| 1. |  | The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World
from Center for Constitutional Studies
Price: $12.56
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The Constitution is about us and our liberties, not the government, the corporations, or the lobbyists. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. | ![]() | Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
from W W Norton & Co Inc (Np)
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With over 1,000 reviews on Amazon it is quite unlikely you will read anything different in my review than all the other five star reviews. I must say that Jared Diamond has written an extraordinary book. The question he tackles with GGS is, "Why and how did wealth and power develop in some areas and... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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I am a PhD student in Sociology and just read this book as a requirement for my assistantship work in a hospital. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a very interesting case study of the intersection of the US health care system (including its workers and clinicians) and people of different... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
from Simon & Schuster
Customer Review:
Published over ten years ago and this book is still more relevant than ever. Whether or not you agree with Huntington, you cannot dispute that this is an excellent read. Those who agree that the West is at war with Islam will find much to like within these pages as Huntington offers much empirical... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $12.24
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Human history is full of tantalizing riddles. Some of the most fascinating of these arise from the appearance of ancient ruins in unlikely places, such as Easter Island, or the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. To the uninitiated, these ruins are the ghosts of phantom civilizations whose... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000
from Yale University Press
Price: $26.37
Customer Review:
Along with Mithen's After The Ice, this is the most enjoyable book on European prehistory that I have read. Filled with colorful maps and photos that follow along with the text descriptions, written elegantly and with enough detail to not seem too "dumbed-down" for the layman. If every professor or... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
from Rodale Books
Price: $14.40
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"The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture edition" is a 16 CD set comprised of brief yet interesting segments on various historical figures and other cultural phenomenae. The set, like the other installments in the "Intellectual Devotional" series are designed to be read (or in this case,... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp through Civilization's Best Bits
from Collins
Price: $16.29
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The book arrived in great condition and in time to be given as a Christmas present. Excellent service! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Plato Republic (Focus Philosophical Library)
from Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.
Price: $11.96
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"The Republic" is Plato's classical utopia, and perhaps one of the most controversial political texts ever written. It's so absurd that some people deny that Plato really meant it! Strange Aristotle never noticed. And yet, those who believe that "The Republic" shouldn't be taken literally probably... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Salt: A World History
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $10.29
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Salt comes from the only family of rocks eaten by humans. Chloride is essentisal for digestion and respiration. Sodium, which the body, we learn, cannot manufacture, is necessary for the body to to transport nutrients and move muscles, such as the heart.
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