Anthropology
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation
How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences
How mindfulness came to be regarded as a psychological support, an ethical practice and a component of public policy
A mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary life
How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds
A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds
One of the world’s preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other cultures
A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species
Finalist for the National Book Award
An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland
Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008
An arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture
An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times
An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame
A richly illustrated journey through the evolution of Africa’s extraordinary natural world across deep time
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance
A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empire
How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it
An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today
Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern science
“A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling.”—Bill Bryson
A revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific breakthroughs that will transform our lives
A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution
How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity
A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers
How evangelical churches in the United States convert migrant distress into positive religious devotion
Bridging the social and life sciences to unlock the mystery of how cities shape mental health and illness
How Brazil’s long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country’s present crises and epidemic of violence
The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural era
An up-close account of how Nigerians’ self-reliance in the absence of reliable government services enables official dysfunction to strengthen state power
The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith
How China is using the US-led war on terror to erase the cultural identity of its Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region
A revealing look at Jewish men and women who secretly explore the outside world, in person and online, while remaining in their ultra-Orthodox religious communities
An inside view of the experimental practices of cognitive psychology—and their influence on the addictive nature of social media
The origins and development of the modern American emergency state
A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies
The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever
“A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. ....
A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse
An intimate and personal account of the profound roles birds play in the lives of some Indigenous people
The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art
A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain world
How undetonated bombs from a war that ended more than fifty years ago still affect Cambodian farmers and their land
Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice
Why software isn’t perfect, as seen through the stories of software developers at a run-of-the-mill tech company
A practical and theoretical guide for field researchers struggling with access
An exploration of the ways that shifting relations between materiality and language bring about different forms of politics in Tehran
From the author of Race After Technology, an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a time
“A true gift to our movements for justice.”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow
A timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation