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International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism    by Alison Dundes Renteln
Price: $9.99 USD. 79500 words. Language: English. Published by Quid Pro Books on May 1, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Civil and human rights.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS is a classic socio-legal study of the incompatibility and possible reconciliation of competing views of cultural relativism and absolute fundamental human rights. It features prodigious research and insight that is often cited by academics, rights lawyers, and activists over two decades. This edition adds a new foreword by Tom Zwart and a new preface by the author.
Order and Dispute: An Introduction to Legal Anthropology    by Simon Roberts
Price: $9.99 USD. 74620 words. Language: English. Published by Quid Pro Books on April 15, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Anthropology / Cultural.

Classic resource in the modern study of legal anthropology, this acclaimed book is now available in an updated, expanded Second Edition. There are many societies that survive in a remarkably orderly fashion without the aid of judges, courts and police. Roberts contends that legal theory has become too closely identified with our own arrangements to be of use in understanding other legal systems.
P.R.C - Pretty Real China    by Denis Lejeune
Price: $8.00 USD. 61180 words. Language: English. Published on March 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » Essays & Travelogues.

Denis spent 3 years in China. Chongqing to be precise. And he survived to tell the tale. This tale is one that he would have liked to read before moving, because the unpreparedness for what the country is truly like hit him harder than he had ever imagined. Forget what you think you know about contemporary China. At best it is mistaken, at worst dangerous. If you really want to know, read on.
Eating Our Way Toward Civilization: How food processing shaped human body, mind and cultures    by Nataly Sielicki
Price: $0.99 USD. 5810 words. Language: English. Published on March 1, 2013. Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » History.

In the series of short essays the author overviews works of anthropologists, archeologists, cultural sociologists, historians and gastronomists who argue that the cooking played a significant role in human evolution and history, and sometimes even whole Empires “were built not by the sword but by the spoon”.
Chelsea Football Fanzine    by Mark Worrall
Price: $1.49 USD. 112580 words. Language: English. Published by Gate 17  on January 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Football & rugby.

Renowned as the peoples publication, cfcuk has been on the streets since may 1999 when it was originally launched as Matthew Harding's Blue and White Army. Chelsea Football anzine, the best of cfcuk volume one, takes a look back at the first fifty issues showcasing a fascinating selection of articles, interviews and editorial material featured between may 1999 and September 2005.
INSPIRE YOUR INNER GLOBAL LEADER: True Stories for New Leaders    by Deborah Levine
Price: $3.95 USD. 14960 words. Language: English. Published on January 5, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Global society studies.

True Stories for New Leaders are food for thought leaders. Be inspired and entertained by the adventures of Culture Guru Deborah Levine. Share her journey from Jewish soldier's letters of WW II, to the British island of Bermuda, Harvard University, New York City's garment district and the Oklahoma City bombing. Map your own journey to a global mindset and global leadership.
Sex, Family and Fertility, Volume 2    by Timothy T Schwartz
Price: Free! 60750 words. Language: English. Published on November 28, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Anthropology / Cultural.

"Timothy t Schwartz challenges prevailing wisdom ... with a strong set of data. He shows the relationship between marriage, family, fertility, agriculture, and emigration in rural Haiti. He relates beliefs with behavior and opportunities and strategies for living. In the process he makes much sense of rural Haitian life." Bill Wedenoja, Missouri State University
Sex, Family and Fertility in Haiti, Volume 1    by Timothy T Schwartz
Price: Free! 56550 words. Language: English. Published on November 28, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Anthropology / Cultural.

"Timothy t Schwartz challenges prevailing wisdom ... with a strong set of data. He shows the relationship between marriage, family, fertility, agriculture, and emigration in rural Haiti. He relates beliefs with behavior and opportunities and strategies for living. In the process he makes much sense of rural Haitian life." Bill Wedenoja, Missouri State University
Indigenous Teenage Interpreters in Museums and Public Education: The Native Youth Program in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia    by Madeline Bronsdon Rowan
Price: $4.99 USD. 63430 words. Language: English. Published by Diamond River Books  on November 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Anthropology / Cultural.

Indigenous Teenage Interpreters in Museums and Public Education describes the development of the Native Youth Project (NYP) at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA). This book shows how the students learned to give lectures and tours to museum visitors about their heritage and culture. Rowan’s account includes the voices of NYP students and MOA staff, and is reflective and honest.
Walter Benjamin la tradition des vaincus    by Philippe Simay
Price: $6.99 USD. 38740 words. Language: French. Published by Editions de  L'Herne  on October 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Anthropology / Cultural.

Dans ce quatrième volume des Cahiers d’anthropologie sociale, on s’interrogera sur la conception du temps historique chez Walter Benjamin et d’en définir l’intérêt pour les sciences humaines et sociales.