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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Chelovek iz Legendi (A Man of Living Legend) Chelovek iz Legendi (A Man of Living Legend) V. A. Pogadaev A collection of 8 articles on the occasion of 150th Anniversary of N.N. Miklouho-Maclay, the famous Russian anthropologist and athnortapher OL15381055W
Savaging the Civilized ; Verrier Elwin, His Tribals and India Savaging the Civilized ; Verrier Elwin, His Tribals and India Ramachandra Guha "Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was unquestionably the most colorful and influential non-official Englishman to live and work in twentieth-century India. A prolific writer, Elwin's ethnographic studies an… OL1723786W
Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan #16) Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan #16) Kathy Reichs "The latest from Kathy Reichs finds Tempe Brennan investigating the connections between a long-dead business man, the smuggling of mummified dogs from Peru, and the death of a teenage girl killed in … OL17538404W
White Eskimo White Eskimo Stephen R. Bown "While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish, part In… OL20012548W
Recapitulations Recapitulations Vincent Crapanzano 392 pages ; 21 cm OL21090600W
El quinto códice Maya El quinto códice Maya Tom Isbell Scott Daggart, un antropólogo estadounidense especializado en la cultura maya y profesor de la universidad de Chicago, se encuentra pasando el verano en el Yucatán, en las inmediaciones de Playa del … OL24529627W
Tales of Mogadiscio Tales of Mogadiscio Iris Kapil "Mogadiscio is observed and reflected upon by the author, who lived happily among its people [in the 1960s] and truly loved the city."--Page 4 of cover. OL24844312W
Human culture Human culture David Weitzman Presents biographical profiles of twenty-eight anthropologists and archaeologists, including Jane Goodall, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Leakey. OL2748069W
Margaret Mead Margaret Mead Rafael Tilton A biography of the woman whose studies of primitive cultures established her as one of the world's most acclaimed anthropologists. OL3513235W
The Leakeys The Leakeys Lisa Ann Lambert Highlights the accomplishments of the family of paleoarchaeologists which made important fossil discoveries in Africa. OL4317654W