Browsing Books by Books Like The Ancestor's Tale

Guns, Germs, and Steel (1999)
Dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels ...

The Blind Watchmaker (1986)
Clarifies the seemingly implausible aspects of Darwin's theory, drawing on the famous watch comparis...

1491 (2006)
Describes how recent archaeological research has transformed long-held myths about the Americas, rev...

The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution (2007)
A geneticist discusses the role of DNA in the evolution of life on Earth, explaining how an analysis...

The Moral Animal (1995)
A study on evolutionary psychology implements Darwinian theory that identifies the inherent nature o...

Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo (2006)
Presents an introduction to evolutionary developmental biology which studies genes and their role in...

Eats, Shoots & Leaves (2003)
Looks at the history of punctuation and the rules governing the use of apostrophes, commas, dashes, ...

NonZero (2001)
Challenging the idea that biological evolution is aimless, the author explores his theory that great...

The Demon-haunted World (1997)
Reveals the dangers associated with widespread scientific ignorance, and explains how scientific tho...

Snow Crash (2000)
In twenty-first-century America, a teenaged computer hacker finds himself fighting a computer virus ...

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (2011)
The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced...

Freakonomics (2005)
The author offers his view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime...

The God Delusion (2006)
Argues that belief in God is irrational, and describes examples of religion's negative influences on...

The Home-based Bookstore (2005)
One of the most profitable, low-risk ideas for home businesses is selling used books online. Readers...

Stupid White Men (2001)
The social critic shares his views of the political, social, financial, and physical complexities of...

The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha (1955)
Gentleness, serenity, and compassion through liberation from selfish craving- these are the fundamen...