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“marvin harris”

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  • Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches

    The Riddles of Culture

    by Marvin Harris ...
    One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do.Why do Hindus worship cows? Why do Jews and Moslems refuse to eat pork? Why did so many people in post-medieval Europe believe in witches?Marvin Harris answers these and other perplexing questions about human behavior, showing that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Cannibals and Kings

    Origins of Cultures

    by Marvin Harris ...
    In this brilliant and profound study the distinguished American anthropologist Marvin Harris shows how the endless varieties of cultural behavior -- often so puzzling at first glance -- can be explained as adaptations to particular ecological conditions. His aim is to account for the evolution of cultural forms as Darwin accounted for the evolution of biological forms: to show how cultures adopt ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Why Nothing Works

    The Anthropology of Daily Life

    by Marvin Harris ...
    From cults to crime to porno parlors—this book is about a lot of things that are new and strange in America today.This book is about cults, crime, and shoddy goods, and the shrinking dollar. It's about porno parlors, and sex shops, and men kissing in the streets. It's about daughters shaking up, women on the rampage, marriages postponed, divorces on the rise, and no one having kids. It's about old ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Rise of Anthropological Theory

    A History of Theories of Culture

    by Marvin Harris ...
    The best known, most often cited history of anthropological theory is finally available in paperback! First published in 1968, Harris's book has been cited in over 1,000 works and is one of the key documents explaining cultural materialism, the theory associated with Harris's work. This updated edition included the complete 1968 text plus a new introduction by Maxine Margolis, which discusses the ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Cultural Materialism

    The Struggle for a Science of Culture

    by Marvin Harris ...
    Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential starting point for explaining the science of culture to students. Now available again after a ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times

    by Marvin Harris ...
    Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time. This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a unified, contemporary statement on anthropological theory and practice. In this book, he presents his current views on the nature of culture addressing such issues as the mental/behavioral debate, emics and etics, ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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    Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches

    The Riddles of Culture

    by Marvin Harris ...
    Narrated by Joel Richards ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 37 min

    One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do.Why do Hindus worship cows? Why do Jews and Moslems refuse to eat pork? Why did so many people in post-medieval Europe believe in witches?Marvin Harris answers these and other perplexing questions about human behavior, showing that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    by Gabrielle Bluestone ...
    Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

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    From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them.We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour ... ... Read more

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    Off-Earth

    Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space

    by Erika Nesvold ...
    Narrated by April Doty ...

    Unabridged

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    Can we do better in space than we've done here on Earth?We've pinpointed the destination, refined the technology, designed the habitat. Are we forgetting something? A timely reminder that it's not just rocket science, this book explores the all-too-human issues raised by the prospect of settling in outer space. Accordingly, her work highlights the complex ethical challenges that accompany any ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    The Secret History of Sharks

    The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators

    by John Long ...
    Narrated by John Long ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 27 min

    From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this book tells the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth’s ultimate survivors, by world-leading paleontologist John Long.“Will keep you on the edge of your seat from its first page to its last page.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelSharks have been fighting for their lives for 500 million years ... Read more

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    Testimony

    Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation

    by Jon Ward ...
    Narrated by Jon Ward ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 55 min

    Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two decades outside of it.In Testimony, Ward tells the engaging story of his upbringing in, and eventual break from, an influential evangelical church in the 1980s and 1990s. Ward sheds light on the evangelical movement's troubling political and cultural dimensions, tracing the ways in which the Jesus ... Read more

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    When the World Didn't End

    A Memoir

    by Guinevere Turner ...
    Narrated by Guinevere Turner ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 50 min

    In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood growing up with the infamous Lyman Family cult—and the complicated and unexpected pain of leaving the only home she’d ever knownA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAROn January 5, 1975, the world was supposed to end. Under strict instructions, six-year-old Guinevere Turner put on her best dress, grabbed ... Read more

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