Trevor Homer

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

Discover the Amazing Origins of the Clothes We Wear, the Food We Eat, the People We Know, the Languages We Speak, and the Things We Use

Everything—from the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)—has an origin, but often it’s not what we expect. A few things you may not have known: • Gandhi was married at age thirteen! • Chinese fortune cookies are an American invention and were not eaten in China until the 1990s when they were advertised as “Genuine American Fortune Cookies.” • Bayer lost the trademark for aspirin (which they had held since 1897) as part of the reparations Germany was forced to pay after World War I. • The original idea for the electric chair came from an American dentist. For aspiring mindblowers and wanna-be know-it-alls, The Book of Origins is a treasure trove of trivia and fascinating facts guaranteed to entertain and enlighten.

The Book of Origins

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Olof Wahlund

Rosalind Fischell

Very light shelf wear on jacket. Mostly at the edges. Pages in great shape. Sharp colors. Crisp and clean. No dog ears or scribbles. Please see photos for reference.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Ohio

Origins Western Influences

Blue and White China

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Library discard #paperback #salafi #Muslim #origins #Islam #religion #memoir 

New Jersey

The Salafi movement invests supreme Islamic authority in the precedents of the Salaf, the first three generations of Muslims, who represent a "Golden Age" from which all subsequent eras can only decline. InWhy I Am a Salafi, Michael Muhammad Knight confronts the problem of origins, questioning the possibility of accessing pure Islam through its canonical texts.

Why I Am a Salafi is also a confrontation of Knight's own origins as a Muslim. Reconsidering Salafism, Knight explores the historical processes that informed Islam as he once knew it, having converted to a Salafi vision of Islam in 1994. In the decades since, he has drifted away from Salafism in favor of an alternative Islam that celebrates the freaks, misfits, and heretical innovators. What happens to Islam when everything's up for grabs, and can an anything-goes Islam allow space for reputedlyintolerant Salafism?

InWhy I Am a Salafi, Knight explores not only Salafism's valorization of the origins, but takes the Salafi project further than its advocates are willing to go, and reflects upon the consequences of surrendering the origins forever.


Why I Am a Salafi

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Thaddeus F. Tuleja

Louisiana

The amazing stories behind almost 300 popular customs and rituals in our culture.

Curious Customs

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New little box with 45 illustrated reference cards featuring color photos, origins, lore, uses, histories, mythology, wine and culinary pairings. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

Spice

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Marvel Action: Origins #4

Dorothea Austin

1200 Names-Their Meanings, Origin, and Significance

A gold mine of ideas for the prospective mother.

The Name Book

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Marvel Action: Origins #1

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American Indian History, Culture, and Values Through Storytelling

An illuminating look at Native origins and lifeways, a treasure for all who value Native wisdom and the stories that keep it alive.

Our Stories Remember

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Hattie Ellis

Debi Treloar

Has a couple marks but still in great condition.

Arizona

A Passion for Tea

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Pennsylvania

The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak

An A to Z presentation of commonly used English language phrases and idioms whose origins have something to do with food, such as its acquisition, storage, preparation or consumption.

Bring Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard

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Louis S. Leakey

What New Discoveries Reveal About the Emergence of Our Species 

What new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future.

Origins

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Albert Jack

Florida

The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from? From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned, the English language is peppered with hundreds of common idioms borrowed from ancient traditions and civilizations throughout the world. In Red Herrings and White Elephants, Albert Jack has uncovered the amazing and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind many of our most familiar and eccentric modes of expression: If you happen to be a bootlegger, your profession recalls the Wild West outlaws who sold illegal alcohol by concealing slender bottles of whiskey in their boots. If you're on cloud nine, you owe a nod to the American Weather Bureau's classification of clouds, the ninth topping out all others at a mountainous 40,000 feet. If you opt for the hair of the dog the morning after, you're following the advice of medieval English doctors, who recommended rubbing the hair of a dog into the wound left by the animal's bite. A delightful compendium of anecdotes on everything from minding your p's and q's to pulling out all the stops, Red Herrings and White Elephants is an essential handbook for language-lovers of all ages.

Red Herrings and White Elephants

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Christopher Hale

The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race

"As the Indiana Jones films showed, Nazis, new age mumbo-jumbo and exotic locations are a formula that works. Christopher Hale's gripping and well-researched tale of an SS-sponsored scientific mission to Tibet in 1938-39 has the whole shebang: mad occult beliefs, mountains, strange charactors called Bruno or Ernst and stomach-churning concentration camp experiments to round things off." —The Sunday Times (London) A scientific expedition or a sinister mission? Why would the leader of the Nazi’s dreaded SS, the second-most-powerful man in the Third Reich, send a zoologist, an anthropologist, and several other scientists to Tibet on the eve of war? Himmler’s Crusade tells the bizarre and chilling story one of history’s most perverse, eccentric, and frightening scientific expeditions. Drawing on private journals, new interviews, and original research in German archives as well as in Tibet, author Christopher Hale recreates the events of this sinister expedition, asks penetrating questions about the relationship between science and politics, a nd sheds new light on the occult theories that obsessed Himmler and his fellow Nazis. Combining the highest standards of narrative history with the high adventure and exotic locales of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Himmler’s Crusade reveals that Himmler had ordered these men to examine Tibetan nobles for signs of Aryan physiology, undermine the British relationship with the ruling class, and sow the seeds of rebellion among the populace. Most strangely, the scientists–all SS officers–were to find scientific proof of a grotesque historical fantasy that was at the center of Himmler’s beliefs about race. Set against the exquisite backdrop of the majestic Himalayas, this fast-paced and engaging narrative provides new and troubling insight into one of the strangest episodes in the history of science, politics, and war.

Himmler's Crusade

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Donald Goldsmith

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

An exploration of new theories about the formation and evolution of the universe traces the big bang, through the first three billion years on Earth, to today's search for life on other planets, in a volume that covers such topics as dark energy, life on Mars, and current mysteries about space and time. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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Ways of Understanding Religion 

Faramerz Dabhoiwala

Kentucky

A History of the First Sexual Revolution

In this ground-breaking book, Faramerz Dabhoiwala describes in dramatic detail how, between 1600 and 1800, the traditional Western view of sex was shattered by revolutionary new ideas - that sex is a private matter; that morality cannot be imposed by force; that men are more lustful than women.

The Origins of Sex

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Six stories in one collection. Full color illustrations with over 140 pages. There's slight wear on the cover.

Wisconsin

The Origins Collection

Speed Racer & Racer X

Andrea Hopkins

A fascinating exploration of the history of knights and how they have been portrayed in literature and art.

A Chronicle History of Knights

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Evan Morris

Massachusetts

The Word Detective

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James P. Hogan

Mississippi

The Gentle Giants of Ganymede

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Tracey West

A Starter Handbook

A handbook with poster based on the newest LEGO(R) theme.A new, exciting LEGO(R) theme coming in 2013. It's unlike anything ever created before! This full-color handbook includes a poster as well as information about this incredible, adventure-filled world.

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Rebecca Wragg

Nevada

La Vida, el Amor, la Muerte y el Arte de Nuestros Primos Lejanos

La obra definitiva sobre los neandertales expone los últimos hallazgos sobre nuestros primos lejanos y nos descubre otras formas de ser humanos. «Un libro imprescindible no solo para los interesados en nuestros primos lejanos, sino para cualquiera interesado en la humanidad.» Yuval Noah Harari, autor de Sapiens Desde su descubrimiento hace más de 160 años, los neandertales han pasado de ser vistos como los perdedores del árbol genealógico humano a ser considerados homínidos de primera categoría. En Neandertales, Rebecca Wragg Sykes utiliza su experiencia en las investigaciones punteras sobre el Paleolítico para compartir nuevos conocimientos acerca de nuestros primos lejanos, derribando los tópicos que los representaban como brutos harapientos por páramos helados. Aquí los neandertales se nos revelan como humanos curiosos e inteligentes, conocedores de su mundo, con creatividad tecnológica y capacidad de adaptación al medio. Se extendieron por vastos territorios de tundra y estepa, pero también merodearon por los bosques y atravesaron el Mediterráneo. Y, por encima de todo, lograron sobrevivir más de 300 000 años, pasando por épocas de colosales perturbaciones climáticas. En una época en que nuestra especie no se enfrenta a grandes amenazas, estamos obsesionados por lo que nos hace especiales. Pero una gran parte de lo que nos define estaba también en los neandertales, y su ADN se encuentra aún dentro de nosotros. La organización, la cooperación, el altruismo, la pericia artesanal, el sentido estético... quizá incluso el deseo de trascendencia más allá de la muerte. Solo comprendiendo a los neandertales podremos conocernos de verdad a nosotros mismos.

Neandertales

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Judika Illes

Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess

"This anthology celebrates Brigid, an ancient and mysterious Celtic spirit who ranks among today's most popular modern goddesses. Venerated in many forms, including as a saint and a goddess, Brigid has traveled the globe alongside the Celtic diaspora. Once a goddess with a narrow territory, she is now an internationally beloved presence. While acknowledging her origins, this book explores Brigid from the perspective of those outside her original Celtic homeland"--

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