Beyond the Hoax

Science, Philosophy and Culture
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Hardback, Apr 2008
ISBN13: 9780199239207ISBN10: 0199239207
A brilliant look at the Hoax that shook the academic world in 1996 and what it tells us about the state of American culture today


The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE

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Paperback, Jan 2008
ISBN13: 9780195333152ISBN10: 0195333152
This book narrates the story of human biological and cultural evolution, from the earliest beginnings of our zoological family Hominidae, through the emergence of Homo sapiens, to the Agricultural Revolution.


Feast

Why Humans Share Food
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Hardback, Mar 2007
ISBN13: 9780199209019ISBN10: 0199209014
A fascinating study of the evolution of eating en masse


Curry

A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
$16.95
Paperback, Mar 2007
ISBN13: 9780195320015ISBN10: 0195320018
"This book is entirely delicious"--Time Magazine . A fabulous history of the foods of India, complete with delicious recipes


Aesop's Fables

$10.95
Paperback, May 2008
ISBN13: 9780199540754ISBN10: 0199540756


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