Natural History
8 best books like Natural History (Becky Alexander): The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, A People's History of the World, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal, The Thief of Always, Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, History: The Definitive Visual Guide, The Century
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
| Author | Sam Harris |
| ISBN | 0393327655 |
In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs—even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning...
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...
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
| Author | Jared Diamond |
| ISBN | 0060845503 |
Another great book from Jared Diamond. I found this to be just as engaging as Guns, Germs, and Steel, and also an easier read. I find that his books have so much information that it is helpful for me to outline them as I go. Here are my favorite bullet points from The Third Chimpanzee. Not at all a comprehensive...
| Author | Clive Barker |
| ISBN | 0060177241 |
Master storyteller and bestselling novelist Clive Barker creates an enchanting tale for both children and adults to cherish and retell. The Thief of Always tells the haunting story of Harvey, a bright 10-year-old who is suffering from the winter doldrums, and of a creature who takes him to a place where...
Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source
| Author | Scott Dikkers |
| ISBN | 0609804618 |
The Onion has quickly become the world's most popular humor publication, misinforming half a million readers a week with one-of-a-kind social satire both in print (on newsstands nationwide) and online from its remote office in Madison, Wisconsin.
Witness the march of history as Editor-in-Chief...
| Author | Tobias Wolff |
| ISBN | 0679745130 |
it's funny to be reading a book of stories and turn the page and come upon "cathedral." always seems like something that came from on high and has been around since the dawn of man or something. hard to believe carver was ever anyone's contemporary. but i guess that's the story!
anyway! lots of...
Homo sapiens have remained the same species, largely unchanged in genetic makeup and anatomy since the Cro-Magnon era. By contrast, the cultural, social, and technological changes since then have been nothing less than extraordinary. Telling our story, from prehistory to the present day, DK's...
| Author | Peter Jennings |
| ISBN | 0385483279 |
"We have sought," write Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster, "to distinguish our story from other histories by holding each chapter up to a litmus test: Have we looked at this time from the perspective of someone who lived through it? And in doing so, have we captured a sense not only of the events of a particular...
