History & Philosophy
How did we get here? See which ideas shaped the course of history, and how philosophy played a significant role in human evolution.
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
Robert Greene’s debut book – “The 48 Laws of Power” – is a practical manual ...
Gandhi Before India
Ramachandra Guha
Gandhi is well known all around the world as a freedom fighter, reformist, r...
First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung
“First They Killed My Father” is the memoir of Loung Ung, who, as a 5-year-o...
Upheaval
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond reveals how both individuals and nations experience crises in ...
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
In “Women Who Run With the Wolves,” Jungian psychoanalyst and storyteller Cl...
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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon
In her first book, cognition researcher Bohannon explores the evolution of w...
Killers of the Flower Moon
David Elliot Grann
‘’Killers of the Flower Moon’’ by David Grann is a piece that follows the in...
Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe
In ‘’Empire of Pain’’ Patrick Radden Keefe presents a history of the Sackler...
How to Read Literature
Terry Eagleton
Although it seems that anyone can read literature, only those equipped with...
The Urge
Carl Erik Fisher
Addiction is a complex phenomenon that has been obsessing people over centu...