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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,311,093 ratings — published 2011
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 468,986 ratings — published 1997
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The Interpretation of Cultures The Interpretation of Cultures (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 3,906 ratings — published 1973
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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 8,619 ratings — published 2015
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as anthro)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,925 ratings — published 1923
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 28,220 ratings — published 2021
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Tristes Tropiques Tristes Tropiques (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 4,288 ratings — published 1955
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 28,063 ratings — published 2011
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 75,458 ratings — published 2004
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Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm) Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)
by (shelved 23 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,607 ratings — published 2004
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Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 3,263 ratings — published 1928
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Purity and Danger (Routledge Classics) Purity and Danger (Routledge Classics)
by (shelved 21 times as anthro)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,506 ratings — published 1966
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How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,077 ratings — published 2013
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific Argonauts of the Western Pacific (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 1,475 ratings — published 1922
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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 5,342 ratings — published 1974
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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,113 ratings — published 2017
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Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 2,626 ratings — published 1978
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Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society (updated with a new preface) Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society (updated with a new preface)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,504 ratings — published 1986
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Patterns of Culture Patterns of Culture (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,668 ratings — published 1934
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The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 1,072 ratings — published 1940
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 16,881 ratings — published 1983
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Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil (Centennial Book) Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil (Centennial Book)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,184 ratings — published 1992
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The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 2,418 ratings — published 2015
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,878 ratings — published 1985
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Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 32,095 ratings — published 2010
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In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 3,701 ratings — published 1995
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Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,791 ratings — published 1977
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,290 ratings — published 1998
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Righteous Dopefiend Righteous Dopefiend (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,803 ratings — published 2008
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 31,012 ratings — published 1978
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.05 — 97,540 ratings — published 2005
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Structural Anthropology Structural Anthropology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 1,717 ratings — published 1958
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Society Against the State: Essays in Political Anthropology Society Against the State: Essays in Political Anthropology (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.14 — 933 ratings — published 1974
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Euphoria Euphoria (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 108,246 ratings — published 2014
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Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.28 — 602 ratings — published 2005
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Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.15 — 310 ratings — published 1987
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Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as anthro)
avg rating 3.91 — 763 ratings — published 1986
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.02 — 36,440 ratings — published 2018
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Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,476 ratings — published 2019
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The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.40 — 741 ratings — published 2010
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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,581 ratings — published 2013
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The Golden Bough The Golden Bough (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 8,802 ratings — published 1890
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Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,813 ratings — published 1996
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Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as anthro)
avg rating 3.63 — 404 ratings — published 2008
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Europe and the People Without History Europe and the People Without History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,301 ratings — published 1982
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Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as anthro)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,716 ratings — published 1981
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.34 — 190,228 ratings — published 2021
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.37 — 33,762 ratings — published 2017
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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as anthro)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,697 ratings — published 2013
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J.A.  Flynn
“As Zorch’s head lunges, Rex uses two hands and wraps them around his feathered neck. Spots of brown feathers fly as Zorch screeches in pain. Rex clutches the bird’s neck. For the first time in his life, Zorch begins to feel weak. He coughs loudly as the lizard slams the bird’s back into the ground with a resounding thud.
With his foot, Zorch slices Rex’s abdomen with his talon. The lizard yells and spits in pain as the sting worsens as the seconds go by. He feels warm blood drip from the wound. But his grip doesn’t falter. Zorch begins to turn a shade of blue as the lizard mounts his enemy. Rex’s muscles flex under the hot sunlight.

- Akena: A Sword and Planet Tale, Excerpt”
J.A. Flynn

“-What god are you praying to?

-I saw it in some of the random images from earth. I just wanted to know what they feel.”
Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, & Geoff Cox

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