Lectures - "Science As A Vocation"; "Politics As A Vocation"

by Max Weber

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 Originally published separately, Weber's 'Science as a Vocation' and 'Politics as a Vocation' stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to authority; and the nature and status of political claims and the.
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