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Shepherd University students, falculty, and staff along with the Shepherdstown community, have selected Survival of the prettiest: The Science of Beauty by Nancy Etcoff as the 2010 - 2011 Shepherd Common Reading.

This is the fourth consecutive year for Shepherd's Common Reading Program. There will be a variety of year-ling programs designed around the book that illustrate, enlarge, emphasize, and expand the issues within the book.

 
Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff W44543

Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff W44543
Item #W44543
From 062010
Survival of the Prettiest is a non-fiction book which incorporates principals and ideas from anthropology, art, marketing, biology, archeological literature, history, and family and consumer sciences. Etcoff skewers one of our culture's most enduring myths--the pursuit of beauty is a learned behavior. The author explores what is in our nature that makes us susceptible to beauty, what qualities in people evoke this response, and why sensitivity to beauty crosses all cultures. Etcoff proposes that valuing beauty is an essential part of human nature, revered in every civilization, and essential in our struggle for survival.
$14.95

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