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West of Kabul, East of New York
An Afghan American Story
Tamim Ansary
Picador
"In the weeks after September 11 . . . Tamim Ansary delivered us from text into context, from crisis into history, from isolation into geography, from a world shattered to one that, having lived through millennia of shatterings, stays mournfully round, and around . . . Mr. Ansary, a California writer and editor, has put this and much else into
West of Kabul, East of New York
, a book that steadies our skittering compass."—
Richard Eder,
The New York Times
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The Mourner's Dance
What We Do When People Die
Katherine Ashenburg
North Point Press
"Fascinating . . . While
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is not intended to be a self-help book, readers who have undergone the death of a loved one might find solace and wisdom in the collective human experience of loss it illuminates."—
Donna Marchetti,
The Plain Dealer
(Cleveland)
"An elegant, deeply informative text [that] weaves rich scholarship [into] family history, folk tradition, and manifest humanity. In a way that Jessica Mitford never could, Ashenburg understands the verities of
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Thomas Lynch, author of
The Undertaking
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The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
Katherine Ashenburg
North Point Press
The question of cleanliness is one every age and culture has answered with confidence. For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a two-hour soak in baths...
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Stealing History
Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World
Roger Atwood
St. Martin's Griffin
Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and...
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The Myth of Monogamy
Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People
David P. Barash, Ph.D. and Judith Eve Lipton, M.D.
Holt Paperbacks
"The revelation that social pair-bonds do not necessarily imply exclusive mating relationships has spurred a revolution in how scientists think about mating systems. This book explores when and why social and sexual monogamy often do not coincide."—
Paul W. Sherman, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
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Evil
Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Roy F. Baumeister, Ph.D.; With a New Foreword by Aaron Beck
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Why is there evil, and what can scientific research tell us about the origins and persistence of evil behavior? Considering evil from the unusual perspective...
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White Lies
Race and the Myths of Whiteness
Maurice Berger
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The acclaimed work that debunks our myths and false assumptions about race in America Maurice Berger grew up hypersensitized to race in the charged...
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Adam's Tongue
How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans
Derek Bickerton
Hill and Wang
“The great puzzle of how human language evolved, and how it relates to animal communication, is tackled here with enthusiasm and directness by the always interesting Derek Bickerton. Being neither a complete gradualist nor a believer in Divine sparks, the author touches on all the issues and positions that are hotly debated today.”—
Frans de Waal, Professor of Psychology, Emory University, and author of
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
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Bastard Tongues
A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages
Derek Bickerton
Hill and Wang
"
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is gossipy, vain and pugilistic—in other words, all the juicy things an academic memoir should be but too rarely is."—
Michael Erard,
The New York Times Book Review
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Virgin
The Untouched History
Hanne Blank
Bloomsbury USA
“A well-researched history of virginity…In an era marked by a ‘chaotic maelstrom of virginities,’ Blank’s book is a useful…antidote to our confusion.”—New York...
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The Other Side of Eden
Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of the World
Hugh Brody
North Point Press
"An informed, passionate and enlightening volume, one that draws on an exceedingly rich experience and adds new dimensions to our understanding of the diversity of human life."—
Richard Bernstein,
The New York Times
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown
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Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling history The New York Times called "Original, remarkable, and...
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Dee Brown's Folktales of the Native American
Retold for Our Times
Dee Brown; With illustrations by Louis Mofsie
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This comprehensive collection of Native American folklore draws on a unique oral tradition, illuminating for students the very roots of Native American...
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Land of the Lost Souls
My Life on the Streets
Cadillac Man
Bloomsbury USA
A moving, funny, and unforgettable memoir of homeless life in New York For the past sixteen years, Cadillac Man has lived on the streets of New York City....
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Yemen Chronicle
An Anthropology of War and Mediation
Steven C. Caton
Hill and Wang
"[
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Chronicle] focuses on the themes of violence, honor, and hospitality in Arabic tribal society, and cultural misunderstandings and the efforts of a nonnative to be accepted in another culture . . . I highly recommend [
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David M. Witty,
The Journal of Military History
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The Great Ape Project
Equality Beyond Humanity
Edited by Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer
St. Martin's Griffin
A compelling and revolutionary work that calls for the immediate extension of our human rights to the great apes. The Great Ape Project looks forward to a...
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How Race Is Lived in America
Pulling Together, Pulling Apart
Correspondents of The New York Times, Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld
Times Books
"This is reporting at its best. This is how sociology should be, a comprehensive view in depth on a major social problem in America. This will be a benchmark for all future inquiries."—
Daniel Bell, professor emeritus, Harvard University
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The Unfolding of Language
An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
Guy Deutscher
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[Deutscher is] excellent at introducing readers to new ideas and would serve well in the library of the armchair linguist or on the desktop of someone teaching undergraduate courses on language . . . [He is] skilled enough at [his] craft that [he] often sum[s] up a complex idea in a pithy way that will have you reaching for the highlighter."—
Academia
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Sidewalk
Mitchell Duneier; Photographs by Ovie Carter; Foreword by Hakim Hasan
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
“A necessary book . . . A work of frontline reportage, an inquiry into the economic and political and moral forces that are busy reconfiguring the city, [and] an urgent plea for justice, however couched it is in the careful, procedural, understating style of fieldwork.”—
Luc Sante
, The Village Voice Literary Supplement
L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner - Current Interest
Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee - Adult Nonfiction
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Blood Rites
Origins and History of the Passions of War
Barbara Ehrenreich
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An ALA Notable Book A New York Times Notable Book In Blood Rites, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the mystery of the human attraction to violence: What draws...
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Dancing in the Streets
A History of Collective Joy
Barbara Ehrenreich
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"[Ehrenreich's] history of collective joy . . . is lurid and alluring . . . Combining thorough research with her tart, skeptical eye, Ehrenreich constructs a vivid narrative of early Christianity and 'deliberately nurtured
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Dancing in the Streets
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Mark Coleman,
Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Nine Hills to Nambonkaha
Two Years in the Heart of an African Village
Sarah Erdman
Picador
"Erdman sets about her incremental work—wheedling mothers to weigh their babies, gently broaching the scandalous topic of AIDS—with the eye of a social scientist and the ear of a poet. It was a long and fascinating trip, and her delightful telling of it has me hoping she'll be packing for another one soon."—
Steve Hendrix,
The Washington Post
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
Anne Fadiman
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"This is a captivating, riveting book—a must-read not only for medical professionals, anthropologists, and journalists, but for anyone interested in how to negotiate cultural difference in a shrinking world. Fadiman's ability to empathize with the resolutely independent Hmong as well as with the remarkable doctors, caseworkers, and officials of Merced County makes her narrative both richly textured and deeply illuminating. Sometimes the stakes here are multicultural harmony and understanding; sometimes they're literally life and death—whether in wartime Laos or in American emergency rooms. But whatever the stakes and wherever the setting, Fadiman's reporting is meticulous, and her prose is a delight. From start to finish, a truly impressive achievement."—
Michael Bérubé, author of
Life As We Know It
Boston Book Review - Winner - Nonfiction
L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner - Current Interest
National Book Critics Circle Awards - Winner - General Nonfiction
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Great Plains
Ian Frazier
Picador
National Bestseller With his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue-in-cheek humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Ian Frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000...
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