Anthropology
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From  The Question in the Eyes of the WolfFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author describes his journey to study the Ethiopian wolf; this story is the basis for Weber’s meditation on the connections between living beings. | Andreas Weber | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add |
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From The Silvery SeaFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, Weber explores metaphorphosis, and the idea that juvenile forms of animals may actually belong to different species than adults. | Andreas Weber | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Tao in My Own NatureFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter overturns much conventional thinking and points out that the natural world, our own nature, and the culture in which we are embedded, are all subject to the same principles. … | Jeremy Lent | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
 The Truth About StoriesA Native Narrative |
"Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional … | Thomas King | 184 | 2003 | View |
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NEW! The Web of MeaningIntegrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe |
This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, … | 530 | View | ||
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From  Theater as Interaction and Identity CreationHigh Status and Low Status Characters From: The Power Manual |
Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation, explores the first of two social spaces that at their core are about the exchange of power — theater and games. Fundamentally, to act is to … | Cyndi Suarez | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Traditional Nutrition |
We will explore the ways in which foundational nutrition — the solid nutritional framework upon which health sits — can support resilience, influence mental outlook and motivation, … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 38 | 2017 | $3.80 Add |
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From  Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy / Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical WritingsChapters 9 and 10 From: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Chapter 9 begins after the publication of Baffin-Land, discussing its author’s enthusiasm, reception of the book, its structure/contents (chapter by chapter). It also comments on his … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 21 | 2014 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Vaping (E-cigarettes) |
Chapter Five includes the following topics: History – JUUL and Other Vaping Devices – E-liquids – Health Risks – Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Hand Vape – Youth … | James G. Wigmore | 135 | 2023 | $13.50 Add |
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From NEW! Weaving a New Story of MeaningFrom: The Web of Meaning |
The chapter concludes that an ecological civilization will emerge only when the symbiotic linkages between people become a more powerful force than the competitive impulses engendered by the … | Jeremy Lent | 34 | 2021 | $3.40 Add |
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From What Is It About Us That You Don’t LikeFrom: The Truth About Stories |
In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing … | Thomas King | 32 | 2003 | $3.84 Add |
Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery SystemsThe Medicolegal Aspects of Our Most Addictive and Dangerous Legal Drug |
Wigmore on Nicotine is the third book in the author’s trilogy of the forensic toxicology and medicolegal aspects of alcohol, cannabis, and now nicotine. Maintaining the same high standards … | James G. Wigmore | 882 | 2023 | View |
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From World InscapeFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter discusses how emotions are embodied, and how the inward feelings of organisms are accessible through their bodily presence. | Andreas Weber | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From "You’ll Never Believe What Happened" Is Always a Great Way to StartFrom: The Truth About Stories |
In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing … | Thomas King | 30 | 2003 | $3.60 Add |
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From  Your Majesty’s RealmThe Myth of the Master Race From: National Dreams |
Canadian schoolchildren, who were taught to venerate Great Britain and its empire pledged allegiance to the monarch and sang "Rule Britannia" and "Soldiers of the Queen." … | Daniel Frances | 63 | 1997 | $3.78 Add |
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From Your Microbial Orchestra |
Microbes have been with humans for every step of our evolutionary journey. Symbiosis describes living in close proximity with mutual advantage — an apt description of our relationship with … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 39 | 2017 | $3.90 Add |
