anthropology
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Being Human: The Nature of Spiritual Experience
- £15.00
- Who is right about what it means to be human? The Greeks envisioned an ideal humanity. Their ethereal sculptures depict a transcendent, spiritual model. But today many scientists view human beings as mere machines. And some believe we will be able to make machines with human-like intelligence in the near…
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Home Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
- £12.00
- Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going. 'Spellbinding' Guardian The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares…
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Journey Down A Rainbow
- £30.00
- Mr & Mrs Priestley visited the American South-West in the late autumn of 1954 with a set purpose: to observe and reflect upon man, as a social animal (i) in primitive society, a form of which still persists in New Mexico, (ii) in the booming technocracy of mid-twentieth century Texas.…
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- £10.00
- What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered…
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Scottish Pageant
- £15.00
- Agnes Mure Mackenzie CBE (1891-1955) was a Scottish historian and writer who wrote a 6-volume history of Scotland. Towards the end of her life she also wrote a 4-volume Scottish Pageant (oif which this was the first) presenting translated excerpts of important documents from Scottish history.
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
- £20.00
- From the author of No.1 international bestseller Collapse, a mesmerizing portrait of the human past that offers profound lessons for how we can live today Visionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond changed the way we think about the rise and fall of human civilizations with his previous international bestsellers Guns, Germs…
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Up with Authority: Why We Need Authority to Flourish as Human Beings
- £25.00
- Authority is something we experience every day, but is it necessary? Many think that it is not, and that it exists only as a remedy for some defect in us. Victor Lee Austin sets about exploring the higher and nobler functions of authority, and in doing so reveals its human…
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Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America
- £25.00
- Walt Disney World is a pilgrimage site filled with utopian elements, craft, and whimsy. ItÕs a pedestrianÕs world, where the streets are clean, the employees are friendly, and the trains run on time. All of its elements are themed, presented in a consistent architectural, decorative, horticultural, musical, even olfactory tone,…
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Being Human: The Nature of Spiritual Experience
- £15.00
- Who is right about what it means to be human? The Greeks envisioned an ideal humanity. Their ethereal sculptures depict a transcendent, spiritual model. But today many scientists view human beings as mere machines. And some believe we will be able to make machines with human-like intelligence in the near…
- Add to basket
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Home Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
- £12.00
- Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going. 'Spellbinding' Guardian The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares…
- Add to basket
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Journey Down A Rainbow
- £30.00
- Mr & Mrs Priestley visited the American South-West in the late autumn of 1954 with a set purpose: to observe and reflect upon man, as a social animal (i) in primitive society, a form of which still persists in New Mexico, (ii) in the booming technocracy of mid-twentieth century Texas.…
- Add to basket
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- £10.00
- What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered…
- Add to basket
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Scottish Pageant
- £15.00
- Agnes Mure Mackenzie CBE (1891-1955) was a Scottish historian and writer who wrote a 6-volume history of Scotland. Towards the end of her life she also wrote a 4-volume Scottish Pageant (oif which this was the first) presenting translated excerpts of important documents from Scottish history.
- Add to basket
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
- £20.00
- From the author of No.1 international bestseller Collapse, a mesmerizing portrait of the human past that offers profound lessons for how we can live today Visionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond changed the way we think about the rise and fall of human civilizations with his previous international bestsellers Guns, Germs…
- Add to basket
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Up with Authority: Why We Need Authority to Flourish as Human Beings
- £25.00
- Authority is something we experience every day, but is it necessary? Many think that it is not, and that it exists only as a remedy for some defect in us. Victor Lee Austin sets about exploring the higher and nobler functions of authority, and in doing so reveals its human…
- Add to basket
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Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America
- £25.00
- Walt Disney World is a pilgrimage site filled with utopian elements, craft, and whimsy. ItÕs a pedestrianÕs world, where the streets are clean, the employees are friendly, and the trains run on time. All of its elements are themed, presented in a consistent architectural, decorative, horticultural, musical, even olfactory tone,…
- Add to basket