From the author of "1491--"the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.""
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the t[...]

A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of "1491." Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and[...]

Profiles thirty international and statistically average families, documenting their economic standings, needs, hopes, and beliefs about the future of the planet, in a study that reveals the environmental cost of materialism. Reprint. 45,000 first printing.[...]

The team behind the critically and popularly acclaimed anthropological photoessays MATERIAL WORLD and WOMEN IN THE MATERIAL WORLD make their debut on our list with this oddly tantalizing book about a subject that's creeping into prominence: insects as food for people. With the distinctive blend of t[...]

An analysis of America prior to 1492 describes how the research of archaeologists and anthropologists has transformed myths about the Americas, revealing that the cultures were far older and more advanced than previously known.[...]

It was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small, roaming bands of indigenous people. The author brings together the research, and the results of his own travels throughout North and Sout[...]

Kirja, joka mullistaa käsityksemme Amerikasta ennen eurooppalaisten valloitusta. Se paljastaa inkojen, atsteekkien ja mayojen sekä monien muiden intiaanikansojen todellisen, loisteliaan historian ja kertoo niiden rikkaista kaupunkikulttuureista ja monimutkaisista yhteiskuntarakenteista. Koulussa [...]