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'Catching Fire' Can Be Boldly Essentialist ... Perhaps Too Boldly Essentialistnew

Since the 1950s, scientists have hypothesized that the key factor bringing our ancestors down from the trees was the decision to eat meat. In this persuasively argued book, Richard Wrangham disagrees. Instead, he writes, it was the decision to cook with fire that literally made us human.
The Texas Observer  |  James E. McWilliams  |  07-15-2009  |  Nonfiction

The Beats Go On in 'Texas Music'new

The History of Texas Music is an anthropological study of Texas as examined through its diverse offering of folk music, offering a historical study of social, ethnic and geographical influence and how they have laid the groundwork for a thriving indie music scene.
The Texas Observer  |  Michael Hoinski  |  08-27-2008  |  Nonfiction

Dionysus Downnew

Barbara Ehrenreich's equivocal history of joy.
Missoula Independent  |  Joe Campana  |  04-26-2007  |  Nonfiction

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