Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
By: Edward Slingerland
3.81
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround ou…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Evolution is not stupid, and works much faster than most people realize."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
"Humans transform the world through our creative technologies, and we cannot survive without them."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
"Our desire for alcohol is not an evolutionary mistake. There are good reasons for why we get drunk."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
"Our dependence on culture means that our minds need to be open to others, so that we can learn from them."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
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1. The R. Crumb Handbook
By: Robert Crumb , Peter Poplaski
4.43
Format: None pages,
The R. Crumb Handbook is a brand new take on the life, trials and ideas of one of the most influent… read more
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2. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story
By: Dimitra Papagianni , Michael A. Morse
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new disc… read more
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3. A History of the World in 6 Glasses
By: Tom Standage
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standa… read more
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4. Sinatra: The Chairman
By: James Kaplan
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Just in time for the Chairman's centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan's bestse… read more
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5. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
By: John Marco Allegro
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
s/t: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Ne… read more
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6. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
7. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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8. Greatest Hits
By: Harlan Ellison
4.18
Format: 468 pages, Paperback
How to summarize the psychedelic, witty, helter-skelter mind of Harlan Ellison? A mind that refu… read more
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9. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more
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- psychology
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"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
10. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses
By: Katie Spalding
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, whe… read more
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11. Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
By: Kōhei Saitō
3.91
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary p… read more
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12. Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
By: Edward Slingerland
3.81
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround ou… read more
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- philosophy
- food
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- food and drink
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"Evolution is not stupid, and works much faster than most people realize."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
"Humans transform the world through our creative technologies, and we cannot survive without them."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
"Our desire for alcohol is not an evolutionary mistake. There are good reasons for why we get drunk."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
"Our dependence on culture means that our minds need to be open to others, so that we can learn from them."-Edward Slingerland, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
13. Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports
By: Bruce Schoenfeld
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The story of how a new generation of tech-savvy franchise owners is reshaping every aspect of profe… read more
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- audiobook
14. Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: A Simple Guide to the Fundamental Nature of Everything
By: Jeremie Harris
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and accessible dive into the riveting world described by quantum mechanics, from ph… read more
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- audiobook
15. The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy
By: Alexander Rose
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington’s Spies, the thrilling story of the Confed… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
16. Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
By: Cynthia M. Kuhn
4.08
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Neither a just say no treatise nor a how-to manual, this easy-to-read handbook is based on the conv… read more
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- history
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17. The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out
By: William Sitwell
3.57
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Journeying 2,000 years into the past, food critic and writer William Sitwell artfully traces the ea… read more
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- food
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18. The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us
By: Adam Rutherford
3.83
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but is there really anything special about us … read more
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19. Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates
By: Katie Barnes
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women’s sports and the controversy surroun… read more
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20. The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
By: Ernest Scheyder
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed Reuters reporter Ernest Scheyder reveals the trillion-dollar battle for the resources to … read more
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21. Hispanos (Spanish Edition)
By: Fernando Díaz Villanueva
4.37
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
¿Qué es la hispanidad?¿Quiénes la componen?¿Cuál ha sido su influencia y qué huella ha dejado a lo … read more
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22. Sweat: A History of Exercise
By: Bill Hayes
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Insomniac City author Bill Hayes, "who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and mak… read more
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23. La ContraHistoria del comunismo: La gran utopía del siglo XX en 35 episodios
By: Fernando Díaz Villanueva
4.30
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
La historia del comunismo transcurre entre la revolución y la utopía, entre la violencia y lo crimi… read more
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24. The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons (The Making of the Nuclear Age Book 4)
By: Richard Rhodes
4.04
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, … read more
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25. Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million
By: Tanya Smith
3.94
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
The true story of how a middle-class Black girl from Minneapolis became one of the single biggest t… read more
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- audiobook
26. Bright Lights, Dark Places: Pioneering As a Female Police Officer in Las Vegas
By: Debra Gauthier
3.93
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Little could stand in Debra Gauthier's way. A marathon runner, Debra excelled in the Police Academy… read more
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27. La ciencia del buen dormir
By: Javier Albares
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Dormir bien es vivir mejor, con más energía, felicidad, creatividad y empatía. El sueño es uno de l… read more
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28. The Social Singularity: How decentralization will allow us to transcend politics, create global prosperity, and avoid the robot apocalypse
By: Max Borders
4.00
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
What if politics as we know it is about to end?What if humanity soon organizes itself not in hierar… read more
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29. Era de idiotas (Educación de los hijos) (Spanish Edition)
By: David Pastor Vico
3.91
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
No vengo a decirte que el porvenir es brillante ni que vamos encaminados a una vida de felicidad y … read more
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30. Walking Through Anger: A New Design for Confronting Conflict in an Emotionally Charged World
By: Christian Conte
4.33
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Listen. Validate. Explore Options. These are the three essential components of Yield Theory™. In th… read more
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31. Мемы. Научный взгляд на феномен поп-культуры, захвативший мир
By: Иван Кузнецов
3.48
Format: None pages, None
Вся история мемов в одной книге - от первых исследователей нового социального явления до новейших м… read more
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