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7 best books like mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again (Will Pearson): A People's History of the World, Virgin: The Untouched History, The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory, Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia, Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future, Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past, The Chomsky Reader
A People's History of the World
Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these...
Virgin: The Untouched History
| Author | Hanne Blank |
| ISBN | 1596910100 |
Why has an indefinable state of being commanded the attention and fascination of the human race since the dawn of time? In Virgin, Hanne Blank brings us a revolutionary, rich and entertaining survey of an astonishing untouched history.
From the simple task of determining what constitutes...
| Author | J.M. Adovasio |
| ISBN | 0061170917 |
Shaped by cartoons and museum dioramas, our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid women hover fearfully behind a boulder. In fact, recent research has shown that this vision bears little relation to reality.
The field...
Long recognized as the outstanding reference on world literature, Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia is the one against which all others are measured, and is the single-most complete one-volume encyclopedia available for those with a serious interest in the subject. The entries explore all aspects...
Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
| Author | Barbara J. Berg |
| ISBN | 1556527764 |
The news in 2008 was that women had taken huge strides forward. Feminists’ decades-long struggle finally seemed to be paying off, not only in boardrooms, classrooms, and kitchens but also at the very top—in presidential politics. But what is the truth behind the headlines?
In Sexism in America:...
Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
| Author | Ray Raphael |
| ISBN | 1595580735 |
With wit and flair, Founding Myths exposes the errors and inventions in thirteen of America’s most cherished tales, from Paul Revere’s famous ride to Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech. Exploring the dynamic intersection between history-making and story-making, award-winning...
| Author | Noam Chomsky |
| ISBN | 1852421177 |
At the centre of pratically every major debate over America?s role in the world, one finds Noam Chomsky?s ideas - sometimes attacked, sometimes studiously ignored, but always a powerful presence. Drawing from his published and unpublished work, The Chomsky Reader reveals the awesome range of this...
