21 must-read nonfiction books like Roots of Human Behavior by Barbara J. King

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Roots of Human Behavior

By: Barbara J. King

3.41

Format: None pages, Audio CD

While human history is usually studied from the perspective of a few hundred years, anthropologists…

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1. The Foundations of Western Civilization

By: Thomas F.X. Noble

4.16

Format: 44 pages, Audio CD

Forty-eight thirty minute lectures explore the essential contours of the human experience in what h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Never confuse Motion with Action."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"When the well is dry we know the value of water"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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3. Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

By: None

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Audible Audio

Publishers summary from audible.com: Join an expert in self-control research for six engaging and i… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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4. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

By: Ian Mortimer

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

The past is a foreign country - this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-160… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more

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  • biology
  • psychology
  • anthropology
  • nonfiction
  • science
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6. The Model Millionaire

By: Oscar Wilde

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

First published in The Worldin June 1887. Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the gir… read more

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  • audiobook
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7. Philosophy of Religion (Great Courses, #4680)

By: James Hall

4.20

Format: 406 pages,

The central questions of this course are: - Can humans know whether the claim "God exists" is true … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

8. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday l… read more

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9. Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism

By: Shaun Nichols

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

"Do you make your own choices or have circumstances beyond your control already decided your destin… read more

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10. London: A Short History of the Greatest City in the Western World

By: Robert O. Bucholz

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Audiobook

No city has had as powerful and as enduring an impact on Western civilization as London. But what m… read more

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11. Your Best Brain: The Science of Brain Improvement

By: John Medina

3.45

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Inside your head sits the most complex object in the known universe - the human brain. This amazing… read more

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12. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most … read more

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13. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

By: Javier Blas

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

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14. The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.08

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

2 hours and 43 minutes The world has been fundamentally changed by the shock and devastation of … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

By: Steven Levitsky

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

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16. Travel by Bullet (The Dispatcher, #3)

By: John Scalzi

4.02

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

The Audible and New York Times best-selling "Dispatcher" series returns with a brand-new mystery, p… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. The Meaning of Life - Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions

By: Jay L. Garfield

4.41

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Meaning of Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions is an invigorating way … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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18. Why Evil Exists

By: Charles T. Mathewes

4.09

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Presents historical, religious and philosophical explanations for the existence of evil. read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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19. 33 Unplayed Voicemails

By: Melissa de la Cruz

2.90

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From number one New York Times best-selling author of Melissa de la Cruz comes a love story about m… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Years That Changed History: 1215 by Dorsey Armstrong

20. Years That Changed History: 1215

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.12

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

None read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference

By: Allison Friederichs Atkison

3.47

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills

By: Steven Novella

4.25

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Volumes 1 and 2 of Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills Lecture Seri… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • science
"If B follows A, then B is not necessarily a cause of A."

-Steven Novella, Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills

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23. Unfuck Your Anger: Using Science to Understand Frustration, Rage, and Forgiveness (5-Minute Therapy)

By: Faith G. Harper

3.71

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

If you've ever been so pissed off that you did things that you regretted, or ruined your own day an… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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24. Stress and Your Body

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.32

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Feeling stressed? You're not alone. Stress is an inherent aspect of life that can have tremendous n… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biology
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
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25. Unf*ck Your Anxiety: Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain

By: Faith G. Harper

3.54

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Anxiety is a survival skill gone haywire. It happens when our brain is working so hard to protect u… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biology
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
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26. Faith and Reason: The Philosophy of Religion

By: Peter Kreeft

4.02

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Through the ages, mankind has pursued questions of faith in something beyond the world of ordinary … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. The Learning Brain

By: Thad A. Polk

4.39

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biology
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
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28. Roots of Human Behavior

By: Barbara J. King

3.41

Format: None pages, Audio CD

While human history is usually studied from the perspective of a few hundred years, anthropologists… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • biology
  • animals
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • sociology
  • anthropology

29. The Psychology of Happiness

By: Jaime Kurtz

3.96

Format: None pages, None

Despite being discussed, questioned, philosophized about, and sought after since the days of Aristo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

22 must-read audiobook books like Roots of Human Behavior by Barbara J. King

Transform Your Habits

The Foundations of Western Civilization

Thomas F.X. Noble

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

None

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Ian Mortimer

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Model Millionaire

Oscar Wilde

3.80

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14 Best audiobook books like The Learning Brain by Thad A. Polk

Transform Your Habits

Exploring Metaphysics

None , David Kyle Johnson

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Great Ideas of Psychology (Great Courses, #660)

Daniel N. Robinson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Quantum Supremacy

Michio Kaku

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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