Books by Patrick Tierney and Complete Book Reviews
Patrick Tierney, Author W. W. Norton & Company $27.95 (417p) ISBN 978-0-393-04922-0
This book, already nominated for a National Book Award, details the tragic encounter between an archaic Amazon people, the Yanomami, and what's depicted as a culturally toxic conglomeration of ruthless social scientists, rapacious financial...
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Patrick Tierney, Author Viking Books $22.5 (416p) ISBN 978-0-670-82809-8
The 1954 discovery and subsequent autopsy of a 500-year-old mummified Inca boy, victim of human sacrifice, inspired this archeological, anthropological detective story by Omni and Discovery writer Tierney. His research into the origins of human...
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Patrick Tierney, Author Penguin Books $11.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-14-013974-7
Researching this ``archeological, anthropological detective story'' took the author to the high Andes where priests and witches still conduct sacrificial killings. ``Tierney's analysis of the complex evolution of attitudes toward human sacrifice is...
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Patrick Tierney, Author Viking Books $24.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-83372-6
The province of Roraima in northern Brazil has the highest number of native Indians (Yanomono) and one of the richest gold deposits in South America, mostly on Indian lands. Since 1980, illegal gold camps with nearly a million nomadic miners have...
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