by Michael Pollan  
Powells.com Staff Pick I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Robert D Putnam
Publisher Comments In a groundbreaking bestseller based on vast new data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and our democratic structures--and tells how we may reconnect.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Charles C. Mann
Powells.com Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Christine Kenneally Publisher Comments An accessible exploration of a burgeoning new field: the incredible evolution of language The first popular book to recount the exciting, very recent developments in tracing the origins of language, The First Word is at the forefront of a controversial... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by David B. Goldstein Publisher Comments Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today's Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? These questions stand at the heart of this engaging book. Geneticist David... (read more) Your Price $26.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Dennis Tedlock Publisher Comments Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Michael Harner Publisher Comments The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--"The Chalice and the Blade" has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Colin Turnbull Publisher Comments "The Forest People" -- Colin M. Turnbull's best-selling, classic work -- describes the author's experiences while living with the BaMbuti Pygmies, not as a clinical observer, but as their friend learning their customs and sharing their daily life.<P... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Michelle Moran Publisher Comments A National Bestseller! “Meticulously researched and richly detailed . . . an engrossing tribute to one of the most powerful and alluring women in history.” –Boston Globe Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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Tuesday July 8, 2008
North Africa and the Middle East by Germaine Tillion Publisher Comments In this classic work, Germaine Tillion argues that the phenomenon of men killing their daughters, sisters, and wives over matters of sexual honor is not an aberration specific to Islam. Rather, it is part of a pagan Mediterranean legacy of marriage... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by James C. Scott Publisher Comments Everyday forms of peasant resistance.... (read more) List Price $28.50 Your Price $16.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Ian Hancock Publisher Comments Written by a Romani (gypsy), this introduction to Roma life, health, food, culture, and society provides an insightful look at this despised but mysterious minority originating in India. Extensively illustrated, it looks at the people, their history... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Paul Bahn Publisher Comments Rediscovering the past through archaeological finds is a deeply satisfying and culturally important process. From desert sands to high mountains, and from deep caves to elaborate monuments, this beautifully illustrated book provides a global survey of... (read more) Your Price $35.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Tobias Schneebaum Publisher Comments <div>Tobias Schneebaum here tells the remarkable story of his four years among the Asmat of New Guinea, a jungle-dwelling people rumored to have killed Michael Rockefeller. Instead of ferocious cannibals, Schneebaum found a regal, gentle... (read more) Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Edward Adams Hoebel Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-137).... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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