Anthropology
Our shared human story unfolds through the lens of cultures, societies, and primal behaviors that shape who we are. Here you'll find compelling investigations into human nature, from our ancient origins and evolutionary past to the hidden codes that drive modern communities and marketplaces.
Anthropology Book Summaries
The Geography of Thought
How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Beyond Human Nature
How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Mind
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
Science
History
Anthropology
Pragmatics of Human Communication
A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes
Psychology
Communication
Philosophy
No Shame in My Game
The Working Poor in the Inner City
Sociology
Poverty
Economics
Work
A History of How we spend our Time
History
Anthropology
Economics
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
History
Science
Philosophy
Origins
How Earth's History Shaped Human History
History
Science
Geography
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Philosophy
Essays
Sociology
The Story Paradox
How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears them Down
Psychology
Politics
Science
The Language Game
How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
Linguistics
Language
Science
Lady Sapiens. Enquête sur la femme au temps de la Préhistoire
History
Feminism
Science
The Human Story
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
Cultures and Organizations
Software of the Mind
Business
Cultural
Psychology
The WEIRDest People in the World
How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Psychology
History
Science
Low Anthropology
The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others
Christian
Psychology
Anthropology
The Moral Animal
Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
Science
Anthropology
Evolution
Forbidden Archeology
The Hidden History of the Human Race
History
Science
Archaeology
Human Instinct
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Why We Love
The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Teachings of Don Juan
A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
Philosophy
Spirituality
Anthropology
The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
History
Anthropology
Science
The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
History
Race
Science
A Separate Reality
Further Conversations with Don Juan
Spirituality
Philosophy
Anthropology
Journey to Ixtlan
The Lessons of Don Juan
Philosophy
Spirituality
Anthropology
The Cosmic Serpent
DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
Science
Anthropology
Spirituality
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
Science
Biology
History
Sapiens
A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
Graphic Novels
History
Science
The Secret of Our Success
How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
Science
History
Psychology
Silencing the Past
Power and the Production of History
History
Philosophy
Politics
Imagined Communities
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
History
Politics
Sociology
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Anthro-Vision
A New Way to See in Business and Life
Anthropology
Business
Economics
Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Science
Animals
Psychology
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Sastun
My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer
Memoir
Anthropology
Biography Memoir
Monkeyluv
And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
Science
Psychology
Biology
Totem and Taboo
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
Science
History
Evolution
On Human Nature
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Human Zoo
A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Economies and Cultures
Foundations of Economic Anthropology
Anthropology
Economics
Social Science
National Identity
History
Politics
Sociology
Escape from Evil
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
Religion
Psychology
History
The Phenomenon of Man
Philosophy
Religion
Science
Four Lost Cities
A Secret History of the Urban Age
History
Science
Anthropology