Social and cultural anthropology

Although humans slumber for approximately one third of our lives, sleep itself is vastly understudied.

Readers love Dr Neal Barnard's work: 'Will save your life; no lie!

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterial infection transmitted by a tick bite and is best treated early with antibiotics.

People who need more energy and want to avoid stimulants that will make them edgy should consider taking supplements of carnitine or acetyl-l-carnitine, two forms of the same nutrient found naturally in protein.

This book shares and analyses the stories of Opal, a senior Alyawarra woman.

Diabetes is on the increase.

More simple accessible techniques to bring Druidry to the wider public.

One of the most remarkable natural antioxidants ever discovered, Pycnogenol is a complex of more than forty individual antioxidants extraced from the bark of French maritime pine trees.

Covering a wide range of popular alternative medicine and health issues, User' are written by leading experts and science writers and are designed to answer the consumer's basic questions about disease, conventional and alternative therapies, and individual dietary supplements.

The government tells us that we should eat at least five servings of vegetables and fruits daily.

In ill health following a stroke, Sir Walter Scott wrote Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft at the behest of his son-in-law, J.

Covering a wide range of popular alternative medicine and health issues, User's Guides are written by leading experts and science writers and are designed to answer the consumer's basic questions about disease, conventional and alternative therapies, and individual dietary supplements.

Offers the simplest, most practical approach to fitness, anywhere, anytime.

Explains how to use amino acids to achieve optimum health and describes their beneficial roles in fighting cancer, Alzheimer's disease, depression, heart disease, and more.

Protein has become one of the most misunderstood nutrients.

Probiotics are fermented foods cultured by beneficial microorganisms.

With this expaned revision of the 1982 classic, The Sugar Trap, Beatrice Trum Hunter, noted writer on food issues, brings readers invaluable help for avoid the sweetener trap.

This User's Guide advises readers on the many beneficial supplements for reducing pain.

Spectral Shakespeares is an illuminating exploration of recent, experimental adaptations of Shakespeare on film, TV, and the web.

Chechens: Culture and Society is an ethnography that elaborates the lived experiences of Chechens, focusing primarily on relationships and socio-cultural norms within the context of the current conflict in the Chechen Republic.

A Whole Foods Primerdescribes the special characteristics that consumers should seek when shopping so they can identify the peak of nutritional flavor and value in whole foods.

La presente investigación, con apoyo en el giro ontológico en la antropología, logra identificar un potencial denominador común entre diversas cosmologías indígenas alrededor del mundo, y, através de éste, examina las diversas instituciones jurídicas que se han creado respecto del territorio indígena, primero, en el plano internacional y, segundo, en tres modelos constitucionales en el continente que se logró determinar.

Covering a wide range of popular alternative medicine and health issues, User's Guides are written by leading experts and science writers and are designed to answer the consumer's basic questions about disease, conventional and alternative therapies, and individual dietary supplements.

Discusses the importance of ribose, a naturally occurring sugar produced in the body from glucose.

Countless numbers of people turn to their cups of coffee in the mornings to get them going.

While typically the victims of war, civilians are not necessarily passive recipients of violence.

Co-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological SocietyWhat the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around usRubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick.

This book examines the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a force for social justice and feminist emancipation within Chicana cultural productions from 1975-2010.

This book covers the latest environmental issues based on current research objectives.

Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide.

Übergewicht ist kein reines Ernährungsproblem und daher mit Diäten allein auch nicht nachhaltig in den Griff zu bekommen.

The Food Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a virtual workshop, Challenges and Opportunities for Precision and Personalized Nutrition, on August 10-12, 2021.

Plant-Forward Cuisine is a beautifully illustrated book that promotes the environmental and health benefits of a plant-forward diet and will inspire readers with a range of exciting recipes.

Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups.

This book focuses on the concept of 'home' or 'place of origin' (expressed in Tamil as 'Ur') and its various dimensions, in turn related to issues of belonging, attachment, detachment, and commonality among the war-affected population in the post-war era of Sri Lanka.

Organic Wesley:A Christian Perspective on Food, Farming, and Faith examines the intersectionof the teachings of John Wesley with the ethics of the contemporary foodmovement.

Connect with the divine power of Mother Earth by celebrating with the wheel of the year.

With this beautifully designed and accessible guide, learn the basics of Wicca and how to use it to manifest positive opportunities and events that enrich your lifeincludes a frameable poster.

This book presents a series of protocols in multiple disease areas affected by the aging process along with several methods which have shown progress in nutrient- or intervention-based approaches to maximize the healthspan.

Learn the secrets of The Witch of the Forest in this stunning follow-up to Natural Magick, and channelthe elemental forces which are all around you to master the practice of earth magick.

Roots of Power tells five stories of plants, people, property, politics, peace, and protection in tropical societies.

This book explores the attribution and local negotiation of cultural valuations of artistic and art-institutional practices around the world, and considers the diverse ways in which these value attributions intersect with claims of universality and cosmopolitanism.

This book explores the attribution and local negotiation of cultural valuations of artistic and art-institutional practices around the world, and considers the diverse ways in which these value attributions intersect with claims of universality and cosmopolitanism.

Roots of Power tells five stories of plants, people, property, politics, peace, and protection in tropical societies.

Combines biography, art, and religion to explore Kongo identity and culture, and the relationship between innovation and revelation.

The invention of milking and milk use created a new mode of subsistence called pastoralism.

Sovereignty Unhinged theorizes sovereignty beyond the typical understandings of action, control, and the nation-state.

In Postcolonial Configurations Josen Masangkay Diaz examines the making of Filipino America through the dynamics of dictatorship, coloniality, and subjectivity.

With an aging population, declining marriage and childbirth rates, and a rise in single households, more Japanese are living and dying alone.

Tap into the magic all around you with Witchcraft, an illustrated guide to ancient potions, spells, chants, rituals, and incantations from around the world.