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by Charles R Hale  Synopsis Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge... (read more) Your Price $31.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Zahi Hawass Publisher Comments The ultimate book on King Tut and his tomb—the most exciting archaeological find the world has ever known. The fabulous treasures of Tutankhamun have fascinated the public since their discovery by Howard Carter in 1922. Many books have been written... (read more) Your Price $80.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Phillip Dahl-bredine Synopsis The authors ask you to consider playing a new game, one in which everyone has a chance to win. They invite you into a community which can make the world bigger, richer, and more exciting for you, as their life among the Mixtec peoples has for them. You... (read more) Your Price $19.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Claudio Lomnitz Publisher Comments Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of death and of the death sign from sixteenth-century holocaust to contemporary Mexican... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by David Crystal Synopsis In this delightful excursion through the English language, Crystal combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and a traveler's observations to create a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account with the language and its speakers.... (read more) Your Price $23.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Elias Aboujaoude Publisher Comments In this compelling book, we meet a man who can't let anyone get within a certain distance of his nose, two kleptomaniacs from very different walks of life, an Internet addict who chooses virtual life over real life, a professor with a dangerous gambling... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Mark Lehner Publisher Comments "A fully illustrated compendium of every major pyramid of ancient Egypt."—Atlanta Journal Constitution Mark Lehner brings his many years of field research in Egypt to this definitive book. He examines the pyramids in unprecedented detail, covering... (read more) Your Price $26.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Judith Adler Hellman Publisher Comments By the acclaimed author of the bestselling Mexican Lives, a surprising, behind-the-headlines look at the lives of Mexican migrants, in the tradition of Oscar Lewis's classic Five Families "Either you work, or you work. Those are the two choices!"—... (read more) Your Price $25.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Eric S. Ross Publisher Comments A blend of indigenous life in the rural countryside and metropolitan culture in urban centers, Senegal has been a small, yet prominent country on Africa's western coast. In this comprehensive study of contemporary Senegalese life, readers will learn how... (read more) Your Price $58.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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by Daniel Heller-roazen Publisher Comments Just as speech can be acquired, so can it be lost. Speakers can forget words, phrases, even entire languages they once knew; over the course of time peoples, too, let go of the tongues that were once theirs, as languages disappear and give way to the... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Elizabeth Farrelly Publisher Comments I, like you, drive too much. I buy too much--of which I keep too much and also throw too much away. I overindulge my children, and myself. Directly as well as indirectly I use too much water, energy, air and space. My existence, in short, costs the... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Beryl Mildred Cryer Synopsis A vital collection of writings about First Nations people and culture as it existed on the inland coast of the Depression-era Pacific Northwest and originally published in the pages of Victoria's oldest newspaper, the "Daily Colonist," the seventy... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Stephen Plog Publisher Comments "A graphic, lucid account of the Anasazi, Hohokam, and Mogollon highlights how these ancient cultures evolved so successfully in response to their changing habitat."—Science News Most people are familiar with the famous pre-Columbian civilizations... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Nicholas Reeves Publisher Comments "For all those interested in the burial practices in New Kingdom Egypt, this should be the first book to consult. " —Journal of the American Oriental Society This account of the Valley of the Kings brings together the art, archaeology, and history... (read more) Your Price $26.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by M. Anne (edt) Katzenberg Publisher Comments Advance praise for the Second Edition: The substantial widening of the coverage and the inclusion of issues that have received increased or revitalized research interest since publication of the First Edition will provide unrivalled comprehensiveness... (read more) Your Price $98.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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