Sociology & anthropology

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow [9781784703936]

Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in c…

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Vintage Minis Boxset [9781784873882]

All twenty titles from the Vintage Minis series now available in a beautiful gift boxset. Discover Mini books on life's big subjects from: Marcel Prou…

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Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City [9780713998757]

In this sweeping study, one of the world's leading thinkers about the urban environment traces the often anguished relation between how cities are bui…

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The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity [9781472947321]

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 'Brilliant, timely, original, well written and utterly terrifying.' - Niall Ferguson '…

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Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone [9781911214175]

Ghosts of the Tsunami is a classic of literary non-fiction, a heart-breaking and intimate account of an epic tragedy, told through the personal a…

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The Sociology Book [9780241182291]

All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to sociology. Part of the popular Big Ideas series, The Sociology Book introd…

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Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life [9780062465245]

The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director-what Time magazine called a must read -reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death hold…

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Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control [9781783782413]

We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds and even our deaths. Yet emerging science challenges our assumptions of mastery: at the m…

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Anthropology: A Beginner's Guide [9781851689309]

In this illuminating tour of humanity, Joy Hendry and Simon Underdown reveal the origins of our species, and the fabric of human society, through the …

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Eat Me: A Natural and Unnatural History of Cannibalism [9781781253977]

Cannibalism. It's the last, greatest taboo: the stuff of urban legends and ancient myths, airline crashes and Captain Cook. But while we might get a t…

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Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone [9781784704889]

SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONE FOLIO PRIZE `The definitive book on the quake which killed more than 15,000 people.' Mail Online `You will not read a…

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Talking to the Enemy: Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and What it Means to Be Human [9780241951767]

Scott Atran has spent years talking to terrorists - from Gaza and Afghanistan, to Indonesia and Europe. Here he argues persuasively that to understand…

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The Surrendered Wife: A Practical Guide to Finding Intimacy, Passion, and Peace with Your Man [9781416511649]

At 30, Laura Doyle, like millions of women, was miserable in her marriage, but she couldn't put her finger on the cause. 'I was lonely and I was exhau…

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30-Second Anthropology: The 50 most important ideas in the study of being human, each explained in half a minute [9781782405450]

Who are we? What is it about our species that sets us apart from every other living creature, past and present, on this planet? These are perennially …

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A Cultural History of Food in Antiquity [9780857850232]

From Archaic Greece until the Late Roman Empire (c. 800 BCE to c. 500 CE), food was more than a physical necessity; it was a critical factor in politi…

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A Cultural History of Food in the Age of Empire [9780857850270]

The nineteenth-century West saw extraordinary economic growth and cultural change. This volume explores and explains the birth of the modern world thr…

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A Cultural History of Food in the Early Modern Age [9780857850263]

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries form a very distinctive period in European food history. This was a time when enduring feudal constraints in …

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A Cultural History of Food in the Medieval Age [9780857850249]

Europe was formed in the Middle Ages. The merging of the traditions of Roman-Mediterranean societies with the customs of Northern Europe created new p…

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A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Age [9780857850287]

In the modern age (1920-2000), vast technological innovation spurred greater concentration, standardization, and globalization of the food supply. As …

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A Cultural History of Food in the Renaissance [9780857850256]

Food and attitudes toward it were transformed in Renaissance Europe. The period between 1300 and 1600 saw the discovery of the New World and the culti…

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