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Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 yearsby: Jared M. Diamond April 25, 1998 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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(1) Diamond bravely puts his reputation on the block here. He tries to determine just why there has always been those well-known haves and have nots, both across history and still to this day.
(2) Diamond uses many disciplines in his analysis - anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, genetics, biology/microbiology, history, epidemiology, migrational studies, immunology, history of medicine, the history of technology etc. (3) He argues that the scientific, technological, engineering, medical, architectural, mathematical and other such achievements and innovations of certain races of humankind (white skinned and brown skinned) are no more than a matter of geographical luck and being in the right place at the right time. ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Tribe: Adventures in a Changing Worldby: Bruce Parry July 03, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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I am a massive fan of the tribe TV series, and it only seemed logical to get the book after watching it, so after receiving it I sat down and read the whole thing through, which was no challenge due to the books fantastic writing and incisive reporting.
The best aspect I found was that the book does not re-tell the series, more so it fills in the background for each tribe, the people behind the series, and the events that were either not captured on camera or deemed not suitable for broadcast - it delves into the less glamorous side of filming, the ailments, the problems, the danger, while keeping the nostalgic story of each tribe intact A superb read and as stated above, a great partner to the TV series >>More Details |
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Consider the Lobsterby: David Foster Wallace June 21, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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"It's odd," David Foster Wallace once said. "I don't really think of myself that much as a writer." I can't be bothered wasting my time on a considered examination of this man's prose. He went to that lobster event and all he got out of it was one long whinge about the pain of the lobster. He is dull , colourless and uninteresting as a writer. No colour , no life. Lots of footnotes. >>More Details |
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The Wind is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shamanby: Bear Heart, Molly Larkin February 01, 1998 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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I'm glad I've read this book.
I like books that combine logic and spirituality, and ones that cross reference religions, and Bear Heart does these in his book. (especially with Christianity). Then it all adds up as evidence of these ideas being possible truths in the theories of life, universe 'god'/'spirit' and everything. I'm not saying that I necessarily believe all the theories in this book to be definitley true, but I think there are many probable truths, and much wisdom in the theories in this book, and some valuable life lessons in this book, to be learned or revised, depending on your point in your spiritual path. One problem I have is in his eating meat. He stresses respect for animals, and says that tribes asked ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Songlines (Vintage classics)by: Bruce Chatwin November 28, 1998 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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This is a unique and unclassifiable book, part novel, part travel book, part notebook full of quotations and speculations. Chatwin focuses on the notion that language and human thought began in songs that sang the landscape and living things into existence. Aboriginal culture continues this tradition in songlines which are explored as living entities, maps, boundaries, calendars, catalogues, survival systems, myths. Chatwin says the ultimate question he is asking is, why are humans so restless? He argues that this is the ultimate human quality. We are nomadic in our core. He quotes a European tramp: "It's like the tides were pulling you along the highway. I'm like the Arctic tern, guv'nor...what flies from the North Pole to the South Pole and back again." This book ... Read More:
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The English: A Portrait of a Peopleby: Jeremy Paxman September 06, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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The first 70-100 pages form the start of an interesting and entertaining essay- however the book does not close on many of the promises made in the opening chapters. For example, many references are made to the impossibility of defining a singular English identity- certainly true enough. However, the book gradually builds into a sustained focus on 'the breed' (read traditional stereotype of a Public School educated Englishman from the Home Counties). There are ample opportunities to reject further discussion of this tired stereotype but few are given more than lip service. This book may be interesting for some and opens with some interesting observations, however it fails to materialise as a coherent comment on the diverse English people.
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The Practice of Everyday Lifeby: M De Certeau December 06, 2002 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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If you are reading this review while you are sat at you desk pretending to work then this book is for you!
Read it in conjunction with Paul E Willis's 'Common Culture: Symbolic Work at Play in the Everyday Cultures of the Young' and you've finally got a political and thoretical justification for doing more or less whatever you want. >>More Details |
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The Origins of the British: A Genetic Detective Storyby: Stephen Oppenheimer April 12, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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I was very disappointed by this book. I had expected a detective story, like the sub-title, and I had expected to get a wider understanding of the topic. With the mention of DNA analysis on the cover, I had expected to get some science, hopefully like Brian Sykes' very readable informative books.
This is not what happens. The author does not _show_ the reader, the author _tells_ the reader, at great length, many many many historical facts. If you are very interested in this part of ancient history and like having a great many facts recited at you, then maybe you will enjoy this book. The facts may well be true but they are not woven into a story and as the reader you don't get to see _why_ these facts are true. For example, why did such-and-such a gene originate ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britainby: Chris Stringer June 28, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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Despite the celebrity reviews I found the text on the science of the story of human life in Britain rather thin. Of the 142 pages of the book just over 100 are on peripherals - 34 pages of a potted history of what mistakes people made in the 19th & 20th centuries (Piltdown again!), 14 pages on a very superficial review of what drives ice ages, 27 pages (!!!) of apologia on climate change and how we all have to try harder and 28 pages of thoughts from the team - so not much left to cover the meat of the subject. It is a pity as I think AHOB have a lot to offer and I would have liked to have read much more about their work and results.
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In the Shadow of Papillon: Seven Years of Hell in Venezuela's Prison Systemby: Frank Kane, John Tilsley October 04, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Social and Cultural |
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In short the best "prison hell" book you can buy. Packed full of incident and detail. The author does not portray himself as some poor victim but simply concentrates on his experiences of the Venezuela prison system. Do not hesitate to buy this book.
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