books about: archaeologies     books:     Archaeologies      The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest ... Bob Brier, Jean-pierre Houdin Collins, 2008 An interesting theory on the construction of the Great Pyramid People have puzzled about how Kheops's Pyramid was built for centuries. The long ramp theory seems intuitively correct but no remains of the ramp have been found. Herodotus wrote that a complex series of wooden machines lifted blocks up the sides of the pyramid; ...             Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World Sharon Waxman Times Books, 2008 Balanced and Informative--and a Great Read Sharon Waxman has written a remarkable book. With skill and insight, she takes the reader inside the world's great museums and through the sordid antiquities market. She poses difficult questions and uncovers uncomfortable truths, but without rancor and with a ...             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan Penguin, 2007 not so much what we eat, but WHO WE ARE Like any really great natural history, The Omnivore's Dilemma is not so much about what we eat, but who we are. The book has three main sections - highly-processed (corn-driven) food, local/organic food and self-caught food. The first part on processed food is a ...             What the World Eats Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio Tricycle Press, 2008 Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children What the World Eats may have a simple premise, but its images and lessons are as sophisticated as they are influential. As its premise, the book offers a glimpse of the food expenditures and eating habits of twenty-five households in twenty-one countries of different ...             Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler Brad Matsen Twelve, 2008 Good Read The story of the Titanic always fascinated me ever since I read a "Night To Remember" when I was young and from time to time pick up a book on the subject or catch a show on Discovery. I really enjoyed "Shadow Divers" so I picked this one up. It is not quite as ...             Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries ... Robert Kurson Ballantine Books, 2005 Shadow Divers I totally enjoyed Shadow Divers. It kept your interest right up to the end. Would recommend this book for history lovers and divers. Full of suspense and mystery. Couldn't put the book down. Kathy Kauranen             Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle Daniel L. Everett Pantheon, 2008 A Book It's Hard to Put Down If you like strange languages and exotic jungle adventures, you'll love this book. It has plenty of both! The author, Daniel L. Everett, is Chair of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University. He spent many of his younger years living with and ...             The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) Jared Diamond Harper Perennial, 2006 Diamond is Brilliant A good read for anyone who's interested in anthropology or evolution. One of Diamond's main points in this book is that humans are not so different from our biological cousins, the apes. In fact, he says, we are more genetically close to chimpanzees than some species ...             Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 Barry Cunliffe Yale University Press, 2008 Great book, synthesizing many years and fields This is a remarkable overview of an important period in human history in what we now call Europe (basically the period from the end of the last ice age to the medieval period, and covering the beginnings of farming and the rise of cities and settlements: the Neolithic ...             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond W. W. Norton, 2005 Read entirely before you criticize! I've seen so many critiques and reviews on the internet, from scholars and professional reviewers, that seem like they haven't even read the book. For almost every critique that can be raised, Jared Daimond addresses it in his book already. If you will just read the ...             Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land Nina Burleigh Collins, 2008 Proof, lies, and antiquities... During my twenty-four years as an evangelical Christian I devoured anything remotely validating the Bible's authenticity, such as the Noah's Ark expeditions and other key archaeological findings in the Middle East like the Dead Sea Scrolls. Two recent discoveries came ...             The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream John Zogby Random House, 2008 An Objective Pollster Good read. Ultimately encouraging results. Would be interested in seeing his results using the same queries after this economic mess we are in gets resolved.             Excavation James Rollins Harper, 2000 Really good action packed adventure The idea of this story is a mystery mummy if found along with a strange liquid gold material. While this is back in the United States, an excavation is taking place to find the entrance to a pyramid in the jungle. While exploring the pyramid, looters decide to ...             Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline Theodore Dalrymple Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008 "Britishness" Lost Theodore Dalrymple's newest book, a collection of essays chiefly written for the magazine "City Journal," documents beneath the author's trademark wit and irony the sad decadence of contemporary Britain and the resultant loss of "Britishness," a grand tradition of ...             The Hemi in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology Tom Cotter Motorbooks, 2007 hemi in the barn awesome!!! if i could write as an author- this would be my life long story! it made me feel like i was 21 and hunting again--in fact i may start again. a real treasure for classic car lovers!!!          products you might be interested in search for books archaeology, chatterton, chimpanzee, everything, excavation, transformation      toavi.com    web we recommend Read entirely before you criticize! randomly chosen book: Beginning Apologetics 4: How to Answer Atheists and New Agers