Browsing: Anthropology

An investigative work as jaw-dropping as any Dan Brown thriller: After spending 12 years gathering evidence, author Muraresku deciphers the role psychedelics may have played in the origins of Western history and religion. Praised by sources ranging from CNN to Deepak Chopra, this “astonishing” book “presents truly groundbreaking research on many levels” (#1 New York Times bestselling author …

International Retrieval Organization Agent Lela Ortiz is assigned the kidnapping case of businessman, Chuck Davenport. When her boss allows Chuck’s…

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that…

This inspiring memoir of one woman’s experience in the field is an exotic adventure story, a surprise journey of self-discovery,…

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With stark poignancy and political dispassion Tightrope addresses the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions…

The New York Times bestseller that inspired the Academy Award–nominated film Lion: Years after being separated from his family in India, Saroo Brierley embarked on a journey to reunite with them. “Amazing” (New York Post), with over 16,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Jane Rhynehart has a cosy shack in the pumpkin-obsessed town of Willow Creek, and a new job—if only she was…

“Beautiful and tender, profound… This is a book friends will tell friends they have to read for years to come” (Cheryl Strayed): A yoga teacher shares her journey through hopelessness and fear in this “gritty and passionate memoir” (Elizabeth Gilbert).

This new essential guide to entertaining is divided by occasion, offering a fresh lineup of menus and ideas from Oxford, Mississippi’s go-to…

“A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more” (Frank Bruni, The New York…