Books by Anthony F. Aveni and Complete Book Reviews

Anthony F. Aveni, Author . Oxford $22 (224p) ISBN 978-0-19-515024-7
Why do we celebrate Easter by telling children that a rabbit will bring them eggs and candy? Why do we make New Year's resolutions? Why do we engage in rituals like bobbing for apples on Halloween, watching football on Thanksgiving, and giving...
READ FULL REVIEW
Anthony F. Aveni, Author Basic Books $24.95 (371p) ISBN 978-0-465-01950-2
A linear sense of time may be well suited to our hectic, clock-watching society, but the timekeeping systems of ancient or ``primitive'' peoples are no less valid, suggests Aveni. Writing as both an astronomer and an anthropologist, he finds...
READ FULL REVIEW
Anthony F. Aveni, Author Crown Publishers $21 (255p) ISBN 978-0-8129-1975-2
Aveni, a professor of astronomy and anthropology at Colgate University, seeks here to integrate--in his view, reintegrate--the rational universe with a more comforting model that takes into account ``the interrelationship between matter and spirit.''
READ FULL REVIEW
Anthony F. Aveni, Author, Aveni, Author Crown Publishers $28 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8129-2415-2
Titles on science and spirituality are usually targeted at readers interested in new scientific paradigms. This informative but stacked-deck history of science and magic (the latter a discipline that Aveni defines broadly enough to include kundalini
READ FULL REVIEW
X
Stay ahead with
Tip Sheet!
Free newsletter: the hottest new books, features and more
X
X
Email Address

Password

Log In Forgot Password

Premium online access is only available to PW subscribers. If you have an active subscription and need to set up or change your password, please click here.

New to PW? To set up immediate access, click here.

NOTE: If you had a previous PW subscription, click here to reactivate your immediate access. PW site license members have access to PW’s subscriber-only website content. If working at an office location and you are not "logged in", simply close and relaunch your preferred browser. For off-site access, click here. To find out more about PW’s site license subscription options, please email Mike Popalardo at: mike@nextstepsmarketing.com.

To subscribe: click here.