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Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World

8 best books like Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World (Thomas F. Madden): How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine, On the Grand Trunk Road, Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World, Marriageology: The Art and Science of Staying Together, A History of India, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
AuthorRandall Munroe
ISBN1473680336
How To is an instruction manual for taking everyday problems and using science and creative thinking to turn them into much bigger and more exciting problems. It teaches you how to cross a river by boiling it, outlines some of the many uses for lava around the home, and walks you through how to use experimental...
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
AuthorRobert D. Putnam
ISBN0743203046
Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work--but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."

Drawing on vast new data that reveal...
Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
AuthorThomas Hager
ISBN1419734407
Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does...
On the Grand Trunk Road
AuthorSteve Coll
ISBN0517156148
This is a reprint of a book Coll published in the early 90s after several years covering the region (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) for The Washington Post. The reprint includes an Epilogue that picks up with Bhutto's assassination in 2007.

The writing is...
Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World
AuthorScott McCormick
"Each volume of four 30-minute histories will dig into the petty name-calling and grumbling grudges that led to many of the world's greatest advancements, all delivered with a cheeky sense of humor."

Did you know that most of our dinosaur fossils were discovered because two grown men absolutely...
Marriageology: The Art and Science of Staying Together
AuthorBelinda Luscombe
ISBN0399592369
A smart and concise guide to staying together that draws on scientific findings, expert advice, and years in the marital trenches to explain why marriage is better for your health, your finances, your kids, and your happiness

Like you, probably, Belinda Luscombe would rather have had her...
A History of India
AuthorMichael H. Fisher
Over 5,000 years, India has been home to a rich tapestry of peoples and cultures. Two of the world's great religions - Hinduism and Buddhism - have their origins in South Asia, and the lands east of the Indus River have long been a central hub for trade, migration, and cultural exchange. Today the subcontinent...
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
AuthorAnnie Duke
ISBN0735216355
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a pass instead of a hand off to his star running back. The pass was intercepted and the Seahawks lost....
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