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A New History of Humanity

by Graeber, David

Book - 2021

Call Number: CB19 .G69 2021. Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what’s really there. Call Number: CB19 .G69 2021. Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what’s really there. Show less

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Numbers Don't Lie

71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

by Smil, Vaclav

Book - 2021

Call Number: CB358 .S65 2021. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy? Call Number: CB358 .S65 2021. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy? Show less

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Starry Messenger

Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

by Tyson, Neil deGrasse

Book - 2022

Call Number: CB478 .T96 2022. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin chariots of enlightenment—a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science. Call Number: CB478 .T96 2022. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin chariots of enlightenment—a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science. Show less

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Maps for Time Travelers

How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past

by McCoy, Mark D.

Book - 2022

Call Number: CC76.4 .M38 2022x. Written by a preeminent expert in geospatial archaeology, Maps for Time Travelers is a guide to how technology is revolutionizing the way archaeologists study and reconstruct humanity's distant past. Call Number: CC76.4 .M38 2022x. Written by a preeminent expert in geospatial archaeology, Maps for Time Travelers is a guide to how technology is revolutionizing the way archaeologists study and reconstruct humanity's distant past. Show less

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Girl Archaeologist

Sisterhood in A Sexist Profession

by Kehoe, Alice Beck

Book - 2022

Call Number: CC115.K44 A3 2022. Alice Beck Kehoe is a professor of anthropology emeritus at Marquette University. This is her memoir. Call Number: CC115.K44 A3 2022. Alice Beck Kehoe is a professor of anthropology emeritus at Marquette University. This is her memoir. Show less

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The Week

A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are

by Henkin, David M.

Book - 2021

Call Number: CE85 .H46 2021x. An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live. We t...Show more Call Number: CE85 .H46 2021x. An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live. We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, entirely artificial. Show less

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Greek Epitaphic Poetry

A Selection

Book - 2022

Call Number: CN375.E6 G74 2022. An anthology of funeral poems by the Greeks. The vast majority of these poems were inscribed on tombs or grave stelai and served to identify, celebrate and mourn the dead. Call Number: CN375.E6 G74 2022. An anthology of funeral poems by the Greeks. The vast majority of these poems were inscribed on tombs or grave stelai and served to identify, celebrate and mourn the dead. Show less

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The Essential Questions

Interview your Family to Uncover Stories and Bridge Generations

by Keating, Elizabeth Lillian

Book - 2022

Call Number: CS21 .K43 2022. In The Essential Questions, anthropologist Elizabeth Keating helps you to uncover the unique memories of your parents and grandparents and to create lasting connection with them in the process. Call Number: CS21 .K43 2022. In The Essential Questions, anthropologist Elizabeth Keating helps you to uncover the unique memories of your parents and grandparents and to create lasting connection with them in the process. Show less

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The Lost Family

How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are

by Copeland, Libby

Book - 2021

Call Number: CS21.3 .C67 2021x. Welcome to the age of home genetic testing. In The Lost Family, journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast social experiment with little understanding of the ramifications. Call Number: CS21.3 .C67 2021x. Welcome to the age of home genetic testing. In The Lost Family, journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast social experiment with little understanding of the ramifications. Show less

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Brave Companions

Portraits in History

by McCullough, David G.

Book - 2022

Call Number: CT214 .M34 2022x. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women who shaped the course of history and changed how we see the world. Call Number: CT214 .M34 2022x. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women who shaped the course of history and changed how we see the world. Show less

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Sweet and Low

A Family Story

by Cohen, Rich

Book - 2006

Call Number: CT274 .E375C64 2006. Learn the history of the family made, and unmade, by the invention of Sweet 'N Low. Call Number: CT274 .E375C64 2006. Learn the history of the family made, and unmade, by the invention of Sweet 'N Low. Show less

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Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Keefe, Patrick Radden

Book - 2021

Call Number: BIOG CT274.S175 K44 2021x. The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama—baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfi...Show more Call Number: BIOG CT274.S175 K44 2021x. The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama—baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. Show less

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