Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition
6 best books like Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition (Tim Birkhead): The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World, An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century, Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal about Our World--And Ourselves, Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Author | Stephen Brusatte |
ISBN | 0062490451 |
Brusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers—themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period—into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today,...
Author | William Doyle |
ISBN | 0385499701 |
In 1961, a black veteran named James Meredith applied for admission to the University of Mississippi — and launched a legal revolt against white supremacy in the most segregated state in America. Meredith’s challenge ultimately triggered what Time magazine called “the gravest conflict between...
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Author | Christina Thompson |
ISBN | 0062060872 |
A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know.
For more than...
Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century
Author | Betsy Israel |
ISBN | 0380976498 |
In this lively and colorful book of popular history, journalist Betsy Israel shines a light on the old stereotypes that have stigmatized single women for years and celebrates their resourceful sense of spirit, enterprise, and unlimited success in a world where it is no longer unusual or unlikely to...
Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal about Our World--And Ourselves
Author | Matt Simon |
ISBN | 0143131419 |
A brain-bending exploration of real-life zombies and mind controllers, and what they reveal to us about nature--and ourselves
Zombieism isn't just the stuff of movies and TV shows like The Walking Dead. It's real, and it's happening in the world around us, from wasps and worms to dogs and moose--and...
Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book
Author | Dan Harris |
ISBN | 0399588949 |
ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play Ultimate Frisbee, and use the word “namaste” without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange and circuitous journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation’s...