LibGuides: Humanities: Books

This is a curated selection of books available to you through the Northland Pioneer College Libraries with a library card.

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Across Atlantic Ice by Dennis J. Stanford
LCC Library
A hypothesis that places the technological antecedents of Clovis in Europe and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett
PDC, LCC, Hopi Center, WRV Center Libraries
Over 22,500 quotations of authors both historical and contemporary - from Susan B. Anthony and Muhammad Ali to Mozart and Mick Jagger.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language by David Crystal
Call Number: PDC and WMC Libraries
Revised edition incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid-1990s.
Children in the Prehistoric Puebloan Southwest by Kathryn Ann Kamp
PDC and WMC Libraries
What were children’s lives like in the ancient Puebloan societies of the Southwest? Contributors offer approaches from analysis of artifacts and skeletal remains to ethnographic evidence in rock art.
The Contemporary African American Novel by Bernard W. Bell
PDC Library
Sequel and companion to the interpretive history of more than 150 novels written by African Americans from 1853 to 1983, expanding the coverage to 2001.
The Dawn of Human Culture by Richard G. Klein
WMC Library
The abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to be one of the great enigmas of human evolution.
Dystopia by M. Keith Booker
LCC Library
The popular theme of dystopia is considered in this volume of Critical Insights. Essays explore this theme in a variety of critical contexts.
Envisioning Cahokia by Rinita A. Dalan
Hopi Center Library
A survey of Indian life ways and land use, detailing the complexity and dynamism of North America's largest prehistoric urban center, Cahokia.
The Great Conversation: Great Books of the Western World by Encyclopaedia Britannica
PDC and WMC Libraries
The Great Conversation is a characterization of references and allusions made by authors in the Western canon to the works of their predecessors.
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
LCC, PDC, SCC, WMC, Hopi Center and WRV Center Libraries
Dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns.
The Humanities and the Understanding of Reality by Thomas Stroup (Editor)
LCC Library
Do the humanities provide a form of understanding of reality that the sciences do not? Four perspectives on the question.
Human Natures by Paul R. Ehrlich
Hopi Center Library
A leading evolutionary biologist shows why most of the claims of genetic destiny cannot be true.
Mexico in Verse by Stephen Neufeld (Editor)
LCC Library
Mexican history through its poetry and music. Focusing on modern Mexico, from 1840 to the 1980s.
Mother Tongue by Roger Williams; Yirra Yaakin
SCC Library
Four international experts who converge at a luxurious Cardiff hotel to each bid to save a language on the verge of extinction.
Native Americans and Archaeologists by Nina Swidler (Editor)
WRV Center Library
The integration of tradition and science have long divided archaeologists and Native American communities. Both groups recognize the need for transformation of the discipline into one that appeals to and serves the greater public. This book elucidates successful strategies for collaboration.
An Outline of Man's Knowledge of the Modern World by Lyman Bryson (Editor)
WMC Library
A concise and readable guide to the crucial knowledge that is shaping the life of today and the world of tomorrow by 33 distinguished scientists, critics and educators.
Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death by John P. Lizza
PDC Library
Advances in life-sustaining technology have led to revision of the legal definition of death. Legal and clinical cases involving postmortem pregnancy, individuals in permanent vegetative state, those with anencephaly, and those with severe dementia challenge the neurological criteria. Is "brain death" really death?
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
PDC Library
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition.
Spirited Encounters by Karen Coody Cooper
LCC Library
An examination of how museums collect Native materials, and exploration of protest as a fully American process of addressing grievances. Now that museums and American Indians are working together in the processes of repatriation, this book can help each side understand the other more fully.
White Robe's Dilemma by Neil Schmitz
LCC and Hopi Center Libraries
This study reconstructs and analyzes the multiple legacies of the Mesquakie people. The author seeks to show how the complex story of their survival raises critical questions about the representation of Indians in American literature and history.

eBooks

The Alkahest
Balthazar Claës is introduced to the mysteries of alchemy and as his quest for the philosopher's stone begins, it becomes such an obsession that he begins to ruin his life.
Early Rock Art of the American West
Why and how did humans begin to make marks? A unique approach to a largely unknown and underappreciated form of paleoart.
Evolution's Bite : A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins
A unique dental perspective on human development, by investigating the scars on teeth.
The Evolution of Human Co-operation
How do people living in small groups without money, markets, police and rigid social classes develop norms of economic and social cooperation that are sustainable over time?
Folk Masters : A Portrait of America
Folk Masters honors again the extraordinary women and men who simultaneously take the traditional arts to new heights while ensuring their continuation from generation to generation.
Inked: Tattoos and Body Art Around the World [2 Volumes]
A global overview of tattooing and body art as it exists today and throughout history, available in one resource. 2 volumes.
Jerusalem 1900
Perhaps the most contested patch of earth in the world with violent unrest and no end in sight. It wasn't always this way, revealing a moment in history when a more peaceful future seemed possible.
The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman of Chiapas, Mexico : Pass Well Over the Earth
In 1994, Antonia joined a support base for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. She offers a picture of working for social justice while trying to remain true to her people's traditions.
Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits
Repatriation is a difficult but vitally important way for museums and tribes to heal the wounds of the past while creating a respectful approach to caring for the rich artifacts of history.
Sacred Darkness
Covering the ritual use of caves around the world, this book brings together case studies from the Paleolithic period to the present day.
The School Days of an Indian Girl
Zitkala-Sa writes about the personal hardships and uncomfortable feelings she endures while attending a Quaker missionary school while acculturating into the Anglo culture.
Visions of Empire
This compelling and in-depth book demonstrates how the rulers of empires, in their quest for a universal world order, left behind a legacy of multiculturalism and diversity that is uniquely relevant for us today.
Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas
Essays focusing on picture-writing from three areas: the ancient Andes; Classic period Mesoamerica; and Postclassic Mesoamerica.