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Owen Hatherley The urban state of the nation - from Olympic dreams to broken Britain | Jared Diamond Explores how tribal peoples approach essential human problems, from childrearing to old age to conflict resolution to health. In this book, the author reveals how tribal societies offer a window... |
Oliver Burkeman Is our search for happiness futile? Or are we just going about it the wrong way? In this book, this book argues that 'positive thinking' and relentless optimism aren't the... | Paul Koudounaris A gripping and gruesome history of crypts around the world, full of archive images of long-gone or inaccessible sites. |
Bernard Wasserstein Presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Ranging from Vilna ('Jerusalem of Lithuania') to Salonica with its Judeo-Espanol-speaking stevedores and singers... | Lisa Appignanesi * Lisa Appignanesi, prize-winning author of MAD, BAD AND SAD, turns her unrivalled attention now to love, that most fascinating of emotions |
Amos Oz; Fania Oz-Salzberger Why are words so important to Jews? The authors roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Through a blend of storytelling and... | J. David Lewis-Williams; Sam Challis How did prehistoric peoples those living before written records think? Were their modes of thought fundamentally different from ours today? This title reveals how analysis of the rock paintings and... |
Caryl Phillips What do we mean by 'English'? And how does our island look from abroad, and what aspects of our experience do we share with, for example, America - a nation... | Owen Hatherley An anatomy of failed-state Britain, by the author of A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain. |
Jeremy Mynott What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our... Delivery: To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £13.95 | £10.46 | 25% |  Despatched in 2 business days. |   Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 2pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £13.95 | £11.86 | 15% |  Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
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Eve Shapiro Gender Circuits explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals through substantive sociological analysis and in-depth case studies.... | Su Zheng Framed by a century and a half of racialized Chinese American musical experiences, Claiming Diaspora explores the thriving contemporary musical culture of ... Delivery:To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £19.47 | £19.47 | | Despatched in 5 business days from USA. | Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 2pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £19.47 | £16.55 | 15% | Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
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Pierre Clastres; Eduardo Viveiros de... Clastres's final, posthumous book on the affirmative role of violence in "primitive societies." Delivery:To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | | | | Available through Foyles Online Marketplace only | Currently out of stock | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 2pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | | | | Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | From | £9.95 | | In stock at one or more sellers. | Buy - Select Seller |
| Zdenka Volavka; Wendy A. Thomas;... A sophisticated analysis of the social context of visual art and material culture and a special contribution to the history and ethnography of West Central Africa. |